Fiqh of the family

QUESTION: My son loved a girl and wanted to marry her. As a mother, I agreed at first because I wanted his happiness. Later, I learned the girl planned to hide their relationship from her parents to make it seem like an arranged marriage.I disagreed with that, & since then, my son has spoken harshly, blaming me for ruining his life. Was I wrong to stop their marriage?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

19 Oct

ANSWER: If you wanted her to expose their relationship to her parents before proposing, this is prohibited and immodest! Who in his right mind would tell a girl to expose herself like this to her parents? Allah has concealed their sin and you want to expose it?

QUESTION: Is it a true hadees that the most highest right on a man is of his mother and on a woman is of his husband?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

10 Oct

ANSWER: This is not true

QUESTION: Dad gives me money for allowance and tells me to spend it on food, not to spend it on charity. I spent it on charity, so am I sinful?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of the family

03 Oct

ANSWER: If he specified what it is to be spent on, then you are obliged to obey him and give him whatever remains of it.

QUESTION: I have a horrible relationship with my father, I have a speech impediment, I can’t communicate anything with him, and I’m scared I won’t go to Jannah. I have no will to fix our relationship, im way too tired.

Fiqh of the family

14 Sep

ANSWER: You can always write to him if you are unable to speak clearly. You must fix what is broken between you two if you want to go to paradise.

QUESTION: Is a 16 or 15 year old sinful if he doesnt listen to his parents(in things that doesnt benefit them and etc)for example if they say to him ”dont eat your nails” or ”dont wrestle whit your friends(for fun)”or”dont eat your candy now” and he answer to them and says okey(because if he doesnt say okey they will get angry at him so he just says okey)but he still does them?

Fiqh of the family

10 Sep

ANSWER: He is sinful for disobeying them as these are all things that harm him.

QUESTION: I gifted a watch to my father. After some month’s my father passed away. So i can take my watch back? What’s the ruling on this?

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

31 Aug

ANSWER: No, you cannot take it back! It’s part of his inheritance now

QUESTION: I’ve applied for a job and told the boss that i want to pursue it, because ive regarded it as better for me from an islamic perspective in comparison to the job i had before. My father did not approve of it and still does not approve it. My question is was it blameworthy for me to go for this job and telling the boss i want to start, even though my father did not allow it.

Fiqh of the family, Jobs

30 Aug

ANSWER: As long as the job is halal, you don’t need your father’s permission for it!

QUESTION: Is it Haram to send my male cousin a picture of something i want him to order for me in private chat, no chitchating.

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram

26 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Ask your brother or your father to do that for you. You must have no communication with the opposite gender at all.

QUESTION: We 3 sons are married, working in 3 countries. My elderly widowed father refuses to move permanently to Malaysia with my brother, insists he’ll stay only 2 months, complains no son takes care of him. In other 2 countries no option to bring him. My brothers are unsure about returning. I haven’t yet found job in home country. Should I quit to care for him? I fear his health & Allah’s anger. Advice

Fiqh of the family

25 Aug

ANSWER: If he’s not willing to go to his son & if he’s old and can’t take care of himself then you brothers should contribute and appoint a 24/7 servant to look after him. You should not jeopardize the wellbeing of your own family and risking being jobless if you return as he is the […]

QUESTION: I reverted to Islam and married a Muslim man. Before reverting, I was married to a christian and I have a son from this marriage who is staying with my parents (his grandparents). My present Muslim husband wants me to break ties with my son from former marriage. Is my husband right from Islamic point of view?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Step Relations and Related Matters

30 Jul

ANSWER: No, he’s not right and it’s not permissible for you to break ties with your son. He has no right in ordering you to sever your ties of kinship with your own son !

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