QUESTION: Is it mandatory for woman to lower her gaze? I mean when she finds a man attractive? She accidentally looks once then turns away but then eventually looks again so she just stares for few seconds and thinks “hes cute” but eventually looks away? There is no thoughts like “omg i need his number rn!!”

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
09 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, it’s mandatory for her to lower her gaze in such situations when there’s a fitnah for her even if she doesn’t ask for his number 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to kill spiders? I have arachnophobia (fear of spiders), there are times I can’t sleep because Ive imagined one. I call my dad or brother to take them out but sometimes they kill them even though I tell them not to. But I still call them because I don’t know what else to do. Am I sinful for this?

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations
04 Aug

ANSWER: There’s no problem, none whatsoever in killing spiders!

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QUESTION: My eyebrows are going out of shape and looks very bad on me. Can I just remove or pluck extra little bit hairs. It won’t give shape at all. Just it’s growing out of eyebrow area

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
02 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all and its one of the major sins in Islam! You can bleach the extra hair but must conceal this in front of non mahram men and while going out.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to ask siblings for money or is it considered begging?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
01 Aug

ANSWER: It is a form of begging unless you are in real need of it.

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QUESTION: I live in the USA. Multiple expensive tools have been stolen from my house and other houses nearby . I now have video footage of my neighbor stealing the tools. Do I report him to the police? I’m muslim and he’s non muslim.

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
24 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, you should report him to the police even if he were Muslim! 

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QUESTION: If the family of my uncle (brother of my father) comes (including his wife-my aunt, his little daughters), can I sit with them in gathering or I just do SALAM and leave them. My aunt is in probably 30s. So I am asking with regard to her as she is a non-mehram for me

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
21 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible as Islam promotes and mandates segregation between non mahrams

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QUESTION: Is drawing of Anime characters haram?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
19 Jul

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: If i feed my kids with left hand or feed them milk with left hand is this sinful

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Halal/Haram Matters
11 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, this is sinful.

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QUESTION: My question is that there is an app which allows you to pay in installments but then the price become slightly higher than the original price. Is it considered as interest too and is it impermissible?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
09 Jul

ANSWER: If the price is fixed and you are buying from the owner and there isn’t any way that the installments would increase more than what was agreed upon initially, this is permissible. But if there is a 3rd party that is doing the financing or the price would go up if you are late […]

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QUESTION: I used 2 slaughter goat, only the throat part, in my uncle’s shop. But @ times, wt he does is he takes the goat’s balls and puts it 2 a female goat so tht people wil think it’s male and wil buy it. Or he takes the tail of a goat and attches it 2 a lamb, making it look like a goat so it gets bought. So my QST is am I sinful if I wrk there just 2 cut throat

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Slaughtering
08 Jul

ANSWER: No, you’re not sinful if you don’t help him in such frauds and cheating. You must make it clear to him that what he is doing makes his income haram and he is not from the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam 

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