QUESTION: Can I name my baby Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddiq? Without using his father’s name as the surname? As his father has no concern about him and said kill him or have him I don’t care when divorcing me. Kindly guide me about it.

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
10 Jul

ANSWER: Even if he wants it or not you must give your son his father’s name & not someone else’s name as this is totally prohibited & a major sin!

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QUESTION: A brother purchased a Udemy course using his Gmail account and shared the password with my friends for free access. Udemy prohibits account sharing. Is it permissible for me to access the course for free? Can I take note from those friends?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
08 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it is a breach of contract and betrayal of their trust and Muslims don’t do that. 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to touch a person who eats and drinks haram like alcohol and haram meat touch with a mahram person

Halal/Haram Matters
06 Jul

ANSWER: No problem as that person doesn’t physically become impure by consuming haram.

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QUESTION: Is it considered to expose your sin if you watch movie with your husband like sinning with someone else and not telling anyone is it exposing sin

Halal/Haram Matters, Sins
06 Jul

ANSWER: This is not exposing your sin, rather it is a collective sin. 

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QUESTION: We know decreasing a flats price in the paper for less government tax is cheating.But if in our country government fixes a range say 10000$-15000$ for selling flat.Can I sell a flat for 30000$ and write on the paper the price is 12000$?because if I write 30000$ they’ll not allow me to sell.

Halal/Haram Matters
05 Jul

ANSWER: If the buyer and seller are fine with that, this is permissible

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QUESTION: In islam is it permissible for a grown woman to go bald? I do wear abaya and hijab Alhumdulillah. And dress feminine (i mention this because from my understanding women can not resemble men and vice versa). Reason for bald is hair thinning, hair fall, summer. Nothing major like cancer

Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
25 Jun

ANSWER: Shaving the head like this is not permissible for women!

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QUESTION: My mobile phone,password,E mails are not at all part of my privacy for the sake of my wife.Is it allowable for me ask girl does she feels the same and by this I may select/reject her if she says yes/no respectively?

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters
23 Jun

ANSWER: No, you have no right to ask for her passwords.

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QUESTION: What to say before eating food? Only Bismillah or to say Bismillahi waala Barakatillah? Which is more authentic?

Halal/Haram Matters
21 Jun

ANSWER: “Bismillah.” You simply say bismillah before eating and drinking. 

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QUESTION: I would like to ask what to do if my mother cooks something with meat , and she mainly buys halal meat but unfortunetly she also buys haram meat,if she cooks and i dont know which of meat it is. can i apply the rule pf certainity and eat whatever mymother cooks with meat, as im doubtful whether it is the haram meat or halal. I used to ask her about the meat, but she always getsa

Halal/Haram Matters
20 Jun

ANSWER: No, you must not eat until you are certain it is halal! 

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QUESTION: My husband refuses to eat or stay at my sister and her husband’s house saying that they had built their house using riba-based loans. He doesn’t allow me to eat there as well. I keep refusing my sister’s invitations and she doesn’t know the real reason. Is my husband right? What should I do?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters
19 Jun

ANSWER: He is wrong in what he is doing and you are not obliged to obey him. You can eat there without any problem. Haram money is haram for the person earning it & not for anyone else, unless its stolen money. 

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