QUESTION: Can I name my son Williams or a “western” name that has no connections or attributes to their religions and my intention NOT being to imitate the non-believers?

Pedagogy education and upbringing
06 Apr

ANSWER: There can’t be any reason for naming a Muslim child with such names other than feeling inferior and wanting to imitate them !

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QUESTION: Sheikh I had a daughter who lived just for 6 days. Should I do her Aqeeqah ?

Funerals, Pedagogy education and upbringing, Slaughtering
08 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, you should as she is a human being and will intercede for you on the day of judgment to admit you to paradise. 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to read stories to children such as little red riding hood cinderella etc or is it imitating the disbelievers

Pedagogy education and upbringing
19 Jan

ANSWER: If the stories have good morals and do not contain anything haram, this is permissible.

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QUESTION: My MIL says its haraam to breast feed the child after 2 years and if fed the child might get some mental disorders. May i know if there is any such restriction mentioned in the Quraan or the Sunnah?

Pedagogy education and upbringing
03 Jan

ANSWER: The maximum you can breastfeed the baby is 2 and a half years (hijri calendar) for both girls and boys. 

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QUESTION: I have a 4 month old baby. He wakes up every 2-2.5 hours at night to eat. So,sometimes it happens that I have only 10 to 15 minutes left for Fajr prayers.At that time, my child wants to eat too or he needs me to comfort him for getting back to sleep after morning feeding.What should I do in that case?Should I finish my prayer and let him cry or should I leave my prayer and attend my baby?

Pedagogy education and upbringing, Prayer
04 Nov

ANSWER: You should pray first. Nothing will happen if the baby cries for sometime, in fact it’s good for his lungs.

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QUESTION: Is it permitted to buy kids musical toys like a battery operated train that plays music when turned on

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing, Sports, Entertainment and Music
30 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited.

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QUESTION: My parents were separated when I’m just too young, that I can’t remember now (20years old ). My father totally left us without taking any financial responsibility for me.. He gave excuses that Allah has forbidden to make contact with the divorcee wife & female children.. Is this really true that one cannot provide any kind of expenses of their children if they got divorced

Fiqh of the family, Pedagogy education and upbringing
27 Sep

ANSWER: This is absolutely false and he’s sinful for not providing for you! It’s his responsibility to take care of the financial needs of all his children, even after divorce

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QUESTION: Can a mother dress her one year old son in female outfits for the sake of laughs and taking photos?

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
26 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all!

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QUESTION: Can I do a small business from home of cute stationeries and school supplies for kids with faces on them like cartoon characters because I heard we can sell dolls with faces

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Pedagogy education and upbringing
18 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible.  It is permissible to give children toys that have the shape of humans or animals. It is not permissible to have these drawings on the clothes of children or on such school supplies etc The only thing permissible is selling or making such TOYS for kids to play with. 

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QUESTION: Is it halal for me to help any of my siblings in their homework or acedamics which they are supposed to do?

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
13 Sep

ANSWER: Helping them is fine but you must not do it for them.

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