Overdrafts
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته With regards to your query, please be informed of the following: 1. An overdraft is a credit facility which a bank provides to an account…
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Are Women Punished More than Men on the Day of Judgement?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته With reference to your query, please be informed as follows: 1. The mentioned hadith is categorized as slightly weak, indicating that it should not be…
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The Practice of Reiki
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته With reference to your query, please be informed as follows: 1. From the texts of our scholars, it is apparent that anyone engaging in…
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Does Cat Hair on Your Clothing Invalidate the Salah?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته According to the main view in the Shāfiʿī school, cat hair that is separated from a living cat will be considered impure. However, according to…
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Disposal of Specimens belonging to Muslims not collected from the lab
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In Islam, parts severed from a living body deserve the same respect accorded to a deceased body. 2. Such respect is demonstrated through burial,…
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ًWhat is the Ruling on Phone Contracts with Services?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. The contract includes both the physical phone and services such as data, airtime, and SMSs. Since separate prices are shown for the phone and…
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Assistance to Parents
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. As a rule, the Sharīʿah holds children—both male and female—responsible for maintaining their parents where parents are no longer able to maintain themselves. 2.…
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Is Nikāḥ Valid Without a Wali?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. A woman is not permitted to marry without the consent of her wali (guardian). The Prophet ﷺ explicitly stated, “There is no valid nikah…
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Breastmilk Banking
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Interest in the Sharʿī status of milk banks and their social consequences was first raised in the 80s. Scholarly opinion at the time…
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Female Nasheed Groups in front of Male audience
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In principle, the voice of a strange woman is not considered ‘awrah. 2. As such, general communication is regarded permissible. However, there are…
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Is Making Origami Shapes Permissible?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Origami, which is the art of paper folding into shapes and figures, would be considered permissible when making shapes or figures of inanimate objects. With…
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Keeping Snakes as Pets
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In light of situations that might and do arise, the need for expert snake handlers in society is readily recognized. 2. Since this need…
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