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Stepfather and Rights of Biological Father

Stepfather and Rights of Biological Father

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته   1. When a man marries a woman who already has daughters of her own, and the marriage is duly consummated, the daughters become what…

Mufti Taha KaraanRead Fatawa →
Shaping eyebrows & eyelash extensions

Shaping eyebrows & eyelash extensions

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته   1. Opinions differ around the permissibility of removing part of the eyebrows with the husband’s permission. The view taken in the Shāfiʿī madhhab is…

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Ruling on Vasectomy

Ruling on Vasectomy

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته   The Shari’ah prohibits any medication or procedure that results in the permanent prevention of a male or female from having children. Both Imams Bukhari…

Mufti Abdurragmaan KhanRead Fatawa →
Is the area beneath the chin awrah for a female?

Is the area beneath the chin awrah for a female?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته   There is an agreement among the four schools that it is obligatory for every accountable (mukallaf) female to cover her entire body, with the…

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Marriage between persons in different countries

Marriage between persons in different countries

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Scholars differ on the validity of marriage contracted over means of communication in which the contracting parties are not physically present in the same place,…

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“Milkah” Marriages

“Milkah” Marriages

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته In Islam, marriage is a contractual undertaking from which certain consequences flow. Some of these consequences are duties and others are rights. The wife has…

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