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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. The prevailing opinion among scholars, including those of the Hanafi, Shafi’i, and Hambali schools of jurisprudence, is that it is recommended to perform the…
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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…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. There is a consensus that it is not permissible for a Muslim to sell land to a Christian who intends to erect a…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. The rights to the custody of a child is dependent on the age and maturity of the child. 2. If the child is…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. The Shafi’i school’s stance regarding the above query is quite strict. The specific details are as follows: 1.1. If the covering or cast…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Compensation for land expropriation forms part of the possessions of the land owner during his lifetime. 2. If the originally dispossessed or inadequately…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Once someone has made the intention for an obligatory qada fast during the night and does not change or revoke the intention prior…
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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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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Circumcision is not a prerequisite for an individual to embrace Islam. The fundamental requirement is to bear witness that there is no deity worthy…
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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…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. While a moderate amount of playing games might be arguably tolerable, it most certainly does not behove a Muslim to involve himself in…
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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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