Effect of Apostasy on Marriage
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته With regards to your query, please be informed of the following: Please be hereby informed that when any of the parties to an Islamic marriage…
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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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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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Responsibilities of a Stepfather
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته The stepfather has no financial obligation towards his stepchild. In the absence of the actual father, the responsibility for the child’s maintenance (nafaqah) falls…
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Calculations and Rules of ‘Iddah
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Calculation of the ‘iddah 1.1. The ‘iddah following ṭalāq is calculated in terms of the menstrual cycle in the following manner: 1.1.1. The…
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The Ruling of Marriage to Non-Muslim Females
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Although marriage to women of the Ahl al-Kitāb is in principle permissible, there exists a considerable juristic difference of opinion on the exact…
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Mother’s Contribution to Wedding Expenses
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Let us state first and foremost that the expenses which our community generally tends to associate with weddings tend for the most part…
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Are Hair Extensions Permissible?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. Abū Hurayrah raḍiyaLlāhu ‘anhu narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, “Allah has cursed those who extend hair and those for whom hair is extended,…
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Secret Nikah
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In Islam, when a girl who is of age requests her parents to let her marry a man against whom they have no…
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Performing Nikah in a Masjid
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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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…
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Rights of Custody
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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