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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. A woman is permitted to move out of her parents’ or maḥram’s (unmarriageable kin’s) home to live independently or with other women, subject…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In terms of the Shāfiʿī madhhab, the wuḍū breaks by touching a dead body of a person of the opposite sex who is not…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. To answer your question accurately, we have had to ascertain the true nature of hypnotherapy, how it is performed, and the manner in which…
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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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