Friday, 25 September 202614 Rabīʿ al-thānī 1448 AH
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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 becomes guilty of apostasy, the marriage does not…
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 relied upon in matters of fiqh or aqidah.…
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 was divided. 2. One group of scholars adopted…
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 on the paternal and maternal grandfathers if they…
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 menstrual cycle consists of a bleeding period (ḥayd),…
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 parameters for determining who those Ahl al-Kitāb are…
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 to be purely cultural and not imposed by…
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, as well as tattooers and those who get…
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 reasonable complaint, she may refer her case to…
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 nikah in a Masjid. Some Maliki scholars also…
