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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 that it would be permissible for a married…

Circumcision for a New Muslim

Circumcision for a New Muslim

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 of worship except Allah and to testify that…

Can I play Video Games?

Can I play Video Games?

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 anything that involves gratuitous and senseless violence as…

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 exception of her hands, face, and feet. The…

Breast Reconstruction after a Mastectomy

Breast Reconstruction after a Mastectomy

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته   1.Principles 1.1 In principle, it is not permissible to change any body structure permanently without a valid sharʿī reason to do so, as this conforms with Shaytān’s intention to mislead human beings.…

Intermingling at Weddings

Intermingling at Weddings

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته The presence of both males and females in the same space is permissible. Interaction between individuals of the opposite gender is impermissible if it involves gazing with desire, fear of fitnah, seclusion, or…

Travelling as a group of women beyond 82km

Travelling as a group of women beyond 82km

The issue of travelling without a mahram has been the subject of much discussion amongst scholars in recent years. This is primarily because contemporary modes of travel are considerably different from the modes of travel in the agrarian…