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Marriage - Issues
15th January 2026

I’m asking about a woman’s maintenance during the iddah if she leaves the husbands house due to

I would like clarification on the Islamic ruling regarding a husband’s obligation of maintenance during the ʿiddah period. If a woman requests a divorce due to her husband’s disloyalty, emotional neglect, and failure to uphold her Islamic rights, and the husband then issues a divorce, is he still obligated to provide maintenance during her ʿiddah if she chooses to stay at her mother’s h.....
Women
15th January 2026

How do we know which needs women can go out for and which they cannot?

It is stated that women should not go out of the house unless there is a need. However, the need referred to in the Hadith was to relieve themselves as there weren’t any inside toilets at that time! There’s also proof that women are allowed to go outside to visit the mosque! But apart from these two examples how do we know that women are allowed to go out to visit friends and family like femal.....
Marriage - Issues
15th January 2026

Extreme waswasah

Asalamualaikum may Allah reward you In Islam if a man has waswasah about “divorce” and maybe as it’s always in his head, he says a normal word maybe to his wife for example he might say “hello” but because of the severe waswasah of the word “divorce” he accidentally starts with the letter “ “d” and maybe accidentally says “ “d ello” or maybe he does this with other w.....
Marriage - General
10th January 2026

Met her in umrah trip and then met her again at office

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu respected Mufti Sahib, I hope this message finds you in the best of health and imaan. I am writing to seek your sincere guidance regarding an important matter of marriage, as I wish to proceed in a manner that is pleasing to Allah ﷻ while also upholding respect and obedience towards my parents. Alhamdulillah, I had the opportunity to perform U.....
Salaah - Tahara
10th January 2026

How to deal with flatuence ( advice)

My condition is such it takes me 3 4 wudhus to complete a salaah due to flatuence. Mainly the issue is at fajr where almost everyday i repeat wudhu a few times up until end time. Even if I pray in masjid I cannot complete with jamaat. Isha time as well is very difficult . Even in the day salaah sometimes I cannot keep wudhu . Or for sunnah salaah I will always break my wudhu. At work, this is ver.....
Zakaah and Sadaqah
15th December 2025

Zakat on property: bought for rental, later to sell

Salam, I am aware that property/land bought with the explicit intention to sell at the time of purchase is subject to zakāt, however what happens in the following? I bought shares in a property, with the intention of renting it for some time (5 years) but also with the intention of definitely selling it upon maturity of the rental period. Do I have to give zakāt on this when the property i.....
Salaah - Tahara
14th December 2025

Further questions about impurity.

Assalam O Alaykum, I recently submitted this question: "Assalam O Alaykum, I am certain I have spread impurity everywhere in my house. I am also afraid that everyday I consume impurity as food touches impurity like impure surfaces, dishes or my hands which are impure. I've contaminated my creams that I apply to my body and I'm scared that this will be absorbed into my bloodstream so impurity is st.....
Halal and Haram
14th December 2025

Ruling on Wearing a stainless steel Watch with small white gold markers (Wedding Gift Issue)

Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāh, I received a stainless-steel watch as a wedding gift from my father-in-law. Neither of us knew that certain models from this brand made after 1979 use very small amounts of white gold on the dial for anti-corrosion. In my model, it is only four markers (12, 3, 6, 9), and even then only the thin outline of each numeral is white gold, while the centres are l.....
Marriage - Issues
6th December 2025

Extreme waswasah- urgent quick question

Asalamualaikum hope you are well may Allah reward you. There is a hypothetical man who thought about divorce as he’s angry at his wife. He imagined a divorce scenario in his mind, but he never intended to divorce his wife in real life. In the imagined scenario, he thought that if his wife asked him why he is doing it, he would say “nothing.” While thinking about this imaginary sc.....
Women
5th December 2025

Bleeding during ovulation

For the last 3 months, I had bleeding during my ovulation phase for 3–4 days, irregularly. First I thought it may be health related and went to a doctor. She said it wasn't something bad and that some women had bleeding during ovulation, it was caused by hormone fluctuations and egg's release. So this bleeding is not menstruation, but do I have to act like it was? Can I not pray, fast or have .....
Transactions
6th November 2025

About forex trading

Hi,Assalamu Alaikum.Iam a muslim. I want to know about forex trading. If i do forex trade in islamic account(swap free) and also if i dont take any leverage means 1:1 (no leverage) and also if i set an expert advisor (Ea) for automatic trading strategy. Will it be halal? Please ans and if not any Corrections? For reference my ea is not martingale, it open one position at a time based on it.....
Halal and Haram
6th November 2025

Mailing opening job in the bank

Assalamualaikum wrwb, I work in the bank as associate operations processor. I am supposed to open the mail and scan the checks received in mail. Is it permissible? Is my income halal?.....
Marriage - General
6th November 2025

Nafaqah waive

Asalaam alaikum, please help. I’m a second wife and live separately to my husband and have one child from previous marriage years ago. We did a nikaah and the first wife does not know about me. I work and pay all my own and my child’s expenses since our nikaah and also before that. My husband has been going through many tests since our nikaah and we have been wondering why. Is Allah SWT punish.....
Women
28th October 2025

Pregnancy related

Assalamoalaykum I had cancer was on my treatment this year and just 10 days earlier I had pet-ct..Today I got to know that I'm expecting..I told my doctors about it and they are telling me it's a risky case and that baby and you might be affected because of chemotherapy and Pet-ct scan. They are asking me to decide if you want to keep it or not..I'm not able to decide since it's a sin ..please .....
Naseeha - Advice
23rd October 2025

How to deal with overwhelming wiswas and ocd

I suffer a lot from waswas. Probably say the shahadah about 20 times a day due to waswas. I take about 10 minutes to do fardh wudhu because places like the start of jawline does not get wet. I laugh for no reason in salaah. I pass wind. I get bad thoughts. Salaah and wudhu are difficult for me. Before i started studying fiqh ,salaah was a source of peace but when i learnt stuff i realised that i w.....
Hajj / Umrah
23rd October 2025

Excusable amount of impurity while in the state of ihram

Salaam, I have a question regarding the excusable amount of impurity found on Ihram clothing. Is it the same as when not in the state of Ihram (approximately 5-6 cm in diameter)? For example, if someone was asleep in the state of Ihram and after waking up discovered a small amount of pre-ejaculatory fluid was emitted, will Tawaf still be valid given the traces of the fluid on the Ihram that .....
Marriage - General
23rd October 2025

Ahmadiya converted to sunni Husband and sunni wife

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, I would like to ask about the validity of my marriage (nikah). My husband and his entire family were previously members of the Ahmadi (Qadiani) community. About 10 years ago, my husband and his immediate family formally accepted Sunni Islam. They signed the official declaration in Pakistan, confirming their belief in the finality of the Propheth.....
Sacrifice and Aqeeqa
23rd October 2025

Name for a baby girl

Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Is the name aleeza appropriate for a baby girls it is a Hebrew origin and means joyful. Jazakallahu Khair......
Tafseer, Hadeeth, Du'aa
18th October 2025

Sunnah to recite surah yaseen in day and night

Assalamualaikum It is reported … that Ibn 'Abbas said: "Whomsoever recites Ya-Sin in the morning will be given an easy day until the evening, and whomsoever recites it in the beginning of the night will be given an easy night until the morning." [Musnad al-Darimi no. 3462] This narration according to many shuyukh is hasan, the only narrator some people disagree upon is shahr bin hawshab .....
Salaah - Tahara
14th October 2025

Impurity transfer

Assalam O Alaykum, I have a question regarding impurity transfer. Is there any lenient ruling for someone struggling with OCD like symptoms about impurity not transferring if no traces present? I know hanafi's say this but they also say it transfers when dripping wet and my hands that were impure and dripping wet have contaminated so many places and dishes which now makes me believe i am eating im.....