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Marriage - Issues

19th May 2024

Divorce without consummating

My friend had sent a message to her sister pronouncing 1 Talaq to wife. Sister informed the family about this but his brother wife is not aware about it. This happened before consummating the marriage but being alone together multiple times. He sent the message on 18th Feb 2024. We are trying to reconcile but want to be sure if the marriage can be saved Islamically and how much time we have. .....

Halal and Haram

19th May 2024

Fintech Issuer Payment Processor Job Halal or haram

I am working in card payment Fintech that provides software for transaction processing. The company has Clients who provide prepaid, debit and credit card to their end users. Prepaid card client constitute majority of clients; but organization is trying to expand on credit client and also going into Digital Banking as well. The clients of the organization include fintechs (like payoneer, square) .....

Ramadhan and Fasting

19th May 2024

How many fasts do I need to makeup due to traveling from a country that did not fast the same day as

Aslamoalaikum. My question is that in this year of Ramadan, I left Pakistan when there was no Ramadan but it was the 1st of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia(which I do not agree with since they are calendar based and there was no way they saw the moon according to moonsighting.com). Then after doing Umrah I left to America and I missed one fast here. America had a full 30 fasts and it is my home country. B.....

Naseeha - Advice

17th May 2024

How can I overcome my eating disorder?

Asalaam-o-alaykum, I have a problem that I�ve suffered from for the last decade since I was a young teen to now, as an adult woman. I sometimes get better but ultimately I keep �relapsing� into an eating disorder. I feel very upset that I am unable to control the urge to binge and purge food, I feel shame and guilt for the waste and for harming myself in this way. How can I find the strength.....

Ramadhan and Fasting

17th May 2024

How should I end my itekaf without creating noise and fitna?

I have entered into itekaf in a mosque who follows Saudi moonsighting whilst I started ramadhan a day after i.e. following uk/morrocco moon sighting. I chose the mosque as it was close to me and local. There are two groups/opinion regarding moonsighting - so it's not a question of following the ulemas and majority and regardless my current believe (and would like to be corrected on) if it wa.....

Salaah - Performing

14th May 2024

I missed prayers many times and don�t know if I can still be a muslim or not

Assalamu Alaikum, In the past, I often let prayer times pass without praying on time. I have seen different fatwas on this: some say you must make up the missed prayers, while others state that you cannot make up for them and that it is a major sin requiring repentance; the prayer is lost even if you pray it later. I have adhered to the second opinion as it seems most authentic to me, especiall.....

Food Related

16th May 2024

Cat Food process

Re: Applaws: Question about Applaws Food Form Response [Case ID#: 211621 Good afternoon Bushra Thank you for contacting us and for choosing Applaws. I can confirm that only the ingredients listed are included in the recipe. I can also confirm that none of our products contain pork unless it is stated so in the ingredients, however, please be advised that they may be produced in factorie.....

Marriage - Issues

11th May 2024

Doubt in Divorce Incident

Assalamualaikum I once said some words that I suspected might be divorce words. So I searched for a fatwa on the internet that was similar to my situation and found that it resulted in divorce and I believed it. Later, I learned more from another fatwa from a local scholar about the correctness of the divorce expression, and this fatwa seemed more weighty than the first fatwa, but I was sti.....

Halal and Haram

11th May 2024

Providing Consulting Services to Bank

Assalamualikum Warahamatullahi Wabarakatuh My question is related to providing consulting services to a bank. I work for a consulting firm and one of our clients is a bank. I am supposed to build and optimise personalised marketing campaigns for different banking products such as home loan, credit cards, personal loans e.t.c for that bank. My role will be to clean, prepare and present their da.....

Marriage - Issues

10th May 2024

Some words in Quran are pronounced exactly like "divorce" in my local language

Assalamualaikum I read in the Qur'an that some words in the verse are pronounced exactly like "divorce" in my local language. If I read that word with hidden intention, will it affect the marriage?.....

Marriage - Issues

10th May 2024

Some local words pronounced exactly like "divorce"

Assalamualaikum I speak a local language where some words not meaning about divorce, but the words are pronounced exactly like "divorce". If said with hidden intention, will it affect the marriage?.....

Marriage - Issues

10th May 2024

Kinayah divorce sentence in website and book

Assalamualaikum I have seen some sentence on websites or books that are similar to the Kinayah word of divorce. If I express agreement such as "OK" with that sentence and have the intention of divorce, will it result in a divorce?.....

Marriage - Issues

10th May 2024

Istis'haab (presumption of continuity)

Assalamualaikum A man had divorce intentions in his heart but didn't say anything. Later, he said a sentence that was a metaphor for divorce, but he was unsure if he had the intention of divorce when he said it. Will his first intention be counted as continuation (Istis'haab) coming to his speech or not? As far as I know, Istis'haab (presumption of continuity) applies to the continuation .....

Miscellaneous

10th May 2024

A curse

Salam. I have a query related to a �saying� by my In Laws according to which the daughter in laws of the family CANNOT wear Black dress/Scarf as it was prohibited to them generations ago by some Wali/Baba. the reasons behind was given that wearing black by Daughter in laws could result in extremely bad consequences for the family i.e. death. As it happened with 2 Uncles of my husband whose w.....

Halal and Haram

2nd May 2024

Sports competition with entry fees

Assalamu alaikum, Is it allowed to join sports competitions with entry fees, even if I don�t accept the prize when I win? The organizer uses part of the entry fee for the monetary prizes......

Halal and Haram

2nd May 2024

Intention

As-salamu alaikum, For example: if somebody does a halal job, but (because of ocd) he thinks it is a haram job which involves kufr (blasphemy) , but he is still doing it. Later he found out that the job was totally halal and nothing about that job was haram let alone kufr/blasphemy. Was he sinful and is the salary that he earned during that time haram for him ?.....

Women

30th April 2024

Masturbating in ramadan

Assalamualikum. I am a female and gave into temptation and masturbated for seconds maybe a minute not sure but not very long. Astaghfiruallah. I cant tell if I ejaculated. I stopped as I felt myself reaching orgasm so I wouldnt ejaculated. But unsure if I ejaculated anyways. Cant tell the difference between normal vagina secretion vs ejaculation? Is my fast invalidated? Do I have to make it up? Is.....

Ramadhan and Fasting

30th April 2024

Doubt on Kaffarah fard in my situation or not?

Assalamualaikum. My roommate in Hostel is like a brother to me. He could not fast this Ramadan because of a medical condition of his. I suggested him to give Fidyah, Alhamdulillah he did. Now recently in a day He commited Zina, Is he supposed to give Khaffarah now? My doubt is that, isn't kaffarah a fine for breaking the fast. Is he supposed to pay when he wasn't fasting in the first place o.....

Salaah - Tahara

29th April 2024

Unsure about wetness

Asalam Alaikum, If upon waking there is some wetness and you doubt weather it is sweat or any fluid that came out of the urethra, is ghusl still needed despite what we see in the dream. Also if a person is fully awake and he knows something came out ( while he was awake) however he doubts whether it is mazi mani or urine, here does he have to do ghusl?.....

Miscellaneous

29th April 2024

Dream

Salaam, I saw dream of running away from the people who chased after me and then I hid myself in a place without them noticing me. And then I went to one place and saw those people but they didn't recognize me either even I met with them face to face. What is interpretation of this dream?.....