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Inheritance and Wills
10th February 2026

DISTRIBUTING MY MOHTERS BUSINESS SHARES AND PROPERTIES

A husband purchased several lands and partnership shares of a firm using his own earnings. He legally registered all these assets in his wife's name during her lifetime. His intention for this registration was to ensure her financial security in case he passed away before her. However, the wife passed away while the husband is still alive. The husband now claims that since his specific intentio.....
Halal and Haram
10th February 2026

Change of date of birth in documents

asalamualaikum. i have a close person to me whose date of birth was mentioned 1 year younger by her parents . later on , at the age of 15, she changed it to one more year younger while looking at the dob of other classmates, she didn't know that it was a sin and is haram. she is very repentful about it and want to know that she is a doctor and the date of birth will not effect her normal work , bu.....
Marriage - Issues
10th February 2026

Feeling Stuck and Need Advice

Salam everyone. I’m a 29-year-old woman, having a stable career, but living at home with my parents. I’m reaching a breaking point and feel completely alone in this situation. I would be so grateful for any advice or to hear from anyone who has been through something similar. I love and respect my parents deeply, especially my mother, who has sacrificed a lot for me. However, her protective.....
Marriage - Issues
9th February 2026

Conditional divorce or not

Assalamoalikum Till yesterday I was not aware of conditional divorce. Few days I ago I said to wife if you continue with abusive and vulgar language I will leave you. It was neither threat nor divorce. What I had decided that if she continue same I will send her message of divorce. And same message to few others as witnesses. But I was not certain if I will do on first instance or tolerat.....
Living in the West
5th February 2026

Visiting an amusement park that supports Israel

I live in Florida and would visit theme parks for an outing with my husband, however I found out that the theme parks and resort support Israel by donating money to them a few years ago. Is it sinful for me to visit the amusement park?.....
Marriage - Issues
5th February 2026

Kimayah words

I had a heated argument 10 years ago in which i said in extreme anger 'go to your parents house' to my wife, intent is uncertain due to how long it was but could be that i said the words due to anger. I cannot recall the amount of times this was said at the time or if other kinayah words were used. My question is; 1. Is this talaq e bain ? 2.if i uttered the same words or kinayah words.....
Marriage - Issues
23rd January 2026

Statement was was

As-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I would like to ask about a situation that is causing me waswasah (intrusive thoughts). My wife was upset with me one day and said to me: “You don’t want to be a husband.” From her tone and the context, I think that she meant that I wasn’t acting emotionally or affectionately enough — not that she was questioning our marriage itse.....
Women
23rd 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
16th January 2026

Extreme amount of waswasah please help

Asalamualaikum may Allah reward you have a hypothetical question 1)Hypothetically if a man has intention of “talaq” keeps his mouth closed and tries to breathe the word through his nose, for example ‘talaq”’, without pronouncing it with his tongue or mouth, does that count as “talaq” Woukd that do anything to the marriage.? For example if u close ur mouth and Try to breathe s.....
Halal and Haram
19th January 2026

Can knowledge be haram?

Assalamu alaykum. I read a fatwa on your website under number #10762; here is the link: https://qa.muftisays.com/?10762 I did not understand one point. According to this fatwa, if someone started a business using stolen money, then later returned that money and all the income earned from the business, but the business continues to generate income because he replaced the capital with his own sa.....
Halal and Haram
19th January 2026

Seeking halal income and sustenance

Salam, my name is Ahmad and I’m 21 living in USA, my question is what do I need to do for my dua to be accepted? Currently I live with my parents, because I’m dependent on them. My Dad who is the primary provider of the house, his income is haram, and our house is bought with RIBA. I work in a grocery store in the produce section where about 5-7 percent of the products have bacon, like the sal.....
Marriage - Issues
16th January 2026

Divorce Question

Aww, During 2 extremely heated arguments I pronounced the word talaq to my wife. Both times I had lost control and both times we made up straight away. On the third occasion again we had an argument and this time I walked away and said the words we are finished as I was exiting the house but she did not hear these as I was now outside and she was inside. Does this mean our nikah is now no.....
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.....
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.....