IslamQA: Why did Imam Malik forbid living in non-Muslim countries?

Question in response to The Problem with the IslamQA.info Website: I’m wondering why did Imam Malik Say we can’t live in non Muslim country? SubbhanAllah I thought that imam Malik had balanced views. isn’t it the fact that westerns are converting due to the fact that we Muslims live in the West and that there are […]

Ending technological servitude: On the need for tariffs on Internet companies (and others)

In my view the most important reason why protectionism is necessary, or at least one of the most important reasons, is the prevention of technological servitude. A simple example illustrates the point: Your country cannot be a pioneer in aerospace technologies if your country is not producing airplanes. If all of your airplanes come from China, the […]

IslamQA: Solution for a person who due to illness cannot make up missed fasts

I’m girl and I started fasting in 2010. The problem is, i’m not a healthy problem i have been dealing with too many issues and couldn’t fast the days where i ate during Ramadan (period time) We re in 2017 now and i have a debt of 50 days What should i do ? For […]

IslamQA: Can you do a khatm (complete reading) of the Quran with a translation?

Salaam 🙂 I had a question. I was wondering since I am currently finishing trying to complete the Quran inshAllah, would I be able to read a translated version in English instead? So I can understand each Surah. Would reading the translation version be considered as completing the Quran? Thank you so much for you […]

IslamQA: Dealing with cruelty from one’s own family

I was born Muslim into a non practising family. When I came back to the deen Alhamdulillah, my family suddenly turned on me. Suddenly everything I do is wrong, they gossip, my siblings have been jabbing me about not doing enough for my parents. I try what I can, I make doa for them but […]

Ahab (Name)

Ahab (transliteration: Aḥabb, Arabic: أحبّ) is an Arabic name for boys that means “more beloved”, “more dear”, “most beloved”, “most dear”. Ahab is the comparative and superlative form of ḥabīb (“beloved”, “dear”). Ahab may also be spelled Ahabb and Eheb. The word Ahab is used in three places in the Quran: Say, “If your parents, and your […]

Ajlah (Name)

Ajlah (transliteration: Ajlaḥ, Arabic: أجلح) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who is bald in the sides of his head”, “one whose hair is receding at the front” When used to describe an ox, it means an ox that does not have horns. There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace […]

Ajma (Name)

Ajma (transliteration: ʿAjmāʾ, Arabic: عجماء) is an Arabic name for girls that means “one who does not speak fluent or eloquent Arabic”, “tree-less plain of sand”, “silent/non-talkative”, “cattle”, named so as a reference to the fact that they do not speak. Amja is also used to refer to any of the daytime formal prayers (ṣalāhs) […]

IslamQA: On which scholar’s opinions to follow and scholarly consensus (ijmāʿ)

I don’t mean to offend you in any way but I just want to know (because I find other Islamic sources different from your answers sometimes). But I’m wondering when people ask you a certain thing on your blog , do you go after the scholars who give the fatwas/explanations that sounds most logic or […]

Aslam (Name)

Aslam (transliteration: Aslam, Arabic: آسلم) originally meant “large containers”, being the plural of salm which referred to a type of large container. As a verb, aslama means “he submitted (i.e. he became Muslim)”, “he became harmless toward others”, and today the name Aslam is also used as a reference to this, with the meaning “one who does […]

IslamQA: Wanting to get married as a Muslim woman but having no suitors

I’m referring to the article on your personal website about the most desirable women for marriage — well, as it happens, I am in my early twenties, a follower of Islam, fairly intelligent, and decent-looking, but I don’t have Muslim men asking for my hand in marriage.. I mean, I am interested in marriage, but […]

IslamQA: On Muslims working for companies that deal with interest

I just wanted to ask you since my major is economy and some jobs involves working with the interest rate especially if it’s a firm that works with lending money. Can I still work with them? There’s a lot of competition here in this country regarding this major so saying no to a job means […]

Awsat (Name)

Awsat (transliteration: Awsaṭ, Arabic: أوسط) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “noble”, “high-born”, “high in status”, a respected and honored man who comes from a well-known family. It also means “the best” (of anything). Its literal meaning is “middle”, “moderate”. There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Awsat: Awsat bin […]

Bazima (Name)

Bazima (transliteration: Badhima, Arabic: بذيمة) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “one who does not needlessly become angry”, “one who has a good temper”. Bazima is also spelled Bazeema, Badhima, Bazimah and Badheema. Below is the name Bazima written in Arabic naskh script: Below is the name Bazima written in Arabic kufi script:

IslamQA: Why is seeking knowledge important in Islam?

Why is seeking knowledge important in Islam and how does seeking knowledge not only religiously brings us closer to Allah swt? The Quran says: 25. If they disbelieve you, those before them also disbelieved. Their messengers came to them with the clear proofs, with the Psalms, and with the Enlightening Scripture. 26. Then I seized those […]

IslamQA: A Muslim who cannot escape the guilt of a sinful life

I’m a revert, I lost my path again. I don’t really pray much now but still on deen. I have some confessions to be made cause these are eating me away. I tried to tell it all in a prayer (while making dua) but these things they still haunt me and I’m still in touch […]

IslamQA: On unanswered prayers, and is it normal for a Muslim to doubt God’s existence?

As a Muslim is it normal to ever doubt Allah’s existence? I pray 5x daily and have completed Umrah, but i feel like my prayers have never been answered. That’s normal, and that is why faith is rewarded. We are supposed to believe in God without having physical proof of His existence. Believing in God […]

IslamQA: A man who refuses to marry the woman he had premarital sex with

I’ve committed zina with this one guy and we promised to get married in future. Suddenly one day he told me that he wants to stop seeing me, and he wants to perform umrah. He said he wants to repent but never to be responsible for marrying me. Somehow i feel like i’m being cheated […]

IslamQA: On the ritual purity of cats in Islam

Does cat fur invalidate our prayers? Regarding cats, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH is quoted as saying: إنها ليست بنجس، إنها من الطوافين عليكم It is not impure. It is allowed to be a tawwāf (that which freely moves around) upon you (in your homes). The purity extends to its hair according to the Yemeni scholar […]

IslamQA: Fixing people’s negative view of you due to your past deeds

Salam Brother, I hope you’re doing well. I was reflecting the other day and I think I am on the right path now, but I had a past life that isn’t the greatest. I noticed that people have not moved on from my past life even though I have. It’s like I have changed completely […]

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