/ Jan 17, 2019 05:32 PM / No Comments on The Islamic ruling on blowing on food to cool it / 2471 viewsIs it true that it be haram to blow on ones good before eatin even tho it be hot to eat? According to a fatwa from Egypt’s fatwa authority, it is not a prohibition, it is just good manners not do it since it can cause the food or saliva to fly off, and it […]
/ Jan 13, 2019 03:13 PM / No Comments on Her abusive parents make her feel depressed / 1814 viewsAssalamu aleikum, for several years i have been feeling like a burden and a problem to my parents. they never support or show love and admiration for anything me or my sisters do, they’re always scared that we’re going to ruin their reputations and have absolutely zero respect for us, the degrading things they’ve told […]
/ Jan 01, 2019 01:10 PM / No Comments on Dealing with fraud without legal recourse / 906 viewsThis is a bit of a particular question, but how are Muslims to deal with fraudsters and malicious cons? How are transactions, trade, or deals initially agreed upon supposed to be enforced when legal institutions aren’t a viable option (for example in remote villages, an informal loan or deal made between people in civil society, […]
/ Dec 26, 2018 02:38 PM / No Comments on Can a Muslim woman wear jeans? / 1032 viewsAssalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah! Can female Muslim wear jeans? (so loose) Alaikumassalam wa rahmatullah, As long as the full costume is modest then there is no issue with it. For the question of women wearing pants please see: Can Muslim women wear shirts and training pants for sports?
/ Dec 24, 2018 01:01 AM / No Comments on Islam and nightmares / 991 viewsassalamu aleikum, i came here to ask if you know what can cause nightmares? my family has noticed that sometimes (rather rarely but when it happens its kinda intense) i talk and scream during my sleep, this night i woke up shaking and screaming just because my sister accidentally touched my foot, i cant imagine […]
/ Dec 24, 2018 12:58 AM / No Comments on How to have a halal marriage when there are so many haram outlets? / 683 viewsAsalam Aleikum WaRahmatullah Almost everyone I know, who is married and Muslim, began their relationship in a haram manner (dating, calling, texting ect.) for years before marrying. I am afraid that it will be really hard for me and a lot of people in today’s society to get to know a possible future spouse in […]
/ Aug 01, 2018 04:47 PM / No Comments on Balancing worship with productive work / 1594 viewsSalam Alaykum. Do you have any guide for one to be consistent to his routine, of practising night prayers & reading the quran, while still working hard on improving themselves (worldly skills like writing & other craftsmanship)? I find night prayers really pleasuring, but I also want to balance it with my studies and self-improvement […]
/ Dec 18, 2018 04:23 PM / No Comments on It is permissible for Sunni Muslims to marry Shia Muslims (with conditions) / 915 viewsDo you think Sunnis and Shias can get married? According to the scholar sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi as long as the couple can respect each other then they can marry since there is not sufficient evidence to prohibit it. From the Sunni point of view, there is only an issue if the Shia person is an […]
/ Dec 18, 2018 04:11 PM / No Comments on Sexual fantasies in Islam / 9252 viewsWhat is your advice for young people struggling with sexual daydreams? The Prophet, peace be upon him, says: God has pardoned for my community what comes to their mind, so long as they do not act or pronounce words to that effect. (Sunan Abi Dawud 2209, various forms of this hadith are also present al-Bukhari, […]
/ Dec 18, 2018 04:10 PM / No Comments on Which sura must be recited after al-Fatiha? What to do in prayer if you haven’t memorized much Quran? / 13560 viewsIs there certain surahs we must recite in salah? I usually just recite surah Al-Kafirun and surah ikhlas because I do not know any other off by heart. You can recite anything you wish after al-Fatiha; it can be a whole sura or a verse or two (such as the Throne Verse by itself). Assalaamu […]
/ Dec 04, 2018 04:39 PM / 4 Comments on Is it sinful in Islam to not love your parent? / 15281 viewsAssalamu Aleikum, i have a question on which i always get mixed answers, is it haram for a person not to have love towards a parent as long as we dont disrespect them? I don’t have a relationship with my father at all and although it used to make me sad it doesn’t anymore because […]
/ Nov 11, 2018 04:56 PM / No Comments on Can one unknowingly associate partners with God? / 1139 viewsSalam, I asked about the false idols. Sorry if you already explained this in the first answer, but I was reading commentary of Surah Baqarah v22 which mentions false idols. It says “Will you still resist and go after your false gods, the creation of your own fancy? The false gods may be idols, superstistions, […]
/ Nov 07, 2018 05:59 PM / No Comments on The Muslim view of Orientalists / 950 viewsBrother, I’ve heard that orientalists are westerners studying Islam and their purpose is to cause distortion of knowledge among people about Islam. My question is, what orientalists really are and for what purpose do they study Islam? Thank you. “Orientalist” is a word that was used to refer to Western scholars of Islam until the […]
/ Aug 12, 2018 05:11 PM / No Comments on Coworker encourages them to sin / 932 viewsAssalamu Alaikum, How do we deal with human evil ? My “muslim” co-worker knows I’m still a virgin and that I don’t eat pork and non-halal stuff ( Pretty logical for a muslim right ? ) but he’s kind of teasing me and asking me if I want to eat the pork or drink bear […]
/ Aug 12, 2018 04:35 PM / No Comments on Are sexual and homosexual fantasies forbidden in Islam? / 4027 viewsIs it haram to think about sexual things without acting upon them? What about homosexual thoughts? The Prophet, peace be upon him, says: God has pardoned for my community what comes to their mind, so long as they do not act or pronounce words to that effect. (Sunan Abi Dawud 2209, various forms of this […]
/ Aug 10, 2018 03:01 PM / 1 Comment on Being Muslim and a fangirl/fanboy of a fictional world / 1969 viewsAssalamualaikum brother, as you in Tumblr platform I think you’ve heard things called as ‘fangirl/fanboy’ or any person that loves some fictional works so much. How Islam treat people like them (actually I’m also one of them)? Honestly I have lots of question about this topic but I haven’t found any ‘Islamic specialist’ in this […]
/ Aug 05, 2018 08:04 PM / No Comments on It is permissible for Muslims to celebrate birthdays / 4480 viewsIs it okay to celebrate birthdays? Egypt’s Dār al-Iftāʾ (the authority that issues fatwas for all Egyptians and is peopled by qualified scholars from al-Azhar University) has issued a fatwa that says it is permissible to celebrate birthdays as long as they do not involve anything forbidden by Islam. The popular Egyptian caller to Islam […]
/ Aug 27, 2023 06:41 PM / 3 Comments on On Using HadithGraph / 4686 viewsLink to the tool: HadithGraph I have been quietly working on a tool that automatically diagrams and “verifies” hadiths (based on my hadith verification method), and recently I finished it, and the results far exceeded my expectations, alhamdulillah. The tool is simply a calculator and diagrammer, so that instead of having to do the probability […]