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  • His non-Muslim mother hangs up photos of him at home

    Assalaamu ‘alaikum, may Allaah reward you for your services. I'm really glad because of this website and i pray that Allaah gives you the highest place in jannah. My mother is no a muslim. She has got paper photographs of me when I was a child. She hanged one on the fridge and other she keep in her closet. Am i sinful for allowing her to keep and.. More

  • Mere thoughts about matters of belief are not Waswasah

    As-salamu 3laikum, In one fatwa you said that doubts which merely cross the mind are just waswaas, whereas doubts that settle in the heart are kufr. I have a problem with this that I am worried about and I asked this question before but I could not find the answer in the fataawa you sent me to. My problem is that sometimes the shaytaan whispers something.. More

  • Ruling on cosmetic surgery to correct an embarrassing deformity

    I require clarification on an issue. I am thinking of undergoing a cosmetic procedure for my chin due to the fact that my lower jaw is recessive and is smaller and pushed back than the rest of my face (I have been told by a surgeon - not muslim though) This affects me mentally and constantly distracts me and makes me feel down. I have read that it is.. More

  • Using pictures in books to teach children supplications

    Assalaam alaikum, My question today has to do with the proper way to educate young Muslim toddlers and children. Specifically, we would like to introduce a book of du'a for our baby, and in this book it contains various supplications. To make this engaging for toddlers and children, is it permissible to include pictures of humans/children without the.. More

  • Meaning of 'soldiers of Allaah'

    As-salaamu 3laikum, I would like to know about the meaning of the term 'soldiers of Allah', does it only include those who are obedient to Allah or could it include anyone who is used by Allah for any purpose even if their intention is not to obey Allah? Like nowadays we hear about people coming to Islam after investigating the claims of the enemies.. More

  • Profiting from ads on a Quran-teaching website

    I have read the Arabic Fatwa on your website where you have said that the Hanafis and Hanabalis have said that taking payment on teaching the Quran is not allowed and I agree with this view. Please keep this in mind when answering the following questions. My question is that if I make a website where I teach the Quran and Hadith and then place permitted.. More

  • A clear case of Waswasah (obsessive whisperings) about repentance

    I fear I might have accidently said something that Islam does not agree with, for the stuff that I don't remember but want to repent from what do I do? What about the mistakes I have made while describing or teaching others about Allah (I think I made a mistake while saying you can't give Allah new names by saying you can't give Allah the name "spinner.. More

  • Playing video games with non-Muslim civilizations as factions

    As salamu alaykum. If someone plays a strategy video game where they are required to choose a faction to play as eg romans, greek, chinese, americans, russians etc, would the person be sinning for playing as such factions as they were not Muslim civilisations? .. More

  • Wearing dental braces just to please the husband

    My husband is not pleased with my teeths and he wants the front teeths to be cut and that I wear braces pure only for beautification, is that permissible? What does islam say about being too honest, like your husband saying that he does not like dark skin colour (i am dark skinned) and that I walk weird etc. Sometimes he really says hurtful things and.. More

  • Keeping chess sets for purposes other than playing chess

    Assalamu alykum, I have studied a bit about whether chess is haram or not, and it seems like it falls in the doubtful category. As we should stay away from doubtful things, I quit playing chess. But I have some expensive chess sets in my possession. I thought about selling them at first, but later realized it would also be a bad thing to do as I would.. More

  • Not getting tested for a probable smoking-related disease

    AssalamuAlaikum ...my question is that i see many people smoke eating tobacco and some people have a doubt about a certain disease yet they dont get tested for it if such people die due to cancer or any ither deadly disease is it like suicide as they are risking upon their life is there a sin involved? .. More

  • Ruling on earning money through an iTunes app

    Assalamualaikum, I made the software which is the addin for iTunes. My app is to help find and delete duplicate items inside iTunes. Well, it can find anything from video, podcast, audio, lecture audio, etc but as iTunes is mainly a music player people mainly used my app to find duplicate songs. My copywriting on my website also stated word "music".. More

  • Computer games that involve elements of Shirk (polytheism)

    I want to play a game called Eve Online.. But in this game the story is something like Humans travel away from earth into space wormhole and found other planets to reside on or something.. they grew and become well off then the wormhole closed leaving them stranded, after wars and a lot of struggles, they have discovered a way to make humans virtually.. More

  • Children expiating for their mother's abortion on her behalf

    A Muslim woman died and she had aborted a child for she did not like to have more children, May Allaah Forgive her. Is there any expiation for her to be made by her children on her behalf, given that during her lifetime, she had the intention to make expiation, but was ignorant of how to do it? .. More

  • Making 3D cakes of animated cartoon figures

    Assalam o alaikum I am writing this email to have an answer to a question which is very important for me and a quick response would be highly appreciated. Me and my wife, we are running a small business from our home. We make customized designed cakes in various shapes. These are called “fondant cakes” and can be made in any shape and sometimes,.. More