Female Issues

Giving charity after shaving the baby’s head

  Nasihah (Advice): Praise Allah whether the baby is a boy or girl   Kathir ibn Ubayd Rahimahullah reported: “If a child was born to anyone from the family of Sayyidatuna Aisha Radiyallahu Anha, she would not ask if it was a boy or a girl.Rather, she would ask, “Was it …

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Revealing one’s hair in front of a suitor

  Nasihah (Advice): A dutiful wife enters Paradise by any gate   Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “If a woman prays her five prayers, fasts the month of Ramadan, guards her chastity and obeys her husband, she will enter Paradise from any gate she …

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Is it sinful to stop breastfeeding before two years?

  Nasihah (Advice): Sin of separating parents from their children   Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever separates a mother from her child, Allah will separate him from his loved ones on the Day of Resurrection.” [Sunan Tirmidhi] ______________________________   Question and Answer:   …

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Financial responsibility towards a wealthy mother

  Nasihah (Advice): Strive in serving your parents   Abdullah ibn Amr Radiyallahu Anhu reported: A man came to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), asking permission to wage jihad. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked, “Are your parents alive?” The man said yes. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Then strive …

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Jewellery for males and females

  __________________________________   Nasihah (Advice): Halaal & Haraam are clear   Sayyiduna Numaan Ibn Basheer radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between that are matters that are doubtful (not clear); many of the people do not know …

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Does the intention of marriage justify zina?

DOES THE INTENTION OF NIKAH JUSTIFY ZINA? I am a young teenage girl just out of High school. I was going steady with a Muslim boy for 2 years. I relaxed myself with him as he pledged to marry me. However, now that I am pregnant he says that he …

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The precise time when the Iddah period upon death commences

  Nasihah (Advice): The period of mourning the deceased   Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah) has narrated that Ummu ‘Atiyyah’s (radiyallahu ‘anha) son passed away. On the third day [after his demise], she requested [that] yellow dye [be brought for her to apply]. [After it was brought] She then applied it and said: …

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Homosexuality and the Biological Argument

Question How should we respond to people who say that there is a biological basis for homosexuality? Answer Allah Ta’aala says in the Qur’aan: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا Today I have perfected your deen for you, completed my favour to you and chosen …

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Marrying a child from a relationship of Zina

  Nasihah (Advice): The adulterer loses Imaan whilst committing Zina   Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The adulterer is not a believer while he commits adultery. The thief is not a believer while he is stealing. The drinker of wine is not a believer …

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