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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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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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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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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__________________________________ 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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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: …
Read More »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 …
Read More »The status of a non-Muslims marriage after she reverts to Islam
Nasihah (Advice): The benefit in having a righteous spouse Umar ibn Al-Khattab radiyallahu anhu said, “Nothing benefits a man, after faith in Allah, as much as a wife with good character, who is loving and fertile. Nothing harms a man, after disbelief in Allah, as much as a wife …
Read More »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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