*Islamic Rulings

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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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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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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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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Proliferation of Divorces

The alarming explosion of the incidents of Talaaq in our present times is a cause for great concern. The mention of the word Talaaq which was at one time taboo in our communities has now become such a common and cheap word that in some marriages every argument features this …

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Can a father marry his son’s mother-in-law?

  Nasihah (Advice): The bounty of Nikah Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “You will certainly meet Your Rabb on the Day of Qiyamah. (Among the things Allah will ask is), ‘Did I not get you married to such-and-such lady? Many proposed to her, …

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