Naming Children
845 questions
Is it permissible for me to name [my child] with the name 'Issam or the name 'Basma'?
Is it permissible to name a female "Dina"?
How is the estate of a man to be divided if he passed away leaving behind: a Muslim wife and four daughters from her; two granddaughters from a son who died before him; a French wife and an illegitimate son and a legitimate daughter from her whose Islam has not been established; two brothers and three sisters, one of whom died after him and has sons and daughters?
What is the ruling on a wife demanding from her husband the children's money that the European government deposits into his account instead of hers?
Do the parents sin if their seventeen-year-old son does something forbidden?
Must a girl return jewelry given to her by her deceased mother, with the mother's consent, after her sisters demand it back and reject the gift?
How should children act when their mother refuses to return a child of unknown parentage to his mother, insisting on raising him despite the financial burdens and the necessity of proving his lineage for school enrollment?
Do the children of "zina" (fornication/adultery) or "urfi" marriage inherit? May Allah bless you.
What is the ruling on naming animals after prophets and messengers, such as naming a donkey "Ya‘qub"? Is it permissible to name children "Israel"?
What is the ruling on a sister refusing to give up her share to her brother in a house they inherited from their father, knowing that the father is asking her to give it up and the brother is well-off?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on dealing with a mother who wrongs one of her children, deprives him of his basic rights (such as clothing and glasses), prefers his other siblings over him, exploits him to serve them, and takes his share of the inheritance to give it to his well-off siblings?
What is the ruling on a father registering his house in the name of one of his sons from another wife, while the house in which the second wife and her children live is registered in his name? And is it fair for the house in which the second wife lives to be registered in her name, especially if she contributed to its construction? And is it considered fair for the father to eat and sleep only at the second wife's house, even though he has not divorced the first wife?
What is the ruling on attaching children with a rope in the form of a harness to walk them, and is this considered imitation of tying dogs when there is an urgent necessity, such as the child being very active and there is a fear of him running into the street?
What is the wife's share of her deceased husband's inheritance if she did not bear him children, and he has children from another wife, is it one-quarter or one-eighth?
Why did Allah reveal a Surah containing a curse for Abu Jahl, and will this Surah be a source of grief and pain for his believing children?
How is the inheritance of a deceased divorced woman distributed, who has no children, and has a deceased brother (one son and two daughters), a deceased sister (four sons and one daughter), and a living sister?
Should a wife have to choose between caring for her granddaughter, the daughter of her divorced son, who is Christian and does not receive adequate care from her mother, and the satisfaction of her husband (the child's grandfather), who rejects the presence of children?
How is the inheritance of a deceased father divided, who left behind two wives and children from both of them (2 sons and 3 daughters from the first wife, and 2 sons and 4 daughters from the second wife), and whose estate consists of commercial shops, a farm, a commercial plot of land, and a house?
Is naming a daughter after her deceased paternal grandmother considered an act of filial piety if the father's intention is to honor his mother?
How is the estate of a deceased father to be divided, who left behind four wives, eleven sons, and nine daughters, and his estate amounts to six million two hundred and forty thousand Riyals, and he has no debts?
Did Salman al-Farsi marry, considering that someone called him Abu Abdullah?
What is the share of the wife, the brother, and the two sisters from the inheritance of a man who died and left no children?
What should I do about my mother's discrimination between me and my younger brother?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to the grandfather for the purpose of getting dentures, taking into account that he has a small pension and married children, and it is unknown whether they assist him, and is my assistance to him a religious obligation?