Naming Children
845 questions
If parents earn illicit money from bars and usury, will the prayers and supplications of their young children be accepted, especially given the presence of Hadiths indicating that the worship of one who earns money from unlawful sources is not accepted?
Is it obligatory to confess to one's parents about engaging in pre-marital sexual acts with a sister, or homosexual acts with a brother, if this occurred during childhood without their knowledge or under duress, and how does one repent from that?
Is it permissible for my eight-year-old daughter to participate in school celebrations, especially if it involves wearing men's clothing such as military and police uniforms, and a thobe and shmagh, and participating in a parade around the school?
What is the ruling on child maintenance, and when does this maintenance cease?
Is it permissible to divorce a wife who cannot conceive (knowing that the husband was aware of her infertility beforehand and she agreed not to have children) to enable her to marry another, hoping he might have children with her, especially since she desires to conceive and does not wish to be divorced?
Are the children of my wet nurse's husband considered my siblings?
How should the deceased be placed in front of the Imam, with regard to the head and feet?
Are the sisters of the paternal female cousin (S) - who has become a sister through suckling - also sisters to the questioner?
What is the Sharia ruling concerning a mother whose adultery was proven after 37 years, and that two of my siblings are not from my deceased father, knowing that she constantly criticizes and slanders people's honor and causes us problems, and she does not remember the real father of her children? And how do I deal with them in the future, given the fear of Allah's punishment and the inability to forgive her or remain silent about her actions?
Is the parents' eagerness for their children to marry an innate desire and a religiously commanded act, and what is its proof? Or is it because they wish to see their grandchildren? And is a son's refusal to marry an act of disobedience (ʿuqūq)? And is their happiness found in marriage itself or in stability? Meaning, are they harmed by the instability of their son's marriage?
Is it permissible for the mother's father to change the ownership of the land after his daughter's death? Is this considered a seized gift or not? Do the siblings have a greater right to it? Is the mother's will valid, or do the heirs have their rightful claim?
Do the two children who were beaten in Quran memorization circles have a right against the teacher, knowing that one of them was recommended to be beaten by his father and the other was a troublemaker and assaulted another student?
Do the brothers and sisters have the right to demand the inclusion of the plot of land gifted to their brother into their father's inheritance after his death, knowing that the gift was made during the father's lifetime and no one objected to it at that time?
Is it permissible to name a child "Musfira," as mentioned in the noble verse, "Some faces on that day will be bright, laughing, and rejoicing," given that there is already another daughter named "Maghfira" from a different verse, and the parents' desire to name their children with unconventional names from the Holy Quran?
Can a divorced mother retain custody of her children after remarrying, or does custody transfer to the father?
If suckling is established, who are the milk-siblings of this child: are they the sons of the nursing woman from her second husband, or the sons of her first husband from his second wife? And are the milk-mother's brothers and sisters, who are so only through their father, considered maternal uncles and aunts to the milk-child, making it permissible for him to shake hands with them and meet them? And is the mother of the nursing woman considered a grandmother to the milk-child, making it permissible for him to shake hands with her?
Is it permissible for the mother to keep half of her children's monthly income without the father's knowledge, while giving him the other half, in order to protect their money from the father's extravagance, knowing that the father does not fear Allah in financial matters, claims to spend on them, and there is a fear of the children's money being lost?
Is what the father did, in distributing residential apartments to his children, considered just, especially with his favoritism of some children in the size of the apartments and his not collecting equal rent from them, and what is obligatory to do concerning this action?
How is the inheritance calculated if the deceased left behind three sons, one daughter, and a wife?
Is a father's equality among his children in distributing his salary considered an injustice to the eldest among them, or does he have the freedom to do so?
Is it permissible to divide the inheritance during the father's lifetime to avoid problems among the children, and does the son who worked with his father and established the inheritance have the same share as his siblings in the inheritance?
Why are the children of disbelievers, who were enslaved in war, considered slaves, even though the sins of fathers are not inherited by their children?
Is it permissible for a father to take from the inheritance of his minor daughter and from what his deceased wife left behind to settle his debts, given that he is her legal guardian and that one of his daughters is under the care of his sister?
Why does the divorced mother's right to custody of her children lapse if she remarries, and at what age are children given the choice between their parents?