Teaching Faith and Prayer
365 questions
What is the ruling on saying "A morning of obedience and faith"?
What is the way to return to consistency in prayer and reading the Qur’an, as was previously the case?
What is the convincing response to one who abandons prayer, claiming that his heart is full of faith?
Does repeatedly thinking about the word "pig" during ablution and prayer, despite seeking forgiveness and refuge from Satan, constitute obsessive-compulsive disorder or apostasy that exits one from Islam?
Is practicing masturbation and watching pornography weekly considered an affliction or an illness, especially with the weakening fear of Allah during the sin and its increase during prayer, and should the family be informed of this?
Am I sinful if I leave my deaf, mute aunt, who is ignorant of religious matters, without teaching her, or is it obligatory for me to teach her despite the refusal of my father and uncles, who claim they are accountable for her before Allah?
What is the way to convince the parents of a girl - who are not committed [to religious observance] - to agree to her marriage to a committed young man, knowing that they fear his commitment and wish to marry their daughter to someone who is financially "established," despite the girl's inclination towards the committed young man?
Is the statement "My mother is my past, my present, and everything good to come" considered exaggeration and a contradiction to His — the Most High’s — saying: "Say, 'Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds'"?
How can one achieve true faith in God and live like everyone else, given these problems related to doubt, the sickness of the heart mentioned in the Quran, repeatedly abandoning prayer, in addition to the family suffering from sorcery?
Is a son considered disobedient if he abandons his father who neglects prayer and commits grave sins, and claims he is a Muslim because he recites the two testimonies of faith and does not worship idols, and threatened his son with reporting him, knowing that the son is committed to his prayers and considers his father an infidel?
Do we sin if we abandon congregational Tarawih prayer and start praying it individually after having become accustomed to performing it in congregation?
Between a girl who has memorized the Qur'an but is not beautiful, and a beautiful girl who has memorized little of the Qur'an, which of them is preferred for marriage, and is it permissible to perform Istikhara between them?
What is the ruling on a wife forsaking her husband who rejects the niqab and prevents her from going out and working, while he abandons prayer and does not care for his children? Should the wife forsake him in her family's home or not?
Is the questioner considered an unbeliever for performing prayers while believing that the discharges that exit a woman do not nullify ablution, or for her negligence in researching its ruling? And must she make up the prayers of 8 years or only the prayers of two weeks?
Is a mother sinful for enrolling her son in an international school with a British curriculum, even while keen on teaching him Islamic religion and fortifying him against being influenced by other cultures, or should she continue to do so?
Why do most people not pray, while only a few of them do?
How can a two-year-old son be raised to be sincere from his early years?
What are the ways to establish a girl in her religion and guide her after her commitment has waned and she feels that her worship has become a habit, especially with communist thoughts dominating her mind and her fear of deviation? And what is the method for guiding a Muslim who does not pray and believes in communist ideas to make him pray and not be swept away by those ideas and that group?
How can I sincerely repent to Allah and remain steadfast in my repentance, considering that I live in an environment that does not encourage religious commitment, and I find it difficult to abandon sins and accustom myself to prayer, in addition to the influence of friends whom my parents do not approve of?
The question is: What is the worship of contemplation and how is it performed?
Why are the problems of those around me resolved while my problems increase, even though I was committed to obedience, but have now become lax in performing acts of worship, while those around me were like me, yet their problems are being resolved?
Does the prayer attributed to the philosopher Tagore, whose meanings I admired, contain a Sharia-prohibited element if it is not intended for worship?
Would the brother of my friend's wife, who drowned, be considered a martyr, given that his prayers were intermittent and in his last days he did not pray?
Can assistance be provided to a Muslim woman who embraced Islam 25 years ago, is divorced, has children in different educational stages, and seeks to devote herself to her religion and raising her children?