Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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What is the ruling regarding a wife attending the wedding of a Muslim woman who is married to a non-Muslim, despite her husband forbidding her from doing so?
What are the legitimate rights of a non-Egyptian Muslim divorced woman if she refuses to return to Egypt, given that their child lives with the father's family in Egypt and that the marriage lasted 12 years?
Is the circulating story true about one of the Companions slaughtering a she-camel that was attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and their eating from it without their knowledge, and then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, approving his action and compensating the owners of the she-camel from the Muslim treasury?
What is the evidence of those who say that the 'awrah (intimate parts) of a Muslim woman in front of non-Muslim women is the entire body except for the face and hands?
Do the laws of inheritance apply to the son mentioned in the question, or is it permissible for me to spend my wealth during my lifetime seeking Allah's pleasure, especially since this son squanders money in ways that displease Allah?
ما هو التعريف الواضح والمفصل لـ "غض البصر عن المرأة الأجنبية"؟
Are the symptoms that the sister is experiencing, such as seeing disturbing phantoms and bad dreams, and dizziness when opening suspicious materials, truly magic? What is the correct ruqyah in this case? How can she protect herself in the future from a recurrence of this, and is it sufficient to supplicate during eating with the name of Allah, "In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in the heavens can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing"?
Will a Muslim be held accountable for raising his children in non-Islamic countries, far from mosques and Islamic schools, and for the evils he witnesses in public? And is he obligated to inform his friend that he saw his wife alone with a strange man, given the unavailability of four witnesses, and would his failure to inform him be considered a betrayal?
Is it a sin to name a daughter "Sandy," and should it be changed based on its potential meanings as a foreign name, such as "son of Alexander," "savior of mankind," "sandy," or "defender of humanity"?
1. Is it a sin to sit with non-Muslim and Muslim friends who are consuming alcohol at dinner, knowing that most restaurants, including those that serve halal and Islamic food, sell alcohol, and I was not offered any to drink? 2. Is non-alcoholic barley beverage forbidden (haram) or doubtful (mashbooh), especially if it ferments in small proportions and is sold in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques? 3. What is the ruling on meat slaughtered in a European country, if the Islamic center says that it is fully slaughtered [according to Islamic rites], while there are other statements indicating that 80% of it is stunned before slaughter and some of it may die during stunning?
What is the solution to this suffering that afflicts me when supplicating and having a good opinion of Allah, which is represented by my fear that my supplication may not be answered or that it may be the opposite of what I prayed for, knowing that I see my righteous father supplicating for the guidance of my brother and he does not see a response, and I am a sinner and divorced?
Is it obligatory to emigrate from Muslim countries where vice is prevalent and religious people are persecuted, or is it only necessary to leave that environment and go to another environment where there is a spiritual atmosphere, without leaving the Muslim country?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman who is new to Islam to remove her headscarf when she returns to her country or in her mother's house in front of her Christian sisters?
Is it prescribed for the ruler to mandate the hijab for Muslim and non-Muslim women, and to enact a law that punishes those who violate it?
What is the ruling on saying, "By Allah, I do not want it" to food that has been offered to me and then eating it, or saying, "By Allah, you will not wash the dishes" in family gatherings and then washing them? Is expiation incumbent upon the one who said it, or upon the one who broke the oath, and what is the expiation for such an oath?
What is the ruling on eating chicken from Popeyes restaurants in America?
What is the ruling on hosting a non-Muslim in one's home for a period of time, whether male or female?
Is it permissible to live in Turkey permanently for study and work in lawful places, fleeing the terrifying security situation in Iraq and fearing for one's children from arrest?
What is the ruling on eating from fast-food restaurants in China that import meat from Australia?
What is the Sharia ruling on a wife giving birth in government hospitals at the hands of male doctors, and is it obligatory to go to an expensive private hospital for her to give birth at the hands of a female doctor?
Is it permissible to name my daughter Reesam, as it is said to mean "fantasy"?
Did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, issue any statement concerning the verse: "Hayfa المقبلة, Ajza al-Mudbira No shortness is complained of her, nor length," which Kab ibn Zuhayr recited? And what is the interpretation of his silence if he said nothing; was it an affirmation of such ghazal (love poetry), or did he not wish to discourage Kab?
What are the implications of my statement "I covenant with Allah" that I will seek a Muslim wife if He saves me from distress and the fetus is aborted, especially given the difficulty of marrying a Muslim woman in Western countries?
How can a mother be helped to save her sixteen-year-old son, who grew up in a European country and doubts the existence of God, knowing that the mother's attempts to provide evidence from the Quran and Sunnah were not enough to convince him, and he asks for tangible and logical evidence, and how can he be convinced to preserve his religion before he reaches the age of majority and the mother legally loses control over him?