Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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Are the heirs obligated to hand over the debt amount to a non-Muslim person who claims that the deceased owes him, knowing that the deceased did not inform his heirs about this debt?
Is there any religious impediment to admiring a woman who uncovers her hair or displays her adornment—whether she is Muslim or non-Muslim—and is it wrong to wish that Allah would grant me someone more beautiful and more enjoyable for myself only, based on the suspicion of a prohibition against admiring the bodies of disbelievers?
Should we choose a Muslim over a non-Muslim to perform an IVF procedure, even if they are less efficient and experienced?
Is a judicial divorce ruling considered a divorce, even if the husband did not explicitly utter the word "divorce" and did not write in his papers that he divorced his wife, but rather requested that she be divorced?
Is what comes to mind of divorce oaths—especially during prayer, eating, and when thinking about life matters like home decor—without uttering them, considered a divorce?
How can the teaching of drawing, which includes drawing animate beings for Muslim students in schools in Islamic countries, be explained, and why does this act continue without the attention of officials to the severe prohibition of drawing animate beings, and what should be done about it?
Is the failure to inform the government about income earned from teaching the Quran, which is set aside as a reserve until monthly assistance ceases, considered unlawful money, given the difficult living conditions and the inability to return to one's homeland?
What should I do about my feelings of guilt towards a girl I wronged in the West, knowing that my family wants me to marry another woman to obtain residency, and I have prayed Istikhara but nothing has become clear to me?
Will a young man be sinful if he enters a wedding hall full of women, knowing that this is forbidden? Should he refuse to enter even if his family gets angry with him? Is it permissible for him to attend the "milja" (pre-wedding gathering) in the presence of non-mahram women? What is the ruling on drinking juice and eating cake between the bride and groom in front of women? Is it permissible to stipulate, at the time of the marriage contract, that he will not enter upon women at the milja or in the wedding hall?
ما هي حدود ملابس غير المسلمات المسموح بها في بلاد المسلمين، وما دليل ذلك؟
What is the ruling on using a modified forum version, available for free online, after removing its reporting code, given that the owner of the original program is a foreign company and requires an annual payment, and what should be done with the profits obtained if its use is unlawful?
What is the ruling on being named "Nirvana"—an Ajamī (non-Arabic) name for a female that means a state of complete extinction and detachment from the world after meditation—and must a Muslim woman named with it change it if it is disliked (makrūh) or forbidden (harām), despite the potential problems with family and difficulties in changing official documents that may result from that?
How should emigration from the lands of disbelief be, and is it permissible to take money from them for children or money saved from work when intending to emigrate?
Is it permissible for us to obtain French citizenship while retaining Tunisian citizenship?
Is it permissible for a girl who entered into a sham marriage to obtain residency to succumb to her husband's threats and grant him his conjugal rights in exchange for a divorce, and can she marry someone else before obtaining the divorce?
What is the punishment for a strange man hitting a woman in the street and verbally abusing her with obscene language?
Is a person who travels to study in Western countries considered to be like one striving in the cause of Allah? And does the supplication of an expatriate student have a special status? And is there any noble Hadith concerning expatriation and its supplication?
What is the ruling on someone who signed a contract with a telecommunications company to obtain a phone in installments, then closed his bank account to evade payment in a non-Muslim country, and how should he repent?
What is a Muslim's daily obligation? And what is my obligation as a student dealing with non-Muslim female teachers?
Is it obligatory to refuse an invitation to a dinner whose table is not free of alcohol, even though I will not drink it?
What is your advice to a committed young woman: should she continue her commitment or act upon what others say in order to get married, especially after being advised to get acquainted with a non-Arab person online, and given that her parents are separated?
What is the ruling on adopting a fatwa that permits something while other scholars do not permit it, and does one incur sin if one acts upon the fatwa of permission and it later becomes clear that the correct view is non-permission?
What is the ruling on eating meat in restaurants run by People of the Book in China, bearing in mind that the slaughter may be mechanical or performed by non-Muslims or People of the Book?
Is traveling to non-Islamic countries such as "London" for the purpose of medical specialization and experience, and securing one's financial situation, with the intention of not settling there for long, considered unlawful (haram)?