Eating in Non Muslim Countries
2,211 questions
Is it permissible for the Murabit (those stationed at border outposts) to eat from what is in the abandoned houses near him or from the trees around him, knowing that these properties belong to known individuals?
How can a 19-year-old girl living in Europe become a religious scholar and attain the pleasure of Allah, and what steps should she follow to achieve this, taking into account her return to her home country next year to study Islamic Studies at university?
How can a Muslim woman residing in Spain protect herself from tribulations, given the absence of righteous female friends?
Is it permissible to sell a plot of land in the West Bank to an Arab merchant whom we suspect might sell it to Jews, given our urgent need to sell and his refusal to disclose its fate?
Is one who does not wake up for Qiyam al-Layl and Fajr—despite setting an alarm—sinful, and is his not waking up a sign that he is not worthy of Qiyam al-Layl?
Is a prayer for an absent non-Muslim person answered?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a daughter's intervention to advise her sisters to adhere to the hijab and perform prayers on time, if this causes family problems and the mother objects to this intervention?
Am I obligated to command my non-observant female colleagues to wear the legal hijab, given the abundance of religious sources that speak of it, and am I obligated to boycott them in eating and sitting if they persist in their sins, knowing that I denounce their sins in my heart, and this is based on the hadith: "Indeed, the first deficiency that entered upon the Children of Israel was that a man would meet another man and say: 'O so-and-so, fear Allah and abandon what you are doing, for it is not lawful for you,' then he would meet him the next day, and that would not prevent him from being his eater, drinker, and sitter? When they did that, Allah struck the hearts of some of them against others"?
Is it permissible for a young man to expose his major 'awrah to his maternal aunt (a dermatologist) for the treatment of a skin condition, knowing that he feels uncomfortable going to a male doctor he doesn't know due to his stutter?
Is it permissible to return money unlawfully taken from a company to its owner, who does not follow the questioner's madhhab, or should it be given as charity to Ahl al-Sunnah?
What is the ruling on congratulating a non-believer on the occasion of the birth of a child?
What is the ruling on eating and drinking from what students bring to school?
What is the ruling on wearing a hooded abaya?
What is the ruling on a divorced Muslim woman traveling and residing alone for seven months in a foreign country to obtain citizenship? And what is the ruling on her legitimate marriage without documentation to a religiously committed Muslim man who is nominally married to a foreign woman to obtain citizenship, knowing that he will complete divorce procedures after obtaining it? And who would be her guardian (wali) in marriage in the event of the death of both her parents and paternal uncles, and the absence of male siblings? What is the ruling on her traveling and leaving her elderly mother whom she cares for, whether for marriage or to obtain citizenship, especially since the mother does not approve of the marriage due to the young man not completing his university education and her traveling with him? And is her marriage in a foreign country without the young man coming to her country to see her mother and for her to know him beforehand considered disobedience and disrespect to her mother?
Would the deeds of the maternal aunt who quarreled with her siblings and they died upon that be accepted, and is there any repentance for her?
When is it obligatory to say "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) before eating during the day? And is it repeated when drinking tea after lunch if there is a time interval? And is it necessary to remind others to say "Bismillah" despite their annoyance?
Does the ruling on the child born of zina lapse after marriage, allowing him to be attributed to his father, or does the principle "the child is for the bed" remain?
Will Allah forgive a man who has a child out of wedlock, given his desire to conceal his situation, his dutifulness towards his parents who are unaware of the matter, and his fear for the non-Muslim mother of the child who might be harmed if he leaves her?
Is it permissible for a Moroccan-born child in Spain to hold dual nationality, specifically both Moroccan and Spanish nationalities?
How can one deal with the purification of restrooms in which employees—Muslim and non-Muslim—urinate while standing, and what is the ruling on that?
What is the interpretation of dangerous thoughts about the non-existence of Satan and God, and what is the solution for intense fear of death and disturbing dreams, knowing that the worshiper recites the Qur’an?
Does Fatwa No. 5843 contradict the statements of some scholars, such as Sheikh Ibn Baz and Al-Uthaymeen?
Is it obligatory for a Muslim to inquire about the method of slaughter and the source of the meat, in light of laws that prohibit Islamic ritual slaughter and mandate stunning before slaughter, and about the permissibility of consuming such meat when invited to a meal?
Is it better to be patient and not live with the wife for two years until she reaches 18 years of age, knowing that her studies will end within one year and there is an urgent need for marriage, or to divorce her, which might lead to her apostatizing from Islam?