Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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What is the ruling on continuing studies in a non-Muslim country where there is an abundance of tribulations (fitan) and sins, taking into account that the family is awaiting the acquisition of the degree, and returning might cause them embarrassment?
What is the meaning of the phrase "and Allah decrees through the tongue of His Prophet whatever He wills" in the Hadith: "Intercede and you will be rewarded, and Allah decrees through the tongue of His Prophet whatever He wills"?
What is the ruling on a man loving a non-Muslim woman, and does the ruling differ if he intends to marry her?
Should a Muslim woman who has recently converted to Islam be informed that her husband must either convert or separate from her, and what is the best way to convey the Sharia ruling to her in this situation?
Is it forbidden for a wife to refuse her husband's marriage to a non-Muslim woman? And is it forbidden for a wife to hack the electronic account of the prospective wife to ascertain her intentions?
What is the ruling on working on ships that transport permissible goods to non-Muslim lands, and does the ruling differ if the destination is hostile countries?
What is the ruling on disbelievers working in printing the Qur’an, and their handling it when others are available?
What is the ruling on shunning relatives because a female relative married a non-Muslim and her family approved of it, or because a female relative married an innovator, knowing that some relatives welcome these spouses and their families?
Must one who drank after the second Fajr call to prayer in Egypt make up the fast, based on a sheikh's fatwa that the call to prayer is a quarter of an hour before the true dawn, and is she sinful for that?
Why is network marketing forbidden, even though it provides the consumer with a product and a job opportunity, is free from loss, and its profit depends on effort, training, and the transfer of knowledge, unlike the claims of prohibition based on ignorance and conceptual confusion, and without prohibiting other similar or more harmful things such as products promoted with images of women or carbonated drinks?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to invite a Christian man to Islam through her female Muslim colleague?
Is it permissible to seek help from a person who claims to treat with the Qur’an and admits that he has Muslim jinn who assist him in diagnosing the cause of the problem, such as sorcery and the jinn lover, knowing that he does not seek their help in the treatment itself, and does this contradict religion and the Sunnah?
Is a Muslim held accountable for reviling and cursing Jews and Christians?
Is it permissible to conceal one who has committed a sin for which there is a prescribed punishment (hadd) – such as fornication, theft, murder, or abandoning prayer – based on the hadith: "Whoever conceals a Muslim, Allah will conceal him on the Day of Resurrection," or must their case be brought before the judge and ruler for the punishment to be carried out? And does the ruling differ if the system is non-Islamic? And must a husband invoke li’an against his adulterous wife if she does not confess, or is li’an in this instance merely recommended?
What is the ruling on disobeying parents' command not to leave studies and return to the country to care for them, knowing that they are commanding me to stay and complete my studies, and they are in good health?
Is it obligatory to quit working as a bus driver if the passengers are drunk or drink alcohol during the night, especially in a non-Muslim country where no other work alternatives are available?
Does eating seven dates daily protect against poison and magic only, or all diseases?
Is emigrating to a country where a non-Muslim woman lives, with the intention of introducing her to Islam and marrying her, while fearing the severing of ties with family and kin, contrary to Islamic Sharia, and what is the ruling on that?
What is the meaning of the hadith: "The holds of Islam will be undone one by one. Every time a hold is undone, people will cling to the next. The first of them to be undone is governance, and the last is prayer"? And what is meant by "the undoing of governance" in it?
What is the ruling on a gift given by a non-Muslim to his Muslim female relative if it later becomes apparent that the donor was suffering from a death sickness at the time of the gift, whether or not the donor or the recipient knew about it? And must the sister return the amount she received as a gift from the same donor, through her relative, under the same circumstances?
Is it permissible to bury Muslim deceased in a cemetery adjacent to a Christian cemetery, both sharing a single entrance, with a divider between them?
Is a nurse's work with a non-Muslim patient, changing his clothes, and attending to his affairs forbidden, knowing that he has a status and is not humiliated in his work?
Is it permissible to adopt the view of the shaykh who permits looking at an unveiled unbelieving woman under certain conditions, or to adopt your fatwa which prohibits it except for a sudden glance? And what can a Muslim living in America say to an unveiled unbelieving woman when he lowers his gaze from her, so as not to be a trial for the unbelievers?
Is it permissible to marry a girl who has run away from her family, without the permission of her family and mine, knowing that the girl has gone through difficult circumstances and wishes to escape her reality?