Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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Is a daughter's speaking about her non-Muslim mother's ill-treatment of her due to her conversion to Islam considered backbiting, given that she knows her mother is influenced by American media?
Which is better: for a young man to bring his fiancée to live with him in a non-Islamic country where she suffers from people's stares because she wears the hijab, or for each of them to remain in a different country until he finishes his studies?
What is the ruling regarding a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country who donates his body for scientific research after his death? Is it permissible to pray over him given the uncertainty of his burial?
Is it permissible to marry a Muslim woman who has lost her virginity due to an illicit relationship, knowing that she has repented and wishes to become righteous, and does her past affect the possibility of marrying her?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to embrace her husband's non-Muslim female relatives?
What is the ruling regarding refugees from other Islamic countries in Muslim lands, and how should they be dealt with? And does the ruling differ between those who live in tents and those who have become wealthy, control workers, and refuse to return to their occupied homelands?
What is the ruling on Zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) with a married woman (muhsana), an unmarried woman (ghair muhsana), a young, prepubescent girl, a Muslim woman, and a non-Muslim woman, in terms of the degree of sin?
What is the ruling on rudeness and insolence towards others?
Is it true that a Muslim has two appointed times (for death) while a disbeliever has only one?
What is the definitive evidence for the prohibition of a Muslim woman's relationship with a non-Muslim, and what is the Shar'i ruling on this matter, with a clarification that enables its translation into French?
What is the ruling on a male doctor treating a Muslim woman?
What is the ruling on the marriage of a mature, adult woman without the permission of her guardian, and what is the wisdom behind that? Is there a preference for marrying an Arab Muslim over marrying a non-Arab Muslim, even if the non-Arab Muslim is more committed, and what is the wisdom behind that?
What is the fate of a man who repented and became a caller to Islam, yet has a non-Muslim son from a previous relationship in his youth, and what can he do to atone for his sin?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to register on websites using a name that predominantly suggests masculinity (such as "Ibn Al-Jazeera," "Muhibb Al-Khair," or "Talib Al-Ilm") in order to benefit from knowledge and avoid intermingling, and is this considered a lie, given that the masculine form can encompass both male and female, and that her participation will be limited to what is necessary without conversing with men?
Can an unbeliever make a bequest to a Muslim and vice-versa, with regard to an inheritance, and what are the impediments to a bequest?
Would a Muslim woman be sinful for not visiting her Shiite neighbor if she does not feel comfortable visiting her, while still ensuring not to harm her and respecting their neighborly relationship?
Is increasing the adhkar (remembrances) during rukoo’ (bowing), sujood (prostration), and rising from them, beyond the narrated adhkar, and to fill the remaining time before the imam moves, considered a correct action that should be continued and encouraged, or is it an innovation (bid’ah)?
How can a non-Muslim be convinced of Islam, especially if they feel that they do not find "solace" in it?
Is it permissible to supplicate for weight gain?
Is it permissible to rent out a one-week timeshare in Hurghada to foreign tourists?
Is it permissible to bow before an elder out of respect, and is it necessary to do so to win the favor of the father of a desired girl for marriage, especially if this is a common custom in the town and the father insists on it?
What is the ruling on serving alcoholic beverages in a hotel in a non-Islamic country, such that the proceeds go to a non-Muslim employee, and is zakat obligatory on the hotel and its proceeds, and what is the ruling on a customer serving alcoholic beverages in the hotel if the hotel does not sell them?
What is the ruling on cooking and eating meat that has not been slaughtered according to Islamic law in kindergartens in Bulgaria, for a Muslim child?
Is it obligatory to obey the mother in her refusal for one to marry a girl due to dreams or social disparities, especially with the father's rejection of a veiled wife, while the son sees good in the girl, citing His, the Almighty's, saying: "But do not obey them if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge. And accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness"?