Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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Is eating in the bathroom forbidden?
Is assisting a Muslim friend in marrying a Hindu girl considered a sin?
هل يحرم ترك الزوجة والأولاد بمفردهم لمدة شهر في الصين؟
Is zakat an Islamic economic system or a social welfare system, and if not, what is the Islamic economic system and the Islamic social welfare system? Is zakat the social welfare system, and when is an individual entitled to receive government aid from a Muslim or non-Muslim country?
What are the signs of accepted charity, and is joy in performing it an indication of acceptance, and does the fear of non-acceptance prevent it?
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman uncovering her body for training in front of male medical students, and is it obligatory to remove the non-Muslim (Hindu) student if he is among them?
Is it permissible for me to travel to Malaysia and leave my sister, who suffers from self-reliance issues, especially since my non-Muslim parents entrusted her to my care?
What is the ruling on a wife accompanying her husband on a trip for tourism to an Asian country, knowing that he has little control over his gaze, and does this trip fall under "residing among disbelievers" or "not riding the sea except for Hajj or Jihad"?
What is the ruling on selling food to Muslims who are intentionally breaking their fast and to non-Muslims during daylight hours in Ramadan?
Is it permissible for an employer to prevent his non-Muslim workers from eating and drinking in front of Muslim workers during the daytime in Ramadan?
Is it permissible for a man to lead women in prayer if he has visited them to discuss a religious matter in a non-Muslim country? And must the prayer be made up if it was makruh (disliked)?
What is the ruling on moving to live in a Muslim country with one's wife and children, given the wife's refusal as she wishes to remain in her non-Muslim country to care for her family, and knowing that the husband finds it difficult to adhere to religious practices and raise his children with a proper Islamic upbringing in this country?
Is it Islamically permissible to swear by placing one's hand on the Qur’an while vowing to tell the truth?
Is it permissible to remain in America to improve the status of Syrian citizenship, despite the parents' disapproval, and while maintaining communication with them until citizenship is obtained?
What is the ruling on a vow contingent on two conditions, one of which has been fulfilled while the other has not? Is the non-fulfillment of the second condition a punishment for delaying the fulfillment of the first vow, and what is the punishment for not fulfilling a vow?
Does a divorce legally take effect if a written divorce application is submitted in the wife's name in Pakistan, at her request, to remove her husband's name from her passport for documentation purposes, given that there is no intention of divorce between the spouses?
Is breaking the fast obligatory, and should a Muslim break their fast before catching the Maghrib prayer in congregation, or should they pray first and then break their fast?
What is the ruling on selling, buying, possessing, and displaying flags and emblems of non-Muslim countries that are worn and used in various items?
Who is most entitled to lead the prayer in a mosque that does not have a regular imam?
Is it permissible not to pay debts (credit cards and phone bills) to non-Muslim entities in Australia, after they refused to renew the residency and requested departure from the country without a clear reason, knowing that the questioner is willing to pay if allowed to stay or return later?
What is the ruling on working in a kitchen in a nursing home that involves cooking pork and pouring wine, knowing that no other work is available due to the hijab?
Does a divorce that takes place in court on paper, without uttering the words of divorce, count as a valid divorce? Is it permissible for a Muslim to circumvent the law in non-Muslim countries to achieve worldly gains?
What is the meaning of Al-Ja'abi's saying, "I was dull of memory, so the doctors told me to eat bread with milk, and I ate it for forty days, mornings and evenings, eating nothing else, whereupon my mind became clear, and I became a memorizer, even to the extent that I would memorize three hundred hadiths in a day"? And what is the meaning of "وج وعود وإهليلج" (waj, oud, and ihlilaj), and what is the meaning of "الدرهم" (dirham) and "البلاذر" (baladhir)? And is it possible for me to be Muhyi al-Din in my century and Amir al-Mu'minin in hadith?
Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to sell a dog owned by a non-Muslim, in order to recover money he previously paid for it as the price of the dog, after its owner allowed him to do so?