Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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What is the ruling on a Muslim deputizing a non-Muslim to skin the sacrifice after a Muslim has slaughtered it?
Is the wife sinful if she asks her husband to distance his daughter from a woman who converted to Islam, knowing that this daughter is 16 years old and lives with her mother, engages in immoral acts, hates Islam, openly declares the non-existence of God, and negatively influences the household? And is the wife entitled to ask her husband to divorce this woman or to divorce her?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to sell urns used to hold the ashes of the deceased after cremation, which have a commemorative meaning for their families?
Is being content with the religion of a non-Muslim and validating it described as absolute loyalty or absolute allegiance when compared to mere allegiance? And does absolute loyalty mean absolute allegiance in negating Islam?
Is the father obligated to divide the money from the sale of his properties in Morocco equally among his children from his first wife, or to help them with it in establishing their new lives in Europe? And is it his duty to stay with them to support them, or is it permissible for him to leave them and return to Morocco to establish another life?
Is an incestuous kiss by a sister to her brother, indulged in once with desire, followed by repentance, considered incest that necessitates iddah (waiting period) or execution? Do her sexual fantasies about her mahrams invalidate kinship or necessitate iddah after repentance? Is her repentance accepted thereafter, or is expiation required? Is she then forbidden from being in seclusion with her mahrams? Does thinking about having intercourse with a non-Muslim constitute apostasy from Islam, is her repentance for it accepted, and does it entail iddah or expiation?
What is the ruling on a person buying up all of a certain commodity to hoard it and control its price by raising it, and is the gain resulting from that lawful or unlawful?
What is the ruling on a Muslim placing his hand on the Torah or the Gospel, or both, when taking a judicial oath before courts in non-Islamic countries if the judicial system there obliges the one swearing the oath to do so?
What is the ruling on eating imported and local chicken and meat from Muslim countries, given strong doubts about the permissibility of its slaughter and the mention of God's name upon it, as well as imported meat from Christian countries where stunning may occur before slaughter? And am I sinful if I consume it due to the lack of an alternative, or to avoid embarrassment and social problems? And what should I do at banquets and invitations from relatives where such meats are served?
How can a mother guide her only son and raise him according to the teachings of Islam before her death, especially since he will live in a non-Islamic country, and his father cannot be trusted with his religious upbringing, and his grandparents are old and unable to care for him?
What should we do with the body of an unidentified woman found on the seashore? Should we bury her assuming she is Muslim, or leave her for the Hindu government to deal with according to their beliefs?
Is being distressed by a doctor's news of death due to cancer considered disbelief (kufr), and is taking precautionary measures a religious obligation?
Is ethyl alcohol considered forbidden if found in a very small percentage in some types of food and desserts?
Which of the two is more deserving of leading people in prayer in the Musalla: the smoker with a shaven beard who has a beautiful voice and recites the Quran proficiently, or the non-smoker with a shaven beard who does not recite the Quran proficiently?
What is meant by the word "Qassam" which is commonly used to mean "God"? Is its use in phrases like "I will strip you of your Qassam" or "Go, be Qassam-ed" considered disbelief? And what is the ruling on cursing the religion of Islam by saying "damn your religion"?
What is the ruling on circulating jokes about sacrificial animals and using them for amusement and bickering, and does this fall under glorifying the rituals of Allah?
Is the emigration of young people to Western countries to improve their living conditions and form families, with the intention of returning to their home countries, considered a lack of reliance on Allah or taking the necessary means?
Is what the husband did—withholding maintenance from his Christian wife who takes their children to church and prevents his relatives from influencing them Islamically—correct, or might he be held accountable for it before God?
How can one be dutiful to a deceased non-Muslim who is not a relative, knowing that it is impermissible to ask for Allah's mercy upon him, yet desiring to seek forgiveness and ask for mercy for him?
What should a Muslim do who fears harm when traveling to countries that permit homosexual marriage, if asked about his stance on this marriage, and he does not support it, and sees danger to himself in declaring non-support, and in declaring support, the effacement of his religion and his identity?
What is your advice to a person suffering from frustration and anxiety because of a wife who is irresponsible and neglects him, and problems with her non-Muslim family, and fears divorce out of concern that he will not see his child or other bad things in a non-Muslim country?
What is the ruling on slandering a male or female non-dhimmi or non-musta'min disbeliever, and what is the ruling on slandering a Muslim who has committed adultery and has not repented?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman without her converting to Islam?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman residing in a European country to remove her hijab for a limited period for fear of harm given the current circumstances?