Eating in Non Muslim Countries
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Which of the three groups (those who fast by sighting the crescent in their town, those who fast with Saudi Arabia, or those who fast according to the announcement of the Muslim Students Association) is most deserving of being followed for fasting in the United States and Canada?
Is there a hadith that prohibits eating from a vendor's goods without his permission, and what are the implications for me if the statement I attributed to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was incorrect?
What is the ruling on exchanging visits with Muslim and non-Muslim female neighbors who have some [negative] observations?
What is the ruling regarding a Muslim's unwillingness to buy from Muslim-owned shops, preferring instead to buy from shops owned by disbelievers?
Is it permissible to wear a wig for the purpose of imitating an unhijabed anime character, knowing that the hair shows through the wig?
What should a Muslim do if the crescent moon is sighted in some Islamic countries, while the country in which he resides has completed thirty days of Sha‘ban and Ramadan? And what is the reason for people's اختلاف (disagreement) in determining the beginning and end of Ramadan?
Is the money spent on you for taking care of your father-in-law and mother-in-law permissible in Islamic law, especially since your heart is not at ease with taking it?
What is the ruling on speaking Algerian Arabic, which contains eloquent and non-eloquent Arabic and French words?
Is it permissible for a Muslim player to wear a football team’s uniform that has a cross as its emblem, and what is the ruling on doctors, nurses, and military personnel working in entities that use the cross as an emblem on their official uniforms?
How can one reconcile the non-existence of a prayer called "Salat al-Hajah" (Prayer of Need) with the Hadith "Whenever a matter troubled him, he would resort to prayer" and the verse "And seek help through patience and prayer"?
Is it permissible for a mosque in Ramadan to accept an Iftar meal or money for Iftar from a non-Muslim?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to seek a judicial divorce after she has been Islamically divorced and entered her waiting period ('iddah)?
What is the ruling on working in a restaurant that sells halal food in non-Muslim countries, if part of it sells alcohol and shisha, and the worker's role is limited to washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen only?
Is it necessary to wash the clothes, belongings, and utensils of someone who has embraced Islam?
Is the foundational principle regarding the carpet in an apartment in Germany that it is pure, or must it be purified before praying on it, considering that its previous occupants were non-Muslim students and there is no visible impurity on it, nor can it be removed?
Is it obligatory to alert a Muslim who is eating or drinking forgetfully during the daytime in Ramadan, or is it that Allah has fed and given him drink, as stated in the Hadith?
How do the people of the Great Sahara fast when Ramadan falls in summer, making fasting difficult or impossible for several years?
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman marrying a non-Muslim man, while she hopes for his conversion to Islam after marriage, claims that there are no suitable Muslim men available, and threatens to deviate or live in hardship?
What is the ruling on performing mandatory military service in a Western European country, when it is possible to substitute it with civil service?
What is the Muslim community's responsibility toward a husband who abandons his pregnant wife and refuses to support her, especially if the wife has no legal guardian because she comes from a non-Muslim family, and does living in a non-Muslim country justify taking no action?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on breastfeeding an adult? And does the wet nurse become a mahram to the man she breastfeeds? And is it permissible for a man to be breastfed by a non-Muslim woman who is not one of his mahrams for the purpose of nursing only, without any sexual desire?
Is it permissible for a new convert to Islam to marry a Catholic woman, and is it valid for the children to bear the name of the non-Muslim father?
Is a woman sinful if she does not respond to the request of her neighbor who adjures her by an oath to partake of food and drink and to stay, knowing that she cannot tolerate visiting her due to the frequency of her adjurations?
Is it permissible to continue a written conversation with a committed Muslim girl, within the mentioned guidelines, with her mother's knowledge, and without the potential for fitna given the age and cultural differences?