Family and Companions
1,868 questions
Is it more virtuous to continue giving monthly charity from the money saved for marriage, or to keep this money for marriage and avoid burdening one's family?
Is it permissible to marry a girl from a difficult family background, and how can one convince the family to accept this marriage, taking into account their concerns about "lineage being ingrained" and the possibility of the girl being righteous despite her family circumstances?
Is it sound and can one use as a proof the hadith: "All prophets will enter Paradise forty years before Sulaiman bin Dawud, peace be upon him"?
Is the husband obligated to help his wife with household chores, and what is the evidence for that?
Is it permissible to propose to a girl through her brother or maternal uncle if her father refuses to marry her off, while the rest of her family agrees, and the father says: "I will not approve of their proposal, and if you want to marry her off, then do so, but I will not attend the engagement"?
Is it obligatory to remain in the current job until a suitable opportunity in a desired field is found, or to leave it and trust in Allah while searching for a new job, knowing that the desired job holds a better future?
What is the ruling on vowing to fast for a lifetime if its cause is abstaining from marriage, and is it permissible to retract it due to hardship?
Is he who spends his money on construction (a house or otherwise) not rewarded?
Is it permissible for the wife to save from the money her husband gives her for her personal expenses, with the intention of saving for the future?
Is it permissible for the eldest brother not to sell the family home and to withhold his siblings' rights, and is it permissible for him to stipulate that the two objecting brothers pay the fees for extracting the house title deed if it is sold to someone outside the family?
Is seeking the interpretation of dreams permissible and desirable, and if so, what is the interpretation of seeing tongues of silver fire extending through the city streets, from which the dreamer and his family flee, while one of his female relatives is unable to escape and be saved, and it was said that its source is a volcano but its shape does not resemble a volcano?
Is it considered a shortcoming or a sin for a female worker to buy some food for herself without buying the same quantity for her family, knowing that she buys for them according to her ability?
Am I obligated to encrypt the undesirable channels requested by my family, and would I be sinful for leaving them unencrypted?
Is leaving Madinah to live near family in Syria considered a sin?
Is it obligatory to act upon the hadith: "Whoever has the means and does not offer a sacrifice, let him not approach our prayer area," and is it sufficient for the head of the household to offer the sacrifice on behalf of his family, and is it permissible to disseminate this to invite people to act upon it?
Is it permissible to obtain documents proving lineage to the Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt) and keep them for oneself and one's family, if no special privileges are attached to them?
Does an agreement to waive a plot of land for building purposes and not for trading constitute a contract, and is the waiving party entitled to claim half of the profit when the land is sold after it has been converted for commercial purposes, and the other party has not adhered to the original agreement?
How can one deal with a wife who insults her husband and his family, then regrets it and does it again, and refuses to separate despite her demand for it in anger, claiming that it is due to depression, and is it necessary to inform her father of this?
Is insulting one's honor considered slandering chaste women and a major sin, even if it was not intended to accuse the family of indecency but rather to insult them as a reaction?
What should I do regarding my sister's husband, who expelled her and mistreated my father and my family, and despite my desire for forgiveness, I see them escalating their mistakes and becoming more arrogant?
I work for a company, and the client stipulates that the order must not be manufactured in another factory. However, my employer manufactures half of it in another factory, and I supervise it. He also evades customs without my help. I would like to inquire about the ruling on this work, and whether I should inform the client and customs about it, especially since this is the prevailing custom in factories?
Is one who bore false witness, at the age of twelve and under duress from his murderous father, to his sister's suicide considered sinful now that he is in his thirties? And is he obligated to bear truthful witness against his father?
What is the ruling on bestowing the title "Sayyid" upon everyone who claims descent from the Prophet's household (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), including children, those who do not show signs of uprightness, or those who are innovators?
To what extent are the rumors true about the appearance of a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and can he have grandsons despite the death of all his sons and the sons of his daughters?