Family and Companions
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What is the ruling on a father building houses for his male children, but not for his female children, and does this result in the daughter refraining from visiting her family because she did not receive a house?
Is it permissible to curse humiliation, or is it one of Allah's creations that it is not permissible to curse?
Is it permissible for a father to bequeath a third of his wealth to one of his children to the exclusion of the others?
What is the religious ruling on a high school girl using a BlackBerry device, and would the guardian be sinful for preventing her from using it?
Is the claim that the Hadith "Tomorrow I shall give the standard to a man..." is unauthentic, on the pretext that it was narrated by Companions who did not attend the Battle of Khaybar, considered a valid doubt?
Is this narration authentic: "The Prophet (peace be upon him), when he prayed, would stand on one leg and raise the other, so Allah Almighty revealed ﴿Taha﴾, meaning: 'Step on the ground, O Muhammad,' ﴿We have not sent down to you the Qur'an that you be distressed﴾"?
Is it permissible to open a restaurant with two sections (individuals and families) without a physical barrier between them (or with a glass partition), given that there is no guarantee that those using the family section are actually a family?
What is the meaning of the supplication for the deceased: "O Allah, replace his family with a better one, and his home with a better one"?
Does a divorce, pronounced by a husband to his wife on three separate occasions—with a long time gap between the first and second pronouncements, and then the third immediately following in a moment of anger while he could not see her—take effect, knowing that the judge in his country considered the first and second pronouncements as a single divorce?
Is it permissible to say: "Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar" before the establishment of the prayer (Iqamah)?
What is the meaning of the verse: "The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries the fornicator except a [male] fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful for the believers"? And is the fornicator mentioned here one who committed fornication once, or one who persisted in fornication and then repented? And what is meant by the Hadith: "Whoever commits fornication will have it committed against him, even if it be within the wall of his own house"?
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. What is the ruling on amusement?
Is it permissible for a girl to leave her fiancé, who has not yet consummated the marriage, despite her love for another person with whom she has only recently spoken, knowing that her engagement took place under family pressure?
What is the hadith that confirms that among the manners of the Sunnah is seeking permission before entering any place, even if a man is entering upon his own household?
How can a husband atone for an oath he swore by triple divorce (bi al-thalath) when his wife contacted her family without informing him, given that he does not want this oath to remain binding? And is an expiatory offering for an oath (kaffarat yamin) incumbent upon him?
How will God punish the aunt in the hereafter for her slander in word and deed and for swearing falsely to break up the family, sell the house, and displace her invalid brother? And will God forgive her all of that?
Is it permissible to adhere to a family custom that prevents a son from meeting with his father in the company of his wife, under the pretext of respecting the father, so long as this custom does not contradict a Sharia text?
Do you have an exegesis or interpretation of the hadith: "A man will emerge from beyond the river, called Al-Harith ibn Harrath, with a man named Mansour at his vanguard. He will pave the way – or enable – for the family of Muhammad just as Quraish paved the way for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. It is incumbent upon every believer to support him – or he said, to respond to him"?
- Must a girl reject a husband in order to complete her studies?
How can one balance between giving charity and saving for marriage expenses, and what is the correct action if such a situation recurs in the future?
Will a Muslim meet or be reunited with his children who passed away on the Day of Judgment, and how will that meeting be?
What should I do about my family whose invocations against me I fear?
What is the reality of adult breastfeeding, and what has been said concerning the Mother of the Believers that she breastfed a young man so that he could enter upon her, and how can one respond to those who exploit this issue to defame the religion?
What is the charity that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade with his saying: "Indeed, we do not eat charity"? And is it permissible to eat from an animal that was slaughtered for the sake of Allah?