Family and Companions
1,868 questions
Is it permissible for me to pray that I contract diabetes?
What should I do concerning the issue of hanging pictures and photo albums in the house, knowing that my family will not remove them? And will the sin be lifted from me if I am unable to remove them, given the Prophet's saying, "Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture," and "Indeed, the most severely punished people by Allah on the Day of Resurrection are the picture-makers (Al-Musawwirun)"? And is it permissible for me to lie by saying I heard a shaykh say they are forbidden to convince them to remove them?
Is a husband entitled to prevent his wife (60 years old) from serving her sick mother? The husband prevents her for three reasons: first, she had knee surgery and lives two hours away from her mother. Second, he believes her responsibility is to care for her grandchildren, not her mother. Third, he believes the son is responsible for caring for his mother. He finally agreed to allow her to visit once every two weeks. What is the Shar’i ruling on this?
Should I reject a suitor of good character and faith who possesses ambition and future plans to travel and pursue postgraduate studies, on the grounds that my family fears I won't be able to bear his financial circumstances at the beginning of his life, or should I accept him, relying on Allah and His promise to bear responsibility, considering that a brilliant future awaits him, and based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "It is not befitting for a believer to humiliate himself"?
Is it right for a husband to conceal the news of his wife's pregnancy from her family until the fifth month—using the pretext of the hadith "Seek help in achieving your affairs by discretion"—while the wife wishes to share the news with her family?
What is the ruling on changing a family name (surname) to "Osmanoğlu" with the intention of being attributed to the ancestor Uthman, and is this considered an attribution to other than one's father?
Is it permissible for the husband to inform his family of all the details of his marital life, and is the wife entitled to demand privacy, and what are the limits of sharing marital information?
What is my religious duty towards my neighbors after I noticed suspicious actions by the wife and daughter in the husband's absence? Should I inform him, try to advise her, or remain silent?
Is it permissible for a worker to use stratagem to obtain the cost of airline tickets allocated for his family, in the event that they did not reside for the period agreed upon in the contract due to compelling circumstances?
What is the ruling on refusing to marry off one's sister to a man who is accustomed to anally penetrating women, and is it permissible to convince the family of this by lying?
Is what the girl's family did permissible by demanding a divorce due to inequality of lineage, and does divorce by coercion take effect? And is it possible for the husband to take back his wife without her family's knowledge after this divorce which occurred before consummation?
Is it permissible to marry a girl Islamically and officially without the knowledge of her family, given that her family has disowned her due to her past misconduct, and while granting her all the rights of a wife?
How authentic is the Hadith: "Address people according to the level of their intellects"?
What is the ruling on reciting the Tashahhud with connected speech, without vocalizing the last letter's diacritical mark? And is this considered a melodic error (laḥn)?
Our neighbor is a man in his seventies who married after the death of his first wife, who left him three children. Within seven years, he had five children with his new wife. He cannot afford to support them, and his eldest married son bears their expenses despite his low salary. The question is: Is it obligatory for him to stop having children, taking into consideration his son's financial situation, especially given the high cost of living and the possibility of depriving the children of their needs?
How can I clear myself of responsibility for what my family and siblings watch on TV and phones, including social and religious programs, series, and musical programs, knowing the difficulty of preventing them?
Is the Hadith: "Days and nights will not pass until Allah raises from us, the Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt), a young, youthful, new man who will establish the affair of this nation" authentic, and does it refer to the Mahdi or someone else?
What is the feeling of jealousy for one's family, nation, and religion, what causes it, and how is it achieved, if one feels nothing when the prohibitions of Allah are violated?
My fiancé is kind, but his family is strict. What should I do?
Is stopping spending on sisters and their father considered disobedience to parents, given that the father intends to disinherit the son, and the son's income is barely enough for his family?
Is it better to complete a marriage with a girl of religiosity, beauty, and good character, whose age is older than the suitor's by one year and several months, or to obey one's parents by marrying those who are younger and of ordinary beauty, and whose religiosity and character are unknown?
Does a mother have the right to demand that her son pay her the difference in value for a sum of money she gave him, despite the potential for this to cause family problems?
Does divorce permanently occur with the statement, "If your daughter leaves your apartment without my permission, she is divorced from me," or is it limited to a certain period or intended for intimidation? And does the statement, "I have given you permission to leave for necessities," negate this divorce?
How sound is the statement that the Prophet's — may Allah bless him and grant him peace — assistance to his wives in household chores is invalid, based on the premise that his actions were limited to masculine tasks or what exclusively concerned him, and that what was reported by Qadi Iyad in "Ash-Shifa" regarding his sweeping the house and kneading dough is weak?