Ethics

In Islam, I know that loving God and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is an obligation, but what is the ruling on having feelings towards a member of the opposite sex? And what are the limits in this case?

What is the ruling on reading romantic novels that include descriptions of love scenes?

Are we allowed to use the term “I adore” to express our strong love to objects and people? For example, is it permissible to say, “I adore this place” or “I adore my wife”? Is this permissible or we should reserve the expression of such strong emotions only for God?

How often should I call my relatives to maintain ties with them?

Is a wife obliged to serve her parents-in-law?

Can a daughter-in-law render services to her father-in-law as she does to her own father?

Kindly comment on the hadith that says peacemaking is superior to fasting, praying, and giving charity.

Can a woman love a man for God's sake?

What is the place of character in Islam?

Is the statement “Glad tidings to the one whose blemishes preoccupy him from focusing on the blemishes of others” a Prophetic statement (hadith), and is the statement “you see the small error in your brother, but forget the grave error in your self” a Prophetic statement and if they both are what are their societal implications?

Human rights in Islam: What are they?

In the exegesis of the Qur`anic verse, “You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind” [3: 110], Abu Huraira [may Allah be pleased with him] said, “The best of peoples for the people, as you bring them chained by their necks till they embrace Islam.” Is this the true exegesis for the verse in question?

Some people maintain that it is only obligatory to feed pets but not to treat them when they are ill. What is the correct opinion on this matter?

I am Muslim living in Ireland and I have a question which a lot of people keep asking me: Why slavery for men or women was not prohibited in Islam although Allah made all human with equal rights?

Asalamu alaykum, I have a mother who became schizophrenic so she wasn't able to look after us properly and so my dad married another women who is now my stepmother and she has lived with us for 10 years now and we treat her and regard her as a mother and she did a lot to help us. I would like to ask am I sinful if I prefer her over my mother and if I do talk to my mother, my stepmother gets very jealous and says I looked after you and your brothers & she would shout & get upset & she does hate her but I am patient. My mother was a very good women before she became schizophrenic & I lived with her till I was 9 & since I was 9 years I began living with my step mum & I've never visited my mother since as she lives with her parents in another country, she is becoming better & I notice that when I talk to her on Skype or on the phone but that's rarely. Also, if my mother asks for something does she come first before my step mum no matter what and do I have to love her more than my step mum?

I am in desperate need of help please, my father has narcissistic personality disorder and is verbally aggressive, this has caused me a lot of mental difficulties in my life, I am 18 years old. I now suffer from depression for the second time and binge eating disorder, I see a psychiatrist. My parents are divorced and I live with my mom, but he still verbally abuses me a lot when we meet or on the phone or through emails, I have tried so much to be good to him for the sake of God, but it has been very humiliating for me lately to put up with his accusations. I just want to know please, the opinion of Islam in this issue, If I am not willing to sacrifice my mental health anymore, what should i do with him? I cannot spend the rest of my life going in and out of depression. Thank you so much for reading my question, god bless you.

Are we allowed to ask many questions in religion despite God’s disapproval of us asking many questions? How come we should also ask the people of knowledge?

I own a printing house. One of my clients in an African country asked me to print huge numbers of a copyrighted book published by another publishing house in an Arab country. This deal will generate huge profits for me and most of my partners consent to it. Is it permissible to print this book?

Every community has its inherited customs and traditions that have endured across successive generations. However, due to cultural and conceptual changes, these customs and traditions have changed for the better except in our community (the tribes of Awlad Ali). The tribes in our community still hold on to both their good and bad customs.
It is known that every tribe is divided into families. If, for instance, a member of one family steals or commits an immoral act, his entire family is punished for the crime. In the case of murder (such as when a person from one family kills another from a different family and tribe) a punishment called 'Nizala' [settlement], is imposed. It consists of having the offender's family settle with a different tribe for one year. This is considered injustice and oppression for the offender's family who leave their homes and interests—commercial, agricultural etc...
Please clarify the legal ruling prescribed by Allah Almighty and commanded by His Messenger [pbuh] which states that only the offender is to be punished and not his whole family.

The inquirer owns a telemarketing company and has questions regarding the
following:
1. A team of employees deliver orders and perform services in the clients' homes and afterwards collects the fees. The company became aware that some of these employees deceive the customers into paying higher fees by falsely claiming higher prices and unsuspecting and trusting customers comply. The employees then give the [real] purchase price to the company and distribute the rest among themselves without reporting the extra money, claiming to give the company its due right. Is this permissible in Islamic law?

The company provides its employees with comfortable means of transportation (taxis) to carry out their tasks. However, some of them prefer to use cheaper means and pocket the difference without informing their employer. Is this permissible?

Why did prophet Muhammed (peace and blessing of God upon him) order us that we must differ from Christian and Jews?

Is it permissible for non-Muslims to volunteer to provide for Muslim children, build mosques, and establish charity projects such as hospitals, educational institutions, and other similar avenues of social welfare?

I am a young Scandinavian woman and I embraced Islam five years ago and none of my family members is a Muslim. One of my relatives died and I was wondering if it is permissible for me to attend the burial rituals which will be conducted in the church?

Am I obliged to follow only one of the four sunni legal schools of jurisprudence? Are there any other options that one can follow?

I had a conversation with one of my Muslim friends who thinks that Jews and Christians are not disbelievers as disbelief only occurs to the one who denies the existence of God. My opinion is that denying God is not the only reason of disbelief. Would you clarify this please?

I just joined an interfaith group, because the local church sponsored some Muslim Somali refugee family of 5 females (mother plus 4 daughters) and they also wanted some Muslims to help out.

Since I am new to this inter faith interactions, I want to be educated to make sure I understand the limits of interactions with Christians/Jews etc in regards to religious issues.

Recently the pastor asked them to come and join the church prayer service and they declined to join them saying Muslims can’t join it. I don’t know the answer myself.

I do know that as fellow humans we can openly participate in secular activities. However, I am not sure about matters involving worship/prayers etc.

Also, if you can kindly give some principles about some issues:

1) Can I join them if they invite for worship services, prayer services etc
2) when time for prayer comes, can I pray salah at the church?
3) If they do bible study, can I join them?
4) Someone told me it is ok to go to church if you are giving dawah or giving lecture about Islam.is this correct?

Jazakallahu Khayran
 

Assalamu Alaikum
We know that Islam secures freedom of belief. This is clear from many quranic verses but my question is did Prophet Muhammad really force people to become Muslims? If not, then why he fought non Muslims?
Please clarify this very important isssue.
Jazakum Allahu Khairan.
Was-Salam

I am a German Muslim and my father, who was not a Muslim, died recently. My father was a kind and charitable man. He loved to do good so much that I can easily say that he displayed Islamic behavior throughout his life though he never actually embraced Islam. I really want to pray to God to forgive him and have mercy on his soul but some people told me that it is impermissible to pray for non- Muslims.

There is a debate in the Muslim Ummah regarding the way of dealing with the people of the book and are they really disbelievers (kuffar)?

We see a lot of students and adepts kissing the hands of their teachers and guides, is this permissible?

I live with my parents but I am more religious and conservative than they are. They watch movies and listen to music and they use inappropriate phrases and force me to do the same. They also utter words of polytheism and disbelief. How can I deal with them on daily basis for the sake of guiding them to the true path?

no. 1938 for the year 2004 which includes the following:

A woman married her work colleague and since then her in-laws consider her bad luck because of the myriad of troubles that befell them since the marriage. Please bear in mind that similar problems were troubling them even before the marriage, but the in-laws insist that their son's wife is the cause of bad luck- she has been both physically and psychologically harmed by such allegations which have damaged her reputation and dignity.

She would like to know the ruling concerning resorting to charlatans and sorcerers.