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What is the ruling on depicting the prophets and messengers (peace be upon them) in movies and TV shows? Does Islam object to art?

I live in a western country. I am working for a restaurant that serves alcohol. I have no other choice since I am still a student and need money to provide for my needs. Am I committing a sin?

I am a newly converted Muslim. Is it really allowed in Islam to have sex with the female captives of war as claimed by the radical groups like ISIS (Daesh) and others?

We have developed a new product called Sajda Recorder, an electronic device that displays on its screen the number of prayer cycles and prostrations performed to help those who get confused or forget during prayers. Is it permissible to use it?

If slavery no longer exists, how can we get the reward of the emancipation of slaves?

Is it permissible to read the Quran from a colored mushaf?

Is it lawful to buy and sell dogs?

Do angels refrain from entering a place where a dog is present?

Failing to bring up children as good believers: Am I a bad parent?

A husband is in a good position and can provide his family with a decent living. His wife is a doctor. Is it permissible for her to seek employment that will ensure a better standard of living for the family? If she does, her children will stay with the servants for the greater part of the day.

Is it permissible to travel abroad to propagate Islam and leave one’s family behind?

I am a Muslim convert and my mother died recently and she was not a Muslim but she had noble manners. Can I ask God to have mercy on her?

I live in England and my dogs are having bad cold, can I give them some alcohol for treatment?

Is it permissible for me to kill insects?

Is it permissible for young Muslims to join QSIS to establish an Islamic state?

I learned a new method of therapy called ‘spiritual response therapy’ which I later refrained from practicing for fear that it may contravene Islamic law.

I use the pendulum as a tool to elicit responses in a “yes” and “no” format. Examples of questions [I ask] include whether my friend’s husband is being unfaithful to her and whether or not I will travel that year etc… Is this form of therapy permissible?

Is it prohibited to buy electoral votes?

Do I gain deeds when I pet a cat at home?

Is it impermissible to search for a husband on internet marriage website?

Is writing poems considered a sinful act? I write English poems with nothing sexual or non religious. They talk mostly about life and the emotional impact of it and our relationships.
And I am in process of publishing them and someone told me that poems are not accepted in Islam. I argued because I'm a religious Muslim but I seek your saying.

What is war booty that requires us to pay fifth, and to whom it should be paid?

Assalamu alaikum
In which context was this hadith said?
“When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them"
[Muslim:19:4294]
It first talks about the "polytheists" which seems to be the pagans of Mecca but then it offers as one of the options the Jizyah paid by the dhimmis who lived under Muslim rule and against whom as far as I know no war was ever waged.
So who exactly are referred to in this hadith?
How can this be reconciled with the claim that forced conversion was never practiced if here they were offered Islam or Jizyah/war?
Thank you.

Is it permissible to learn to play a musical instrument like the guitar, piano or drums?

My daughter is only 18 years old. Should I allow her to travel alone to study abroad in a university in Germany?

How can I protect myself from black magic?

I have a sister who has a child from a non Muslim. They are not married because neither of them wants to convert. Her family has spoken to her so many times and yet she doesn’t find anything wrong with her way of life. She says as long as she is still a Muslim then no one can blame her for anything. I have chosen to cut ties from her but the rest of my sisters and brothers choose to support her. Am I doing the right thing? how should such a situation be treated?

Wearing the niqab (full face veil) is becoming a growing tradition in many places. However, many people quote Al-Azhar which declares it to be a purely Arab custom and not a religious obligation. Kindly explain.

A new board council is established in the mosque of East Anglia in the city of Norwich in the UK and this council includes some Arab and English women. The decision in this council is taken through voting so is it permissible for women to vote in this council or is it only for men to vote?

I am living in the US and many of my friends here are following what's happening in the Middle East from killing ambassadors and attacking embassies. so I wanted to tell them that our religion doesn't allow the killing of the innocent people even if they are non Muslims. Also, i wanted to tell them that our religions instruct us to give safety and security to non Muslims living in Islamic countries. so could you please elaborate on this issue?Thanks a lot and I am waiting for your reply

Salam Alikom,

Sir my youngest son aged 23 left his university and whole life and went to Syria to help believing this is a Fard Ain Jihad that does not need parents permission. He left knowing myself and his mother needs him to look after us as I suffer from cancer and his mother very sick unable to work to help with our financial needs his argument that he obeys Allah to implement Fard Ain and parents needs comes after. My other son is unable to work to help me therefore I have to carry on working despite my poor health. My youngest son knows all that but believes what is doing is Fard Ain and Jihad he doesn\'t want to come back. Is what he is doing and believe correct and within Jihad obligation. I hope to get your answer so I could pass it to him Gazk Allah Khir

I am a new convert to Islam and I have read in Islamic sources that Jihad is obligatory till judgment day. At the same time I understand that there is no compulsion in religion then what is the meaning of Jihad? Also should Muslims wage wars against non Muslims every where and slaughter them? How do we balance between the concept of no compulsion in religion and between the following verse “And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, God is Forgiving and Merciful. (9:5) And the prophetic hadith which says “I was commanded to fight people until they attest that there is no god but God…” Please clarify.

I embraced Islam recently and before my conversion, I used to earn some money from painting pet animals as I am gifted in painting. But I am not sure if this is allowed in Islam and I tried repetitively to paint natural paintings but my talent lies in painting animals. So am I allowed to continue painting animals because it is my only hobby which pleases me?

Is it permissible to place bets on football games? And if the term “bets” changed to “expectations” would this make it permissible? What is the ruling if these expectations are built on meticulous researches and thorough efforts?

A man has built a building whose ground floor is suitable for stalls, but whose upperfloors are not. Is it permissible to rent the upper floors for use as restaurants?
Keeping in mind that prohibited and immoral acts may be committed therein?

What is the ruling on the money I pay for breeding my mares to studs, a service I may also offer in the future? Please note that the choice of pedigree is based on established international standards to maintain their purity and, therefore, mares can only be bred to stallions from the Egyptian Agricultural Organization or from private stud farms, both of which demand a fee for their services I raise Arabian horses and breed my mares to stallions from private stud farms or the Egyptian Agricultural Organization (affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture, the authority responsible for Arabian horses in Egypt) for a fee. Please note that I bear the cost of maintaining, feeding, and treatment of these horses. In the near future I will have my own studs.

A man donated a plot of a land for the purpose of erecting a mosque. Later, some people expanded the area of this mosque and added a second floor. At present, a group of mosque goers are considering transforming the lower floor into a reception hall. What is the ruling for this?

1- In Turkistan, the Chinese government has limited the number of offspring born to peasants and carpenters to three children spaced over a period of nine years. The parents pay an outstanding fine if the number of their offspring exceeds this or if they are born within a short period of each other. However, individuals engaged in civil service jobs are entitled to only two children over a period of six years. In the context of this law, God blessed a couple with two children and the wife is pregnant with their third. The government issued a resolution to fire them both if she does not terminate the pregnancy. The fetus is three and half months.
Is it permissible for them to abort the fetus, or should they be fired? They have no other means of income.

2- A person owns a building whose ground floor is suitable for shops, but not the top floors. Is it permissible for him to rent the top floors to be used as restaurants? He was informed by several pious and trustworthy people that many immoral activities occur in such places.

What is the ruling on keeping the beard?

What is the ruling of smoking?

The question concerns treating women with some medications, such as Clomid and others, containing a hormone that directly stimulates the ovaries. This hormone is extracted from the urine of women over 40.

What is the ruling in Islam of Muslims having mobile phones that have digital video cameras? What is the ruling of selling tight and revealing clothes to women? What is the ruling of selling television sets and satellite dishes?

A mosque which was erected 100 years ago, was removed and rebuilt again by
citizens who donated their money on the basis that the structure was to be used solely as a mosque. Prayers were offered for an entire year on the ground floor after which an upper floor was built. One of those in charge of the mosque designated the ground floor as a reception hall and the upper floor as a mosque. Please bear in mind that the ground floor is used as a reception hall only as needed. In the absence of any reservations, it is refurnished as a mosque.
Is it permissible to convert the ground floor into a reception hall in this manner?

What is the ruling on using the holy Qur`an or the adhan as ringtones for mobile phones?

What is the ruling for the personal use of articles belonging to mosques and exposing them to damage such as ladders, water for washing cars in front of the mosque and electricity to light homes?

Our council has developed a device that saves tap water up to 50% in some cases.
Typical to water in Greater Cairo, this percentage fluctuates according to changes in water pressure. The device called "Wafer", consists of two plastic pieces containing supplementary parts that hinder strong water flow, turns it into a steady flow and, to a certain extent, clears impurities from it. This device is subsidized and the council endeavors to install it free of charge in places of ablution in mosques, schools, youth centers, clubs, administrations, ministries and government authorities.

We have some Christian friends. Would it be permissible for us to send them Christmas greetings?

A Christian friend asked me: how come you say that Islam treated the people of dhimma in good manners whereas the Christians had suffered under the Muslims’ rulership as was mentioned by Bernard Louis. He mentioned that Christians were not allowed to build their churches or even restore them. They also had no right to file law suits in courts and thus were unable to defend themselves. Moreover, Christians were not permitted to raise their voices in conducting ritual service and were subjected to rape, robbery and massacres. The taxes that were paid by Christians were the double of what was prescribed on Muslims. So please clarify all these issues for me.

How would I explain to my American friend the following verses: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.” 9:29 and “And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah . And if they cease - then indeed, Allah is Seeing of what they do.” 8:39

To what extent Muslims are allowed to integrate in Western countries? What are the types of customs and traditions which Muslims can tolerate in non Muslim countries such as hijab for women and circumcision for men?

What is the Islamic stance on democracy in terms of its definition and practice?

If following a certain legal school of jurisprudence is not mandatory then what is the divine wisdom behind having four different legal schools of jurisprudence with so many various juristic opinions? Why the scholars do not agree on one juristic opinion and base their opinions only on definite authentic legal evidence?

My question concerns cyber cafés which have recently spread across the country. Is the money earned from working in them lawful? Please note that these cafés involve both lawful and unlawful activities such as:
• Child entertainment that includes lawful games.
• Internet access for adults (this may involve both lawful and unlawful on-line chatting between genders from different countries).
• Internet accesses for beneficial purposes such as visiting beneficial sites and keeping in touch with family members across the world.

Al SlamoAlikom,
I heard a Sheikh on TV saying that working at banks is an act of unrighteousness. So is it haram or prohibited then to work for banks?
Thanks & Regards,

What is the legal ruling for establishing factories manufacturing metals used in fabricating water pipes?

I own very valuable paintings including humans and animal paintings, are they permissible?

When I am acquainted with religious knowledge, do I become a mufti on simple matters?

Assalaamu alaikum!

Were the Prophet’s companion like Abu Bakr, Umar, Hamza, Khalid etc.. were circumcised when they embraced Islam? Is there any evidence about it? Is it obligatory for adult male reverts to circumcise? Please explain
 

Is it permissible to elect a non believer who issues laws against the Islamic Shari’ah in a non Muslim country?

I joined this company qnet after readings some fatwas. kindly clarify if this is legal or not. Thank you.

I wanted to ask about masturbation and whether it is haram (prohibited) or not, I used to think its haram but did it sometimes, I had anxiety & depression and went to a psychiatrist and during my healing process he said that it's perfectly normal and it has been proved healthy and said I needed to do it to let off some of the tension. I am a lot better and to consider myself healed but I need to know since during Ramadan I didn't do it once.
Kindly advise with proofs from Quran or Hadith

Is playing poker on facebook allowed (just for fun, there is no use of real money)?

Is the head of Sayyidna al-Husayn really at his shrine in Cairo?

I converted to Islam over than two years ago and due to my young age and for being a student, I am still financially dependent on my parents who are Christians. The problem is that part of my parents’ money comes of interest. What does the Hanafi school of jurisprudence say about benefitting from my parents’ money?

st from Pakistan which has arrived via e-mail and includes the following:

We have witnessed and heard media reports on the bombings which have occurred lately in Pakistan on 25 December 2010 against a World Food Programme distribution center frequented by the poor and homeless. The attack, which targeted unarmed civilians, left more than 40 dead and at least 70 others wounded. What is the legal ruling for such attacks?