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  • Diyah of gouging an eye

    what should I do I was thirteen years old when I shot a none beleiver boy in the eye and I caused him to lose vision in his left eye, even so I was aiming to shoot him between the eyes with my bi bi gun. help please because I always think about what I have done , and since the boy didn't know that Iam the who shot him . .. More

  • Hitting a pupil to discipline him/her

    I used to teach Qur'an at a madrassah. One day I had to substitute for a teacher. Her students are 5-year olds. The students got so out of control, that I could not even start teaching one ayah of the Holy Qur'an without them calling me bad names and yelling at me in front of grown men who started laughing. I was so humiliated! I lost patience and pressed.. More

  • Negligently caused the death of an indefinite number of people

    Please let me know the situation of someone who negligently causes the death of some people but can not fast two months for each of the deaths or free a slave for each of the deaths. What should he do? What if he is unable to contact the family members of the deceased people or it will be an extraordinarily difficult task to do so? What then are his.. More

  • Dismissing an employee accused by his female colleague of sexual harassment

    If a female employee accuses a male colleague of sexual harassment which he denies and there is no witness. Would it be right for the employer to fire him inspite of absence of any evidence or witness. .. More

  • Seeking Fatwa from those who do not follow Sunnah

    SALAAMUN ALAYKUM. MAY ALLAH PROTECT THE MUSLIM LIVES THE WORLD OVER. IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO FOLLOW A FATWA RULING OF A SCHOLAR WHO CURSES THE PROPHET'S COMPANIONS IN ABSENCE OF SUNNAT WAL JAAMAAT SCHOLAR WASLAAM... More

  • Taking preventive measures to avoid forbidden things

    Is it permissible for Muslim scholars to ignore Sunnah Mutawaterah and a verse in the Quran for the excuse of (Saad Al Zarae) to make what is allowed not allowed? .. More

  • Wants to sue a travel agency for the death of his son

    One of our Muslim brothers traveled with his family (wife and younger son) in a hired vehicle with driver from a travel agency of Hindu owner. They met with an accident and the younger son died on the spot. Driver escaped without any injury. The Muslim brother and his wife got minor injuries only. As per Indian Traffic Law, the travel agency.. More

  • Killing accidently in the sacred months

    Yes, I read your advice regarding the sacred months. Did you mean it is "Especially" wrong to kill during any of the sacred months? Is not not wrong to do so at any time?.. More

  • Taqleed is not prohibited totally

    As a revert to Islam I have been trying hard to ensure that I follow only the authentic Sunnah of Rasulallah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, and to leave off any practice that I have over the past years adopted which I have found to have been based on fabricated Hadeeth or innovations. With regard to this I would like to ask 2 questions. 1).. More

  • Her husband was involved in an accidental death

    A sister is asking: My husband, may Allaah be merciful on him, Aameen, had a car accident. He did not see a cyclist that was coming the other way and the cyclist hit my husband's car, or my husband hit him first. It happened so fast that we cannot know who hit who first. But, following driving rules in UK, my husband is in theory at fault, even.. More

  • Blood money for the death of a woman

    Is the Diyyah for a woman half of that for a man? If so, what is the proof from the Sunnah and what is the reasoning behind this. What if the woman killed was breadwinner of the family? .. More

  • The role of consensus in Islamic society today

    Does Ijmaa' play a role in Islamic society today? .. More

  • Challenging an unmarried woman's virginity

    Is it defamation, by a man to challenge an unmarried woman, in writing and publish it, that she is not virgin and be medically examined to prove her virginity? Please reply at the earliest... More

  • Needs clarification regarding flogging and stoning

    The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, ordered some people to be stoned having confessed to committing Zina, and the Ayah in Surah An-Nur confirms flogging. Please which came first, the stoning before the revelation of the ayah of flogging or the prophet ordered stoning after the Ayah was revealed. .. More

  • Requesting Hadith regarding stoning

    I read a Hadith attributed to Caliph Umar bin Kathaab saying that there was an Ayah of the Qur'an where Allaah Commanded 'Rajma' i.e. stoning. He said that they all read and memorized the verse. I have searched the entire Qur'an but could not find it; I only saw the one about flogging. Could you please help me confirm this statement and interpret.. More