Q. Can I get the fatwa on using a credit card? Does it fall under the category of riba? Also before getting one {credit card} you sign a contract stating that you would pay interest if you don’t pay on time? A. With respect to […]
Q. Every three times a week I train Judo, which is a Japanese martial art with about 20-25 other students; some are muslims and some are of other faiths. My trainer is from Japan and he is acustomed to the martial arts culture that he […]
Q. I was wondering if a woman can perform Talaq and if not why? I know the quran specifies the men, but what if the husband tells the wife that she has to arrange the divorce? A. Talaq is a very serious matter in Islam […]
Q. There are two scenarios: 1) I rent out my shop for, say $1000 per month + 1% profit from what the tenant earns. In case he doesn’t make any profit then only rent. 2) I give out my shop to someone on the condition […]
Questions: Asalamualaikum, 1) If a person is on his way or intending to come to class, can we mark him present on the attendance register, just to save his time, although he was on his way to class or had intended to attend that class? […]
Question If a woman has abnormal slow bleeding after she has already had her menses what should she do? After a couple days of completing the menses I had a little slight bloody discharge and continued to pray because it was not my menses as […]
Question Is being the beneficiary on a life insurance policy haram and what about if you take the capital and give away the interest? Answer First of all, becoming involved/taking out a life insurance policy is not permissible. However, if one was taken out […]
Question What are the rulings on the breaking down of a masjid in order to rebuild a bigger one on a different spot of the same compound. Also if this is wrong, what is to become of the newly built masjid? Is it permissible to […]
Question In the article below, is it used for all madhhahib or is it only for the hanafi? How does one determine whether a situation falls under ‘necessity’? Allama Hamawi (ra) in his commentary on al-Ashbah wa al-Naza’ir classifies five levels of necessity and some […]
Question Is this article correct: “The six groups of Mujtahideen 1. Mujtahid Sharriy’a 2. Mujtahid al-Masa’il 3. Mujtahid al-Madhhab 4. As-Hab al-Takhreej 5. As-Hab al-Tarjee’a 6. As-Hab al-Tameez 1. Mujtahid Sharriy’a are those who make the rules with the help and deep study of […]