Category: Fatwa – religious verdicts

Question: My husband is addicted to smoking and is afflicted with asthma. We have faced many problems between us from trying to get him to quit. Five months ago, my husband prayed two rak'ahs to Allaah and swore that he would not smoke again. Just one week after his oath, he smoked again and the […]

Question: I married a man. After the marriage, he requested that I should not cover my face in front of his brothers otherwise he would divorce me. What should I do while I fear divorce? Response: It is not allowed for a man to be flexible with respect to his wife and allow her to […]

Question: What is the legal ruling concerning seeking a divorce when proper relations become an impossibility? This is due to the following reasons: First, my husband is ignorant and he does not recognise any rights for me. He curses me and my father and calls us Jews, Christians and Shee'ah. However, I was patient with […]

Question: There exists in pharmacies freshners for the mouth in small atomisers. Is it permissible to use them during the day in Ramadhaan to remove the smell from the mouth? Response: It is enough to use the miswaak which the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa-sallaam) has recommended for the mouth whilst fasting rather than the atomisers […]

Question: What is the ruling of the one who kisses a young woman, who is eligible for marriage to him, during Ramadhaan. Is it obligatory for him to make up the fast? Response: This man who kissed this young woman, who is eligible to marry him, without doubt has not practised the wisdom behind fasting. […]

Question: I inform you that in the month of Ramadhaan in the year 1410 A.H (1989 A.D), I had an appointment at the hospital. The doctor treating me asked me to produce some semen and told me that this was imperative (and that I have to do this) at which I felt inconvenienced and coerced […]

Question: If a Muslim's desire is aroused during the day in Ramadhaan and he finds no recourse but to masturbate, does this nullify his fast and does he have to make up for this day and make any expiation for this act? Response: Masturbating in Ramadhaan or other than Ramadhaan is prohibited (Haraam) as Allaah […]

Question: In one of the days in Ramadhaan, whilst fasting I went to sleep and had a wet dream. What is the ruling regarding this, and do I have to make an expiation? Response: One who has a wet dream whilst fasting or in a state of ihraam for Hajj or 'Umrah has no sin […]

Question: If one who is fasting has a wet dream during the day in Ramadhaan, does this nullify his fast or not and should he perform the ritual purification (of ghusl)? Response: If one who is fasting has had a wet dream during the day in Ramadhaan, then his fast is sound and is not […]

Question: What is the ruling regarding the congregational takbeer for the `Eed prayer. Response: It has been legislated for a person to make takbeer from his home to the musallaa (area designated for the `Eed prayer), and whilst at the musallaa he should audibly (continue to) do so, each person unto himself, such that the place vibrates with the […]