Category: Fatawa al-Akabir
A Female going by a Male Dentist
Question: If a woman’s teeth are looking awful because they have turned black, will it be allowed for her to get them clean by a…
Seeking permission to marry a second wife
Question: If a man marries a second wife, does he need to seek permission from the first wife? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما It is not…
Marriage and Divorce over the Phone
Question: Is it permissible to conduct a nikah or pronounce a divorce over the phone? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما Nikah is not valid over the…
Using TV as a medium of Da'wah
Muhtaram, السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته We acknowledge receipt of your query dated 17 October 2012 regarding using the television for da’wah purposes. Our response…
Valentines Day A Pagan Festival
It’s that time of the year again where an annual ritual takes the world by frenzy, and sweeps along the Muslims with it. Now it’s…
"Why is homosexuality a sin if Allah made me this way?"
“If Allah forbids homosexuality, then why does He allow people to be born gay? Why is homosexuality a sin if Allah made me this way?…
To say salam and shake the hands of the person who is engaged in zikr and tilaawah
Question: How is it to greet a person with salam and to stretch your hands to meet him if he is engaged in the recitation of the Quran and…
Will drinking your wife's milk break your nikah?
Question: One mature man intentionally drank his wife’s milk (breast milk). His wife was careless and poured her milk in his food and the husband…
Mahmoodul Fataawaa in the eyes of the Jurist
All praise is due to Allah for he has used this site for the translation of juristic verdicts from the fatwa collection of the Grand…
Circumcising a child who was born circumcised
Question: My friend has a son who was naturally circumcised. Circumcision is a sunnah of Ibrahim عليه السلام and is necessary to do, however the skin that is…