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  • His mother gets angry when he rebukes his dissolute brothers

    I live with my brothers who are younger than me. They are however drunks and drug abusers with no consideration for prayer. However when ever i try to be forceful on them Our Mother gets angry so i have to allow them to do as they please, so as not to bring about Allah`s anger on me by angering my Mother . I do need help as I have tried regular preaching.. More

  • Guilty of collaboration if an unlawful deed is not objected to

    I was in a European country last year. When I was near a grocery store. I saw a woman steal a banana and hide it up her sleeve. I know she was not poor because I saw her buy food afterwards. I did not take any action for fear of making trouble. Was I sinning? If so, what should I do to expiate?.. More

  • Giving advice in the finest manner

    I live in America and my maternal uncle lives in the same city as me. He never prays and it is difficult to convince him to start praying because he is very stubborn. What is the most proper way for me to advise him?.. More

  • Eloquence and fluency are gifts from Allaah

    In light of the trivial and shallow programs the media offers to people, we notice that callers to Allaah The Almighty often use difficult phrases that almost need a dictionary to be decoded, meaning. Why do they not use a simpler language in order to better guide people to the right path?.. More

  • Da‘wah requires knowledge, patience and a gradual approach

    Some foreign experts work with me. When I talk to them about Islam, they listen to me. One of them is Christian and another is Buddhist. However, I do not know how to do Da‘wah (Propagating Islam), and I lack the skill to introduce Islam gradually. Please, tell me how to do Da‘wah, and tell me about websites specialized in educating people to do.. More

  • Giving Fatwa without knowledge is a very dangerous matter

    salam aleikum sheikh.. i have one question insha allah... we have one sister who make lesson for women every week..the problem is that the sister give diffrent fatawa and teach things about islam that is not correct.. i have send mail to the sister with hadiths and other proof from sunnah about the things she have say wrong and even send mail.. More

  • Mixed trips and demonstrations as a means of D'awah

    salam aleikum.. i have one question..in sweden where i live it seems like many people who make islamic lession make it in a non halal way, like mixing men and women, making trips and holliday mixing men and women travelling together and sleeping there, making demonstrations in cities with music bands performing in the end of the demonstration...if.. More

  • Giving Da'wah to both Muslims and non-Muslims

    Respected brother As salam o alaikum wa rahmatullah I have a question regarding surah ABASA.Many scholars are of the view that based on surah ABASA it is preferable to do dawa work first to muslim brother who are away from their DEEN than to non muslim.They based their view from surah ABASA where prophet PBUH was doing dawa to some of the cheifs of.. More

  • The importance of kindness in admonition

    Some of my family members do not abide by Islamic teachings and commit major sins such as backbiting. I often advise them and sometimes in an annoying manner, such as shouting at them. But I only do so with the intention of advising them. Thus, I have a couple of questions: 1- What is the ruling on shouting at them with the intention of giving them.. More

  • Guidelines for calling Non-Muslims to Islam

    What are the verses that instruct and show us how we should deal with non-Muslims and invite them to Islam? What is the interpretation of these verses? .. More

  • Useful guidelines for practicing Da‘wah (Call to Islam)

    What are the ways or methods that would help me religiously affect female students in preparatory and secondary schools?.. More

  • Jihaad of fighting corruption with wise Da‘wah (propagation)

    In the name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Peace be upon you. When corruption and immorality are rampant and the Sharee‘ah is abandoned, is resisting all that considered a Jihaad in the cause of Allaah The Almighty? Is this obligatory? And what is the most suitable way of doing this? .. More

  • Da‘wah: reforming a family who has a lax commitment to Islam

    I am a girl who has problems with my parents because they have a lax commitment to the teachings of Islam. I advise them leniently but they respond harshly. They insist on making me attend wedding parties which include acts contrary to the Sharee‘ah, or otherwise they are angry with me. What should I do? .. More

  • Guidance is the mission of the Prophets and callers to Islam

    Is it permissible to ascribe an act to its doer; to say for example, ‘‘Were it not for Allaah then for so and so, such a person would not have been guided.”? .. More

  • Intelligent advice to a self-indulgent father

    My father who is now 48 years old has recently had access to a satellite receiver. He does not let me sit with him so he can enjoy watching indecent movies in private. What should I do, knowing that I know his access password to these channels? Despite all this, he prays all the prayers and even the Fajr (Dawn Prayer) at their due time. I hope you.. More