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  • Sitting next to someone wearing a cross or lucky charm

    Is one allowed to sit next to a person who has a cross on their necklace or a lucky charm or a chain with a blue eye in it if we do not know if the person wears it for protection or because of another reason? .. More

  • Leaving job because employer does evil deeds

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to know: if someone quit his job due to the bad deeds (like drinking and abusing others unnecessarily) of his boss, will he be on the right way, or will it be his fault that he has done wrong? .. More

  • Enjoining good and forbidding evil without knowing if person is Muslim

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Can I enjoin good and forbid evil without determining if the person is Muslim first? .. More

  • Joining college club that might conduct unlawful activities

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible to take up a position if there is a chance that it may involve assisting in sin? For example, would it be permissible to join the computing club's IT cell within my university if the club as a whole celebrates and promotes things like Valentine's day and distributes free gifts to students that might be funded by.. More

  • Calling to Islam in non-Muslim country where government prohibits it

    Assalaamu alaykum. I wanted to ask whether it is obligatory, or rather, what is the ruling on calling non-Muslims to Islam in a country where the government or administration is non-Muslim and the intelligence bureau prohibits it? .. More

  • Giving advice to brother who smokes e-cigarettes

    I just discovered that my brother is vaping (smoking those e-cigarettes with nice-smelling liquids). We are not that close that I can give him advice, as he traveled to study abroad when we were younger and I am much younger than him, but I was wondering whether it would be haram to tell my parents knowing it would greatly disappoint my dad and and.. More

  • Giving advice to imaam of mosque who watches forbidden videos

    Assalaamu alaykum. In our mosque, there is an imam who watches dancing and sexual videos in that mosque. I know of it because I bought him an android phone and later came to know that he watches prohibited things on it. He also has Quran on it in audio form. How can I make "Islaah" of him. I do not have the courage to argue with an imam of the mosque... More

  • Going down to street to forbid evil one sees from window

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. If i see a Musbil (one who allows hisgarment to reach below the ankles) or any other sinner from my apartment window, do I have to take the lift and go down to advise him, or am I excused because I am in my house? .. More

  • Gradual approach adopted in advising a sinner

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. We are told to start advising a person who does many sins about the worst sin. Then, if he repented and amends his ways, we advise him to give up the second greatest sin, and so on. What if he does not give up the greatest sin and he is not going to change. apparently? Do we go forward and advise him.. More

  • Following impious Muslim in order to eventually give him advice

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Can I follow someone to see where he lives so that I can intentionally take position on his route and talk to him (asking how he is, etc.)? Then I can become his friend and give this Muslim religious advice because he is indecent. .. More

  • Brother having affair with friend's wife

    My friend has been diagnosed with a severe bone disease that is non-curable. I have a twin brother who has become very close with my friend's wife and is having physical relations with her. I have seen pics and texts of their chats. Now I am in a dilemma as to what I should do. Should i tell my ailing friend about this? (Doctors are saying this is a.. More

  • Not obligation to forbid all evils on spot

    From what I have read, it is not permissible in Islam to enter someone's house without permission. However, I read that it is Abu Yousuf's opinion that if you hear sounds of music and amusement from a house, you can enter without permission. Please reconcile between the two. And would it be obligatory to enter the house in such a case? What if someone.. More

  • Muslim performs Da'wah according to ability

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I have been married for seeven years with two kids. We are from India and are currently staying in Saudi Arabia. I am a house wife. I want to become Daa‘i (caller to Allaah) and call people of my family, friends, relatives, and society towards Islam, the Quran, and the Sunnah and remove all misconceptions... More

  • Unemployed brother-in-law lives in one's house and commits sins

    Assalaamu alaykum. Back in 2015, I invited my 30-year-old brother-in-law to come and stay with his sister as he had no job at that time. I managed to find him a couple of jobs in the area, and he would not last three months, he always quits his job and then takes a job seekers' allowance. At the moment, he has no job and is in my house 24/7. I feel.. More

  • Using photos of women in Hijaab on Da'wah leaflets

    I was thinking about making some leaflets so that I can give Daw‘ah (proselytization) to the disbelievers in my city. On these leaflets, I want to write about Islam, but I also want to put some photos from internet on them so that people can see the beauty of Islam. Am I allowed to put photos of females who wear the hijab/niqab on these leaflets and.. More