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  • How to nourish the mind

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have been blessed with much guidance from Allah, The Exalted, Maa Shaa Allah. I have a question regarding the brain, the main tool for our rationality, with the mercy of Allah, The Exalted. I would like to know how to purify the brain; for example, for purifying the body, we perform Ghusl (ritual bath); for the heart, we ask for.. More

  • Virtue of working to provide for self and family

    Can you please quote and explain the hadith about a young man who was very active in his business and who was criticized by a Companion for not striving in the cause of Allah. Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,defended him by saying that there could be three reasons why he was active in his work: 1. To be self sufficient, which makes.. More

  • No evidence that rain, guests, sickness and female child are sign of pleasure of Allah

    Is it true that when Allaah is happy, He gives people four things: rain, a female child, a guest, and sickness? .. More

  • Waking up for Fajr to avoid dispraise

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. I live in Spain, far from the masjid, and therefore I pray alone at home. As I pray alone at home, I may delay the prayer a little bit more than what they do in masjid. If I had to pray at the masjid, I obvously would not be not. Recently, my friend and Shaykh told me that we will revise the Quran through the mobile phone.. More

  • Meaning of ‘lowering the gaze’

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is meant by "Lower your gaze"? Actually, I try to obey it, but sometimes I become confused with the meaning as I am not an Arab. I know that looking at the forbidden things like the covered or uncovered private parts of others is prohibited, but my confusion is about the faces of girls. I am giving you some of the meaning which.. More

  • Receiving money for purpose and spending it on other purpose

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. My father gave me some money, telling me to use it for a taxi, but I did not take the taxi and then gave that money as a loan. Today, I received some pocket money from my mother, praise be to Allaah. So, do I return the amount that my father gave me back to him from today's pocket money? .. More

  • No true success away from Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Is there any other way to gain success in this world apart from Islam? Of course there is no doubt that Islam will lead to success in the Hereafter, but what about this world? Please, I need many details about this topic. .. More

  • Seeking forgiveness of Allah without committing sin

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it incorrect to seek forgiveness even when one has not committed a sin? For example: if a man turns his head to the right and sees a non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) woman dressed inappropriately and then turns his head away automatically, is he still allowed to say "Astaghfirullah" (I seek forgiveness from Allah)? Sometimes,.. More

  • Whether repentant person is responsible for people he encouraged to sin

    Unfortunately, in his past, he has engaged in several haram sexual conversations and activities with people on the internet. He also participated in some sexual games (sexting) with these people. Forgive me; for example, he told them and instructed them what to do on their bodies and private parts. He became very ashamed and repented and sought forgiveness,.. More

  • Depression because of failure to find work

    Assalaamu alaykum. Sir, I worked for a company for more than 20 years. Since a couple of years, many inappropriate things started occuring there (such as drinking etc.) due to which the boss of the company and my colleague (who was always backbiting me in front of the boss) were always blaming me for nothing. I tolerated these things for almost two.. More

  • Getting angry without expressing it

    Assalaamu alaikum. Is it disliked to get angry for worldly purposes, or can oneget angry inside but it is disliked to express the anger? To me, the hadith which says, “Do not get angry,” means that we should not get angry for worldly reasons in the first place. However, anger for the sake of Allah is good, and with the parents, it is haram. Another.. More

  • Parents pressuring son to divorce his wife

    Is everything in life predetermined? If someone gets divorced, is that part of their decree/destiny? Even if it is a choice, how is it the woman's fault if her husband's parents are ordering him to divorce her and refuse any reconciliation? The couple has a baby. The girl's family tried endlessly to achieve reconciliation, but the husband's family does.. More

  • Violating someone's rights requires apologizing to them

    Shayhk, do I have to apologise for trespassing? For example, if I used someone's apartment swimming pool and I see some dropped money and I check my pocket and I see that a bill missing and I feel that it is mine, can I pick it up? .. More

  • Doubting faith of one who boasts of his sins

    Should someone who boasts of his sins or does things that are seen by some scholars as Kufr (disbelief) doubt his faith? If the others are right, would he enter Hell forever? Please answer this question, because this would solve all my problems. May Allah, the One Who can punish sins or forgive them and Who is the Only One Who worthy of being worshipped.. More

  • Thinking about women without ejaculation

    I apologize for repeatedly asking questions about the same topic, but I think that you may have misinterpreted my last question. In your answer, you said, “Deliberately thinking about women in order to obtain pleasure by ejaculation is not permissible.” However, when I think about women, I do not ejaculate. So my question is: is deliberatelythinking.. More