Explaining Islam in Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ‎)

Further Exchange on Baring of Ankles

Question Your arguments regarding this issue are sound & reasonable. However I have come across articles who presented the same hadith but have a different interpretation: There are many hadith that just prohibit baring the ankles without mentioning the issue of arrogance. Thus it is stipulated that its implication is general & in all circumstances. […]

A Hadith Regarding the Place of Spending Iddah

Question Majority of scholars say that it is not allowed for a widow to go outside of the house without any valid excuse. They cite the following hadith as an evidence for that. Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Ishaq ibn Kab ibn Ujra from his paternal aunt, Zaynab bint Kab ibn […]

Further on Second Marriage

Question In one of your answers1, you write: If your wife disagrees to the marriage then you may still marry the second woman and keep your original marriage or grant your wife a divorce and marry the second woman. If the wife disagrees to the marriage; she does not commit a sin. How far is […]

Wife Relinquishing Her Right to Meh’r

Question I read with interest the fact that a husband does not need to pay Meh’r if the wife expressly relinquishes it. However I am conscious of the fact that a wife may relinquish her right either out of love for the husband or by reason of her desire not to offend him. In any […]

Regarding Rights of Children

Question Ussalaamu Alaykum The Quran has explicitly asked the children to be kind to their parents. It goes to the extent of warning the children not to express any discontent even in a manner of ‘Uff’. But on the other hand God has not given any directives regarding children rights; except not to kill them […]

Period of Iddah

Question A divorce takes place on the ground that the man is physically incapable to peform sexual intercourse. The girl spends few nights with her. the man has been given medicines but found no improvements. In such divorce , what is the period of Iddah ? Answer If divorce is effected before conjugation of marriage, […]

The Gravity of the Sin of Fornication

Question I understand that the Qur’an has prohibited fornication. Allah has put us on this earth for a test and we are being tested if we adhere to the directives of Allah and the last Messenger of Allah. While adhering to this directive, the following questions still wonder the mind as to WHY. If a […]