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How Can I Cancel My Paper Marriage?

March 25, 2011

Question i did my paper marriage in 2008 without anyone knows it.i want to cancel this marriage now what can i do?my partner did not give me that paper.he told me this paper is nothing you are not my wife and you are not in my nikha and i have no copy of that.can i […]

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My Wife Wants To Go Back To Being Shia

March 22, 2011

Question Salam alaykum, When I met my now wife a few years back, she was a convert to Islam who had chosen the Shia path. I talked to her about the Sunni branch, since I think that Shias have deviated from the Quran and Sunnah. She accepted to be Sunni back then. We have been […]

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Is My Nikah Valid Without My Parents’ Approval?

March 14, 2011

Question Asalamualaykum I have told my parents about this guy from college i wish to marry. they had accepted him and said i can marry him any time. the guy has told his parents and they have accepted but said to wait a few years until we are older. we are 18 now and we […]

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Is My Marriage Valid After Adultery?

March 10, 2011

Question asalamualaikum, i dont know how to put this, but i have done something really bad.i know my mistake and i am deeply ashamed. i got marrid at a very young age and everything happend so quickly. i commited a sinful act,(adultery), my family knew about it so did my husband,at the time i didnt […]

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Is My Father Allowed to Refuse a Marriage Proposal to Me?

March 8, 2011

Question Salam, I have a father who just looks at Education and Family and Nationality for him to be satisfied with a compatable partner for myself. I’m 25 and feel that I’m ready to settle down and want to start a family. I have found someone who has a good job, but doesn’t have a […]

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Regarding Child Adoption

March 3, 2011

Question As Salam O Alaykum Please response in details but if it takes more then 2 weeks then just give a quick one … We (me and my wife) would like to adopt a child in Canada from Pakistan. We don’t have any children untill now. my questions are Is Adoption Leagle in Islam ( […]

Filed Under: Halal and Haram, Q & A, Social Issues

Revising the Marriage Contract

March 1, 2011

Question Me and husband had the nikkah a year ago while we were in London. Now we are going to have a ceremony in India where our parents want to perform the Nikkah again as most of our relatives doesnt know about it. My question is do we have to set the same Haq Mehr […]

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Holding a Grudge

February 28, 2011

Question Assalamoalaikum, I have a question regarding holding onto gurdges and anger. If someone mistreats you, and u eventually stop talking to such a person is that wrong? Also what if this person asks for forgiveness and wants to be on good terms with you without really rectifying his/her behaviour and without really realizing where […]

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Why Are Men Allowed to Wear Perfume But Not Women?

February 26, 2011

Question Salam aleykoum, I have a question about perfume using by women in the light of below hadiths as excamples: If a woman uses perfume and passes the people so that they may get its odour, she is so-and-so, meaning severe remarks. Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I do not ride on […]

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Relationship Between a Pure Muslim and a Converted Muslim

February 22, 2011

Question Is there a sin of loving a person who is pure Muslim but the other one is converted? Is there a possibility that they can be successful a couple in a future? Answer There absolutely no difference between a born Muslim and one who converts. What would differentiate individuals is their religious fidelity and […]

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