Find authentic Islamic Answers from over 69,000 questions. You can narrow down your search from Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools of law. This answer was collected from HanbaliDisciples.com. The questions have been answered by Imam John Starling.
Q: As a female Muslim, do I need a mahram to accompany on my trip to Hajj/Umrah? A: The presence of a maḥram, such as a husband, father, or a nurse-relative etc. or anyone who is permanently impermissible to marry due to relation of some permissible cause like an in-law (this excludes impermissible causes such… read more »
Q. A woman committed adultery and subsequently had an abortion because of the embarrassment of her family. What should she do? A. In the enquired case, the Nikaah of the woman who committed adultery and subsequently had an abortion is valid. (Shaami 3/50) She should sincerely repent for committing adultery and undergoing an abortion without… read more »
Q. If a couple married in Nikah for 10 years have children of their own and the wife had an affair through which a child was born, who is the child attributed to and who is responsible for the child? The husband is not denying the child as his own. A. If whilst in Nikah,… read more »
Q. Assalamu alaykum mufti sab there is this Muslim guy who was making zina with a certain woman untill she become pregnant and has a child now. she has other children from her previous marriage so now can the father of the zina child marry any of her children is it permissible in sharia? Wassalam … read more »
Q. A Muslim girl eloped with a Hindu boy and she is now pregnant with his child. The Hindu boy has reverted to Islam and he now wants to marry the Muslim girl that is now pregnant with his child. Can he marry her? A. The act of Zina (adultery) is an evil and major… read more »
Q. A man had an affair with a woman from whom a son was born (out of Nikah). Can that son be a Mahram to the man’s daughter born in Nikah? A. Shariah does not recognize a child born out of the wedlock of Nikah through Zina (adultery/fornication) to be in the same category as… read more »
Q. Can a man fantasize of strange women? Is it allowed? A. It should be well understood that just as it is Haraam to commit adultery and fornication, to fantasize about it is also Haraam and tantamount to committing adultery and fornication of the mind. (Shaami 5/263) Unfortunately, this has become a common sickness amongst… read more »
Q. I am 15 and I have intense urges and desires to masturbate. I need to know if this is haraam because on the internet it says that we are created with desires and it is ok, as well as it says it is haraam. A. Being created with urges does not justify an unlawful… read more »
Q. Are you allowed to have sexual relations with your partner (wife) during ramadaan or even allowed to show affection, kiss, etc.? If you are not allowed to have sexual intercourse without marragie can you masturbate during ramadaan? A. During the nights of Ramadhan (when one is not in the state of fasting), it is… read more »
Q. Can one follow another person in Salaah, who is married to a Christian woman who was previously Muslim and changed her faith to Christianity? A. A Muslim (male or female) who changes his/her religion from Islam to Christianity is an apostate (Murtad) in Islam, and marriage with such a person is totally haram (unlawful)… read more »