Question:Can an unmarried person adopt a child? Answer: It is clear from the above narration that getting married and having many children is encouraged and praiseworthy. To abstain from having children without a legitimate excuse is disliked...
Age of puberty
A Father Bathing His Daughter
Question:Up to what age can a father bath his daughter? Answer: A father can bath his daughter up to the point that he doesn’t have any inclination or desire for her.As far as the age-limit for this is concerned, the Fuqahaa (Jurists) have not stipulated a specific...
How to make up for fasts when you have no idea how many you neglected or broke
I reached the age of maturity around fifth grade. Not by getting menses but because of public hair. I was only about 10 years old at the time I think and I didn’t know any better. My parents never made it seem like it was obligatory for me to fast and pray at this...
How to make up for some neglected prayers and some with no purity?
I reached the age of maturity at around 10 I think and I’m 16 now. I started praying correctly almost a year ago. When I first entered puberty it wasn’t because of menses it was because I had gotten pubic hair. Even though I was mature, I was still only 10 so my...
School
Salaam Alaykum In USA. If one can not afford Islamic school for their children is it permissible for them to attend public school? There is a hadith I’m not sure what the exact words are but it says something like “ do not leave your children in the hands of the...
Are feet considered awrah in the Hanafi madhab?
السلام علیکم ورØمة الله وبركاته Mufti Sahab, I have always read (and followed the opinion) that feet (upto ankles) are not considered awrah for women in the Hanafi madhab, but recently came across a fatwa which states otherwise. Here is the link for that fatwa:...
Touching an elderly woman
Question السلام عليكم ورØمة الله وبركاته Mufti saab, 1) Is it permissible to touch a non-mahram person of the opposite gender who is very old? 2) Is it permissible to touch a non-mahram person of the opposite gender who is still very young and below the age of...
Can one qurbani animal or share be slaughtered on behalf of a number of people?
Question: If a person has the capacity of sacrificing only one animal, can he sacrifice it for his parents, kids or wife? Or is it required for him to sacrifice one for himself and if he had the capacity to slaughter a second one only then he can do it on behalf of...
Female ‘Awrah in Prayer (Hanbali Fiqh)
Q: What is the 'awrah of a female in prayer?A: The 'awrah is considered that which must be covered of the body. The minimum that must be covered for girls ages 7 to puberty for prayer to be valid, is everything between the navel and the knees.Women, the age of puberty...
Does Qurbani become compulsory because of performing Hajj?
Q. This year, Hajj has been cancelled for South Africans. 1. Does Qurbani still remain compulsory? 2. Is Qurbani only compulsory on a person if they performed Hajj previously? A. The performance/non-performance of Hajj does not affect the compulsion of...