Find answers to your Islamic questions by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.
Q: My question is related to the distribution of the estate and inheritance. We are 3 sisters and one brother, our father passed away before ramadan and after almost 4 months on our mother passed away. The father left a building and the mother also left a building in the estate. Although they never wrote… read more »
Q: Please provide me on the ruling with regards to the kaffarah and the compensation to heirs that a woman in the situation below would be eligable for? A surgical abortion was done at 14 weeks (90 days) without the knowledge of her husband. The woman is now overcome by guilt and wants to repent…. read more »
Q: I wanted to ask that a family member of mine took a personal loan of 3 lac from the bank using my details. The agreement made at that point was that my account will only be used to apply for the loan whereas the loan amount and all the installments along with interest will… read more »
Q: My question is regarding an illegitimate child. My ex husband and I had a child out of wedlock. I was not a Muslim but he was. Before my son was born I embraced Islam. (I was single and not married) Four months after the birth of our son we made nikah. My ex husband… read more »
Q: I’ve been in a relationship with someone for the past five years, the reason we didn’t get married earlier was because my mother dissaproved. After a while I lost interest in the young man. Then I met someone new, I love this new person alot, but we had a had some issues and we… read more »
As-salam-alikum, I have a question regarding my mothers iddat period. My father passed away on 28th Jan 2019. my mother is 75 years old. My brother stays in another county. he wants to take her along with him so that he can support her and take care of her. My… read more »
If a man’s mother passes away and has a need to fulfil his sexual desire, until what time is it advisable to delay intercourse for the sake of mourning. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. According to Shari’ah, one may… read more »
AssalamoAlaikum, My question is regarding fatwa no 40901 on ila. My husband never took an oath and i was told in that fatwa that is not an eela. And our nikkah is valid. What I understood is that even if we did sex after four months or a year it does not matter and… read more »
I seem to have attracted a jinn/demon. It doesn’t harm me phyically, it just hovers over me until I wake up screaming. It has been about four months. Last was about a month ago. Since then, I have the lights on all night and recently have taken to sleeping with my copy of Quran…. read more »
Urgent please reply soon AssalamoAlaikum 1. My question is in regards to Ila. If a husband says “a) I am not gonna do it (sex)tonight or b) I am not gonna do it(sex) now as u ruined my mood.” He may also had said ( which i highly doubt) “c) i am not gonna… read more »