QUESTION Assalamu Alaikum, Some well known Muslim Scholars in …………… have given Fatwa that it is not right for Muslims to live in non Muslim countries unless it is ONLY for Dawah (spreading Islam). What are your thoughts on this topic, what we as women can do about this, shall we ask our families to relocate back? ANSWER Assalamu Alaikum, Alhamdulillah, [...]

QUESTION Assalaamu’alekum, I have a question about week Hadiths. I recently have joined an Islamic book club and my teacher was giving example of one week Hadith, which is "Jannat lies underneath the feet of mother". She said this is not in major book of Hadith. I just want to confirm it so I don’t tell other [...]

Question: I have a question regarding blood donation or accepting blood from a non-Muslim. I have been told its Haram for Muslims to donate blood as equivalent to organ donor. I wonder how far it is true?  Since non-Muslims eat pork and drink beer is it ok to accept blood from a non-Muslim? Answer: First of all we [...]

The Prophet’s Married Life Question: A Christian missionary Dr. Anis Shorrosh says that the prophet’s wives were virtually captives in the prophet’s houses. This he says because they were not to be spoken to except from behind a curtain, and because they could not remarry after Muhammad’s death (see Dr. Anis Shorrosh, Islam Revealed. US: [...]

Frequently Asked Questions about Nutrition during Ramadan What is the best food to start my Iftar with? It is best to start the Iftar meal with 3 dates and a cup of warm low fat soup (such as, vegetable or grain soup) before going to prayer. You [...]

Question: If any toothpaste or saliva changed by it gets swallowed one’s fast is invalidated. It is best to avoid using toothpaste while fasting, unless one can do so without endangering one’s fast. Using toothpaste is sinful, correct? A Shaykh taught us that it is makruh tahriman to "use paste or tooth powder to clean one’s [...]

Question: Is it permissible to carry on eating suhoor when the muezzin is giving the second Adhan, or is that not allowed? Answer: That depends. If the muezzin is giving the adhan for subh (fajr) (he is giving the adhan when dawn has really started), then you must stop eating and drinking, because the Prophet (peace and blessings [...]

A great article on some 200 commonly asked questions about Islam. A great read.

Allah, the Most High says, “O you who believe! Fasting has been ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you may attain Taqwa.” [Al Qur’an 2:183] A common question that Muslims are often asked, mainly by non-Muslims is ‘why do you fast?’ or ‘What do you achieve through fasting?’ Many [...]

Question: A worshipper entered the mosque while the imam was in the second Tashahhud; should he join the congregation, or wait for another congregation? Answer: If a person enters the mosque while the imam is in the second Tashahhud, if he expects that there will be a second congregation, he should not join him, but [...]