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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to offer the Friday prayer in his house, if he is able to hear the voice of the Imam? Answer: It is not permissible for him to perform the Friday prayer except with the congregation in the mosque. If the mosque is full and the rows reach onto the [...]

Question: There is confusion among us women regarding whether it is permissible to perform the prayer (salah) with cosmetics and lipstick on. Some of us say that a woman may apply lipstick, etc., after wudu’ (ablution) and then she can offer her prayers. Others among us say that a woman’s prayer cannot be accepted [...]

Question: Dear Brother, I have a few questions in relation to a comment someone made as follows; "no such thing as munkar naqeer- this is pure fabrication . No sawal jawab in the material grave. After death our soul leaves the body and the soul goes to a spiritual grave (Barzak) Finito .Only on the day of judgment [...]

Question: Is this a Sunnah that the Rizk (barkat in husband’s job) comes from the wife’s fate(Qismat) and children from husband’s fate (Qismat). How true is this? (There may be some grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments and statements received from our readers for circulation [...]