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  • Guessing Based on Scientific Facts, Previous Experiences and Experiments

    Is it permissible to guess the answers to quizzes when you are guessing randomly with no idea of the correct answer at all? I remember something about guessing with no basis being impermissible I think. On Islam qa it states about a guessing contest that it is not permissible and "Predicting the outcome and saying that such-and-such team will win and.. More

  • Rights that Are Bounding by the Contract

    Alsalam AlaikumMe and my husband bought a show house (in which you buy the house and the builder company rent it from us and pay us on monthly bases so that they open the house to public without us living in it) we had a contract with them for 12 months now the contract is off and we moved in , but the problem they payed us 10 months only, now there.. More

  • Clarifying the Word ‘Stubbornness’

    I was told that Allah does not like stubborn people and He finished a king who was very stubborn in his behavior in the past. There are some people who have special needs with behavioral issues and may have a trait of stubbornnes or others. They are not at fault if they have the trait of stubbornnes or other traits that Allah does not like? .. More

  • Taking Up Exam about Man-Made Laws Is Not Referring To Taghut

    Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh There is an exam where doctors are graded against certain man-made laws which I think may contradict the shari'ah, for example the law of autonomy.Is this a form of tahakum to taghut? .. More

  • Studying Language Through Books That Contain Islamic Violations

    Assalamu alaikum scholars,from your fatwa 447604,i did not understand that i am permissible or not to study languages.I am preparing for DSC (to get teacher job exams).All dsc aspirants should have to study all subjects from 1st class to 10th class and GK also.In these classes there are language books which contain some shirk beliefs.i don't believe.. More

  • Writing Fictional Stories or Articles Is Not a Lie

    Assalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wabarokatuh. Shaikh, I want to ask. Is writing a fictional (not real, خيالي، لا حقيقة له) example of any format of a text, such as mail, a paper about business plan/strategy (that is not intended to be done in the future because it's just made for example), and any sentence, in order to learn a language.. More

  • Studying Literature and Poems that Include Falsehood for Learning Language

    Assalamu alaikum scholars, i am preparing for dsc exams to get a teacher job. All dsc aspirants should have to study all subjects maths,social,science,languages and G.K also. But,in languages there are some shirk poems and immoral stories but,they also contains some good contents like grammer,vocabulary etc.we have to study them and write them in exams.. More

  • Studying Philosophy as a School Subject

    Studying philosophy in school subject ?I can’t change school because I don’t have parent permissionAnd the have subject have philosophy in it .. More

  • Desiring a Sin but Not Committing It

    Assalamu Alaikum. I hope Allah grants you guys Jannah. I want to know if it is considered life if someone misses doing something haram that he used to do in the past and he reminisces about it (music or looking at women for example)? And what if he sees it as a memory (music and looking at women for example)? And what if he does the same haram act again.. More

  • Teaching Non-Muslims Worldly Sciences or Learning It from Them

    Is it permissible to learn different permissible worldly skills/education from non Muslim? Is it imitating them? And can a Muslim also teach these to non Muslims? .. More

  • He Wants to Learn Arabic

    Can you give some tips for me as an English speaker, as I want to learn Arabic (mainly to understand the Qur’aan but also it would help with seeking knowledge of Islam in general). I can read Arabic but only understand the common words. I’ve been trying to learn the translation of surahs word by word but am not sure if this is the best way since.. More

  • A Medical Student Cannot Tolerate College any More

    I'm a medical student and I still have 3 more years to graduate, but I can't seem to tolerate it anymore to the extent I would just wish to die instead of going to college or studying. And it would be so difficult for me to start a in a new college. I thought about the options that I have with a family member, but nothing seems to be working. I hate.. More

  • She Likes Reading Romantic Stories

    Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh I love reading stories and i love writing them as well. I was wondering, is it haram to read a story where there is romance? When i read a story like this i do not seek to do haram things like have a boyfriend or anything like that, and i even skip the pages that have something romantic in it. Is it a.. More

  • Reading Harry Potter Novels

    Can I know if it is Haram to read books like Harry Potter? .. More

  • Definition of Amaanah (trust)

    Assalaamu alaykum. What does trust, or Amaanah, mean? For example, if parents trust their child in that he will not do something, but he does anyway, did he break the trust? Is that person a hypocrite? Or does Amaanah, or trust, mean that we are entrusted with someone else's property or something else and have to take care of it? Today, almost every.. More