Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling on working as a female optometrist? I assess health of patient’s eyes as well as need for glasses but I am in a room alone with a patient (sometimes male). Sometimes, the need may arise where I must touch the patient to remove something from…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If my sister brought food to my room while I thought she would call me downstairs to eat with the family, and I said to her that I thought she would call me down to which she responded that if I want to come down, she can instead bring…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Whatever happens does so for a reason. Sometimes I want to know the reason and I really get upset because Allāh does not answer. People as well do not have answers. How do I believe that ‘everything happens for a reason’? I always hear from people that whatever happens…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I am suffering from doubts related to purity. I have a doubt that my clothes were impure and I sat on the sofa, slept on the carpet, went to the mosque etc. Now, I am worried about it, as to how much can this impurity spread. If someone prays…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: When I was not Muslim, I bought a guitar. Now I do not want to keep it or use it. One of my non-Muslim friends asked if he could buy it from me. I want to know if it is permissible to sell the guitar to him, or donate…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for a man to drink the breast milk of his wife and does it nullify the marriage? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. It is the consensus of mainstream…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can a Muslim state where non-muslims also pay taxes, build a temple for non-muslims with tax money or any other source of money? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. The taxes that…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Two sisters had a disagreement when discussing which sins Iblīs (devil) will be punished for in Jahannam (hell). One put forward that Iblīs would be punished for his kufr (disbelief) during the incident when he rebelled against Allāh the Most High in regards to Ādam (peace be upon him)…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My question is related to my second Umrah which I performed in Makkah 2 years ago where I had used a number zero machine blade to remove hair even though hair were very less as I had done first umrah 2-3 days earlier and removed all hair using same…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have been separated from my husband for 9 months now due to domestic violence. I contacted him asking for my divorce. Due to having a child contact court case ongoing, he has written that he will give me divorce after the court case. In such a situation, is…