Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can we use husband’s name after marriage? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. To use one’s husband’s name to express affiliation and or identification, as a wife to the husband, is permissible.…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling on women wearing platinum rings? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Even though there is a minor difference in the matter, the correct position is that women are…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a woman becomes pure at work or school, and is not able to get home in time to make ghusl (ritual bath), should she make tayammum (dry ablution)? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for a person whose hair is naturally blonde to dye their hair blonde? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. Dying or colouring the hair, especially if one’s hair is…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I want to know that if one reads a fanfiction not fiction (a book about a living person who is a public figure) in which he may be depicted in a number of ways such as an actor or an entire movie cast on which different stories are written.…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My question is that I have learnt from scholars that reading literature that is toxic and un-Islamic is forbidden because it pollutes the mind. I have noticed that the vocabulary of muslim scholars is strong, Mā shā Allāh. I just want to ask that since 90-95% of modern novels…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I did good deeds from a young age, gaining me immense praises. I was carried away by the praises. I started fasting in the month of Ramaḍān for more praises. At the end, I realized that this was shirk (associating partners with Allāh). Now, I repented by doing the…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I come from a practicing muslim household. In Canada, I work and live among non-muslims. Every Christmas my co-workers and neighbours say, “Merry Christmas” to me and give gifts. Islamicaly, is it permissible for me to also say “Merry Christmas” back to them as well as accept and offer…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What should I do if my mother forces me to attend an unislamic mehndi (pre-wedding) function. Mehndi is a mixed gathering event with songs and some dance which can be avoided by going out of hall when it takes place or lowering one’s gazes. She is a practicing Muslimah,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible, in Islām, to sell a masjid (mosque) or a masjid property? If this is unlawful in Islam and a masjid committee has sold a masjid property, what are they to do now? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh…