Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: If someone is adopting a child, and the law here is, that you have to give him your family name, will this be allowed? They also give the option to have two names, his family name and yours? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most…
Answered by Shaykh Yāsuf Badāt Question: A baby boy has been born and the family would like to do aqīqah of one sheep in the UK and the other sheep a few months later in Bangladesh. Would this method fulfill the right of aqīqah? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A prisoner here in the UK needs money sent in, to pay for phone calls, extra food and other items. I am assuming this is permissible to give zakāt under the captives category? What if that person is a close family member? I know you cannot give zakāt to…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Without a guardian, a couple got married. Both are aged in their early 20s. Their marriage took place at the Qādhī’s (muslim judge’s) office. Later the families of the couple came to know. At first they did not accept, then later they did. My question is that is this…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Verse 34 in Sūrah Al-Nisā apparently explains that men are favoured over women. According to most English translations we find the word “beating”, that is if a wife shows immoral behaviour. Please clarify the true meaning of the verse, as there are many people who seem to be very…
By Shaykh Ibrahim Fayaz While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a lady on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. “He’s a fine looking boy,” the lady said. “That’s…