Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Q: May I ask if me and my husband can adopt and register under my husband's last name my sisters's (non-muslim sister) newborn child. Due to some circumstances the baby cant be registered because the father wont allow to put it under his name. (Unfortunately they are not married), so we are finding the way to help the baby to be registered and that is why we came up with the idea of adopting the child instead. Is it permissible? There is no possibility to put the baby's name under her own father.

Q: Foreigners in our town have reverted a married women (she is working for them) to Islam. Her husband refuses to become a Muslim. Is her marriage still valid? She has children and was not told this fact as she does not want her marriage to end. Please confirm.

Q: Is masturbation allowed in Islam? Is it allowed in Islam to masturbate during the absence of wife and during her menstruation period?

Q: I am a 26 years old Male. I have a very bad habit of Masturbation. At night when I got to sleep, bad thoughts come into my mind, and then I start to think about girls. It induces me to masturbate and as a result semen is ejaculated. I want to stop this bad habit. Please help me out. I am very much tensed. I also make tawba to Allah Ta'ala but then again this thing happens. Don't know what to do. Please guide me. Is this due to this bad habit my Duas sometimes are not answered?

Q: Please provide ruling on hiding the grooms shoes during wedding (Nikaah) ceremonies. Is it permissible in Islam? What are its origins? If it's not permissible then how to convince our Muslim brethren about this issue? Please provide your valuable suggestions.

Q: I am dating a non-Muslim. Please I want to know if I can marry her though she has refused to join Islam.

Q: Is it allowed to copulate between husband and wife in the night after the full day of Tuesday in the Hanafi mazhab? Which days or nights are not allowed to do that?

Q: Is it permissible to use contraceptive medications to delay having children because the couple is studying and working in a tough field (e.g. medicine)?

Q: There's a practice here in my country that after the bride is engaged, she can't see/appear in front of anyone (even females) from the groom's family. Is that practice from Islam?

Q: If a daughter presses her father's feet below the knees solely with the intention of khidmat and the daughter nor the father feels or has any lustful thoughts before, during or after the act. They don't feel anything at all, then does hurmat-e-musaharat take place? (The daughter is married)