Advice

Breaking an engagement

Q: I am a girl and I am engaged with my relative from 3 years back but now I don't find satisfaction in this relation. I also did istikhara. I asked to cancel the alliance. My relatives are upset for it. Do I have a right to cancel it according to Islam. Please reply.

Haraam relationship

Q: I'm in a relationship since the last 3 years. I know it is haram and I want to end it but whenever I try to end it he blackmails me by saying he will tell it to my family and will show my conversation to my parents and siblings. I'm afraid of the disgrace my parents and brother would suffer because of me. I somewhere inside also want to marry him but in a halaal way. Please guide me.

Becoming despondent

Q: I feel very disturbed right now. I know I havn't been sincere the whole time I was practicing deen and I have even had polluted intentions of practicing whole deen. From what I understand is that none of my ibaadat will get excepted except durroods. What can a person like me do in this situation. I know that I still need to obey Allah regardless but I feel very miserable right now and it is affecting my ibaadat. Please help.

Haraam relationship

Q: I am 15/16 years old. I have unfortunately fallen in love with my cousin. I don't know how it happened but it did. I tell myself that it's infatuation. I really don't know what to do. My thoughts are about him for more than 1/4 of the day. I hardly ever speak to him. Either way we don't generally communicate. We do if there's a need. I do unfortunately see him and there's no purda between us. I need help. I want to stop thinking about him. I am not in the position for marriage right now, I want to focus on my studies. I feel sad when I see him on social networks etc. and not following me back or liking other girls posts, tweets or pictures. etc. I hate myself so much for feeling like this. The thoughts come and I don't know what to do. Sometimes I literally bite my arm to stop my stupid mind. Please advise on what can I do? I am doing hifz and Aalimah. I can't believe how bad I've become.

Turning to Allah Ta'ala and being positive

Q: I am 28 years old and married. I am a software engineer. I face problems while involving in social daily life activities and feel my self unable to learn and perform even simple tasks of life. In practical life I feel that I am unable to do things. Please guide me according to Islam. And I hesitate to involve in daily life activities as I fear people will discourage (make joke of) me.

Doubts and suspicions

Q: I have a problem. For the last one year or so my problem is that my permits went for renewal and it got rejected. Then afterwards either my file gets lost or even when they find my file, then some documents are missing. In short, one after the other problems. Recently someone told us that some staff of mine did some magic on me. Please, guide us.

Learning skills and using one's hands

Q: What is the Islamic teachings or rulings about learning and doing daily things with one's hands. Does Islam encourages one to learn and do his/her things like slaughtering an animal, learning different arts like building house or other such things. I am literate person and a Software Engineer but in common life I do not know things well. I feel great hesitation/problem while learning new things. Does Islam dislikes this kind of behaviour and how can I handle this problem in the light of Islam. I know this type of question may seem useless but as for as I know Islam guides us in every matter of life.

Fulfilling the rights of one's parents

Q: My parents are alive and I wish they both live with me and I serve them. Presently my father is living with me and my mother lives with my sister. My wife hates my mother and says give me Talaaq before you bring your mother home. There is no chance , I repeat no chance of reconciliation. Except this issue she has a good behaviour with me. Please guide me what should I do?

Parents always angry

Q: My parents are always angry with me. If I listen their order then also. They always hate me. Is there any Dua or anything else which can help me? Please help me. I am very sad. This is from few years before everything was Ok.