Advice

Q: How can one attain taqwa?

Q: A while before I got married I used to train at a gym. The instructor, a male, had a lot of other males and females in this class. At the time I knew that training in a mixed setting was haraam but I was ignorant and am still trying to repent for this sin. I stopped training after 3 months and then got married 2 years later. Now, after 2 years, the instructor keeps harassing me and making false accusations of me having an affair with him. All this time before I got married I had no contact with the gym or trainer and did not even hear from this trainer. Alhumdulillah, my husband can see that this is nothing but harassment and that I did not commit that sin. I however feel as though I did commit the sin by just being in the presence of men in a mixed gathering and training. He is accusing me of a whole load of false accusations which I did not commit and I have tried to get legal help but the more I fight back the more out of control this situation becomes. I am really afraid that people are going to find out and assume the worst even though I did not have an affair. Please can you advise me accordingly.

Q: One of my cousins is on the wrong path and I'm very concerned about him. He talks to many girls, and plays with their hearts, just like today's modern society's bad guys. I would want to know of any wazifa or surah to recite on him for him to be guided on the right path. I do recite verse 8 from Surah Aal Imran over him often and pray for his guidance regularly. I want to know any other surah or dua too.

Q: Is there any hadith or Quraan verse to console a person whos property was burnt by fire or damaged by water?

Q: How to establish the love of Allah Ta'ala in one's heart?

Q: My wife is demanding to go and stay in her sister's house who is also married for 4 days during my absence due to work. I don't like her sister at all so I refused. What is the Islamic opinion? Furthermore I would personally take her to her sister's house to meet for 1 or 2 hours when I have time.

Q: I am a 22 year old female. I have lost the desire to live. I don't like doing anything. I blame my fate for the circumstances I am in. I wanna die. I have got so many problems in my life that I hate it. My prayers are not being answered. I am losing my faith because I believe that Allah has written my fate this way. He wansts me to suffer. I am helpless. Kindly tell me what to do in these circumstances.

Q: My sister in law has converted to the Hindu religion by marrying a Hindu boy. She is living in a Hindu family and following Hindu rituals. I know it is a great sin to leave Islam, but my mother in law and brother in laws are not breaking their relationship with her. Due to this she usually comes home to meet them. In this case what should I do? Is it permissible to keep relations with this type of a person?

Q: I am a 28 year old divorced Muslimah with no kids. I recently met someone who is keen on making nikaah. He has 2 boys, 11 and 6. I am willing to accept them as my own and mould them into pious young Muslims in sha allah. There is something that I am scared about though. I'm scared of when they decide to become rebellious towards me. How do I react? Will it affect my relationship with my spouse?

Q: My father had 4 brothers and 1 sister. After my grandfather's death my father's eldest brother usurped the leather factory which was in the name of all brothers and changed the name of the factory in his daughter's name depriving all the three brothers and their children off their rights.

After this he and his wife did all the wrong which they could possibly do with us from fighting to abusing to physically hurting and even spreading bad things about us to all other relatives. Yet after all this when the same eldest brother fell ill all other brothers took care of him and helped him. His wife for that period of time became good and changed. But as soon as her husband passed away she became the same old evil lady. Yet others kept patient with her and kept ties with her.

She is good to us only when she feels the need for the family support and once her work is done she changes to be the same mean and evil lady. So my question is how to deal with such a relative who from the very beginning has only given loss and hurt and bad memories to us but becomes good when she needs us? She is good to us as long as she knows she will be benefitted from us but when there is any discussion about the family property or division she becomes the most evil person changing her attitude completely.