Sunnah method of nikaah
Q: What is the sunnah for a nikah. What are the prohibitions and recommended actions?
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Time for intercourse
Q: When should one have intercourse, should it be in the first portion of the night or at tahajjud time?
Is there any specific date in the month that one should not have relations with one's wife?
Q: Is there any specific date mentioned in sahih hadith according to the lunar month that intercourse should not be done and if mentioned then please specify.
Wife claiming that her first husband did not divorce her
Q: After married to a second husband for 20 years, the wife declares that she is no longer married to the 2nd husband because she was never divorced from the first. The 1st husband reclaims his wife. In the 1st marriage, no talaq was mentioned. The husband just stayed away from the husband. Is this allow in sharia and was the second marriage valid. What's the ruling on this?
Watching porn to avoid zina
Q: Can one watch porn films just to avoid the major sin Zina?
Shaving the newborn baby's hair with a machine
Q: We have had a new baby boy and I would like to enquire on the sunnah of shaving the baby's head. Is it necessary to shave the head clean with a blade or would it suffice to use the machine?
Homosexuality
Q: I am gay man and don't know how to handle this situation with my religion. I am not sexually attracted to women and wanted to know if there is a way for me to be with a man? Or do I have to keep fighting against my sexuality? I hope you can help me.
Wife paying the extra cost for a bigger house
Q: If a husband gives an accommodation, but his wife requests a bigger house, is it permissible for the wife to pay the extra cost if both parties agree?
Engagement functions
Q: Is having pre nikah functions found in shariah? We have heard one aalim saying e.g. engagements etc are permissible in principle if no intermingling dancing or exchanging of rings takes place.
Masturbation
Q: The act of masturbation is defined as rubbing ones private parts to reach climax and this is not allowed in Islam. Now my question is, is it wrong if a person without touching his privates reaches climax, for example, bouncing on ones bed facing towards the roof with the intention of climaxing yet not touching the genitals. Would this be termed as 'masturbation' and is it wrong Islamically?