Harms of masturbation
Q: Can you kindly tell me what are the harms of masturbation.
Nikaah & Marriage Issues
Spouses living separate but not divorced
Q: I have a question about separation in married life as per Sharia law. My brother and his wife plans to live separated but not divorced. Is it permissible in Islam?
Playing nasheeds on one's wedding or when the bride enters
Q: Is one allowed to play nasheeds on one's wedding or when the bride enters, to play a nasheed at that time?
Validity of nikaah if one did not receive a nikaah certificate
Q: I got married a year ago. Nikaah and everything took place but I never sign the certificate or recieve a certificate saying that I'm married. Am I married and how do I go about for faskh if I don't have a certificate?
Attributing an adopted child to the adopted father
Q: My uncle in law adopted my brother at the time of my brother's birth, and my uncle's wife breastfed him. Can my uncle be my brother's real father?
In my brother's nikah, if my uncle in law does not declare that he is the father, but the girl knows who the real father of the boy is, is the nikah correct?
Can my uncle in law write his name as the father of my brother?
Cleaning the legs of a newly wed couple
Q:
1. When a couple is newly married and they come home, the groom's sister cleans the legs of both the groom and bride and then they are allowed to go to their room. Kindy explain the Shari'ah ruling.
2. Is there any ruling to clean only the bride legs?
Children playing with toys that have eyes and packing them away after playing
Q: I would like to know if a child can play with toys that have eyes and then after the child plays, the parents or child pack it away so no murat is visible in the house or during namaaz time?
Hurmat-e-musaaharah between males
Q: Does hurmat mushaharah become established if a person hugs his father but he has strange feelings in his private part. He was scared during the event and did not get a full erection, however he is not sure about any minor movements that he did not notice. But he thinks that the minor movements (very small movements) were because of nervousness. He did not get any sexual thoughts. He was also a little bit scared during the event.
Is a foster daughter a mahram for her foster uncle?
Q: Is a woman's foster children (i.e. the children she breastfed) who are female mahram for her biological brother?
Engaging in intimacy with one's wife when she is spotting
Q: When a woman is starting her period, but before the blood could flow there was spotting and few drops of blood. Can her husband engage in intimacy with her at that period before the flowing of blood?