Advice

My mother wants me to apply for a certain job and I do not wish to do so

Q: I love my mother and I try my best to obey her.Everymonth I gave her some allowance. here is my situation, I'm almost finishing my work contract, and after this contract finish I plan not to work in office anymore. For family expense and my mother allowance, I started investment in the business run by my father in law. From this investment inshaAllah it'll be enough for my family expense and mother allowance. I'm thinking that I dont need to work in office anymore and can give more time for learning deen and doing effort of deen, i also participate in the effort of tabligh. But my mother want that after I finish my contract I should apply a job in a particular place where the pay is very high, so me and my family should shift there also. Actualy I already feel tired and no mood to work in office anymore and my intention is to have more time to learn deen and teach deen to my wife and kids and of course to have more time to do effort of deen. Should I follow the wish of my mother? 

Troubled thoughts

Q: I have thoughts that trouble it may be because of what I said. If I make dua or say something for something bad (eg dont grant me jannah) (Allah forgive me) or something that may not be bad (eg Allah must make me worship him in hereafter)(Allah forgive me). Can I be forgiven for both situations and the stuff that I say may differ?

Financial constraints

Q: Globally, nationally and locally, our businesses are going through a financial downturn. The majority of businessmen are becoming despondent and concerned as financial targets and obligations cannot be met. After putting shariah compliant mechanisms in place, please pray and advise on the way forward. Situations amongst some businessmen are critical as they are forced to go the bond and bank route, becoming involved in interest. As much as one does not want to go the haraam way, there seems to be no alternative. As we seem to have reached the end of the road, please advise. Also, we will appreciate if the Ulama could advise and guide the masses in these trying times from the mimbar etc. We love you all and appreciate your favours upon the ummah. 

Male and Female conversing with one another via email before nikah

Q: 

  1. Is it permissible for a male and female to converse with one another via email before nikah is performed.
  2. If the couple is proposed and the girl talks to her future sister in law via e mail and she leaves a certain amount of text for the boy to read directly which he reads annnd replys directly to, is that halaal?
  3. Is it permissible if a third person reads the email/text message? If yes what requirments must the third person meet?

Sending one's wife to live with her in-laws

Q: I am a woman 29 years old I am married for the past 5 years and have a 4 year old daughter. For the last 4 years i was in dehli India with my in laws and my husband was in USA. He visited us twice in that time for 2-3 months now I got my immigration and is living with him for the past 8 months. He has changed a lot he demands me to go back and live my in laws in india my father in law is not alone there I have two brother in laws with their wives and children living with him and my 3 sister in laws are also married and have children but he want to please is family by sending me and my daughter back so he can prove to his family that he is a sincere son and loves them more and is sacrificing his life to make them happy as they also want him to send us back. When i protested he started ignoring me he even said that he don't want anymore children as I have to go back to india and he will live and earn in the US and i can't take care of 2 kids at a time. We have no physical relationship also for the past 3 months he doesn't even touch me or look at me and sleeps in a different room. My question is that can a husband do that to his wife? Can he force her to live with his family? Does he have all the rights to make decisions alone to have kids or not or to love a wife or not? What should a wife do? Can she demand him to keep her and their daughter with him or she is obliged to go back and serve his family for the rest of her life?

Am I responsible for a girl I used to chat to becoming an Atheist

Q: I met a reverted Muslim girl and we planned for the marriage, than through online chat we got very close since we were to get married and shared some explicit pictures. Suddenly in her family her father died  from cancer and in few days her sister was also diagnosed from cancer. Now that girl become atheist. She now saying she don't believe in Allah and started living with a man now as a couple without marrying. I wanted to know whether I am also held responsible for turning her into an atheist by chatting explicitly and making her Imaan weak? Am I  responsible for making her Imaan weak? Am I answerable for her losing her believe in Allah? please answer to me as it has taken my peace of mind.