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  • Husband Was Told by Parents to Divorce His Wife

    As every one knows that in our religion parents deserve much respect from their children. If the parents of husband tell their son to divorce his wife or anything else to hurt her although they have no specific reason, then what should he do? Many people give the example of Hazrat Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him). So please guide me. .. More

  • Wants Wife and Family with Him Abroad But His Parents Object

    I am a Muslim, living abroad. My wife and small child are in my country (India). I need to bring my family here. But my parents will not allow me to bring them here. In this case can I bring my family here without my parents' support? If I bring them is there any problem with inheritance? .. More

  • Relations with Father Who Left Family a Year Ago

    My father has not lived with us for almost a year now, but he did not divorce my mom. My mother is a very good woman and a very good Muslim. She taught us how to pray, what is Haram and what is Halal. She has done a very good job raising 3 kids alone. I don't hate my father, but he hates me. In a way he does not want to see me, although I did not do.. More

  • Seeking Islamic Knowledge without Parents’ Consent

    I know that disobedience to parents is the second major sin - but may I know what exactly does disobedience to parents include? Does it also include going out without parents' permission to Islamic schools for the purpose or learning or teaching the Qur'an and Islamic knowledge? Does it also include marrying any person whom you don't like but the parents.. More

  • Wants to Stop Teasing Parents and Grandparents

    I use to tease my parents and grandmother for fun. They also enjoy it. But sometimes they get angry with me and scold me. I also don't like to do it any more, but it has now become a habit. I also want to respect them and talk to them gently, but whenever I talk with them gently, I feel embarrassed. Because it's new for me to talk gently with them... More

  • Speaking Harshly with His Mother

    I'm 19 years old. My father is dead and my mother wasn't strict in raising me. She never punished me for talking to her in a bad way. Now I'm always nervous, and I talk to her that way without feeling what I'm doing. I mean that when I'm nervous I don't feel what I'm doing or saying. She became telling me that God won't be satisfied with me and that.. More

  • Duties of Children to Parents after Marriage and to In-Laws

    What are the duties of a daughter for her parents after her marriage? What are the duties of husband for his wife's parents? .. More

  • Rights of Mothers who Are Difficult with Their Sons and Their Wives

    It is said that heaven is under the feet of the mother. But in family if the mother always fights and treats her son and daughter-in-law in very bad way and there is no chance of compromise, then (in such case) what are the duties of the husband towards mother and wife? .. More

  • Questionable Relations with His Mother and Her Children from Other Marriages

    My mother has been married for the third time at this time my mother has had a son with her third husband and will have another baby. Are the kids that she has called my brother or sister? My mother married my father, her second husband, by whom she had 4 kids; I am one of them. I have not talked or seen my mother for about five years because my mother.. More

  • Parents Object to His Working for Islamic Organization

    Recently I was doing some volunteer work with an Islamic organization in my area. The work was fine and, Al-Hamdulillah, the organization was getting a lot of work done. My parents then decided that they didn't want me working there anymore. What would be your opinion on this considering that the work was important to the Muslim community? .. More

  • Who to Rescue First: Mother or Wife?

    Suppose I am going in a boat with my wife and mother and the boat sank. I can rescue only one person, whom should I rescue? My wife or my mother? .. More

  • Parents Ordered Son to Divorce Pregnant Wife with Two Children

    I am married since 1996 and I have two children and my wife is pregnant now and she live, in her father's house for 6 months because she had problem with my mother. My mother started that problem and treated my wife so badly, then my wife could not carry all that, so she responded by the same way to my mother. Then my mother gets mad at my wife. After.. More

  • Marriage without Parents' Approval

    What do you say of a man who decides to marry in secret while knowing that what he is doing is going to anger his parents very strongly after consulting them in the marriage? The reasons for the parents' rejecting the marriage were: 1. He is 20 years old. 2. He didn't get a degree. 3. The woman he wanted to marry is known for bad morals committing what.. More

  • Studying in USA, working around forbidden things, and relations with father

    1) I went to USA for study, but they told me that is forbidden to live in a non-Muslim country and it's forbidden to work in places when there is, for example, pork or other forbidden things even though no other Halal jobs exist. As you know, its difficult to find a job there.2) My father makes a lot of differences between his sons and its difficult.. More

  • Wife Prevents Husband from Contacting or Visiting His Mother

    My wife had a hard time with my mother that effected her personality so badly that she became mentally ill. Now she refuses to let me visit my mother at all, and I know that she will apply for a divorce if I visit her or even phone her. Can I visit my mother secretly and swear to my wife that I didn't if she asks me? .. More