Mr. Allama Muhammad bin Abdullah Awad Al-Muayyidi

Question: What is the ruling on masturbation if a physician requests a semen sample from a patient?

His—Exalted is He—saying: "If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty." [Al-Nūr:32]. If it is said: A man may marry and yet not become well-off?

Question: What is your view regarding a woman six months pregnant who fell ill and was taken to the hospital? The doctors said: “If you want the mother to live, the pregnancy must be removed.” They removed it while the...

Question: Is it permissible for a woman to use the intrauterine device (IUD) to prevent pregnancy, given that if she becomes pregnant she will be harmed to the utmost at delivery and would require surgery?

Question: Concerning coitus interruptus (al-ʿazl) and the use of contraceptive treatment—are these permissible or not?

If it be asked: What is the ruling if a wife constricts her husband concerning the division of nights and demands it, while the husband is severely distressed by spending the night with her due to her old age and...

Question: If a man has a wife and marries another, must the first be given what the second was given of gold (jewelry), clothing, and related items? And what about the dowry?

Question: A woman has acquired a measure of knowledge and has a desire to seek more. She is also her parents’ only child. May her family confine her? If they do, is the obligation to seek knowledge lifted from her?...

Question: A man’s wife fled to the house of their son. The father asked his son to return his mother to her husband. The son tried, but the mother adamantly refused. May the son force his mother to return to...

Question: If a wife detests her husband to the point that she cannot bear conjugal life, what is the lawful remedy?