Benefits and assorted issues

Question: A Christian maidservant was accompanying those she served on a journey. When they drew near to Mecca, they became perplexed and said to her: “Embrace Islam so that you may enter Mecca and the Mosque with us.” She said:...

Question: A man fights so that the Word of Allah may be supreme, and also for war booty. What is the ruling on this intention?

Question: A teacher of young boys cannot complete their instruction in the required manner except by beating. Is it permissible to beat them for that purpose?

Question: A man who was immoral (fāsiq) died, and on the day of his death he did not perform the Dawn Prayer (Ṣalāt al-Fajr). His son said: Is it permissible for him to visit him (i.e. his grave)?

Question: What is the kindness (iḥsān) that must be shown to parents and likewise to relatives by blood (arḥām)? Does it have a set measure or limit? And is it obligatory to repeat it? We ask you to clarify what...

Question: What is the limit at which the disposition of one who was previously sound in his transactions becomes invalid? And in what place have the scholars of the madhhab stated this?

Question: It may happen that the madhhab of the student at the university is contrary to the madhhab prescribed in the university, and the exam questions are framed according to what is prescribed there. The student is thus put in...

Question: A Muslim man has a higher degree that qualifies him to be a professor at the university. Is it permissible for him to enter into this job, knowing that he is firm in creed and has inclination and desire...

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim student to enroll in universities where the sexes are mixed?