Fatwas Archive

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?

Question: An employee in the army works at the border between two states. He takes the utmost care to avoid wronging anyone or assisting in the oppression of anyone; indeed, he often helps those who are trying to evade (the...

Question: Is it permissible for a merchant to import goods from outside the country and then, by his own choice, pay the customs and fees, and so on?

Question: What is the ruling regarding what is paid in customs duties and taxes to a just or unjust state? Does a Muslim incur sin by paying that, given that what he pays is not from the Islamic taxes, and...

Question: Do the rebels (al-bughāt), the Khārijites, and the oppressors own what they have taken, just as the disbelievers own what they have taken from the Muslims?

Question: Is it permissible to assist an oppressor in acts of good, projects of righteousness, and to accept his rewards and compensations for that, or not?