Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
Wa ʿalaykum al-salām wa raḥmat Allāh wa barakātuh! The seriousness, intellectual honesty and good intention with which you have posed your question are praiseworthy. In religious matters, merely accepting something on hearsay, or rejecting a prevalent opinion without investigation, are…
You mentioned that a menstruating woman may enter Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. Does this permission apply to all areas of the mosque? Additionally, if her only purpose for being there is to assist an elderly parent, is she allowed to…
I had a question that I wondered if you could help me with- a friend of mine is going for umrah and is likely to be on her period of the entire duration of it. Every source we’ve read online…
Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, This question is in response to the article posted yesterday on the Bangla Facebook page about a son residing with his parents after marriage. I have been married for three years and live with…
Dr. Farhat Hashimi, the esteemed teacher and preacher, shared a question from one of her students regarding the concept of women’s ʿawrah: Obligatory Covering in Islam.
A sister forwarded the following message to Qur’anic scholar Nouman Ali Khan: As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu Llāh. I recently missed your khutbah on the topic of declining masculinity, but I’ve had a related question on my mind for some time. Many…
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāh, My husband and his brother inherited their father’s property equally. His brother now claims that since we have no son, his own son is entitled to half of my husband’s share. We have two daughters—one married,…
Two questions about the Dictionary of women scholars