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Domestic violence cycles and escalates.  If a woman's husband is violent, he will often become incrementally more violent as time goes on.  (Why Doesn't She Just Leave?)  The general advice in these circumstances is to get out before it escalates (and put up with being called "irrational" and "overreacting").

If a wife decides to escape a violent husband, the Islamic way requires satisfying a (probably all-male) Islamic authority of some kind (e.g. through khula).  In doing so, she risks provoking further violence and being branded a rebellious wife; the authority will strive for "reconciliation" with the violent husband (see this question), sending her back into the lion's den after the lion has been angered.

There seems alternative ways out, e.g. running away, going to the police, or responding violently, although each of these can be inhibited by the husband, and could make things worse.

However, it seems that divorce by apostasy offers a plausible (and efficient) means of escape:

  However, if a wife apostates from Islam, her marriage contract becomes void by her apostasy. Nonetheless, in our view, her marriage depends on her waiting period, meaning that if she re-embraces Islam before the expiry of her waiting period, then the marriage is still valid, otherwise no -- IslamWeb  (another example is Darul Uloom Trinidad & Tobago)

Let's assume she doesn't genuinely disbelieve, but she fears for her safety as a result of her husband's violence, and she's invoking Qur'an 16:106 (being forced to do so, while being secure in her faith).

Question: Could divorce by feigning apostasy be used to escape a violent husband?

I'm wondering if this could work in reality.

I recognize that apostasy is punishable by death, but it's rare in most places:

  In "recent decades" before 2006, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom listed four cases of execution for apostasy in the Muslim world. -- Wikipedia


texts: Assalam Alaikum, my cousin spoke with me about a nightmare in which I was heavily involved. The focus of this dream was about me. Now I heard that if someone speaks with you about a nightmare it my happens in the reality, meanwhile, I heard that is someone after the nightmare spit 3 times in his left and say "I seek refuge from satan ( in Arabic ) " and if tell to nobody about the nightmare it my not happened in the reality. But in my case after that he told me about this, how can avoid this catastrophe in a way that I would be protected from this nightmare? what should I do specifically?  Jazaka allahu khairen for your answers


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What is the wisdom behind hiding adultery between spouses?

I know we aren't supposed to advertise our sins, but regarding hiding something as big as adultery, which is one of the biggest ways to desecrate the rights of the spouse, shouldn't the spouse have rights to know such things so they can make a decision to keep the marriage or divorce?

I am terrified that this can happen to me and I wouldn't have any knowledge of it. The adulterer would share a secret with my wife that I wouldn't know about, while I'm supposed to be the closest with my wife. Scary topic.


texts: Can we do Istikhara twice for something?

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Based on my researches, in the Urf (custom or tradition of the society), Istikhara often/always is done once for everything. Some days ago, a friend of mine did a Istikhara for doing something (to take trip to a specific country), and the result of Istikhara was bad/negative for his travel.

Some days later -- after his negative Istikhara -- he decided to do another Istikhara (in order to have [perhaps] a positive result of Istikhara to allow him to take trip!). It seems he insist on this travel and as if he want to do his another chance by Istikhara (!) to take the consent of Allah for travelling!

But, my 2 questions are:

Is it permissible/halal to do a/the second Istikhara in sth whose first result of Istikhara was negative? (In order to get a positive result?)

What will happen if somebody do against Istikhata's result?

Note: Both Shia and Sunni viewpoint would be appreciated.


texts: Is your fast valid if you're unsure whether or not you swallowed Vaseline?

texts: I'm fasting and I have very dry lips. I put Vaseline on one lip but it felt weird. I think I might have touched it with my other lip. I'm unsure whether or not I actually swallowed it because I don't think I did but it feels a little like I did. Is my fast valid?


texts: I read somewhere that to be careful of your laugh because when you laugh too loud shaytan laugh with you. Is there anything like that?


texts: Is it halal for women to recite the Quran (loudly) in front of non-mahrams? (Shia view)

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Occasionally, it can be watched in some channels on the television where women recite the Qur'an (loudly). I was wondering it is permissible (halal) for men who are non-mahrams to hear their voices?

Or it is Haram (impermissible)? (Shia view please, albeit Sunni view will be appreciated too)


texts: Is Al-Kafa'a (Compatibility) for Nikah in fact Racism and Casteism?

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Assalamu Alaikum Brothers in Islam,
I found myself a bit queasy reading what the Great Imams and Scholars of Fiqh had to say regarding Al-Kafa'a.
Here are some of their views,

Imaam Abu Haneefah (RA) has stated: وقال أبو حنيفة لا تكافئ العجم
العرب ولا العرب قريشا
“A non-Arab is not suitable in marriage for an Arab, nor is a
non-Qurayshi Arab (suitable) for a Qurayshi.”
And Imaam Nawawi (RA) says in his Minhaj at-Talibeen that: فالعجمي ليس
كفء عربية ولا غير قرشية ولا غير هاشمي ومطلبي لهما And the non-Arab
male is not suitable in marriage for an Arab female, nor is a
non-Qurayshi male or a non-Hashimi male suitable in marriage for a
Qurayshi or Hashimi female

Apparently out of the 4 Great Imams of Fiqh, All of them except Imam Malik (RA) subscribed to such a discrimination.
Is this proven from the Sunnah? How can this be accepted to be part of Islam when our beloved Prophet (Saw) was sent to dismantle all types of discrimination?


texts: Some days ago my father bought a specimen copy of the book. Then one of my teachers said the book is for giving to the teachers for free and it is illegal to sell the specimen copy of books. Now, what can I do. Will it be permissible to read the book?


texts: I kept eating for 1 minute extra after sehri time ended

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Assalam o Alaikum
I was doing my sehri in other room and thought sehri ending timing was 4:54 and it was actually 4:48. and i kept eating till 4:49. By brother told me that time has ended when he saw me drinking water. I immediately stopped. Is my roza still valid?


texts: What’s the ruling on praying without paying attention?

texts: If one doesn’t pay attention to certain points while praying, does that mean that his prayers won’t be accepted at those points?


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aslam alaykum,

can you please define the timings of the particular hour on Friday in which if u ask for anything good it is given to u. Do i have to make supplication all the day in order to meet that hour or are there any particular timing from which i have to start and end making dua.

Please define the timing because i heard its the entire day not just the time between kutba and the time after asar so please clear this confusion.


texts: Did Prophets before Muhammed (PBUH) perform Prayers?

texts: How did earlier prophets before Muhammed (PBUH) worship Allah ? Was there Salah during the period of Adam(PBUH), was it  mandatory to offer Prayers for them ?


texts: Some scholars says that you cannot make the plural and feminine form of word Allah from arabic linguistic perspective

texts: Is it possible from arabic linguistic perspective to make the plural and feminine form of word الله? for example اللهون plural form of word الله and اللت feminine form of word الله because in Arabic, the regular way of making a plural for a masculine noun is adding the suffix -ūn[a] (for the nominative) at the end and To make a masculine word feminine usually a ة (h/t) is added to the end of the word so when you add ون to الله it becomes اللهون plural form of الله and when you add ت or ة to the end of the word then it becomes feminine for example when we add ت to الله it becomes اللت feminine form of word الله so when it is possible to make plural and feminine forms of word الله so why some scholars says الله is the unique word which you cannot make plural or feminine form from arabic linguistic perspective?


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In an answer to Does Islam teach subjugation and inequality of women, or is that due to a wrong interpretation of the religion?, user G. Bach writes "the husband can determine where [his wife] lives".

As far as I know, this claim is true, and I'm anticipating having to relocate if I get married (inshallah).

Following the links (here and here) leads to the reference m11.8 of the Shafi'i school's Reliance of the Traveller: "she is obliged to stay in the lodgings her husband arranges for her".  This seems to imply the husband is required to "arrange" accommodation for his wife in order to be able to determine where she lives.  In other words, if he does not provide her accommodation, he loses the right to determine where she lives.

I'm wondering if this is an accurate interpretation (there may be room for nuance here).

Question: Can a husband determine where his wife lives only if he provides her accommodation?

It seems unsurprising that she is obliged to stay in the accommodation provided specifically for her.


texts: Need reference from Hadith for this Dua. ("Allahumma 'Aghnini Bil 'Ilmi, Wazayyinni Bil Hilmi Wa'akrimna Bi Taqwa Wajammilni Bil Afiyah hadith")

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اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِنِي بِالْعِلْمِ وَزَيِّنِّيْ بِالْحِلْمِ
  وَأَكْرِمْنِيْ بِالتَّقْوٰى وَجَمِّلْنِيْ بِالْعَافِيَةِ

Transliteration:

Allahumma Aghnini bil 'Ilmi,
(Oh Allah! Enrich me via Knowledge)

Wazayyinni bil Hilmi
(Oh Allah! Adorn me with a sense of humility/gentleness)

Wa'akrimni bi Taqwa
(Oh Allah! Deem me noble with Taqwa/Piety)

Wajammilni bil Afiyah
(Oh Allah! Beautify me by keeping us in a state of well being/healthy)

A Dua taught by Yasir Qadhi.
He said this is a Dua of Prophet peace be upon him. He don't give reference.

I need reference of this Dua from Hadith?


texts: What are the different opinions on a person who vomits or got nose bleeding druring the prayer?

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In the sunnah we find this hadith in sunan ibn Majah (Qualified as da'if):

  “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever vomits, has a nosebleed, belches, or emits prostatic fluid, should stop praying; perform ablution, then resume his prayer, and while he is in that state he should not speak.”

this seems to be taken literally by the hanafi school of fiqh (Who says that one can continue a prayer after interrupting it for legal reasons?).
In his Muwatta' imam Malik quotes the following narrations:

  Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar would leave and do wudu if he had a nose-bleed and then return and complete his prayer without saying anything. (al-Muwatta')

  Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Abbas used to have nose-bleeds and would leave to wash off the blood. He would then return and complete his prayer. . (al-Muwatta')

which seem to agree with the above hadith while you further find the following narrations, saying otherwise:

  Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Abdullah Qusayt al- Laythi that he saw Said ibn al-Musayyab having a nose-bleed while praying. He went off to the room of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and water was brought to him and he did wudu. He then returned and completed his prayer. (al-Muwatta')

  Yahya related to me that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al-Aslami said, "I saw Said ibn al-Musayyab with his nose bleeding and blood poured out of it so that his fingers were all red from the blood coming out of his nose, and he prayed without doing wudu." (al-Muwatta')

  Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar Rahman ibn al-Mujabbar that he saw Salim ibn Abdullah with blood running from his nose so that his fingers were all coloured red. Then he rubbed it and prayed without doing wudu. (al-Muwatta')

which lead to the conclusion that it is not necessary to perform wudu' if one has nose bleeding.

I'd like to know what are the views of scholars or madhhabs on the matter of vomiting and nose bleeding (if a focus is necessary due to the complexity of the question let's restrict it on nose bleeding).


texts: Years of missed prayer? and not knowing how to read Arabic?

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Assalamulaikum,
backstory: So in my family when I was young I was sent to Arabic studies but my family had financial problems and problems with the arabic tutor apparently so I didnt learn how to read Arabic, I know about 4 Surah's and was not taught how to pray.
I reached puberty at 12, and when I was about 18/19 I started pushing myself to learn how to pray. I learned from the internet, and seeing others, but my arabic pronounciation isn't that good since I memorise transliteration of Surahs (as I cannot read Arabic)

I have missed approx. 8 years of prayer

Does sunnah and nafl prayers still count if you have 8 years of prayers you haven't made up for?
How can I make up for the prayers because on rough calculations I have 50,000 prayers to make up.

Jzk


texts: Someone I know recently died by killing himself. I don't know if he is going to Jannah or not, that's is why I wonder if he can see and hear us now.


texts: How do we know that "Yahdi mayyasha" refers to whom?

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I'm not Arab. But I'm learning it. And as I read Quran, in a lot of places it says "Yahdi mayyasha" meaning that God will guide one who wants.
The question is does "yasha" refer to God? or to the person who chooses and wants to be guided?
Because if it refers to God, the meaning becomes sooooo unjust, and if it's about the guided's will, then things are up to us.
As much as I see translations and interpretations, they say "yasha" refers to God. Is there an Arabic grammatical rule that I'm not aware of that forces this interpretation?


texts: What did Prophet Muhammad mean by “Seek knowledge even as far as China"?

texts: What did Prophet Muhammad (PUBH) mean by “Seek knowledge even as far as China"?  What type of knowledge is this? Though this line doesn't sound so prophetic... Does anybody have further knowledge on it?


texts: In tasleem, should we pause between salam to the right and left?

texts: When ending the salah with the tasleem are you meant to pause in between, some people seem to give one salam to the right and look straight ahead for a moment then give the second salam to the left, others just give each salam one after the other.


texts: Is it permissible to recite this everyday?

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The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever recite this Dua 3 times in the morning and evening has fulfilled his or hers obligation of gratitude for the day”.
The dua:

اللهم إني أصبحت منك في نعمة وعافية وستر، فأتم علي نعمتك وعافيتك وسترك في الدنيا والآخرة
Allahumma inni asbahtu minka fee-ni’matin wa'aa fee-yatin wa sitr;Fa aa’timma alaya ni'matak wa afiyatak wa sit'raka fid-dunya wal akhira.
O Allah, I have reached the morning with blessings, strength and concealment of my shortcomings, all of which are from You. So complete all the blessings and strength from You and the concealment for me in this life and the hereafter .

Is this hadith authentic? If not is it still permissible to say it or would that count as a bida'?


texts: What if modest clothing becomes sexualised in society?

texts: The whole point of things like hijab in Islam are for modesty and to protect women from sexual acts and things like that but what if the hijab itself was sexualised. This in turn would basically make sexual assault and rape and things like that the same as if they weren’t wearing the hijab so should wearing hijab be necessary in this case and what can you do if this happens?


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I understand that the Quran's suwar are organized, by general but not precise principle, from longest to shortest. Since the ayat are different sizes across suwar, the number of ayat within any individual surah doesn't accurately convey how long the surah is compared to others. I'd like to get a sense of how long each surah is compared to its neighbors, and word count would more accurately reflect that. (Syllable count would be cool too, but that's more work than necessary for my curiosity.)

Does anyone know where I could find a word count for every individual surah of the Quran? I can find word counts for the whole Quran, concordinances, and such, but I am only interested in word counts for each individual surah.


texts: Can you use Toothpaste whilst Fasting in Ramadan?

texts: Can we brush our teeth using a toothbrush and toothpaste while fasting?


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I know that in the Quran that the five messengers: Nuh (A.S.), Ibrahim (A.S.), Musa (A.S.), Isa (A.S.), and Muhammad (S.A.W.) are considered the Ulul'azm Anbiya but I was just wondering if Adam (A.S.) is also considered a rasul or a prophet of a similar stature to these prophets.

This reasoning mainly comes from Surah Al-Imran ayat 33 where it says

  "Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the
  family of 'Imran over the worlds".

Perhaps it is merely a misunderstanding on my part, but does this ayat say that Adam (A.S.) is considered as high a stature of the other rasuls previously mentioned?

If my understanding is incorrect, could you please elaborate on the meaning of this ayat?

Jazakallah khair


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Muslims are meant to take the utmost care with the treatment of the Qur'an and in its recitation.

  The proper recitation of the Quran is the subject of a separate discipline named tajwid which determines in detail how the Quran should be recited, how each individual syllable is to be pronounced, the need to pay attention to the places where there should be a pause, to elisions, where the pronunciation should be long or short, where letters should be sounded together and where they should be kept separate, etc. -- Wikipedia

However, this is a major obstacle to someone with a speech impediment (stuttering, lisps, etc.), who may be incapable of correct recitation.

Question: Can someone with a speech impediment recite the Qur'an?

When I say "can" above, I'm asking about permissibility (i.e., halal/haram) and desirability in the case where someone is incapable of accurately reciting the Qur'an due to some biological impediment.  This is going to vary depending on the person's condition, and depending on how important it is for them to recite correctly (cf. an imam leading prayer vs. an everyday Muslim).

Obviously there's nobody physically stopping them picking up a Qur'an and reciting imperfectly, and moreover, reciting imperfectly will be part of the normal process of learning to recite the Qur'an.


texts: If a husband and wife get divorced before the marriage was consummated, is it possible to remarry?

texts: If a husband and wife get divorced before the marriage was consummated, although they made love but didn't have intercourse, is it possible to remarry?


texts: Can Salat-ul-Tasbeeh be prayed during Dahwa e kubra?

texts: Can we pray Salat-ul-Tasbeeh during dahwa e kubra (time before start of zuhur prayer) ?


texts: What exactly were the problems Muhammad experienced due to being an orphan?

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The biographies of Muhammad that I am reading talk only generally about it being problematic to be an orphan. They mention very few specifics. There seems to have been a stigma about orphans, but the biographies are not clear on the nature of the stigma, what people actually thought about orphans that was stigmatic. Also, there is some talk of his uncle Abu Talib being unable to divide his sons' inheritance with Muhammad. But I don't see how that would matter: in the mercantile environment of Mecca, couldn't an enterprising young man like Muhammad have built up his own fortune with the caravans?

In the Qur'an, Muhammad frequently admonishes guardians not to misuse the inheritance of orphans, but he himself had no inheritance that could have been misused (or very little -- one account says his father was able to leave him a couple of camels and a slave girl). Also it seems very unlikely that Abu Talib would have misused any inheritance belonging to Muhammad. So I'm guessing that his stress on managing orphans' inheritance properly had more to do with seeing other orphans being cheated rather than himself.

What exactly were the problems that made life hard for orphans in general, and the orphan Muhammad in particular, in Mecca?


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A few days ago I read in a website (IslamQA.com) that punishment for apostasy under sharia law is death. They also provided a hadith related to that. (the entire fatwa can be read here: http://islamqa.info/en/20824)

But doesn't this contradict the following ayah?

  There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." (Surah Al-Baqara: 256)

Please someone clear this confusion.


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Sometimes people do medical test for that their baby will be girl or boy
Is it permissible in Islam to determine baby's gender by medical test?
Or Islamic View or Fiqh


texts: Accepting money from non-muslims for charity

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I have a doubt with getting money from non-muslims.
Me and my friends just started a group ( a charity group to help and feed poor people in our area).
Some of my non-muslim friends also have much interest to join and help in this group donating money.

So, Is it permissible and lawful in islam to get money from non-muslims for using charity purpose?
Some of my friends doubted that it should not be used because of there are chances of interest and the money may be not in halal way,
and it is not allowed to use money that is not a part of zakath

Please help in this case, Should I start the charity group?
Im newbie here and thanks in advance for any suggestion and ideas.