I am planning to raise undertake an orphan/poor education project where I will school these kids. Obviously the money required to do so will come from donation. My question is quite simple. Considering the plan that I have I will need to provide my full time effort in raising funds as well as managing the entire execution. I currently have a full-time job, Alhamdulillah. Is it permissible if I keep a part of the money that comes from donation as my salary for the time that I spend. Please advise.

Asalamualaikum. My younger brother has been autistic at the age of 2 years old. Me and my family have been trying to teach him about being a Muslim and a normal citizen. But up until now, he's at the age of 16 and he hasn't gain any knowledge or practice of being a normal citizen or a Muslim. But me and my family are all Muslim. Since the time of Ramadan has arrived, I plan to read the Qur'an on his behalf since he cannot read despite the training we've given him over the past years due to his autism. Am I permissible to read Quran on his behalf or no? If not, what else should I do for him? Jazak Allah Khair.

Assalam o Alaikum! Recently my father in law passed away, and my wife asked me to be at his grave upon burial on her behalf and recite for some time as reflected from posts about the time taken for camel slaughter. I did so because of her will as well as I had a very deep good bond with my father in law. Normally I don't debate over matters I have less knowledge. My friends upon hearing it told me your reciting would not benefit your father in law. I just couldn't accept it as of the basic core of Islam I understand. So I just wanted to ask those with diverse knowledge that being son in law, if I took a part with every single thing in the funeral. Procession and after burying i stayed there for almost 2 hours and recited. Will it benefit my deceased father in law? JazakAllah Regards Nouman Ahmed Khan (40 years, Pakistan)

From the Athar below: أنَّ ابنَ عمرَ كان يضعُ يدَهُ بيْنَ ثَديَيها ( يعنى الجاريةَ ) وعلى عُجُزِها من فوقِ الثيابِ ويكَشفُ عن ساقِها It tells that ibn Umar[ra] used to check the slavegirls in public in market. What is limit prescribed by scholars to check a slave before purchasing, meaning what it is permissible to see and touch as well as what is prohibited to see and touch

A little bit of context before the question: I were at a restaurant and pretty much every woman there was wearing makeup which is common and I don’t really see it as a bad thing but according to some it is bad. So then I saw that a group of women were wearing hijab and makeup and I was confused. The main point of the hijab is for modesty but wearing makeup basically takes away the modesty part as makeup just seems to be a form of attracting attention. Is it permissible to wear makeup and wear a hijab or not?

Is the hadees in jama tirmizi whose hadees number is 257 is sahih or hassan or daif

Assalamwalaikum I am 15 almost 16 year old male. I have a question that I hope is answered. I have started to become a more religious teenager at the start of this year but masturbation is my problem. In my opinion I have a serious addiction because I have the urge to do it every night. I have broken 3 of my fasts this Ramadan because of masturbation. I have heard that it is a sin. I would like to come out of this addiction. If there is anyone that knows how to help me it is much appreciated.

Assalamu alaikum!!! My sister is sometimes very much interested in Muslim celebrities. However, some of them celebrate Christmas, Halloween, make jokes about religion and more. Should they be given takfir in this situation or not? And will I become a kafir myself if I don't?

Is it possible in Islam to voluntarily receive other peoples sins, freeing them? The immediate reason I ask is https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/83030/55518 . And if it is possible, what is the way to do it?

‏سلام عليكم if muslim women who’s unmarried take on a slave can she have intercourse him? Also if Muslim woman married and she have a slave can she have intercourse with him? ‏جزاك الله خير

Asalam Aleykum, eveyone. As a 15 years old muslim boy, I face many problems controlling my lust for women. I really want to get married and perform my fetishes on my woman in the future of course, but I want to control myself from now until I get married in thr future insh allah. Is there any dua or islamic perform to help me overcome my intensified lust for women?

I recently read the following hadith regarding the arrival of the Mahdi. >اِنَّ لِمَهْدِيَّنَا آيَتَيْنِ لَمْ تَكُوْنَا مُنْذُ خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، تَنْكَسِفُ الْقَمَرُ لأَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَ تَنْكَسِفُ الشَّمْسُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْهُ، وَلَمْ تَكُوْنَا مُنْذُ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الأَرْضَ > > “For our Mahdi [Spiritual Reformer] there are two signs which have never appeared before since the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, namely the Moon will be eclipsed on the first night in Ramadan [i.e. on the first of the nights on which a lunar eclipse can occur] and the Sun will be eclipsed on the middle day [i.e. on the middle one of the days on which a solar eclipse can occur]. And these signs have not appeared since God created the Heavens and the Earth.” (Sunan al-Daraqutni, Kitab al-Eidain) According to Islamqa, the hadith is fabricated but i cannot find any other source claiming this. Is this hadith authentic at all?

Source of the claim >It was narrated that: .' The messenger of Allah said: 'Do not do that. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone other than Allah, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! No woman can fulfill her duty towards Allah until she fulfills her duty towards her husband. If he asks her (for intimacy) even if she is on her camel saddle, she should not refuse.' (Sunan ibn Majah ) Akhi This Article Shows The References From The Predominant Views Of The Hanafi , Shafi ,Maliki Schools I Am Having Doubt Regarding This Can Anyone Clarify Jazakallah Khair

I ejaculated in the night of ramadan what do I do? I started watching sexual content then I said a prayer to make me stop doing this sinful act,then I think 30 minutes or less later I ejaculated a small amount of semen and I can't do ghusl because there is no water, I don't know if my fast is valid the next day please respond

Assalamu aleykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh! Just as the title suggests, today i unfortunately couldn’t perform a Maghrib prayer due to me being outside of my home, let me elaborate: In my country women are mostly prohibited from praying in mosques, yes, it’s a country where more than 70% of the population are muslim, yet historically it just happened to be like this. Thankfully, in the recent years newly built mosques allow women in as they finally started constructing masjids that also include separate areas for women. I kind of went off topic, but what i meant to say is that i couldn’t have prayed Maghrib in a masjid. Then i also asked my teacher because of whose classes i missed Maghrib a few times already if i could just pray it inside of our driving school, to which i’ve received a rejection. So please, tell me what to do in this situation. I know that there are a few conditions as to how one can make up missed salah if one is to do it unintentionally, but as you can see, this scenario doesn’t apply to this rule. P.S: I’d love to skip these driving lessons during these blessed days of Ramadan, but i already did skip 2/3 of my weekly classes for a few weeks straights and since my graduation there is nearing, i am not allowed to skip any more, so please, advise me on what to do. At the time of me writing this, i still haven’t prayed Isha but i do have more than enough time to do so and thus i wanted to receive advice before i perform it.

I put on a lip balm and tried my best not to get it in my tongue but I felt a bit of the flavoured taste while my throat was dry and swallowed but with little to no saliva. Is my fast valid or broken???

I know a woman should take her guardian's will for marriage before proposing to marry someone and if her guardian refuses her right to marry then his guardianship becomes void and that she can choose someone else from her relatives preferably on her father side to act as her guardian, such as uncle, grandfather, mother or brother. Above all else, it is required for her first wedding to have a Guardian's permission as mentioned the the following hadiths. > “There is no marriage except with a walee” and > “Any woman who gets married without the knowledge of her walee, her marriage is invalid.” However, there is another hadith in Sahih Al-Bukhari which states > Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 6, Book 61, Number 547 : Narrated by Sahl bin Sad A lady came to the Prophet and declared that she had decided to offer herself to Allah and His Apostle. The Prophet said, "I am not in need of women." A man said (to the Prophet) "Please marry her to me." The Prophet said (to him), "Give her a garment." The man said, "I cannot afford it." The Prophet said, "Give her anything, even if it were an iron ring." The man apologized again. The Prophet then asked him, "What do you know by heart of the Qur'an?" He replied, "I know such-and-such portion of the Qur'an (by heart)." The Prophet said, "Then I marry her to you for that much of the Qur'an which you know by heart." This hadith is mentioned at several other places as well and something seems fundamentally wrong here. The prophet SAW didn't care to ask her about her guardian's consent, instead he married her right away, acting as both a Qazi and a Wali. I know a Qazi can act as a wali in circumstances where a rightful wali is absent, but isn't it a duty of a Qazi to inquire if there is a Wali present or not? These hadith seem to be contradicting each other. **Question:** Are these two ahadith in Bukhari about guardian marriage contradicting each other? *If not, explain why they aren't!*

**Background**
I am currently in a discussion with someone who argues that Islam worsened women’s rights in Arabia. I have dealt with most of his objections, except this one: **Argument**
Before Islam, Khadija[R.A] was able to Marry Muhammad( PBUH ) of her own will, however after Islam, a woman who arranged her own marriage was considered an Adulteress : > It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: the Messenger of Allah said: “No woman should arrange the marriage of another woman, and no woman should arrange her own marriage. The adulteress is the one who arranges her own marriage.” Sunan Ibn Majah 1882 Hence, Islam worsened women’s rights in Arabia. so my Question is, **Were Arabian women able and allowed to Arrange their own marriages before Islam?** Thx

>It was narrated from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah had a female slave with whom he had intercourse, but 'Aishah and Hafsah would not leave him alone until he said that she was forbidden for him. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you.' until the end of the Verse. > >أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَرَمِيٌّ - هُوَ لَقَبُهُ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ يَطَؤُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَلْ بِهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ ‏.‏ > > كتاب عشرة النس 36 The Book of Kind Treatment of Women (4) Chapter: Jealousy (4) باب الْغَيْرَةِ ‏‏ > >Sunan an-Nasa'i 3959

According to [TheReligionofPeace.com](http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/017-polygamy.htm) : > The Quran also gives devout Muslim men license to capture women and use them as sex slaves, lest four wives prove insufficient. As evidence, it provides the following verses (among others): > [Qur'an (33:50)](http://quran.com/33/50) - ***"O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those (slaves) whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee"*** This is one of several personal-sounding verses "from Allah" narrated by Muhammad - in this case allowing himself a virtually unlimited supply of sex partners. Others are restrained to four wives, but may also have sex with any number of slaves, as the following verse make clear: > > [Qur'an (23:5-6)](http://quran.com/23/5-6) - ***"..who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess..."*** This verse permits the slave-owner to have sex with his slaves. See also Qur'an (70:29-30). > > [Qur'an (4:24)](http://quran.com/4/24) - ***"And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess."*** Even sex with married slaves is permissible. > > [Bukhari (62:137)](http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/062-sbt.php#007.062.137) - An account of women taken as slaves in battle by Muhammad's men after their husbands and fathers were killed. The woman were raped with Muhammad's approval. (Many other verses referenced at the links above). Is this an accurate understanding of these verses? If so, is this behavior still practiced and/or permitted? And if not, why the change?