Qur'an 23:6 has varying translations (see Islam Awakened ): > إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ > > **except with their wives**, and what their right hands possess for then they are free from blame, -- Wahiduddin Khan > > **except with their spouses** and whomever their right hands may control, since then they are free from blame. -- T.B.Irving In the first case, the ayah seems directed at men since it refers to "wives". But in the second case, it refers to "spouses". I put أَزْوَاجِهِمْ into Google Translate , and it says "their husbands", but that's not listed among the Islam Awakened translations. **Question**: Does Qur'an 23:6 talk about "wives" or "spouses" in إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ?

I found the following evidence: > - A lady came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have come to you to offer myself to you." He raised his eyes and looked at her and then lowered his head. ... (Sahih al-Bukhari) > > - I was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when there came a man and informed him that he had contracted to marry a woman of the Ansar. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Did you cast a glance at her? He said: No. He said: Go and cast a glance at her, for there is something in the eyes of the Ansar. (Sahih Muslim) > > - When one of you asked a woman in marriage, if he is able to look at what will induce him to marry her, he should do so. He (Jabir) said: I asked a girl in marriage, I used to look at her secretly, until I looked at what induced me to marry her. I, therefore, married her. (Sunan abi Dawod) ...'When Allah causes a man to propose to a woman, there is nothing wrong with him looking at her.' (Sunan ibn Majah) This stresses the importance of a man looking at the shape of his future wife's body to avoid any problems after marriage. How much of her body can he see? Hair? Arms and Legs? In tight clothing? Naked? Question: What parts of the body is a man allowed to see when deciding whether to marry the woman or not?

I was talking to a non Muslim and she thought it was objectifying women that they have to cover up and how come the coverage is not equal between the genders? How do we answer this?

I've asked this question before, and I want to reiterate it to clear up some misconceptions. Please do not immediately downvote this post (most people do), and read it in full before making any judgment. From my last question and in my research, I have found that the judgment of wearing clothes is dependent on custom. This means that if a majority of men were to wear women's underwear, it would be fully lawful in Islam to wear them as it would not be considered imitation of the other gender. **First question, is my conclusion above true? If not, why?** Men have started to wear women's underwear, purely for their soft fabric and fun colors. There are several websites that promote men to do this, and several social media sites prove that it is becoming slowly becoming common for men to wear women's underwear. I personally enjoy wearing them simply because they are extremely comfortable and have 10 times better colors than men's underwear. It's not clothing that is apparent outward, since it is just underwear. For the context of this question, I am referring to only panties. They do cover me just as well as men's underwear do. I would like to clear up any misconceptions I have. If you do downvote this question as everyone automatically does, please comment your reason.

Is it permissible to kill all men from the kuffar when a city or a land have been conquered by muslims, there will be men who actually fought against the muslims and there will be some men who never participated in the fight but rather they were just civilians or non combatants who did not resist the muslims advancement into a said city or land, so are these type of men permissible to be killed while advancing or after being captured? I am not talking about old,sick or other types of men mentioned in hadith but men who are capable of fighting and are sane but did not actively participate in war

Throughout Islam, there is a lot of attention on women travelling alone, with attitudes varying significantly. Indeed, there's several questions on this site relating to women travelling alone: - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/8698/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/31010/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/33135/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/36150/17163 However, there seems to be minimal attention given to men travelling alone, so I'm curious about this imbalance. **Question**: How do the rules for men travelling alone and women travelling alone differ? Islam Q&A says that the Prophet "forbade [travelling alone] in several ahaadeeth" without making reference to one's gender (although there is nuance to their post). I also found this post: > In times of insecurity and war, in long journeys, the Prophet, pbuh, ordained that a woman should travel with her husband or a male relative. This was meant to help the woman and to provide security, not to put the woman under the control of her husband... -- Kaukab Siddique , New Trend Mag, 2009. I'm not sure what to make of this.

So i know that men get hoor al ayn in jannah and women don’t due to their natural fitra, however if a woman was so desire a male hoor al ayn would it be possible for her since allah is the all-giver?

Asalamu alyakum wa rah matullahi rabarakaatu, so my question is can I be homophobic, like just disliking the lgbt people only & not making fun or bullying them & not supporting them as lgbt. & if I’m homophobic by disliking thoses types of people then is it a sin? Also can a person be lgbt but not telling others they are & it being between them & Allah swt & are not committing the act? I’m asking this cuz I told others that u can be but shouldn’t act upon the sin & you can’t tell others that, so if telling people that will I get sins for it or something?

Although on this site most people say no, I think it isn't. This is because in the hadith that is often quoted it says men are to not imitate women. But in this instance, in the modern day mostly men where chains and women wear necklaces. These are 2 different things. With this new information in mind, is it still haram?

> No man should be alone with a woman and vice versa, there should be a > third person. So the third person should be a male or a female? What should be the relationship between the third person and the woman?

It seems to me that a pious male teenager or adult should be satisfied and patient with the feeling he gets from nocturnal emissions (wet dreams) which are normal and not sinful. If he wants this sexual pleasure more frequently then he should marry. I'm not sure what's the average per month of a wet dream for a normal teenager. It becomes more of a problem if he finds out about masturbation and then starts doing that which is sinful and he can then get that feeling many times in the day rather than say every 2 weeks via a wet dream. How does fasting reduce sexual passion if he doesn't masturbate or know what it is and doesn't look at females in whatever form in the first place as he knows these are sinful?

In summer when going to Swimming, it can be quite embarrassment to go with hairy body. Also I do not personally like hairs on my body. I am not sure if Islam allows shaving the body? If yes, can one shave the whole body or only any part of it? What about Muslim women? If they have this problem, can they shave too?

assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh so i want to ask, I'm a teenager Muslim male, but i, for my entire life i rarely pray at masjid because my social anxiety, im afraid to meet another people and it's really hard to overcome it, but regardless i still do my prayer at home, so am i sinful for not praying in the masjid? People told me my prayer is valid but I'm still committing a sin by not going to masjid even though im physically well, but like i said, im really afraid of meeting another people or talk or just look at them, i still do my Friday pray at the masjid but even then i still am feel uncomfortable being around a lot of people, this really affect my social life, but i don't know what to do I hope i can overcome my social anxiety, but for the time being, is my prayer still a valid but sinful pray? im sorry im not that good at English but i hope whoever reading this get the point I'm trying to say wassalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

I am thinking of taking part in some athletic contests. The authority will award the winners with gold medals. But as far as I know men aren't allowed to wear gold.
So how can one accept gold medals in a halaal way without disrespecting anyone?
Please help me my brothers.

Assalamu Alaikum, How can Muslim men compete in Olympic games (and other athletic competitions) if wearing gold is haram for men? In the Olympics, do they simply accept the gold medal but refuse to wear it? Jazak Allah Khair

Muslim men are told to leave the beard and trim the moustache. There is some discussion whether you can trim more than a fistful of the beard. Besides that can you trim the hairs if they are sticking out or growing unequally for example? Or are you just supposed to leave and keep as "tidy" as possible by combing and using beard oil to press the hair together? Secondly can you remove the hair on the neck? Does this constitute the beard area?

As a rule of thumbs, the faces of old women are commonly less attractive ..., so, based on this theory: What is the opinion of Islam regarding looking at old women (as non-mahram) without hijab? Is it haram or halal?

What verses of the Qur’an urge for the veiling, or covering of women? Do they call any reason for such? Do any verses urge for veiling of men?

It is always stated in Islamic sites that men's awrah is from knees to navel. (for example http://islamqa.info/en/34976 ).
I have searched hadiths about that, and I have found many hadiths about covering thigh, you can see them in the url or in http://sunnah.com/search/?q=thigh , but I have found almost none hadiths that clearly prove that chest (torso, trunk) is not awrah. I have found 1 hadith: http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/42/45 , in which somebody sees prophet naked in his house.
We can think that if that was awrah, prophet should say about it, and if he did not say, then it is tolerable. But the hadith does not clearly say that prophet did not say about it, we just can think so, because the hadith does not say about it, and since it is important thing, its narrators should not leave that hidden, so we think the prophet did not say anything about that, so we decide it is not awrah. But there is **probability that it was so much clearly known by everybody, that chest is awrah**, so it was even not told in the narration.
Awrah might be exposed by mistake and just who see it might must look at other direction or close his eyes or cover the awrah by hands etc. So, are there any other hadiths which show that some men at time of Muhammad showed their torso for long time and it was allowed or was not prohibited? Ie can you prove or disprove the decision of fakihs that chest is not awrah? Or can you say by hadiths that seems nobody showed his chest so that can be considered as proof that it is awrah? > (Some illustration for that it is decision of fakihs: > http://islamqa.info/en/171584 : "And he said in ash-Sharh al-Kabeer, > 1/457: The navel and the knees are not part of the ‘awrah. This is the > view of Maalik and ash-Shaafa‘i.")

> Islam doesn't allow to change the features created by Allah like > removing the face hairs, creating a space between tooth artificially > to look beautiful.- Bhukhari I have some questions under this piercing topic: - Is it allowed to pierce ear for wearing jewellery? Is it considered as changing the feature created by Allah(subh)? - If ear piercing allowed, what is the rule for men and ear piercing? - Did any of the prophet's wives wear earrings?