Basit Manzoor

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My wife and I, Sunni Hanafi, in our forties, are researching kafala.

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My period started early on the 14th day of tuhr, causing confusion and stress.

It is not from the sunna to check and investigate. One assumes validity and soundness, and ignores doubts and possibilities. [Nabulsi, Nihaya al-Murad Sharh Hadiyya Ibn al-Imad; Birgivi, al-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyya]

No. If you have sincerely repented from a sin, it does not prevent you from marriage or from raising children. In the Sharia, a sin that is truly repented from is not a lasting stain. The way to a wholesome life—a spouse, a home, children—remains open to you by Allah's mercy.

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Someone has claimed that the funeral prayer could even be obligatory for non-Muslims, using

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I am a 32-year-old woman. I was forced into a nikah that ended in divorce after 1.5 years, which broke my trust.

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I often suffer from waswasa about kufr and shirk, and I recite the Shahada for reassurance.

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Years ago, while unmarried, I had an unlawful relationship with a married woman.

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Please explain Sunan Abi Dawud 2459 — is it authentic?

Laughing at a joke — even one that brushes against a sin or a religious matter — does not by itself take a person out of faith. Removing someone from Islam is an extremely high bar; it requires a willing, knowing rejection of something essential to the religion. Joking or laughing about a sinful matter can be a sin when one delights in it, and leaving such humor behind is good — but it is not disbelief. [Nabulsi, al-Hadiqa al-Nadiyya]