I suffer from depression and have been on medication for many years which works and this may be a factor. However I go through phases of being bored. Same routine, same daily predictable job, etc. Very predictable. Even in spare time I'm bored. I like to sleep. You may say you should listen to the Qur'an. I do but as I don't know Arabic I don't get the full benefit. Other things like TV, films and music are haraam by the majority of scholars so I can't entertain myself via them. Is there any advice in Islam on this or any practical advice you may have please?

Dear brother and sisters. I met a girl abroad, who is not a Muslimah. She is willing to accept Islam and I want to do nikkah with her to save myself from committing zina. Nikkah is only for the sake of ALLAH and to save me, my soul from Jahannum. I travel abroad frequently for my business and it is harder to live longer time period without a wife. All of her family is non-muslim and they preach Christianity. Thus, they will never agree and she is even scared to ask her family if she can become a Muslimah and get married to a Muslim man. She will not have a wali from her family for sure. That is almost 100% closer to impossible. I have 2 friends, with a good character and I can arrange an Imam from Masjid to do nikkah with her after she do her Shahadah. I will write the Nikkah conditions on the paper and I will sign, she will sign, 2 Muslim men will sign and Masjid Imam will sign. I will give her mahr at the time of Nikkah. So, the Nikkah will be announced and I pray to ALLAH to forgive if anything is not right and make her halal for me through Nikkah. Our intentions are good and we will do everything possible according to Islam. Please advice my brothers and sisters if I'm doing anything wrong or if I need to do something extra. May ALLAH guide us all and forgive our sins and may ALLAH give reward to those who advice. Thanks

What should we do if we need help of beings other than Allah in necessary situations?

So I always heard and even in Islamqa it said > The basic ruling is that one should drink while sitting, which is > better, but one may drink while standing. The Prophet did both to > demonstrate that there is a lot of room for manoeuvre in this matter. However I find this hadith to be very strong in words. If it's just a prefered thing why would the prophet tell us to vomit? And I haven't found anyone really explain this hadith. > حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - > يَعْنِي الْفَزَارِيَّ - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ، حَمْزَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي > أَبُو غَطَفَانَ الْمُرِّيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ > قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ يَشْرَبَنَّ أَحَدٌ > مِنْكُمْ قَائِمًا فَمَنْ نَسِيَ فَلْيَسْتَقِئْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ > > Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: None of you > should drink while standing; and if anyone forgets, he must vomit. Sahih Muslim 2026

Okay so, is it haram if I get 100,000 from someone and then buy gold with it and keep that gold for one year and then return back the 100,000 to the person with the profit I made? Is that profit I made halal?

Assalamu'alaikum, my friend invited me to a clubbing slash party for a fun night out. I currently go to university abroad and there are a lot of parties coming up. Yes, there will be alcohol and music, but I myself don't drink alcohol. Is that okay in Islam or is it haram? I kinda don't wanna go because I personally don't enjoy parties myself, but my friend really wants me to go and I don't mind actually. I'm just still conflicted whether it is prohibited or not. Can someone please help me and kindly explain? Thank You so much!

I've read that imam Rafi, a great shafi'i scholar allowed the reed flute whilst imam Nawawi disagreed with him. What evidence did imam Rafi'i use to justify his ruling?

I was raised with the belief there isn't a god, I want to believe but my mind doesn't really let me. Can I still be Muslim/how can I start to truly believe?

Today I joked with my friend, what I said was that I simple say thank you to Chat GPT after asking a question so that in future I would be spared in the “robot apocalypse”. It was purely a joke and we both knew such thing would never ever exist. But then my friend became very serious and told me it’s haram to joke about this as it is against Islam, like in Islam we know the “robot apocalypse” would never happen. I was confused and told that we both know it’s not true but she was very serious. So is it haram to joke about these stuffs?

Is an illegitimate child attributed to the husband, even if the adultery of the wife is proven, and it is also proven the child is not the husband's, but *Li'aan* isn't done by the husband? Is this Hadith from Sahih Muslim implemented? > حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَعْمَرًا وَابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمَا ‏"‏ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرَا ‏"‏ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ ‏"‏‏ > > *Sa'id ibn Mansur, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, and Amr al-Naqid narrated to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us: 'Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us: 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Ma'mar informed us, both of them on the authority of al-Zuhri, with this chain of transmission similar to it. However, Ma'mar and Ibn 'Uyaynah included in their hadith:* **"The child belongs to the bed." They did not mention, "And for the adulterer is the stone."** > > - [Sahih Muslim 1457b](https://sunnah.com/muslim:1457b)

I go to a non-muslim school with barely any muslim boys there, and the majority of them do not take their religion seriously. The school did not allow me to leave at lunch to pray at the mosque. I go to the school prayer room every Friday to pray Jumuah, however, I find myself to be alone there and that none of the other boys have showed up. Due to this, I resort to praying Dhuhr. Am I required to go around the school and find some boys every Friday and call them to pray with me? I tried this once with another boy, and he said he would come pray Jumuah with me next Friday, but he did not come. Am I sinful in this situation? I don't know what to do.

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests) has a decent overview over early conquests of the Islamic empire. The expansion seems to have been one of the most rapid in history. I'm not aware of any Muslim scholar who opposed the expansionism that was pursued by the caliphate, neither that of the Rashidun, the Umayyads, or later caliphs. However, as far as I can tell, the dominant trend on islam.se seems to be to claim or suggest that warfare in general is a purely defensive construct in Islam, see e.g. [here](https://islam.stackexchange.com/a/1091/17702) or [here](https://islam.stackexchange.com/a/12766/17702) or [here](https://islam.stackexchange.com/a/33226/17702) . If that is correct, then the ulama likely opposed Islamic expansionism on doctrinal grounds, and no scholars would have condemned them as kuffar for doing so. **Question:** if any, which ulama opposed Islamic expansionism, what were their arguments for doing so, and what was the reception of their ideas in among the other ulama?

First of all, I would like to thank in advance for answering in the most kindest way. And i apologize for making my questions so big. Just wanted to let you know where i'm coming from. I have heard that previously during Imam Malik's time, some slave women were walking around or getting out of their homes bare breasted. He had strongly condemned this practice due to his understanding of the Quran/Sunnah as per this narration: > Kitaab Al-Jami‘ of Al-Imam Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani Al-Maliki (died > 386 AH): He said, "He (i.e. Al-Imam Malik ibn Anas) strongly > disapproved of the behaviour of the slave women of Madinah in going > out uncovered above the lower garment." He said, "I have spoken to the > Sultan about it, but I have not received a reply." He said, "Beat the > slave women if they do that." I am aware that slave women had a relaxed awrah compared to the free women as per the differing opinions of the various schools of thought due to their work in servile environments and veiling was prohibited as a social status indicator but in case of **fitnah** or **harassment** or **fear of trouble** they are supposed to cover themselves up as free women have to do. I am also aware that in some point in history, there were practices of slave women being **paraded bare breasted** for attracting the highest bidders or buyers. Also I understand that a seller can adorn their slave women for attracting buyers similar to how a woman is adorned for marriage. I understand that Islam humanizes slaves by granting them certain rights, emphasizing their emancipation, and encouraging them to be treated like family members—with dignity, kindness, and respect. Based on my understanding of the commentaries from various schools of thought, even during the inspection process in slave markets at the time of the Prophet and his companions, the environment was supposedly controlled, with minimal exposure encouraged unless absolutely necessary, and only with the genuine intention to buy could you look or touch upto some extent (over clothing in Umar R.A's case), touching prohibited in the presence of lust. (please correct me if i'm wrong). **My Question is as follows:** - Was bare chested display for ***auctions*** or ***convenience*** or ***parading*** them bare chested for attracting the highest bidders, is that islamic or buyers islamically sanctioned (haram or halal)? Or was it just a corrupt practice that the masters used to do to exploit their slave women for commercial purposes or personal benefits? If it is halal, why? It spreads fitnah, encourages lustful intentions,objectifies and exploits slave women, public indecency, strips off their dignity, violates modesty rules etc which is quite contrary to inspection which usually happens for practical reasons out of necessity as opposed to lustful intentions. Also please answer this as well if possible Question regarding Slave Women Inspection Limits in the marketplace Thanks!

So Dhul-Qarnayn was the righteous king who blocked Yajuj and Majuj, and is it true that he lived in the time of Ibrahim? There are also some people who say Yajuj and Majuj were around at the time of Musa, but that wouldn't make sense since Dhul-Qarnayn lived a long time before Musa (I think). Could someone please clear this up for me?

I love someone more than i love myself and she did the same. She would even cut her fingers before someone else will see her nails except me, we were more dedicated than someone could imagine.So we were trying to get married as soon as possible. My family and we two were ready to get married but her family hasnt yet agreed and mentally tortured her. However, she died recently. The heart i have given to her, i cant give it to anybody else not even in hereafter or in my dreams.The immense love we had, cannot be described even if i write thousand pages. if i really remember the things of this dunya. And people do not forget these things. If we two go to jannah, can i not marry her there? Im decided not to get married again, i will rather slay myself than marriage. And she is the result of my dua of whole ramadhan. I could feel every bit of it. No way on earth that she isnt the result of my dua of every fasting day. And a single dua is accepted while fasting in ramadhan, theres a clear belief in islam. And i heard loved ones, especially someone couldnt marry because of death will be reunited in jannah. Can someone give me any proper hope? Im doing good deeds so that she and i, both go to jannah together and i decided to isale sawab a part of my sawab of my whole life. Cause she is not in jannah instead she herself was a piece of jannah, my soul. I can never decieve her, not in this dunya,nor in the afterlife. She have her life as a proof. I must prove it too. I know we did wrong but we didnt do anything bad. I kept it pure.kindly give me proper hope. I beg someone

I read ,or let's say I write stories about two men loving each other. These stories do not contain any explicit scenes and the focus is not at all on sexual points and in reality I myself am not at all attracted to the same gender but I am really really addicted to writing and imagining these stories without sharing them with others. Is the sheer topic of them being the same gender haram? Is reading/writing these stories considered Zina of heart/eyes?

Assalamulekum wa rahmatullah wa barkatahu I m from india. I m really confused now a days. That al malik is 99 names but there is also angel names maalik who is also guardian of hell.both of the word look like same to me. So what i should use respectful word when i making dua? What if i made mistake by using similar word? Please explain me so i can understand. Thank you.

I know a female doctor, a muslim doctor,she so kind and good doctor. If I got any sexual and my male organs matter. Some time I consult her. She is so preffesional and I didn't consult any other doctor for this matter. She only know my confidential matters in private area. She is aged. Above 55. Am 32. Any serious haram in this case? Because, lot of male doctors are there. But am a person who know very common in my area. Other male doctors know me. In social activities they also seeing regularly. So am shy to consult them. What they think of me and if they see my organs etc..Discomfort with their treatment and exam. but this female doctor already know about my medical background . Is it allowed? I searched same in chatgpt, i got +ve ans.

> It was narrated that "Abdullah bin Ja"far said: One day the > Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seated me behind him on his mount, then he told > me something in secret that I will never tell to anyone. When he > relieved himself, what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked best to > conceal himself with was a small hill or a cluster of date palms. One > day he entered one of the gardens of the Ansar where he found a camel > that came to him, **groaning with tears in its eyes.** - Bahz and > "Affan said: When it saw the Prophet (ﷺ) it groaned with tears in its > eyes. - The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stroked its back and behind its > ears and it calmed down. He said: "Who is the owner of this camel?" A > young man of the Ansar came and said: it belongs to me, O > Messenger of Allah. He said: “Do you not fear Allah with regard to > this animal that Allah has put in your possession? It is complaining > to me that you keep it hungry and overburden it with work.” > > > Sahih (Darussalam) [ Muslim (342)] . > > Musnad Ahmad 1745 Arabic/English book : Book 20, Hadith 1745 Also according to islamweb.net this Hadith is sahih We know that animals don't shed tears out of sadness. Then why does this Hadith say it was shedding tears out of sadness?

It can be difficult for women to fully soak their hair while performing ghusl everyday / multiple times a day after marriage. I know there is a consensus that women with braids can pour 3 handfuls of water over their head while doing ghusl to wet the scalp fully but not the lengths. Does this apply only to women who wear braids all the time or also to women who braid their hair just prior to performing ghusl?