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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a Muslim digital artist opening art commissions for stylized human characters that have a head, hair, eyes, and ears, but no nose or mouth. Can I take payment for drawing them? Answer Taking commissions to draw these characters is not permitted. In the Hanafi school, an image […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I came across a fatwa on responding “okay” to a divorce request. Based on its reasoning, would a non-verbal affirmative sound, specifically “mhmm”, which in the UK commonly means “yes” or “I understand”, count as valid, explicit speech capable of constituting a response to a divorce request? Or would […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I have been offered a Group CHRO position at a company that provides HR services to several independent businesses. One of these businesses operates a Forex/CFD brokerage. I would not be involved in trading, selling, or marketing CFDs, but I would handle payroll, contracts, policies, employee relations, and recruitment […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Severe waswasa keeps telling me that my intention is corrupt, because I have come back to worship mainly in the hope of one particular thing I long for in Paradise. Is my intention sound? Answer May Allah Most High bless you and relieve you of such misgivings. Your intention […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is raising the index finger in the tashahhud incumbent upon a woman the way it is incumbent upon a man? Answer In the Hanafi school, raising the index finger in the sitting (tashahhud) is a sunna for a woman exactly as it is for a man, and it is […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I swore an oath to keep away from a sin for a set period and then said, in Arabic, ‘and may Allah bless our master Muhammad,’ and I now fear that the word ‘and’ pulled those blessings inside the oath. Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I heard the Euthyphro dilemma answered by saying that Allah is al-Barr, so that everything from Him is good: is that sound, and does it follow that it is rationally impossible for Allah to command lying, theft, or rape, since such a command would contradict al-Barr? Answer In the […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I want to know whether every kind of shirk, whether in the divine essence, the attributes or the acts, counts as worship of something other than Allah, whether atheism is included, and if not, what does count as worship. Answer Two things first. A believer, by definition, does not […]