As salaamu alaikum,
Ya Shaikh, May Allaah preserve you. My husband has custody of his two sons, ages and 2 and 4 years old from a previous marriage. Allaah has blessed him with the ability to move us to Egypt; however, the mother of his children refuses to sign the consent forms needed to obtain their passports because she says that the scholars are advising Westerners against going to Egypt.

My questions are:

1. Are any of the people of knowledge advising Americans against going to Egypt?

2. What is the position of the scholars with regards to a non-custodial parent making it difficult for a custodial parent to take their children to Egypt?

3. What advice do you have for American brothers or sisters who have the ability to move to Egypt?

BarakAllaahu feekum

I have suffered with an illness for the past 2-3 years now and I was unable to fast for a while so I fed the poor but Alhamdulillaah I am strong enough to fast now. Does this mean I have to now make up all those fasts even though I have fed the poor?

Two questions in shaa Allaah

1. If a sister gets a sickness that has become chronic related to her blood platelets such as that if she is injured she may bleed excessively or bruise excessively. Also for this reason, it is dangerous for her to have more children even though she would like to have more children. Should this sister be patient with decree of Allaah SWt and hope for jannah or is it allowed for her to make duaa to Allaah SWT to cure her or make her better so that she can have more children and raise them up as good muslims?

2. If a sister has undergone emotional abuse from her husband in various forms(he puts her down even though she is following shareeah and gave up her medical career to cook, clean, and attend to his house and raising her children and staying at home). He says you can not do any household work(etc) which is incorrect as witnessed by neighbors she can . In addition, he believes that raising children is only a mothers job and prefers to spend his free time excessively with his 'single' friends and not spend time with his family for their tarbiyyah or give time to his wife. thirdly, when this sister wanted to get khul'aa her family blackmailed her by saying she is being selfish and that this man is still good(does faraaidh and stays away from haraam) but immature. They also say that this is not the time of the sahaabiyat and only they were allowed to get divorce and remarry as many times as they did, etc. Shaykh please clarify what is my right here or am I wrong? am I being selfish if I am unhappy in this marriage and have been doing sabr for eight years and now i have a chronic illness such that i cannot put up with emotional dhulm? Also, for a long time I hated my husband so much that I did not want him to be married to me in jannah? is my aqeedah incorrect astaghfirullaah to say this? am I doing shirk by saying this?

baraakullaahu fik

If a sister has an illness for past two years should she make duaa for it to get better especially if she wants to have more children or should she have sabr with qadhaa of Allaah SWT and ask for jannah in return.

Second question, what should a sister do if she wants separation from an emotionally abusive husband( who treats her like cattle even though she is educated and who disrespects her at times is tough and harsh with her despite her having her illness and trying her best to be a good wife(moving where and when he wants to move, going to islaamic events of his like, staying home despite being a doctor to take care of the children, all the duties of an at home wife). Her family is blackmailing her by saying that future stepfather might abuse her daughter and then what will she do and she should stay in the marriage for her children. What does islaam say about a woman who is not satisfied in her marriage and is putting up with emotional abuse and wants separation but family is stopping it... should this woman do sabr and build nafsul mutmainnah on her current circumstances?

هناك امرأة تقبل الإسلام على الأقل منذ عشر سنوات. وقد كانت الصلاة والصيام ولكنها كانت متغطرسة ولم الحرص على تعلم دينها. وهي تعلم الآن عن الإسلام وتعلمته عن الحسد. حتى لو أنها لم تكن ترغب بوعي سوء على الشخص، انها مهملة إلى أن تنسب إلى قوة الله. بعد ما يعكس مرة أخرى على حياتها، وقالت انها تعتقد أنها قد فعلت الحسد، وساهم في الأمور الضارة يحدث لكثير من الناس.
ماذا يمكن أن تفعل الآن أنها تريد أن تجعل التوبة؟ ماذا عن الأوقات لم الحسد، ولكن لا أذكر أنها لا أو لم تدرك أنها فعلت ذلك؟ كيف هي عودة الحقوق لهؤلاء الناس؟ بعض هذه هي متأكد من ذلك لأن المرأة على دراية قال لها في اثنين من هذه الحالات التي كانت تفعله الحسد. بعضهم انها ليست متأكدة لكن خوفا جدا. بعض من هؤلاء الناس لا تعرف. الرجاء المساعدة. وهي يائسة لتكفير. وينبغي أن أي واحدة هي محاولة لاستعادة حقوق لأول؟
There is a woman who accepted Islam at least ten years ago. She has been praying and fasting but she has been arrogant and has not taken care to learn her religion. She is now learning about Islam and she has learned about hasad. Even if she didn’t consciously wish ill on the person, she neglected to attribute the power to Allah. After reflecting back on her life, she thinks she might have done hasad and contributed to harmful things happening to a lot of people.
What can she do now that she wants to make taubah? What about the times she did hasad but doesn’t recall or didn’t realize she did so? How does she return the rights to these people? Some of these she is sure of because a knowledgeable woman told her in two of these instances that she was doing hasad. Some of them she is not sure but very fearful. Some of these people she doesn’t know. Please help. She is desperate to make amends. And which one should she try to restore the rights to first?

1) What’s the ruling on swallowing food at the last minute just as Fajr time is upon us in Ramadan according to the prayer timetable and not adhaan, is the fast still valid?

2) Is it permissible to use aromatherapy oils in Ramadan such as Lavender present in shower gels and so on?

QUESTIONS from WIZIQ ------ 10th of Ramadhaan, 1433 /July 29, 2012


Q1: We are living ina land where the people decorate with lights and the fanuus(decorated lantern),my young children are asking for these things as well..Are these decorations permissible to buy?


Q2: if you have verysmall children and u like to prepare them for ramadan yet they arent able tofast can you make them fast from something like sweets in that day or wouldthis be a kind of bid'ah?


Q3: as salaamu alaykum, can you advice on how to deal with smallchildren who test your patience whilst you fasting

Q4: Assalam Alaikum wa rahmathullahi wabarakathuhu I w’d like to ask infavour of my sister My sister has 4 kids below 7 years . she was breastfeeding one of them last ramadhan and breat feeding the last one this ramadhan and looking after all of them alone. Can she be not fasting and feeding poor instead ? If she is so, will she have to compensate also ?

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