Family Matters

Family Discord

QUESTION: What is the best way to deal with difficult family members who treat a person poorly, speak negatively about him, constantly pick on him, and shift the blame onto him instead of accepting responsibility? ANSWER: The best way to win the heart of anyone is to...

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Milk Siblings

QUESTION: A woman (Aa’isha) has a son (Bakr) and a daughter (Fatima). If she breastfed Fatima a couple of years prior, and then breastfed Bakr at the same time as she breastfed her husband’s sister’s sons (i.e. her husbands nephews - Zaid & Amr), will Zaid and Amr...

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Assisting Aged Parents

QUESTION: I am a woman with some health issues and I have 2 young children. My parents have aged and are experiencing financial difficulties. Both my parents work hard and are unable to make ends meet. I have 3 brothers, 2 of whom are working and trying to help my...

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Maintaining Ties with Bid’atee Relatives

QUESTION: With regards to parents and family members who like to participate in Bid'ah, please advise as to how one should interact with them if they don't heed one's advice? ANSWER: If by maintaining a good relationship with a Bid’atee there is hope of him reforming,...

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Rights of an illegitimate child

Question:- A Muslim male conceived a child with a Muslim female. The couple never got married. The father's family accepted the child as part of their family, but the father has not been part of the child's life. The father has married another woman. Does the father...

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Egg donation and IVF

Question:- Is the egg donor Haram? Zinah did not occur specifically because the egg donor is not known. Recent researches shows that after the implantation of this embryo, the womb develops connection with the baby such that when the child is born, the baby is more...

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Responsibility of taking care of elderly parents

Question:- Please advise on what role, both financially and otherwise children play in taking care of their parents. All children are working and earning well. The parents are retired and living on their own. Answer:- 1. Your query states that all your siblings are...

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