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Becoming Baaligh After Emitting Pre-coital Fluid

QUESTION: Does a boy, who has never released sperm before, become Baligh if he releases pre-coital fluid due to arousal when he is under the age of 14? ANSWER: The pre-coital fluid emitted by the 14 year-old does not mean that he has reached maturity in terms of...

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Euthanizing a Sickly Cat

QUESTION: What is the ruling regarding euthanizing a sickly cat? She is around 15 years old now, and survived being hit by a car a few years ago. Ever since then she has walked with a limp, and now in her older years is moving around with great difficulty. The vet...

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Interaction with the Deceased

QUESTION: Is it possible that deceased humans and animals visit us, i.e. can their Rooh visit us in a state where we are able to see their shadow or hear their voice? ANSWER: When males visit the deceased at the Qabrastaan, the deceased hear the visitor’s Salaam,...

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Addiction to Social Media

QUESTION: I have a problem with limiting myself to finding recipes on Instagram, as I inevitably end up browsing unnecessarily. I know I shouldn't waste my time in futile activities but this has become a bad habit. I want to cut it out of my life, as well as the phone...

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Unclaimed Cat

QUESTION: On the neighbourhood group, there’s a post of a cat that’s come into someone’s yard. It looks like a stray and it’s not older than a month. The picture has been circulating around on the various groups looking for its owner, but nobody has responded. Would...

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Minor Children Taught by Males or Females

QUESTION: Please advise what the appropriate age of teaching Maktab to children is? Some Ulama say that girls should not be taught by males from the age of 7, due to high levels of Fitnah. Similarly, until what age can females teach boys? It it advisable for boys and...

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Voting

QUESTION: With regards to voting in Presidential elections, what is the best option for us as Muslims? In the event of there being no morally, upright candidate seeking office, be he Muslim or non-Muslim, would it be better to abstain from voting at all, or, to vote...

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Visiting an Aamil Who Doesn’t Adhere to Sunnah

QUESTION There is an Aamil who is part of the Bid'ati sect. He doesn't adhere to the Sunnah when it comes to his appearance, and has frames of the "Peer-Sahebs" hanging in his house. Will it be permissible to see such a person for Amaliyaat if one is afflicted with...

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