Question: My wife works in a butcher shop where she needs to slice pork, ham, bacon. She also needs to serve these to the customers. These are haram in our religion Islam. That is why she does not want to work there any more. My questions, is it haram to touch or serve pork, ham, [...]

Question: Can one listen to music in private if no one else is around? Answer: Being alone in private or in public does not make listening to music halal or haram, it’s the style and its lyrics that matter. If the music is of the haram category, it is not permissible to listen to it [...]

Question: Would it be classified as cheating the system if one prepares receipts to lower company tax? Also, my business partner wanted to put me and herself on wages to lower the amount of company tax paid? Is that acceptable? Answer: This is a question you should really ask your accountant. Basically, if it is [...]

Question: My employer currently makes contributions on my behalf to a superannuation or pension retirement fund. These funds are managed by a financial services company that invests the money in a variety of different investment plans. I have the option of selecting a specific type of fund to invest this money in. What is my [...]

Question: Are there any ahadith to prove mentioning Imam Ali (as) in the Adhaan or Eqamah is Mustahab (recommended)?   Answer: Our jurists are unanimous that the third testimony (Ashhado Anna Aliyan Waliullah) is NOT a part of Azan or Eqama. However, there are narrations both in Shi’a and Sunni books of Hadith confirming that [...]

Question: Is it fine to give money to my mother to perform Hajj if that is the only halaal money which is got as Haq Mahr? Is it allowed to give money as a present to some one to perform Hajj. Answer: Yes, a person can give or gift money to another person for that [...]

Question: What is the Islamic Law on Abortion? Answer: 1. Deliberate termination of a human fetus in a surgical, chemical or by any other artificial method is intrinsically an unlawful act in Islam and its doer will be held liable both in here and in the hereafter. 2. A pregnant woman from the Islamic point [...]

Question: Am I allowed to send out emails to haram food stores, offering to promote their products? Or is it impermissible, the same way we are not allowed to advertise for alchohol? Answer: If it’s lamb, beef e.t.c that their only problem is that they are not Islamically slaughtered, then it is permissible given that it is advertised for [...]

Question: Can one change their marja’ on selected issues only? For example is it okay to follow Marja’ A (eg. Ayatullah Sistani) as my main marja’, but for issues related to mut’ah (temporary marriage), to follow marja’ B (eg. Sayed al-Hakim)? Answer: A person is allowed to follow one marja’ in some aspects of fiqh, [...]

Question: I have heard that if a Muslim masturbates, his prayers, duas and fasts are not accepted for 40 days. Is this true? Answer: Firstly there is no such narration that says this regarding masturbation in that your prayers will not be accepted for 40 days. There are different levels of acceptance of any of [...]