Question: I have a quick question regarding women’s hijab: does the hijab have to cover up to the tip of the chin or is the part of the face below the chin but above the neck not included? Is this the consensus view? Answer: Almost according to all Maraje’ covering the tip of the chin [...]

Question: My mother is ill and needs help, I would like to take off my hijab so I can get a job to help her. Can I do this? Answer: Hijab is a major obligation and one cannot ignore it simply to get a job. In any case, it is possible to have a job [...]

Question: Is a woman allowed to pluck her eyebrows? Answer: Plucking the eyebrows in sense of just removing the extra hairs is not Haraam. The permission for this rule is taken from the Word of God: وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا – “and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof” [...]

Question: My husband and I have many bad arguments. He will sometimes remain angry at me for days, even weeks, and he will even be angry at our kids and not talk to us. I try to calm him down afterwards, but he will ignore me. I have even tried saying “salaamu alaykum” to him, [...]

Question: Is a nose piercing forbidden (for a female)? If so, why?  Also, what piercings are acceptable? Answer: If a nose piercing is considered a form of beautification according to the custom of your society than this is not allowed. The proof is the quranic ayah ordering women not to make apparent their beauty. Piercing in parts [...]

Question: I am a revert. My question is: why do Shia scholars have to show if they are Sayyids (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) or not by wearing a black turban on their heads? I mean, aren’t the best people in the eyes of Allah (swt) those who are most pious? Answer: You are correct. The only criteria [...]

Question: What proofs are there from the Quran and Sunnah that all women must wear hijab outside of their houses in an Islamic State as is the case with Iran right now? What about non-Muslim women, slave women, etc. in the time of the Prophet (s) and Imams (a.s.)? Answer: 1. Islam is not a private [...]

Question: I would like to know if it is allowed for me to dance, I am only 11, I will dress appropriately and I plan on having a female coach. Is this okay? Answer: According to some Maraji’ (e.g. Ayatollah Sistani) it is not permissible for any person, including a female person, to dance, even [...]

Question: My question is about hugging in islam. I am a student at university and each time I go to see my supervisor for my project, he always comes to hug me as a welcome even though I appear indifferent to that and no feelings arouse from what he does. Is it forbidden in Islam? This also happens even [...]