Family, Women & Children · Subtopic
Rights of Parents
744 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Rights of Parents, part of Family, Women & Children. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Rights of Parents fatawa — page 16 of 19
- Mufti Online13 Jun 2014
Grandparents taking photos of one's children
Please advise me as to how one should stop his grandparents (who are constantly helping him out and who he sees at least three times a week out of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Jun 2014
Grandparents taking photos of one's children
If someone does not want photos to be taken of their baby and they know their grandparents are taking in the quiet, must they tell them not to?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Jun 2014
Correcting one's parents and ustaads
Can a person make islaah of their parents? What about aspects that are not deeni related eg. a bad social habit should one bring it to their parents…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 May 2014
Speaking to the girls parents before nikaah
I have a doubt regarding who should talk/how should one speak to the girl's parents when seeking for girl for marriage. My parents were approached…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 May 2014
Marrying one's grandfather's cousin's daughter
My grandfather (my dad's dad) has a cousin. He has a daughter that I want to marry is that okay?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 May 2014
Consent of the parents in nikaah
I want to marry a sister but some problems have cropped up for which I would need your guidance in the light of Quran and Hadith. I am 27 (an…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 May 2014
Getting married without the consent of one's parents
My parents don't want me to get married but I am interested in some one and we want to make nikaah as soon as possible, but my parents won't allow…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN12 May 2014
Surrogate Mother
Q. Please can you tell me what in the Islamic perspective on being a surrogate mother for someone who can’t have children? Is it allowed in Islam?
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Mufti Online10 May 2014
Thinking about the condition of one's deceased parents
My mother passed away almost 3 years before. And my father even before. I always think how will be their condition now. And Is there any wazaif to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Apr 2014
Father preventing the son from keeping a beard
Is it compulsory for a Muslim man to keep a beard when his father is strictly forbidding him from doing so? What should a man do in this condition?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam25 Mar 2014
Is it permissible to read nafl salah on behalf of one's deceased father? what are some other acts one can do on behalf of his deceased parent?
I would like to inquire the following: Is it permissible to read nafl salah on behalf of one's deceased father? So that the father may recieve that…
Hisham Dawood - Mufti Online24 Mar 2014
The parents of Hazrat Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
What will happen to Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam's) parents in the akhirah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Mar 2014
Difficulties living with one's parents
I am currently living with my parents and I have endured many difficulties during the past nineteen years of my life. My father is extremely…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam7 Mar 2014
Will the marriage be valid if the mother conducts the marriage of her underage child?
In reference to Fatwa#: 28500, I would like to clarify, so if a mother does conduct the marriage of her underage child, it would be invalid, as only…
Hanif Yusuf Patel - Mufti Online19 Feb 2014
Spending the iddat at one's parents home
A couple makes nikah and then spends time together in private, but with no rukhsati taking place. Then they divorce. Where should the idda take…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam6 Feb 2014
In the absence of a childs parents who is the next rightfull owner according to Shariah?
In the absence of a childs parents who is the next rightfull owner according to Shariah?
- Ask Imaam27 Jan 2014
Should one divorce their wife on the command of their parents? What is the punishment for a divorcee or a widow having an intimate relationship outside marriage?
Should one divorce their wife on the command of their parents? I ask referring to prophet Ibrahim's command to his son to divorce his wife when he…
Hanif Yusuf Patel - Mufti Online18 Jan 2014
Mother being abusive to her children
Is it permissable to leave the home of your mother unmarried? I have a 2 year old daughter and I am a single mother. I live with my mother, brothers…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jan 2014
Girls parents not happy to get their daughter married
I want to marry a girl and she also wants to marry me. We both boy and girl agree, my parents and family also agree but the girl's parents and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Jan 2014
Marrying one's fathers brothers wife
Nikkah with father's brothers wife (Chachi) is allowed in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Dec 2013
Respect for parents
My father gave third and final divorce to my mother about two months ago. The reason i am writing to you is that I want to know that being kids did…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam20 Dec 2013
1.Is it permissible to dress in shirt and pants? 2. My parents insist I marry a girl who is not religious. What do I do?
I am a 23 year old individual. I have just graduated from a university and recently joined a reputable company for job. I am faced with 2 problems:…
Hisham Dawood - Mufti Online10 Dec 2013
Obedience to Allah Ta'ala supersedes obedience to others
This has been eating me up slowly. I am a muslim lady 16 years old and I understand the Islamic injunction on modesty. I have read everything and I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam7 Dec 2013
Can a mother name her child on her own will and choice?
I wanted to ask something related to keeping my child's name. When I was pregnant I saw a dream keeping my son's name MOOSA (I saw such dream twice)…
Zakariya Memon - Mufti Online2 Dec 2013
Consulting the parents at the time of nikaah
Is it recommended for children to obey parents in marriage as they are opposing the children?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Dec 2013
Obedience to parents
Is it good to go against your parents wish and get married to girl whose out of one's caste and leave your parents? Is this fine? What does Allah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Dec 2013
Speaking to one's parents with regards to marriage
I am 27years old going on 28 soon inshallah and am not married and my parents never talked to me about it and I never asked too. My question is that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Nov 2013
Verbally abused by one's non Muslims mother
My mother (christian) keeps abusing me verbally. Each day she is telling me continuously how bad I am, that nobody can ever love me, that I'm too…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN19 Nov 2013
Mother serving as a Mahram for her daughter?
Q. I am married and live with my mother and sister.One Alim said that my mother will be a Mahram for my sister if we all have to travel together. Is…
- Ask Imaam29 Oct 2013
Excellence of the name Muhammad and naming after ones grandparents
I want to know the excellence of keeping the name Muhammad for a boy. Also what is the ruling regarding naming a child after his/her living…
Ismail Dawoodjee - Mufti Online26 Oct 2013
Marrying one's father's daughter
My mum got married to my dad when she was very young. I was a result of that marriage that didn't last. After few years my she married a man that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam8 Oct 2013
Authenticity of the Hadith regarding the virtue of looking at the parents’ face
Could you please confirm whether the following is an authentic hadith. I’ve read somewhere that it is a fabrication. Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu)…
Nabeel Valli - Mufti Online5 Oct 2013
Fulfilling the rights of parents
I often have attacks of anger and because I cannot control my temper, I sometimes swear at my parents and physically abuse them. After I calm down,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Sep 2013
Were the parents of Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) Muslims?
I heard in some of the sessions or lectures of Aalims here in India that the parents of Huzoor-e-Aqdas (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) are Muslims like…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Sep 2013
Obeying one's parents
I am 18 years old. Till today I don't have knowledge of shariat and what are kabeera and sageera gunah. I came to know a little about this 5 month…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Sep 2013
Disobedient children
I am a single parent and have two kids a boy and a girl. Both of them are very disobedient. They keep on fighting for little things. Everybody gets…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Sep 2013
Mother refusing to handover custody of the children to the father
According to Islam when parents are divorced, the father acquires custody of the kids when the boy is 7 & girl is 9. What if the mother does not…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2013
Parents bickering and arguing
My parents are always bickering and arguing, talking about leaving each other, making a dull atmosphere in the house. I am 16 and I have two younger…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Sep 2013
Marrying the stepmother's daughter
Please first understand the whole story then give me an answer. My sister is married to my uncle (father's brother’s brother in-law). Before my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Aug 2013
Respect to parents
I just want to know what are the rights of the parents taking into consideration the following scenario: I am 27 years and am currently staying with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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