Family, Women & Children · Subtopic
Children & Upbringing
1,130 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Children & Upbringing, 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.
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Children & Upbringing fatawa — page 15 of 29
- Mufti Online6 Nov 2017
Going for IVF treatment to get a boy baby
I have 3 daughters mashallah but we desire for Boy. Medically there is a procedure called IVF GDS so through this process you can chose gender. Is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Nov 2017
Property distribution during one's lifetime
We are 10 siblings (5 brothers and 5 sisters). Our parents are both living alhamdulillah. One younger brother and two sisters are still unmarried.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2017
Giving away children's old clothing
If parents buy clothes for their children and tell them to use it for dressing purposes and do not make them the owner of the clothes, will it be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Nov 2017
Parenting
My first question is: In Islam, when does a child have the right to go outside and maybe socialise or even go to the mosque and come back by…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam31 Oct 2017
Concept of child-free life
As-salamu aleikum. What is Islamic view for being "childfree", voluntary childless (without reason or with reason like "I will be bad parent due…
Muhammad S.I.V - Mufti Online30 Oct 2017Roman Urdu
Chote bachche ki ulti
Chota bacha yani che mahine ka bacha agar ulti kar le to woh kapra jis par us ne ulti ki he wo paak he ya napaak?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Oct 2017
Reading and blowing on water for children to drink
I wanted to know if reciting ayah or full surah (like surah Yaseen or small surah ) of the Quran and blowing on water to give to drink to children…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Oct 2017Roman Urdu
Bachche ku waalidain ke qabr me dafnana
Kya yeh zaroori hai ki inteqaal ke baad maa ya baap ke qabristan me hi bete ya beti ko dafnaya jaaye agar ha to iski sharai tafseel kya hai aur agar…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam27 Oct 2017
Family belittling their child
Salaam, I had a question about parents/familly members/relatives/freinds. Let's say a kid wants to do something in his life, he is trying to become…
Mehrazur Rahman - Mufti Online26 Oct 2017
Purchasing items for the child with the child's money
1. Is it permissible to use my child's gift money to buy her something to use such as clothes or a car seat or toys? 2. After using the item, how do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Oct 2017
Premature child experiencing health issues
My child is premature and had two intestinal surgeries at her pretime. Still she is suffering from aspiration and weight is only 1.96 since two…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Oct 2017
Taking something from a child
Is it permissible to take a sweet that a child offers you? E.g. my small brother.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Oct 2017
Husband not ready to have children
Is there a powerful easy way to convince my husband to have a baby with me? He wants to plan and wait like two more years and it's been a year into…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2017
Husband refusing to give wife her possessions after divorce
Currently my husband and I are separated after domestic violence and assault. I did leave myself after the physical abuse. I have now requested a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2017
Making waqf and attaching the condition that one’s children will be the beneficiaries of the waqf
1. Does the income of waqf alal awlaad (making one’s children the beneficiaries of the waqf) have to be distributed equally between the male and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Oct 2017Urdu
Waalid ka apne bachche ka maal istimaal karna
ایک شخص کسی مقدمے کی وجہ سے باہر کے ملک چلا گیا اپنے تیں کوشش کرتا رہا کہ اپنے ماں باپ بیوی بچوں کی ضروریات زندگی کا مکمل خیال رکھے۔ مقدمے کی وجہ سے…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2017
Husband asking the wife to return from her parents house after delivery of the child
My daughter Gave Birth First child how long is she allowed to stay with her parents? Both mum & child need mums attention Husband being…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2017
What to do during pregnancy
Where can one find advice/books to guide women during their pregnancy? Most books that I have come across only advise from the time of birth.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Oct 2017Roman Urdu
Awlaad ke darmiyaan hadya dene me baraabari karna
Kia parents apni marzi se apni jayedad jitni chahen kisi aulad yani beton k naam karden? Kia parents jayedad se aulad ko aaq kar sakten hn? Kia…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Oct 2017
Child born out of wedlock
What is the parental right of the rapist in islam? Does the child belong to him or not?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Oct 2017
Giving sadaqah for a safe delivery
I have a question that my wife is pregnant for the second time. We have one more baby Alhamdulillah. In a couple of days, we have seen that we have…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Oct 2017
Freezing the placenta after birth
Are you allowed to freeze your placenta and eat it or make it into pills and then consume it?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Oct 2017
Distancing one's child from lesbian grandmother
My husband’s mother is a Christian. She is a lesbian and lives with another woman and is not shy about their relationship. I don’t like this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam12 Oct 2017
Breastfeeding Queries
Aslam o alaikum, I am a mother of 17 months old baby boy. I have few questions about breastfeeding. 1- For how long I can breasfeed my son? 2- The…
Ridhwan Ur Rahman - Mufti Online12 Oct 2017
Showing children pictures of animate objects for educational purposes
At most Islamic preschools, there are pictures of animate objects. Teachers say that they need to teach learners body parts of humans and animals.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN12 Oct 2017
Moving Children whilst in Salaah
I am a mum of two little kids. A 9 month old and a 3 year old. I am often alone with them at home . During Salaah I have both my kids playing around…
Mufti Moosa Salie - Mufti Online11 Oct 2017
Custody of children after divorce
1. In the case of children's custody,if the mother does not remarry,who does the children go to? 2. After what age the children can decide with who…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Oct 2017Roman Urdu
Deen ke oopar madhbooti se jame rehna
Meri zindge ghaltiyo sy bhari hui hy or ghaltiya b aisi jo jan bojh k nai karti bus ho jate hy theek tareeqy sy mera koi b kam ho raha ho main aisi…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Oct 2017
Should a woman take care of her infant child or go for jamaat?
Is a woman allowed to go for 40 days jamaat if her child is only 2 years old? What's the best for her? Either to go for jamaat or stay home to take…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Oct 2017
Muslim step father preventing a non-believing father from visiting his child
I have married a woman who has one childern (6 year old girl) with a non believer. The childs father wants to visit his daughter and take her for…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Oct 2017
Divorce and custody of child if husband is in jail
I need guidance in this situation: My husband is in jail for murder, and has not been incarcerated yet. It has been one year now and this is a cause…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam7 Oct 2017
Circumcision before aqeeqah
Asslam-u-Alyqum: Janab, i have been blessed with baby boy on 24 July 2017. My question is "Can i perform Khatna or Circumcision before Aqeeqah and…
Tahmid Chowdhury - Ask Imaam3 Oct 2017
Renaming Child
Assalamualikum Mufti Sab, I choose my daughter's name as "Aafiyah Sumaiyyah" and called out this name when I gave azaan and iqamat in her ears.…
Anas Sharieff Qasmi - Mufti Online1 Oct 2017
Gifting something to only one child and not to the other children
My husbands mother has gold that she gifted to my husbnad and my husbands big brother. She has some more gold which she was given by my husbands…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Sep 2017
Migrating for one's children's Deeni education
I want to do our istikhara for moving from UK to Pakistan for 4 years time for my kid's good education. Kindly advise me on that please.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Sep 2017
Is being childless a punishment from Allah?
Is being childless a punishment from Allah? Am I childless because Allah is angry with me? Is it my fault that I am childless?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Sep 2017Roman Urdu
Baaligh larke ke saath hajj per jaana
Mera shohar ka inteqal ho chu ka hai mere bete ki age 14 saal hai. Kiya bator mehram mai bete ke saath hajj per ja dakti hoon.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Sep 2017Roman Urdu
Maghrib ke waqt chote bachche ko ghar ke andar rakhna
Hum apne baro ko dekhte hai ki magrib ke waqt ghar ki lights or ghar ke stairs ki light on krte hai or darwaze khol dete hai or darwazo ke pass…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Sep 2017
Haraam relationship
I really need advice on what to do. I have a partner whom I love very much. We have a child together who is 7 years old but my problem is my partner…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam24 Sep 2017
Can a child carry mother’s surname?
Is it permissible to give a child its mother's last name instead of the father's last name? For example, let's say the father's name is Jon Smith,…
Tahmid Chowdhury
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