Social, Media & Ethics · Subtopic
Character & Manners
2,370 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Character & Manners, part of Social, Media & Ethics. 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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Character & Manners fatawa — page 13 of 60
- Mufti Online12 Sep 2018
Making salaam to a person who doesn't reply to one's salaam
If I am very certain that if I give salam to someone, that person won't answer me back as it happens always. Should I give salam to that person…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Sep 2018
Reply to the greeting "salaams"
What should the response be when a person messages with the greeting "Salaams" instead of the full AssalamuAlaikum?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Sep 2018
Disagreement with husband because of daughters clothing
i have been married for more then a year and i am expecting my first child. i come from a tablighi background but fate is tht i got married into…
Tareque Ahmed - Mufti Online4 Sep 2018
Disposing of Quraan cassettes
I have too many Quraan cassettes. Can I throw them in a recycle box or what do I do with them?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Sep 2018
Talking to someone on loudspeaker without their knowledge
Can we put mobile or landline phone on loudspeaker when we are talking to someone and many other people are sitting nearby. Is it allowed or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Sep 2018
Mistakenly dropping the Quraan
I have disrespected Quran many times. Most of the time it is unintentionally. But it happens many times. Such as today, I was reading Quran keeping…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam1 Sep 2018
Are women allowed to wear tight clothing in front of other women?
Assalamualaikum My daughter is attending an Islamic Muslims girls Madrasah. After complaints from some parents that the girls are picking up weight…
Mahomed Yasser Mahomed Yunus Hussen - Ask Imaam1 Sep 2018
Saying “bloody hell”
Assalamualikum I heard many Muslime people saying swearing words like bloody hel or F hell what’s your opinion on this please
Mehrazur Rahman - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2018
Can a son provide his mother with interment personal care?
Salam Iv received a safeguarding referral for a client whose son provides her with interment personal care He informs us that he has consulted with…
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad - Ask Imaam20 Aug 2018
I've lost the enthusiasm to lead a good life, What do i do?
These days I don't feel a deep connection with my salahs and I get very distracted and lose the will to even do tasbeeh after prayers, and I'm not…
Mizanur Rahman - Ask Imaam17 Aug 2018
Can i talk to a girl i find attractive?
Assalamu Alykum, I am a 14 and a half yr old boy in the US in California. Recently my cousins came from overseas from India and we went to meet them…
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad - Ask Imaam3 Aug 2018
I can’t see any changes in my life, need advice
Salam, I am very bad person or I was a bad person, I am not sure, I do pray and ask for forgiveness every day, but unfortunately I have done really…
Rabiul Islam - Ask Imaam25 Jul 2018
I want to turn to Allah Ta’āla and change my life.
I am here to ask for your opinion and your advice as to what i should do considering my situation. This has been going on for the past 2 months or…
Mizanur Rahman - Mufti Online21 Jul 2018
Keeping the Quraan in a suitcase when traveling
When one is travelling for hajj. Can one put the Quraan Shareef in the suitcase.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jul 2018
Lying to receive a scholarship
I have got a scholarship from the govt. based on my matric marks. I lied when in filling in the required form. If I would not have filled that in by…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Jul 2018
Laughing at people
If something bad happens to someone then I laugh. I know in my mind that it is bad but I can't control it.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jul 2018Arabic
Saying the salaam slowly
- حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ المُبَارَكِ، وَهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Jul 2018
Eating with the left hand
Why in Islam you are not allowed to eat or drink with the left hand? Is it mentioend in any hadith?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam4 Jul 2018
How do I change and inculcate good manners in me?
I really want to change and be a better Muslimah, but everytime i commit a sin, i feel Allaah will not accept me and i go on with doing wrong. I try…
- Mufti Online3 Jul 2018
Reciting the Quran without wudhu while holding it with a cloth
If I read Quran without wudu but touching the Quran with a cloth around it, is it a sin?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jul 2018
Laughing at someone
1. If someone is short or black, will laughing at them be kufr because Allah made them like that? It will be as if a person is indirectly laughing…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam29 Jun 2018
Giving a Gift to a Female Cousin
if i want to giva a book gift to my cousin who is female will it be okay for me to do that or not, jazakallah
Lutfi - Ask Imaam11 May 2018
I'm planning to pursue higher studies but want to get married and my parents are against it. What can I do? What duas do you recommend?
I am a guy from India planning to pursue my higher studies in the west InshaAllah very soon. I'm however afraid (really afraid) I will fall into…
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif - Ask Imaam7 May 2018
I feel my Heart is Sealed and I am not Inspired to do acts of Worship
I am really sick spiritually it feels like my heart is sealed. I don’t get inspired by any deeni talks or forms of ibaadat. I try to stay away from…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online3 May 2018
Inviting non-Muslims to a musjid
There is going to be a Masjid Open Day at our Masjid where Non-Muslims will be invited into the Masjid and given a tour of the Masjid as well as a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2018
Sitting on a chair in the musjid before or after salaah
Can a healthy person sit on a chair in the masjid after namaz or before namaz? Is this a sin or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2018
Greeting ghair muqallids
How should we greet and reply to the greetings of the La Mazhabis?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Apr 2018
Discussing one's sins with others
I understand that it is a sin to discuss one's sin with a friend due to it showing a lack of shame. What if I am the one who hasn't committed the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Apr 2018
Facing the feet towards the qiblah
Is keeping the feet towards the qibla sinful? In hajj many people keep their feet towards the qibla and sit there or recite Quran like this. If…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Apr 2018
Drinking water after eating food
Can we drink water or tea after eating food because I heard that it is not good for the health if one drinks water.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Apr 2018
Speaking lies to get citizenship
I have a relative of mine who has come here 7 years go, first as a visitor and than claimed asylum saying to the immigration that her husband has…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Apr 2018
Using perfume before going to the musjid
Is it permissible to use perfume or body spray before going to the masjid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2018
Passing remarks and hinting at people
Please advise on passing remarks and hinting at daughter in laws in Islam.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2018
Seeking forgiveness for being rude to someone
I spoke rude to a Muslim brother and he is my friend also and he felt insulted. After I spoke to him and said "please accord with me if I said…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Apr 2018
Dua for yawning
Someone mentioned that when one yawns then this is from Shaytaan and one should recite ta'awwuz. 1. Is this correct, and applicable all the time? 2.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Apr 2018
Concealing the faults of a person
I have been forced in making a kassam to something which someone confided in me! It is something un-Islamic which I think the person's parents…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Apr 2018
Books on etiquette's for students
Can you please guide me on how to be the highest quality student in deen? I read Etiquette for students and would like to know all the advises and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Apr 2018
Washing the hands without drying them before eating
Is it sunnah to: 1. Wash hands before eating? 2. Not dry them before eating?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Apr 2018
Having a bath after the first azaan of Jumuah
1. On the day of jumuah, after the first azan, can I still have a bath and thereafter proceed to the masjid? Or should I just suffice on wudhu? 2.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Apr 2018
Seeking forgiveness for gheebat
If I am guilty for a sin but it didn't affect a person and that person didn't know if I tried to do something bad with him. Can I ask forginess only…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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