Is it permissible for a person who has embraced Islaam to change his name?
Category: Fatwa
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The girl has the right of choice
Two prospective suitors came forth for a girl’s hand in marriage.
Vacationing in the land of the disbelievers
My husband insists that I travel with him outside the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] to a European country to spend the vacation there, but I do not want to go to the land of the disbelievers, and nor do…
Television in hospitals
Some of the inpatient rooms [in hospitals] have a television; Some of the patients want it and others do not – and this can cause strain upon some of them. So what should we do in this situation?
Completing the period of mourning in other than the marital home
A woman’s husband has died and she has no children from this marriage.
Changing the clothes upon completion of the menses
Is a menstruating woman required to change her clothing after she has [completed her menses and] purified herself, keeping in mind that no blood or impurity has fallen on her clothing?
Calling the father by his name
Is there any harm in a child calling his father by his name or nickname?
Wearing a white wedding dress
I am enquiring about the white wedding dress in terms of its resemblance to the [white] suit of the men, [particularly since I am] not [going to be] wearing white gloves nor white shoes with it; [So]…
The sincere and truthful repentance
What is the ruling regarding the one who repents from a sin, then he returns to it again, so he repents again, then he returns to it [yet] again and so on. What is the ruling regarding his repentance?
Hiring a reciter to recite the Qur.aan after the death of a Muslim
If someone from amongst us dies, we call the imaam to recite the Qur.aan for a period of five days, and Thereafter, we slaughter [a sheep or a goat] and divide it amongst the people.