Question: Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. We follow the Hanafi madhhab and urgently need a case-specific ruling regarding abortion. Conception was approximately ——–, so the pregnancy is currently approximately 50 days from conception. This would be our third child. Our existing children are 4 years old and 10 months old. The younger child was therefore only around 8 months old when this pregnancy was conceived and is … [Read more...]
Can the Welfare of Existing Children and the Mother’s Capacity to Care Constitute a Valid Excuse for Abortion Before 120 Days?
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Child-spacing is not considered to be a valid excuse in Shariah for abortion
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Question: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. Respected muftisaheb. A lady wants to abort her foetus at 5 weeks. She says it was not a planned pregnancy and it will be difficult to upbring with her other 2 infants. Will abortion be permissible? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullāhi Wa-Barakātuh. In principle, a woman may abort her foetus before the period of 120 … [Read more...]
Breast augmentation
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August 3, 2024 by
Question: I received a question from a patient of mine regarding breast augmentation. The patient states that due to her breastfeeding her 2 kids for a long period of time, it caused her breasts to be abnormal in size and shape, her breasts before giving birth were normal. Her question was in her specific scenario and not for every woman is it permissible to do breast augmentation surgery firstly for normalisation of her breasts and secondly … [Read more...]
Krav Maga defense
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Question: السلام عليكمRespected mufti sahebI was recently asked by a few younger people regarding a perticular formof self defence.Krav magrah is a type of self defence art created by the isrealies.Would it be OK for Muslims to study this type of self defence?Wslm Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullāhi Wa-Barakātuh. It is narrated in Hadeeth: عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال … [Read more...]
Is abortion permissible?
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Question: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. Respected muftisaheb. A lady wants to abort her foetus at 5 weeks. She says it was not a planned pregnancy and it will be difficult to upbring with her other 2 infants. Will abortion be permissible? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullāhi Wa-Barakātuh. In principle, a woman may abort her foetus before the period of 120 … [Read more...]
Alternative Medicines – Black Seed
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[smartslider3 slider=174] In the Spring of 1996, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a patent for drug use as an immune system stimulant. The drug is based on extracts of 'nigella sativa', more commonly known as the black seed to Muslims or black cumin. The patent was based on 'a pharmaceutical composition containing an extract of the plant Nigella sativa … for treated cancer, preventing the side effects of anticancer chemotherapy, … [Read more...]
