Know Your Deen

Islamic QA for North America

April 30, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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hate the sin, not the sinner (revisted)

Comment: ASA,
How can one hate the sin and not the sinner? Don’t they go hand in hand? What if you have repeatedly told the person to stop what their doing, i.e. gossiping and they know what they are doing is wrong but they keep doing it? What if the person doing the sin is a person of high status or a prestigious organization? I Continue Reading →

April 30, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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hijab

Q: Salam
please excuse my inconvenience I always think of these Question’s  in my head when ever I see a Muslim women
1) why do muslim’s  girls wear hijab? 2) Why is it important to wear hijab? 3) Isn’t there a choice if you want to wear or not?  4) Why do some muslim women’s cover their all boby and face and just leave their eyes and some other muslim women’s just cover their boby and head but not their face? WHY
Time: Friday March 25, 2011 at 8:10 pm Continue Reading →

April 26, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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say cheese

Q: Asalamulaikum Warahumatullahi Wabarakath, Hope your doing well inshallah. I keep hearing that a woman can’t become a photographer because it is haram. Is that true why or why not? Like any type of photographer ? Thanks and May Allah bless you and your family, Ameen!
Time: Friday April 22, 2011 at 12:25 pm Continue Reading →

April 21, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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i am ‘edu-ma-cated’ and my proof is that i am part of the ‘MsA’

We usually try and publish all comments and queries unless we feel it  proves a hindrance to the sender or our site. Thus, i apologize; I got a loooooooong email from an msa member. Half of it comprised of rambling and communication that may be viewed as ‘pseudo psycho-intellectual babble (or self-talk.)’ I am sorry but we are not a bulletin board for you to ‘sound off’ or ‘get back’ at any person or institution.

April 20, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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even if my son is not perfect, you (my sister) better be perfect

Q: Alsalam a’lakum,
I have recently spoken to my father about marrying a girl who i think has helped me mature and enjoy life more over the last two years and given me a reason to leave my previous life of partying, drinking, drugs and pre-maritial relationship, in order to attempt to build a future and life for us to get married. I have since started praying and concentrating on successfully finishing my studies and working.
However, my father who has never met her nor knows anything about her, on me simply mentioning her nationality(French), refused, claiming she is badly brought up and has probably had a 100 “relations”.
When i further questioned him, asking for his reasoning and for my mother to meet her to more accurately judge, he refused to discuss it further with me.
Am i mistaken in thinking he is wrong in his prejudice? I do not want to marry her without his permission, however i believe he is being selfishly stubborn in order to avoid the embarrassment of his son marrying a non-national, as he has previously condemned it when my cousin did the same, despite them currently being happily married. He refuses to give me any reasoning apart from her nationality, continuing to claim she has no principles, morals or respect.
Time: Saturday March 26, 2011 at 1:22 pm Continue Reading →