1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

44 Questions

Living in the West, what is the simplest way for a Muslim woman to dress when in public considering the culture?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Muslim women must fulfill the conditions of Hijab in her dress where ever she lives. Hijab dress must cover her whole body except her face and hands. Hijab dress should not be tied nor transparent.

Muslim woman in any part of the world can wear whatever she like but within full Hijab.

Muslims should not compromise on religion to please society or people or government.

Wassalam.
Is it permissible to study to become a lawyer in the West to help a population in need of legal services? If it is permissible, is it also a desirable and encouraged line of work?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Studying to become a lawyer is allowed as far as you support the victims and the justice. Those lawyers who aim only to gain money and support the wrongdoers through legal tricks are doing wrong and their income from the wrong is unlawful.

It depends on you how you want to be. Obviously, the person who believes in Allah and Day of Judgment will never support the wrong, because he will face the miserable consequences.

This applies to other professions like medicine, education, business, etc which can be used in right way by good people, and wrong way by wrong people.

We encourage good persons to study law to support the innocent people.

Wassalam.
Is it allowed to watch movies as shown on western channels that are not primarily indecent and where precautions are taken to skip past any occasional inappropriate scenes or music?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Watching any movie or film or picture which have indecent/inappropriate scenes or have indecent/ inappropriate parts or music used usually by the sinners, is not allowed. If you can avoid the sinful parts and only watch the parts which do not have indecent/ inappropriate scenes or sinful music, avoiding the wrong parts, then it allowed to watch the parts which are clean.

Wassalam
How can we function as true Muslims living in the West and prohibiting interest (Riba) while there are many financial contracts that include such interest?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We can not prohibit others in Western society from dealing with Riba, but we as Muslims are not allowed to deal with Riba.

The meaning of Riba is to be taken from the Marja' of Taqleed and not from the people.

Despite the fact that we live in a society which deals with Riba but we should not indulge ourselves in Riba as far as we can.

Wassalam.