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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

356 Questions

In a temporary marriage with a married man, should I meet his sexual demands even though I haven't received my agreed-upon dowry? Is it fair that he only spends about 3 hours a week with me because of his responsibilities to his first wife and children?
Amina Inloes

Since temporary marriage does not have a fixed paradigm for how people live it out in daily life, you have to decide what is fair for you. As a wise person once said, if you have to ask the question, you already know the answer. 
Are there any Mujtahids who allow an independent virgin woman to marry without her father's permission?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Virgin girl does require in her marriage the permission of her father or her paternal grand father. If father and the paternal grand father refuse proposal of marriage with out valid Islamic reason when the proposal is from a Kof’ (Compatible believer) and the girl needs to marry to save herself from sin, then the condition of the father’s permission or paternal grand father’s permission will not remain. That is when the refusal of the father or his father is not based on a valid Islamic rules.

Wassalam.
According to Ayatullah Sistani’s ruling, is it permissible for a man and woman to pray together without the required distance if one is performing obligatorily prayer and the other is performing a recommended prayer?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Man and woman should not pray together on the same line. She is not allowed to pray ahead of him even if she was a Mahram for him.

She should be during prayers behind him that her place of Sojood (prostration) should not be ahead of the place of his knees during his Sojood.

Wassalam.
As a Muslim man, is it permissible for me to assist my adult adopted sister with washing while she is unclothed, if no female caregivers are available and the care is necessary?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Your adopted sister is not your real sister, so, you are not allowed to look at her unclothed. Hijab rules apply on you and her .

Emergency has got its own exceptions just like emergency rules to save life of any other female who is non Mahram to you.

Wassalam.