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

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

23 Questions

I am a law enforcement official. What is my position in a religious sense if I am being shot at and I shoot back and the person dies?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

First of all you as a Muslim should avoid harming any innocent person. Just suspension about a person is not enough but concrete evidence must be known to you. 
If a person tries to shoot you, you should try to protect yourself in every possible way. If you to protect yourself by shooting back, you should avoid killing the person as much as you can. You should never try to kill a person if you have any other way to protect yourself.

'I advise you to be away from a job which can lead you to kill any human being.

Wassalam.
At the time of my Nikah my father-in-law did not let me or my father decide my Mahr. Can anything be done about it now?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you have agreed to the Mahr which was suggested by your husband or father-in-law, then it is valid Nikah. But if you rejected the Mahr before the recitation of the Nikah, you need to recite the Nikah again with an agreed Mahr between you and your husband.

Wassalam.
I see many expat ladies giving tuitions to kids or selling homemade food in a country which does not allow it for them according to law. Would that be considered Islamically permissible?
Rebecca Masterton

Regardless of whether it is permissible or not, supposing one of them was caught? What reputation would that give to the Shi'a living in that country? Why do they want the benefits of living in that country while at the same time not respecting it?
I live in Australia, can I study law in this country and become a lawyer?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes you can as a Muslim study law in any part of the world to defend the oppressed. You must avoid supporting any wrong even if it is done under a legal cover.

Wassalam.