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133 Questions

Can a father or a husband or any other individual oblige a woman to wear the Hijab? If she refuses to wear it can a father, for example, ground her?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Hijab is an obligation, and it is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to observe their hijab, according to the boundaries and requirements of dress code set for each gender.

It should not need to reach any form of punishment, because the Muslim should be proud and honoured to implement and practice his/her faith.

And Allah knows best
Is it permissible for a boy or man to become a father through IVF or any other alternative means?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

IVF is a medical procedure which arranges the semen of the husband to mix with the egg of the wife in test tubes under certain conditions to reach to a fertile zygote. This medical procedure by itself is permissible but it should not involve sinful acts like musterbating by other than the wife to her husband or the husband for his wife to take semen or egg, or looking at private parts of any of the couple by outsiders.

'Wassalam.
My mother and I currently reside in a European country with access to Halal food. However, my father wishes us to move to a less favorable country for the sake of family unity. Considering that my mother can provide better for me, what should I decide?
Rebecca Masterton

Family unity is of vital importance. It sounds like there may be other issues here - more than that of halal food - possibly issues of balance of power between your parents. Why would your mother not want to be with your father? Is your father respected in the family? Do you have a close bond with him?
If a person passes away, and later their daughter, who had no children, also passes away after her father, is the husband of the daughter entitled to a share of the wealth of her wife's father?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Widowed husband has share of the wealth of his late wife. If she has inherited from her father, her husband has share in her estate. If she had any children then her husband gets one quarter but if she had no children at all neither from him or from previous marriage then her husband gets half of whatever she left.

'Wassalam.