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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

228 Questions

Is it true that marriage is not obligatory and individuals who choose not to marry but remain chaste and focus on their careers will not be considered sinful?
Amina Inloes

Yes

Marriage is recommended in the sunnah, and in a good situation, can provide stability, security, support, spiritual blessings, and happiness, and women in particular (even today) tend to enjoy a higher standard of living and more security when married. Of course, sometimes it doesn't work out well.  Anyway it is optional, and some important sacred figures like Hazrat Maryam (a) were not married (in the view of Muslims). 
 

This is a Shii view, and some Sunnis debate whether marriage is obligatory or not (although a good number of Sunnis would say it is not). 
Is it sinful to keep old drawings of living beings stored away at home, considering I understand that it is only prohibited to display them? I have repented for creating those drawings, but am I wrong for not discarding them?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

You must refer to your Marja' taqleed on whether it is sinful to have and display drawings. Most of our contemporary esteemed jurists do not deem them has prohibited. 

And Allah knows best
My friend committed a sin with the intention to repent later but now feels genuine remorse and fears he won't be forgiven. If his current repentance is sincere, is it still possible for it to be accepted?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Allah Says in Quran ( O My servants who transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds) Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily Allah Forgives all sins) Sura 39, verse 53).

When the repentance is really sincere, the forgiveness is possible.

Wassalam.
If a chaste girl chooses not to marry, despite being respectful to her parents and financially independent, is she considered to be sinning because it causes her parents sadness?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

She is not obliged or bound to marry if she has valid reasons to refrain from marriage, but she must keep her parents' respect and never cause them or any one of them any sort of disrespect or sadness.

Wassalam.