Q & A burping, make-up, marriage and parent’s consent

Q & A Q. What do you say after you burp? Culture let’s a woman wear make-up. What does Islam say? Do you need parents’ consent to get married/can you just tell them after? A. 1. Many people say “praise be to Allah!” (al-hamdulillah/الحمد لله) after they belch or burp. This has not been recorded … Continue reading →

Q & A What makes you kafir?

Q & A Q. What sins take you out of the fold of islam? And can repent and come back to Islam?  A.  All too often, Muslims are calling each other ‘kafirs’ (i.e. non-believers’) based upon ignorance. This is known as ‘takfir’ (declaring disbelief upon a Muslim) and is left strictly to those matters of … Continue reading →

Q & A Women driving cars

Q & A Q. Why can’t a woman drive? A. It is permitted for a woman to drive a car. There is no absolute prohibition upon her doing that. However, the jurists (fuqaha’) have delineated some provisos in view of this matter in order to emphasise that in general, women ought to remain in the … Continue reading →