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Sisters Corresponding with Brothers in Prison
Written by Ahmad Musa Jibril on June 10, 2012 in Current Affairs, Fatawa, Sisters.

Question:

Is it permissible for female sisters to write to brothers who are in prison?

Answer:

Islam came with guidelines, rules and principles that scholars derived from the study of the Qur'an and Hadith.

Among those principles are what Imam Ahmad, Malik, Ibn Taymiyyah and others established under (سد الذرائع) which is the rule of avoiding ...

I Am Not Convinced of the Observance of the Hijab, Can You Clarify This?
Written by Ahmad Musa Jibril on Aug. 12, 2003 in Fatawa, Sisters.

Question:

Now, I have always seen the Islamic background and isnad for the idea of modesty and covering in general, yet there has always been in my mind a cloud of doubt around the exact isnad for the very specific modern hijab Muslim women wear today, i.e. covering the hair. For example, with the ...

A Woman Thinks About Sexual Intercourse and She Is Not Married, What Can She Do to Avoid This?
Written by Ahmad Musa Jibril on April 12, 2003 in Fatawa, Sisters, Tazkiyyah.

Question:

She thinks about sexual intercourse (between a husband and a wife) during night. It is just the thought that comes to her mind: she imagines that intentionally. But she does not see this in her dreams. Yet, she does not look at pornography and does not have immoral friends either, but for some unknown ...

Brothers Are Marrying Women from Overseas, This Makes It Difficult for Women in America to Find a Man to Marry Since Women Outnumber the Men, What Can We Do? What Can I Do to Rectify My Situation?
Written by Ahmad Musa Jibril on April 12, 2003 in Fatawa, Sisters.

Question:

My question is pertaining to the status of women here in the USA. As Muslim sisters we are out numbering the brothers more than 8 to 1. With this situation how do you address the marriage situation in the Islamic society? Also the second thing; with the ruling that the brothers are responsible for ...