Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My father died when I was eight years old, and now I am 14, and my mom is forcing me to go to cadet college, and I don’t want to. No one will be here to look after my family, and we will have to sell the house. I […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’m 24 years old with five siblings and live away from my family for education. My parents have created this toxic environment back home where they quarrel about everything. My siblings and I didn’t realize the effect they had on us. My father is all the time abusing my […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My 18-year-old son first decided to stop praying because he didn’t agree with Islam anymore and didn’t believe the stories told in the Qur’an. He was aware that this makes one an apostate. He would not change his mind, so we asked him not to tell his siblings and […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Is it true that a woman can give birth and then doesn’t have to take care of the children by shari’a? Meaning that she is not sinful if she doesn’t because the man is responsible for the children? If the mother wants the baby to have a shaykh, must […]