Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question What is the bare minimum in relation to being good to one’s parents? I have siblings who live out of town and visit only a handful of times a year. One sibling speaks to my father twice a year, if that. The parents did not abuse the children or […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My mom asked me what I was doing, and when she asked if I was studying Arabic, I said no. Then I said I was learning about hidden effects (hadith science), she then asked whether it had to do with my school, and she told me to go back […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am 20 years old and my parents are old-fashioned. My parents are trying to force me to marry someone I don’t like but I want to do my higher studies.  I told them that it is haram to force and I told them clearly that I am not […]

Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question I am having very difficult days with my in-laws. They always try to dominate me. My mother-in-law always tells me what clothing and jewelry to wear. I can’t go anywhere alone with my husband, she always wants to go with us. If we don’t take her she makes it […]