Family Ties

August 18, 2023 4 mins

How Do I Deal with Controlling Parents Who Want to Choose My Career?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My parents are Muslim, but they’re kind of Islamophobic. They oppose my avoiding the haram, such as not listening to music and wearing a niqab & burqa, and they oppose anything that’s commonly not considered haram by others. They want me to study medicine which I hate. I got […]
August 17, 2023 3 mins

Can My Father Stop Seeing My Sister Because She Moved In With a Man?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My sister has moved out and has moved in with a man when she told my father it was a woman. She has a boyfriend who is not the man she lives with. When we found out, my father told her to move back home, as he never approved […]
August 8, 2023 2 mins

Do I Need My Parents’ Permission to Marry, as They Disapprove?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a 31-year-old Muslim male, and two years ago, I got to know a girl who is practicing Muslim alhamdulillah. We got engaged but then broke it off three months ago. We got in contact again, and we wish to get our nikah done. However, my parents are […]
July 30, 2023 5 mins

How Should I Proceed with a Violent Wife and Abusive In-Laws?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My wife is obedient to her parents. Her mother has lived in our home to help with our children for 13 years; her father also moved in three years ago when my wife became a doctor. We support them 100%, and I spend my entire salary and most of […]
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