Michelle Schafieh

Q: I find it more comfortable to pray alone, so when my brother walked by today, I felt shy and decided to pause and pray later. Would this invalidate my prayers? A: Of course it does not invalidate your prayers. Allah (swt) knows that you are trying to pray and that is the most important

Q: I know that a person may be held accountable for leading others to sin or harm. I am trying to be different than how I was in the past, but I don’t know if Allah will forgive me for those things, especially if some people might still be doing it, maybe even some people

Q: I am engaged to my cousin. Recently, I came to know that she is having an affair with another cousin of ours. She accepted her mistake, and she was sorry for that, but she still wants to marry me. I am pretty sure that she had an intimate relationship with him, but she denied

Q: I’m a revert, and my coworker is not well off. I bought their kids a fair bit of presents around the end of November, and they are using them as Christmas presents. I was wondering if this is considered haram or not if I do it next year. A:  That is beyond kind of

Q: Do I have to sever ties of kinship with my non muslim family? There are many other verses too that pertain to this matter. But my situation is that my Father is not a Muslim and he is a civil servant in the air force, and my Wife’s Father is a polytheist (a Christian)

Q: As a sober driver, we have to pick up the drunk people and drive them home as well as their car. In this job, 2 people are required, so there must be a partner, so one will drive our own car and the other will drive the car of the drunk person as well