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Ali Al-Habsi talks to HOTD

Ali Al Habsi is one of the nicest people I have ever met. He is smart, down to earth and his face beams with a warm smile. He’s an internationally recognized professional footballer, having been the goalkeeper of Wigan Athletic Football Club for the last few years, and is a great an...

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Knowledge

Permanent contraception (Female sterlisation)

Question: Permanent contraception (female sterlisation) – does intention affect permissibility? Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Thank you for your question. Under normal circumstances, female sterilization is considered to be absolutely and decidedly prohibited (haram)...

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Marriage & Relationships

Marital intimacy during menses

Question: Can husband and wife masturbate each other if they have sexual desire and due to monthly cycle, or sick or any other reason they cannot perform intercourse? Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Thank you for your question. In an authentic hadith in Ibn Majah, It was...

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Marriage & Relationships

To bathe or to wash after ejaculation

Question: Is it necessary to take bath after having ejaculation or just washing the semen from the body parts would be enough? Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Thank you for your question. It is necessary by consensus that if one ejaculates they must perform ghusl (ritual...

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