Live Fatwas

Is eating snake meat forbidden, and if so, what is the reason? Is using its skin for clothing also forbidden?

I often send blessings upon the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - with this formula, (O Allah, send blessings, peace, and grace upon our master Muhammad), and also with the Ibrahimic prayer, but this is the one I use the most. Is it correct, or is it better to send blessings upon him with the Ibrahimic prayer?

There is a science called Al-Jumal. Is this an innovative science?

If a person marries a girl and swears to have intercourse with his wife on a certain night, then finds that she has menstruated or given birth on the same night, does he break his oath or not?

My ex-husband had a debt with me that he did not pay. In return, he left his son with me, whom I raised and spent on, including the costs of marriage, which exceeded the amount of the debt by a lot. Does this mean the debt is canceled?

Imam Al-Laknawi says: "The essence is that whoever claims that the rank of independent ijtihad has been severed with the last of the imams, in a way that cannot return, has erred and made a mistake; for ijtihad is a mercy from Allah, and the mercy of Allah is not limited to a specific time or to specific people." Does this statement imply the possibility of a new absolute mujtahid emerging in our time or in the end of times, or does it suggest that Al-Laknawi, may Allah have mercy on him, belongs to the school of the hadith scholars of jurists? I hope you can clarify this statement.

I wanted to dye my hair and apply herbs and medicines as a treatment for the hair, and it should stay on the hair for a full day. Is it permissible for me to pray in it, and if I want to perform ablution, is it permissible to wipe my head while it has henna on it?

The fund for those whose hearts are to be reconciled, does it cease until the Day of Resurrection, or if Muslims become weak again, is it permissible for us to give to those whose hearts are to be reconciled?

My niece passed away a month and a half ago. She was not wearing a hijab and may not have been consistent in performing her prayers. She worked in a bank and did not make up the days of Ramadan that she missed without a valid health excuse, but she used to pay a sum of money instead. Is it permissible for a relative to fast on her behalf, as her mother is suffering from kidney disease and her father is elderly and unable to fast?