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Is it permissible for parents to spend the money of their non-baligh child?  

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It is permissible for the father to spend the money if it is not detrimental to the child. As for the mother, she does not have the right to spend the child’s money without the permission of the father or paternal grandfather. However, she may do so if either of them gives permission and it is not detrimental to the child. But it is not permissible for either parent to spend the money if the consequences are harmful to the child. Instead, they must save the money for the child until they are older.

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  • child
  • money
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Some women undergo cosmetic procedures that involve receiving an injection in the face or attaching artificial eyelashes. Is there a problem in doing so if the person performing the procedure is a man but the woman does not reveal anything except for her face and the procedure does not require direct touching because of the use of gloves? Does wearing artificial eyelashes or other such cosmetics affect the validity of ablution (wudhu) or ritual washing (ghusl)?

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It is permissible provided the person who is performing the procedure is safe from looking with lustful pleasure or scrutiny. Or if the plastic surgery was needed by the woman to remove a deformity, for example, and the male doctor is more proficient in treating her, then it is permissible for him to look or touch to the extent necessary for treatment. Artificial eyelashes prevent wudhu and ghusl so they are not permissible based on obligatory precaution unless there is a legitimate excuse, such as lifting an unbearable hardship. However, they must be concealed based on obligatory precaution if they are considered an adornment.

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  • cosmetic surgery / procedures
  • permissibility
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Is it permissible for a woman to engage in business, work, a profession, or similar activities? 

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It is permissible provided that it does not interfere with her religious duties and obligations, which include being appropriately covered and observant of the hijab, staying away from any place where she is not immune from falling into sin, observing the rights of her husband if she is married, and those of her parents if they are alive.

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  • permissibility
  • women
  • work
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Which television shows and movies are forbidden for parents to allow their children to watch?

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It is forbidden for parents to enable their children to do anything that interferes with their religious upbringing, which includes promoting anything that is evil, disregarding what is good, and spreading destructive ideas and lewd images that elicit satanic desires, as well as anything that causes intellectual and moral decline in the viewer.

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  • child
  • permissibility
  • television
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Some believers may engage in acts such as moving to a new house, or buying new things such as furniture, clothes, or a car, or attiring themselves in a celebratory manner, or getting married during the months of Muharram and Safar or other sad occasions of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut), either by choice or due to necessity. What is the ruling on doing such things?

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It is not forbidden to engage in the acts mentioned, except those that are considered a violation of the sanctity of the sad events on the tenth of Muharram or Ashura, such as celebrating and getting dressed up for a happy occasion. In fact, a person should not carry out things that they would normally avoid when they are grieving for their loved ones, with the exception of what might commonly be considered as necessary. If it is not considered to be necessary, they should choose a time that is far removed from contradicting the mourning and grief for the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut).

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  • muharram
  • safar
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The mourning commemorations are sometimes continuous on the 9th and 10th of Muharram and may overlap with the commencement of prayer times. Is it necessary to pause the commemorations and perform prayer or is it permissible to delay the prayer and continue the commemorations? Furthermore, what is the ruling on conducting business, working, opening commercial shops, and not taking the day off on the 9th and 10th of Muharram?

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It is better to perform the prayer at the beginning of its time, and it is very important to organize the mourning commemorations in a way that does not interfere with prayer. As for doing business and opening shops during these two sad days, it must be avoided if it is considered a form of indifference to what happened to the Ahl al-Bayt (p).

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  • muharram
  • prayer time
  • prayers
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There are many women-only gatherings to commemorate and mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (p). However, sometimes the voice of the woman who is reciting is heard by men in the vicinity outside the gathering, some of whom might be affected by it. Thus, what is your opinion on this matter? Moreover, what do you mean by "pleasure" and "arousal" that are caused by listening to a woman’s voice?

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If the voice of the woman who is reciting usually arouses the listener on account of softening and beautifying it, then it is obligatory upon her to avoid reciting if non-mahram men can hear her voice, otherwise, there is no problem with it. "Pleasure" and "arousal" in this context are referring to excitation of a sexual nature. The criterion [for the prohibition of reciting] is that the voice is customarily considered sexually provocative, and the listener becomes aroused by listening.

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  • mahram
  • non mahram
  • voice
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There are many discussions about the permissibility of reciting nasheeds or religious "songs" during holidays, birthdays, and happy religious occasions, such as those praising the Prophet and his progeny (pbuh&hp), but some people consider them to be prohibited. What is the criteria for something to be considered singing (ghina) so that one can identify it as prohibited?

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Prohibited singing (ghina) is the words of amusement performed in melodies that are common among people of amusement and play, including the praise of Ahl al-Bayt (pbu&hp), supplication, or recitation of the Holy Quran in such melodies. As for recitation or performance of other words that are not amusement with melodies that are common among people of amusement (e.g., patriotic music), its prohibition is based on obligatory precaution. Melodies that do not fit this definition are not prohibited per se. 

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  • singing / songs
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Is it permissible to dance as a form of exercise, as a form of joking between friends, or during a celebration of the births of the pure Imams (pbut)? What if it is only among women in a concealed place where men do not enter and there is no music or tunes that are suitable for entertainment and amusement gatherings?

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It is not permissible based on obligatory precaution with the exception of a wife dancing for her husband and vice versa, away from the sight of others.

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  • dancing
  • permissibility
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Is it permissible to make friends with non-Muslims?

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A Muslim has the right to make non-Muslim friends, such that there is mutual loyalty and assistance in fulfilling the needs of this life. God Exalted says [60:8], ﴾Allah does not forbid you from dealing with kindness and justice with those who did not make war against you on account of religion and did not expel you from your homes. Indeed Allah loves the just﴿. When properly cultivated, these friendships introduce a non-Muslim friend, neighbor, co-worker, or partner to the true values and teachings of Islam, familiarizing them with it so they know more about it than before. The Holy Prophet (pbuh&hp) is reported to have said, “O Ali, if God guides one of His servants through you, it is better for you [in reward] than everything the sun has risen upon, from its rising to its setting.”

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  • non muslim
  • permissibility