All Questions

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Can my kids go to their friends' birthday parties?

Yes, many scholars allow Muslim kids to attend friends' birthday parties if nothing haram happens. Scholarly views, food, music and sleepovers.

Yes, you can cope, and your hurt is valid. Even the Prophet felt pain at what people said. Patience, reporting hate and caring for your heart.

Many Muslims softly recite the adhan in a newborn's right ear. Where it comes from, how strong the hadith is, how to do it, and tahnik with a date.

Yes, you can set boundaries and still honor your family. Islam asks kindness to parents, even non-Muslim ones, but never asks you to accept abuse.

Yes, there's a pattern: Muslims wash, dress up, pray the Eid prayer, then spend the day with family, food, gifts and charity.

Yes, in most cases. Daily mosque prayers aren't required and you can pray anywhere. What about Jumu'ah, and how to stay connected during a break.

An aqiqah is a sunnah sacrifice for a newborn: two sheep for a boy, one for a girl, on the seventh day. Hair, naming, and doing it later or abroad.

It depends on your school. Pray Eid in the morning, then Jumu'ah or Dhuhr: the Prophet allowed a concession, but many scholars say attend both.

Yes, Muslims can serve on a jury, say most scholars. Justice and honest testimony are duties; here's how to handle conscience issues and prayer.

Wear clean, loose, modest clothes to the mosque: men cover navel to knee, women all but face and hands. Bring clean socks and avoid strong smells.

Islam sets no hour limit for kids' screen time, but parents guard their time. Use age-based doctor guidance, prayer-time breaks and lead by example.

No, women don't have to go to Jumu'ah. They may attend and are rewarded, and praying it with the congregation counts in place of Dhuhr.