Social, Media & Ethics · Subtopic
Friendship & Gender Interaction
263 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Friendship & Gender Interaction, part of Social, Media & Ethics. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Friendship & Gender Interaction fatawa — page 1 of 7
- Mufti Online14 Jul 2026
How to become the friend of Allah Ta'ala
How do I become a friend of Allah? Is there any amal or dua to recite?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 May 2026
Copying notes of university lectures from a friend
I am studying engineering at a University and have the following questions: As being physically present at classes is not mandatory, I did not…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood6 Apr 2026
Befriending Younger Children
I am an 18 year old male. Is it appropriate for me to befriend 13 year old boys without any evil intention?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online29 Apr 2025
Women meeting family and friends in Jannah
Some people say in Jannah women stay indoors and only men go out, they use hadith like this 1. Anas ibn Malik (radhiyallahu anhu) reported: The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Jul 2024
Liking a non-Muslim friends pictures on Instagram
I'm a girl, and I have a non-Muslim friend who is also a girl. She has a private instagram account and sometimes she posts pictures, and some of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MUBZ13 Jun 2024
Birthday Parties and Events with Alcohol and Intermingling
Assalaam o alikum warahmatulahi wabarakatu, May Allah reward the person or person responding to this email with afiyah khair and baraqah in all…
- Mufti Online1 Jun 2024
Advising a friend who is involved in a haraam relationship
My friends brother is currently in a rehab. She was very close to him and she's finding it very hard. Shes in a haraam relationship due to this. I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam29 May 2024
Friend absolving fees for his service - Can i still use his services?
As Salaamu Alaikum , I gave a loan to a friend . A short while later I need some services rendered. I approached this friend offering to pay for his…
Abrar Habib - Mufti Online1 Jan 2024
Wishing associates and friends a prosperous new year and all the best for 2024
It's Christmas season now. Can we wish our associates and friends a prosperous new year and all the best for 2024. Not wishing happy christmas as a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam18 Oct 2023
Tawbah for leading friend to homosexuality
salam, when I was teenager I had a friend who was syed. I was naughty and as prank put him in a situation where someone had sex with him. Since…
Saad Haque - Ibn Masood5 Oct 2023
AI boyfriend
How can I advise someone who has an AI boyfriend?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online28 Jul 2022
Friend taking an interest-bearing loan from a bank on one's behalf
I want to take an interest loan from a bank through a friend since the bank would only be willing to lend it to my friend and not myself because of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown8 Jun 2022
Eating at a Muslim Friend’s place when his income is Haram
Slms, I have a friend who works in IT but also involved in some sort of lottery/haram/doubtful things. I want to know whether its allowed for me to…
Shahid Shaikh - Mufti Online4 Jun 2022
Having a stay over with alcoholic friends
My friends are alcoholics and I'm not. We are having a picnic planned up soon and staying overnight. They want to bring alcohol but I dont like it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Oct 2021
Muslim family living in an Islamic friendly environment
Can a Muslim husband, his wife and their kids stay in Reno City (a city in the United States)?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville6 May 2021
Interacting With The Opposite Gender
My husbands job entails him working with women the whole day. Close contact and interaction regarding different matters. Various women of different…
- Mufti Online28 Nov 2020
Sharing food with non-Muslim friends and colleagues
My question is regarding sharing food with non-Muslims. We live in India where majority of the people are of different faiths and religions. We are…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam16 Sep 2020
Clarification – Is my friend’s job Haram?
Assalamu alaykum respected scientists. My friend works for a government agency. There he is forced to write documents unfairly, which violate the…
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Mufti Online5 Sep 2020
Heartache after a close friendship breaks
I am a Muslim girl and I am really suffering from heartache. I had a female best friend. She was more than a sister to me and I love her so much. I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam12 Dec 2019
Is swearing jokingly allowed among friends?
Assalamualikum Warahmatullah Is swearing jokingly allowed among friends? Will i be sin full for that? Plz answer my question mufti saab
M. Akhtar - Ask Imaam2 Sep 2019
Taking Money from a Friend for a Service
Assalamu alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuhu, Dear Mufti sab, Hope you are doing good. One of my close friend who is working in india as a…
Faizal - Mufti Online28 Aug 2019
Jokingly telling one's friend "Jesus of Bethlehem"
What is the ruling if someone jokingly tells his friend "Jesus of Bethlehem" because his friends says Jesus when he is surprised by something?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Feb 2019
Cutting off contact with family and friends due to one's job
I work in Saudi Arabia as an expat and have many friends and relatives here but I do not have any contact with them for a long time because my job…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam21 Nov 2018
I am involved in a haram relationship, how can I terminate it?
Assalamu aleykum, I have a question. This summer I met a guy on vacation and we have been talking ever since trough social media (may Allah swt…
Hussein Muhammad - Mufti Online6 Nov 2018
Returning marbles won while playing with friends in one's youth
When I was younger I used to play marbles for takes. Only recently I found out that it is haram. I still have all my marbles with me. What should I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Oct 2018
Husband visiting a female friend
My husband takes the train and parks his car in a yard were a woman lives alone. Is he allowed to enter her home? He says that they are old friends…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Sep 2018Roman Urdu
Girlfriend ki ma se nikaah karna
Main ek ladki se mohabat karta tha aur wo mujhse mohabat karti thi ab uski shadi hogayi hai ab mera use koi rishta nahi hai uski ek bewa maa hai aur…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Sep 2018
Engaging in worldly talks with friends after Esha
It is becoming a common phenomenon that Muslim husbands leave their wives and kids alone at home to go for “boy’s night”. This is aside from time…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam28 Feb 2018
Friends constantly belittle me.
I'm going through a very depressed and distressed time for a long time, I stay with friends in college, my friends are good people but there is one…
Huzaifah Deedat - Mufti Online14 Feb 2018Roman Urdu
Premarital relationship
Me aik larki k sath relation me hn. Hum log 4 years say aik sath hain me peechly 2 saal say Pakistan say bhr hn. Jab me Pakistan me tha to sub kuch…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam8 Feb 2018
I’m losing my friends.
Assalamualaikum wbt. I try to find answer in the askimam but I cannot see it. So I hope mufti will open this email and try to answer it for me.a few…
Huzaifah Deedat - Jamiat KZN7 Feb 2018
A man will follow the religion of his friend
Is this Hadith authentic? ‘A man will follow the religion of his friend.’
Moulana Suhail Motala - Mufti Online1 Feb 2018
Doubts regarding black magic
I'm 29 years old. I'm only one sister and I have two brothers. I was in a relationship with a boy in college. I took some photos with him also. Now…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2018
Informing the boy of the mental condition of the girl he wishes to propose to
I am a doctor and know a patient/girl has a mental illness which is serious enough to harm a relationship and her condition can be stable on…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Dec 2017
Befriending Shias
I have a best friend who is a Shia and I am a Sunni though I’ve always been told by others not to trust Shias. A couple of months ago this boy I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam18 Dec 2017
Haram relationship
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu... Im 24 yr old muslimah and i love a guy who is youger than me.. he is under graduate studying 3rd yr…
Muhammad Yaasir Yunus Hussen - Mufti Online17 Dec 2017
Taking an oath that one will not talk to a certain person
I promised Allah that I won’t talk to my friend first, meaning I won’t start the conversation first. Yesterday he called and I answered then we…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Dec 2017
Girls kissing girls on their cheeks
Can a girl kiss her friend who is also a girl on the cheek and it is not done with lust, rather out of love and compassion. Also can a father kiss…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Dec 2017
Jokingly getting married
Does a nikah done as a joke (just for the sake of fun) in a friends gathering without the presence of the wali, become valid? Is it valid when the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Dec 2017
Method of being steadfast on Islam
Few months ago until now I try to change myself to be a better person. I'm really happy because I learned more about Islam which I never knew…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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