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Is the winter shoe worn at home, which has a sole made of fine material and a back made of khuff, considered a khuff that can be wiped over?
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Is it permissible for a stepmother to shake hands with her stepdaughter's fiancé?
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A patient with varicose veins wears compression stockings for treatment, and she describes them as tight on her leg, making it difficult to remove them five times a day. Is it permissible for her to perform ablution for Fajr, wear them, and wipe over them for the remaining prayers?
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I am married to a man who was married before and has children, and the youngest of them is not recognized; it is believed that he is from another man because the husband did not have intercourse with the wife during the period she became pregnant. However, he lives with us in the same house. Is it permissible for me to be exposed to him like his brothers since I am their father's wife, or is he considered a stranger to me?
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Is it permissible to wipe over the feet in cold weather due to an excuse of illness?
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Is a woman's voice considered 'awrah, and what is the evidence?
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Regarding the duration of wiping over the khuffs or socks, you mentioned that it is a day and a night, calculated by the hour. I am elderly and always wipe over my socks, but I calculate the duration of wiping by the number of obligatory prayers and not by the hour. Is this permissible for me?
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Since there are scholars in the school of thought who issue fatwas based on general hardship and necessity, why is it not permissible to shake hands with women, especially in the West, due to the widespread notion that Islam is a religion of terrorism and that Muslims are extremists?
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How does one perform ablution if the splint covers a larger area than the fracture?
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