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What sura in the Quran is related or mentions about the curruption of the Torah and Gospel? | Praise be to Allah.Allah says about the Jews (interpretation of the meaning): “Do you (faithful believers) covet that they will belive in your religion in spite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allah (the Tawraat), then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it?”... |
I need to know whether we as Muslims are allowed to eat the eyes of a fish. I was eating at a seafood restaurant with a friend and I was enjoying the head of the fish and then I ate the eye and he was quite disgusted and said that it is not allowed in Islam. Is that true? | Praise be to Allah.Is seafood halal?
Allah has permitted us all the produce of the sea . Hence we know that all parts of the fish are halal, including its skin, tail, eyes, etc.
{Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water-game and its use for food} [al-Maidah 2:96 interpretation of the meaning].
The Prophet (peace and bl... |
If a wife does not allow her husband to have intercourse, should he divorce her or should he marry a second wife? | Praise be to Allah.If a woman refuses her husband’s request to come to bed with no Islamically-sound reason (such as sickness, or his being drunk, for example), what happens is as described below:
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:... |
My friend and his wife are living horrible
life.
They do not like each other.
They do not have intercourse since last six years.
Wife does not allow his husband to have intercoure.
Do they have a relation of husband and wife?
Do they continue their life?
What do you suggest for th... | Praise be to Allah.We put this question to our shaykh, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan
al-Barraak, who responded as follows:
Yes, the relationship between them is that of husband and wife.
So long as he does not divorce her, she is his wife. The marital contract is
not cancelled by a lack of love between the spouses or... |
Is it permissible for a person who cannot adjust with his current wife to marry a second wife? He does not want to leave his first wife. | Praise be to Allah.and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
It is OK for you to marry a second wife, and in fact this could be the solution to your problem, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"… then marry women of your choice, two or three, or four…" [al-Nisaa’ 4:3]
- as long as you are going t... |
I am a high school student who
recently came to Toronto, Canada, I was in riyadh for 13 years and I am giving islamic
halaqas in my high school to Muslim students. Boys to my left and girls to my right,
the question is: Is this ikhtilat ?? Mixing between boys and girls?? I am the MSA... | Praise be to Allah.May Allaah reward you for your efforts in giving useful lessons to
these Muslim students in your city, who are in the greatest need of learning about their
religion in a land of kufr. Perhaps your background of having lived in Saudi Arabia will
help you with this. I advise you to concentr... |
A disbeliever regards Prophet Muhammad
(sal) as a great scholar, a great person but not approving him as the prophet of God.If we mentions the prophecy made by Muhammad (sal) and in the Quran, he
compares it with the prophecy made by some other persons like Nostradamus. How to clarify
... | Praise be to Allah.It seems that your friend, in his ignorance of the true nature
of Prophethood, does not make a distinction between a Prophet and an astrologer,
and so he compares the Prophethood of Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and the astrology of the French
physicist Nostradamus... |
As-salam wai lai kum,
When helping brothers/sisters to find
suitable Muslim partners, what questions can be asked, and what is forbidden to ask ?
Can one ask about their past when they were
non-Muslim or not practicing Muslims ?
Can one ask ones wife/sister to describe in
detai... | Praise be to Allah.If you want to look for a wife for someone, or a husband for a woman, then
you can ask him about his wishes, such as the desired age, level of education, employment
situation, country and origin and position of the family, and whether he has any
preferences about her general appearance, s... |
Is calling to Allah obligatory on every Muslim, be a man or a woman, or is propagation confined to scholars and knowledge seekers? | Praise be to Allah.If one is knowledgeable of what he is propagating, it does not matter whether he is a great scholar, a knowledge seeker, or a common Muslim. The Prophet, Peace and blessings be upon him said, “Report from me even if a verse. Therefore, the caller to faith does not have to be of great knowledge, but o... |
Is it ok for a wife to pray in the house behind her husband while he leads the prayer?
Can you please give me any hadiths or ayats supporting this? | Praise be to Allah.If a woman prays in jamaa’ah (congregation) behind her husband, he should stand in one row and she should stand in another behind him. Ibn Rushd (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Bidaayah al-Mujtahid, 1/361):
‘I do not know of any difference of opinion about the Sunnah that a woman should stand ... |
I would like to know about the status of Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him | Praise be to Allah.It is prescribed for everyone who hears the adhaan and call to prayer to repeat after the muezzin (caller to prayer), and when he has finished repeating the entire adhaan, he should send prayers and blessings on the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then recite the words n... |
I know that men should not wear silk garments, but if a garment is made of party silk but is not silky, soft, shiny, and feminine looking and looks like wool (suit coat), then would it be OK? | Praise be to Allah.Can men wear silk?
The scholars agreed that it is permissible for women to wear and use pure silk , and that it is haram for men to do so. ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took a piece of silk in his right hand and... |
what is the importance of prorhecy for the humanety? Why is faith in Prophethood so important? | Praise be to Allah.Mankind is in need of Messengers and Prophets from Allah, to light the way and guide them to ways of peace, and to warn them against the ways of evil and corruption. Some of the things for which mankind clearly needs Messengers and Prophets are:
1 - Guidance to Allah, may He be exalted and glorified... |
There are some Muslims that claim certain numbers have a special meaning. Some people including unbelievers and Muslims say that the number 13 is a bad or evil number, and some Muslims have found reasons to believe this too. One Muslim said that the Jews captured Jerusalem from Muslims on Friday the 13 and the genera... | Praise be to Allah.It is not permitted for the Muslim who believes in Allaah as his Lord, Islam as his religion, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as a Prophet and Messenger, and in the divine decree, both good and bad, to think that any being, entity or quality can have a specific effect in bringing... |
Polygamy...I understand what Allah (swt)has said regarding this subject in as much as the economic and importance of the family structure however where in the Quaran does it address the distressed feelings of a woman when her husband decides to take another wife, and how these two should live in harmony under one roof? | Praise be to Allah.The first wife’s distress when her husband marries another wife is to be expected, and Allah has set out rules and regulations to reduce these feelings or remove them altogether, by enjoining justice, patience in the face of adversity, and so on. Whatever the case, the fact that these feelings of dis... |
I would much appreciate your reply with
regards:
the permissibility of reading the SAYYIDUL
ISTIGHFAAR during our sujood followed be some verses from the Holy Qur'an. | Praise be to Allah.Reciting Quraan in sujood is not allowed because of the hadeeth
narrated by Ibn Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) in which the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Indeed I have been told not to
recite Quraan in rukoo and sujood. (Reported by Muslim, 738). But ... |
Allah tells us in the Qur'an not to cut off our blood relations. What is the interpretation of the Ayah that commands us not to severe ties of kinship ? Who does it refer to ? Just parents and siblings ? What if one maintains contact with one's parents only through telephone or letters although he is capable of visitin... | Praise be to Allah.and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
It is a duty on man to be kind to his parents, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): be good and dutiful to your parents [al-Anaam 6:151]; to show gratitude to them in all kinds of ways, as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): give t... |
I would like to know if there is any verdict concerning sleeping after Fajr prayer. | Praise be to Allah.Is sleeping after Fajr haram?
As far as a person’s sleeping after praying Fajr is concerned, no text (of Quran or hadith) has been reported to indicate that this is prohibited, so the general principle applies (i.e., everything is permitted except that which has been expressly forbidden).
But the pra... |
My health is not very well and I get
tired very easily. Sometimes I become clear from menses early in the morning at fajr time.
Due to my health, making ghusl at that time would be a hardship for me. What should I do? | Praise be to Allah.Lord of the Worlds.
First of all, we pray to Allaah to grant you healing and good health.
With regard to your question, if you become pure (i.e., your period
ends) at the time of fajr (the pre-dawn prayer), then it becomes obligatory to
perform ghusl (complete ablution) in order to perfor... |
What is the Arabic, English transliteration and the English meaning of khutbah al-Haajah. It is what the Imam says when the jumah starts. I heard many speakers begin their talks with this and I would like to learn it. Insha'allah | Praise be to Allah.A number of hadeeth scholars, such as Imaam al-Nisaa'i (may Allaah have mercy on him), have reported Khutbah al-Haajah. Al-Nisaai reported that Abd-Allaah ibn Masood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught us Khutbat al-Haajah: Al-hamdu Li... |
DEAR SIR, I am a muslim,
ALHAMDOLILLAH. I want to help one non-muslim girl become MUSLIM. Kindly tell me what is
QURANIC to marry (NIKAH) with her after she becomes Muslim. I want ARABIC (QURANIC) VERSES
which the IMAM uses for NIKAH. SIR now I stay in CHINA so I have no place to get
... | Praise be to Allah.To the one who is asking this question, we say that this woman
should be taught to say the Shahaadatayn (the two declarations of faith)
and then how to practise Islamic rituals such as salaat (prayer), etc. After
that, a Muslim qaadi (judge) could do the marriage contract (nikaah)
for him... |
Can a normal Muslim read
Qur’anic verses (khutbah) for someone’s nikah (marriage)? Is nikah valid in this
case? Because I stay in non-Muslim country. | Praise be to Allah.There is nothing wrong with any Muslim person reciting Khutbah
al-Nikaah before the ‘aqd (contract) is made, but it is a condition
that the guardian of the bride be present. He should say to the groom, “I
marry my daughter So-and-so to you,” and the groom should say, “I
accept.” This shou... |
What is the ruling on a person who washes his arm from the wrist to the elbow, without washing his hand, thinking that washing it at the beginning of wudu is sufficient? Does he have to repeat his wudu? | Praise be to Allah.It is not sufficient in wudu to limit oneself to washing the forearm only, without washing the palm. When you have finished washing the face, you start by washing the two hands, then wash each arm from the fingertips to the elbows. If you washed them before you washed your face, the first washing is ... |
How was witchcraft used against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when he was the one whom no one could match in worship? | Praise be to Allah.The correct view is that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was not harmed by that withcraft physically, mentally or spiritually, or with regard to the Message which he had been enjoined to convey. None of the people noticed or mentioned any change in his life or in his dealing w... |
When can a young man make ijtihaad and issue fatwas? Some of the young people, when they become religious, indulge in examining and discussing the evidence (daleel) and speak about the rulings on events and issues that happen, in terms of what is halaal and what is haraam. They give their opinions on the rulings of fiq... | Praise be to Allah.There are conditions attached to making ijtihaad. Not every individual has the right to issue fatwas and make pronouncements on matters, unless he has knowledge and is qualified. He has to be able to know the daleel; the wording and apparent meaning of the texts; what is saheeh (sound) and what is da... |
It is said that when the living mention the dead, such as a son remembering his dead father all the time and in every place, and grieving and weeping for him, the deceased is affected and harmed by this. So they say that we should not mention the dead with sorrow and weeping, and that it is sufficient t... | Praise be to Allah.It was reported that the Prophet
(peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: “The deceased is punished by the weeping of his family
for him.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1286). This was explained
as meaning, when a person had told his family to do that, as was done during the
Ja... |
Ghusul
I had intercourse with my husband and had my hair done just before that (I have Hijab). Do
I have to rinse my hair entirely or can I just wipe it with water from the outside. May
God reward you with goodness. | Praise be to Allah.When performing ghusl because of janaabah (impurity, e.g. after intercourse), both men
and women must wash their heads and ensure that the water reaches the roots of the hair;
it is not sufficient merely to wipe the head. A woman who wears her hair in braids is
excused from having to undo... |
A person prayed and after the prayer he noticed madhiy (prostatic fluid) on his private parts. This happened to him repeatedly. Does he need to repeat his prayers? How does it affect his tahaarah (purity) and his salaah (prayer)? What is the ruling on his praying in jamaa’ah? The madhiy flows continually, without his f... | Praise be to Allah.This is considered to be a continual breaking of wudoo’, like incontinence of urine, so he has to do wudoo’ before every prayer, because this is something which breaks wudoo’ as it is something which comes out of the front or back passage. If something comes out whilst he is praying, he does not need... |
As Salaamu Alaikum: A situation arose last
week between myself, my wife and her daughter. Her daughter is now 20 years old with her
own child but still resides in the home with us. I said something to my wife that made her
upset with me so she became very foul mouthed and ignorant with... | Praise be to Allah.It should be noted that one of the main reasons that cause problems
between spouses, and that could cause these problems to escalate to a very bad level is a
lack of knowledge of the rights which each partner has over the other.
Islam states these rights clearly, and urges and obliges each pa... |
Dear Sheikh,
I am a Muslim female. Two years ago I went through a love experience
with a young Muslim man,who was divorced. I liked him,and in fact I loved him.
Then he asked me for making love, so I told him that I don't do that as I
am religious and that this is zinah.
So he t... | Praise be to Allah.Who has saved you from this man. However, you
should not have entered into any kind of relationship at all with him, not even meeting or
speaking with him. He is a stranger to you, who is not related to you in any way, and
Islam does not allow any kind of love relationship with anyone exc... |
I posed a question #1599 a few months ago concerning disinheriting ones offspring particularly if the person disobeys his/her parents in matrimonial matters. For example, if the man marries a non-Muslimah. It is a commonly held idea that a Muslim man can marry a jewish or christian. These days such a p... | Praise be to Allah.A Muslim is permitted to marry a woman of the People of the Book, Jewish or Christian, so long as she is chaste and modest, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): (Lawful for you in marriage) are chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time [al-... |
Why does Allah(SWT) at times speak in the plural form in the Quran?
Jazak Allah Khair. | Praise be to Allah.The answer is in two parts:
In general terms, every believer must believe that every action of Allaah has great wisdom behind it, and there is no need for it to be explained in full to every person. This is a kind of test, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “… that He may test you whic... |
Assalamu alaikum,
Can you please tell me whether the souvenirs (like T-shirts,pens,etc) of
the company where we/our friends work, which we get free, is halal?
Jazakallah. | Praise be to Allah.If the company where you work gives you these things to keep, then there
is nothing wrong with taking them and using them, so long as they are permissible
according to Islamic rulings. But if the company gives them to you to distribute to people
outside the company for advertising and pro... |
Salaamu-Alaikum.
My wife's grandfather (from her mother's side) left a large amount in his
estate, after his death (may Allah SWT bless him). As he didn't leave a will, the estate
is being distributed amongst his children. However, my wife's mother died before the
grandfather (may... | Praise be to Allah.Yes, what your wife has heard from one of her aunts is correct. Your wife
has no right to her mothers share of her grandfathers estate, because your
mother-in-law died before her father. She thus had no share in her fathers estate
because one of the conditions of inheritance is that the h... |
Salaamu-Alaikum.
I hope you don't mind me asking this question, but my cousin committed
suicide two weeks ago because he could not handle the exams pressure, according to the
note he left. The family all know what he has done is terribly wrong and un-Islamic and
the consequences are st... | Praise be to Allah.We ask Allaah to compensate you for this tragedy and reward
you for your patience. We have already discussed the issue of suicide in brief
under question 373, section 5. As regards what
you can do for your deceased loved one: if he was a Muslim who died without
having done something that ... |
I would be very grateful to Allah and to our cheikh (jazaahullahu kairan) if he could answer a question that is very important to me. I would like to know whether Allah could answer my prayer if I asked him to change one or more aspects about my personality, which he created in me (jabalani alaihaa), so that it becom... | Praise be to Allah.Allah is Able to do all things, and if you pray to Him sincerely, he will answer your du`a. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And when My slaves ask you concerning Me, then I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicants when he calls on Me (wi... |
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAD A CHILD BY AN
"ARAB" THEN A DEW YEARS LATER YOU BECOME MUSLIM AND WANT TO GET MARRIED WHAT DO
YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU TELL THE CHILD ABOUT HER REAL FATHER? WHAT DO YOU TELL THE PEOPLE? OR
DOES IT MATTER | Praise be to Allah.and peace and blessings be upon the
Messenger of Allaah.
Zinaa (fornication or adultery) is a crime that is forbidden by divine
laws and rejected by all wise and sane people, even if they are not Muslim. Allaah has
condemned those who do this in many aayaat of the Qur’aan and in numer... |
How are you? I am currently researching issues related to Homosexual persecution In Asia, especially Malaysia. I hope that you could kindly help answer a few of my questions.
1) How are homosexuals (Muslim & non-muslim) being treated in Malaysia?
2) How severe will the punishment be?
3) How does society perceive hom... | Praise be to Allah.Homosexuality in Malaysia
We do not have any information about homosexuality in Malaysia, but we assume that the Muslims there feel total abhorrence towards this shameful act, because their religion, Islam, emphatically forbids this deed and prescribes a severe punishment for it, in this world and th... |
As salamu alaykum
I asked a sister for her hand in marriage on-line and we talk to
each other casually on the internet; is it allowed to speak to her
even though I am not able to get married until I graduate (in 3
years).
was salamu alaykum | Praise be to Allah.
If a proper nikaah (marriage contract) has been done, then you can talk to
her however you want, whenever you want, because she is legally your
wife, even if you have not yet consummated the marriage. But if the Islamic
contract has not yet been done, then she is still a "stranger" (non-mahram)
... |
Regarding prostration in prayer, I have
read two different versions. One (on this website) says that it is better that your knees
touch the floor before your hands. In the book
The Prophet's Prayer, it says one should place one's hands on the ground
before the knees - and quotes ha... | Praise be to Allah.The scholars have differed as to how one should go down in sujood,
whether one should go hands first or knees first. According to the Hanafis, Shaafais
and one opinion narrated from Ahmad, the person who is praying should go down on his knees
first, then on his hands. Al-Tirmidhi thought ... |
I am taking a course on Religions of the World and I am having trouble locating the following answer:
What is the nature of the authority of the Quran according to Orthodox Islamic tradition? | Praise be to Allah.The Quran was revealed by Allah, may He be glorified, as a law and a reference as to what is permissible and prohibited, what is commanded and forbidden, for people to follow, so that they obey its commands and abide by its prohibitions, take what it allows as permissible and take what it prohibits a... |
There is a converted christian who does not believe in Quran.
We had many arguments over this issue, still he does not believe in Muhammed being a prophet of God, . I somehow feel that I should help him in knowing the actual truth.
Can you help me regarding this matter.
He Believes in Bible completely and follows it an... | Praise be to Allah.First of all, it is essential to understand that guidance to the true religion of Islam and belief in the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the message he brought comes about only by the help of Allah, and that we are required to explain this and produce evidence of it.
There is ... |
Are you allowed to donate or receive
organs, since I have seen no direct prohibition on organ transpants in the Quran. | Praise be to Allah.This subject is one of the topics which is being
researched by the Islamic Fiqh Council (Majma’ al-Fiqh al-Islami),
which has issued the following fatwaa:
It is permitted to transplant or graft an organ
from one part of a person’s body to another, so long as one is careful
to asc... |
If I give sexual pleasure to my husband while I have my menses, do I need to take a ritual bath to purify myself even if I don't pray (because of my menses)? | Praise be to Allah.A menstruating woman does not need to do ghusl after having sexual contact, because her impurity lasts as long as the blood is flowing, and it does not stop until her bleeding stops and she does ghusl. While she is menstruating, her husband is not permitted to have intercourse in the vagina, because ... |
I am a "New" Muslim (or recently converted) and I thank Allah for guiding me to this truly happiest move I've made in my life. Among all the other ways to worship the Allah, I appreciate very much the issue of fasting. I have truly enjoyed my first Ramadan this year and went through all 30 days with pride and great fai... | Praise be to Allah.First of all, congratulations on the blessing of Allah which you have received, as He has guided you to this religion and caused you to enjoy the sweetness of obedience and worship through fasting, which is one of the greatest forms of worship. Here we will explain in brief the virtues of fasting.
Vi... |
I am looking at a lengthy engagement period
before my fiance and I am able to financially marry and live together. We would both like
to have a nikkah during our engagement so that we are not sinning when we are intimate
with each other. However, both of our parents are against this an... | Praise be to Allah.You will find a detailed answer to your first question under
Question #2127. Know also that you can never have
a proper marriage contract without your fathers knowledge and consent.
Indeed, he or a person designated by him must marry you to the man who has asked
for your hand. Once the ma... |
What exactly constitutes a guardian, as is needed in the marriage ceremony. I am a female Muslim, and I want to know if my older brother is acceptable for this role. | Praise be to Allah.Pillars of marriage in Islam
There are three pillars or conditions for the marriage contract in Islam:
Both parties should be free of any obstacles that might prevent the marriage from being valid, such as their being mahrams of one another (i.e., close relatives who are permanently forbidden to mar... |
Is it permissible to obtain a fixed rate mortgage from a british bank in order to purchase a house. | Praise be to Allah.If the bank owns the house, then it is permissible for it to sell it to you for a fixed price, whether payment is deferred or made in installments, even if this will cost more than paying the full price for it immediately. This is according to the more sound opinion among the scholars.
But if the ban... |
Out of our four Maslaks which is the most
accurate Maslak which follows the Quran & Authentic Traditions of Prophet Mohammed
(SAW), and also let me know about the prominent books of that Maslak. I'll be highly
obliged if you'll guide me to follow the right path of Islam.Thanking you, y... | Praise be to Allah.So long as a Muslim is following the correct evidence (daleel) and has the
desire to follow the Sunnah properly, there is no harm in following any of the Imams when
it comes to rules of fiqh. In the case of the ordinary Muslim (who is not educated in
fiqh), his madhhab (school of thought)... |
Assalamu Alaikum:
Upon chatting with a Muslim sister who recently moved to our community, I
came upon something disturbing. She has been married for about 7 years (she was Catholic
at the time and al hamdullilah she has reverted to the right path). Her husband was a
brand new Musli... | Praise be to Allah.Who has guided them to Islam. We ask Allaah to help us
and them to be steadfast in adhering to His religion. In response to your question, if the
marriage was contracted through an offer or proposal (eejaab) from the walee
(guardian) of the bride and acceptance (qabool) on the part of the... |
In the name of Allah, Most Kind Most
MercifulAll praise is for Allah, peace and blessings be upon Muhammed (saalahu
alayhi wa sallam)to proceed :My question is this :We hold jummah (Friday) prayer at university. A group of brothers came
late and they missed the prayer. They decided to ... | Praise be to Allah.You should urge the brothers around you to attend Salaat
al-Jumu’ah (Friday prayers) at the right time, because Jumu’ah is of great
importance. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Let
people stop neglecting to attend Jumu’ah, or else Allaah will seal their hea... |
I have heard that it is parents obligation
to arrange for marraige of adult children and if they fail to do so, punishment for any
sin committed by children is given to the parents.
Secondly, if anyone indulges in sex (not intercourse) with honest
intentions to marry that person ... | Praise be to Allah.In answer to your second question, to say that it is permissible for a man
to engage in a premarital physical relationship (even if it does not include intercourse)
with a woman who is not permissible for him, claiming that he intends to marry her in the
future, is total and utter nonsens... |
Our religious studies teacher told us that it is makrooh (disliked) to do Wudu after breaking wind, and that if a person passes wind from his back passage after making Wudu, it is makrooh for him to do Wudu again. Is this correct? | Praise be to Allah.Doing istinjaa’ after breaking wind is disliked because it is extreme, but if a person passes wind after making Wudu, this invalidates his Wudu, according to the consensus of the Muslim scholars. Washing the private parts is not called Wudu; it is called istinjaa’ if water is used and istijmaar if st... |
In Britain we use tissue paper to clean
ourselves in the bathroom. Do we have to use water after using tissues or not? | Praise be to Allah.It is permissible to use tissue paper and the like for istijmaar
(cleaning the private parts after passing urine or stools by using stones, paper, etc.),
and that is good enough as long as they clean the area properly. It is preferable if what
is used for this purpose is an odd number, su... |
If a man or woman becomes Muslim after the age of thirty or thereabouts, do they have to be circumcised? Is a man who is not circumcised permitted to lead the prayer? | Praise be to Allah.Circumcision is a part of sunan al-fitrah (actions befitting the natural state of man) for men and women, but if it is not done after a person is fully-grown, there is nothing to worry about. As for a non-circumcised man leading the prayers, this is valid. |
What is the ruling transplanting
testicles taken from a person who has recently died, especially when this could be the
solution for a person who is suffering from sterility? | Praise be to Allah.The Islamic Fiqh Council answered this question as follows:
Transplanting reproductive glands. Because the testicles and ovaries
continue to carry and produce the genetic characteristics (DNA) of the original donor even
after being transplanted into a new body, the transplanting of re... |
What is the ruling on dealing in bonds that produce fixed returns? | Praise be to Allah.A bond is a certificate which, according to its terms, obliges the issuer to pay the bearer the face value plus the agreed amount of interest when it reaches maturity, or to pay other benefits, such as prizes awarded by drawing lots, or payment of a fixed amount, or any discount.
The Islamic Fiqh Cou... |
What is ‘Aqd al-istisnaa’?
What are the rulings and conditions governing it? | Praise be to Allah.‘Aqd al-istisnaa’ – which is a contract that applies both to the
labour and the product itself – is binding on both parties when it is drawn up in
accordance with certain conditions.
The following conditions apply to ‘Aqd al-istisnaa’:
Clear statement of the type, amount and req... |
What is Bay’ al-Wafaa’ and what are the rulings concerning it? | Praise be to Allah.Bay’ al-Wafaa’ means selling something
on the condition that when the vendor pays back the money he accepted, the purchaser will
return the item to him.
The scholars have decided the following:
This transaction is in reality a loan which leads to benefits for the
lender, and is an att... |
What is the ruling on giving medication in Islam, especially in cases of diseases where there is no hope of a cure? Is it necessary to obtain the patient’s permission before giving treatment, particularly in emergency situations? | Praise be to Allah.Is it permissible to seek medication?
The governing principle is that it is allowed to seek medication because of what has been narrated to this effect in the Quran and Sunnah, i.e., the words and deeds of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and because it involves saving lives, w... |
Some vendors stipulate that people who want to buy or rent a product must first pay a deposit; if the purchaser or renter later changes his mind, the vendor keeps the deposit. What is the ruling on this matter? | Praise be to Allah.The matter being discussed here is that of down-payments, which means that the purchaser pays an amount of money to the vendor in advance, and this is taken as part of the price paid for the product. If the purchaser doesn’t buy the product, the vendor keeps the deposit. It is classified under the he... |
What is the ruling on going to auctions
where one has to pay a fee or deposit before entering? What is the ruling on the kind of
auctions known nowadays where a product is sold for the highest price reached? | Praise be to Allah.Sales and purchases made at auctions are valid transactions, so long as
the conditions stipulated by sharee’ah are adhered to. This is the opinion of the
majority of scholars, and one of the texts which they quote as evidence is the hadeeth of
Anas ibn Maalik, who said that the Messenger ... |
What is a secret? And what are the
rulings governing secrets in a specific profession dealing with secret or confidential
issues, such as medicine? | Praise be to Allah.A secret is something which one person discloses to another and asks him
not to tell anyone else. This includes situations where it is obvious that the matter
should not be disclosed, such as when a man looks around to make sure that there is nobody
listening to what he is say... |
What is the ruling on a male doctor
treating a Muslim woman? | Praise be to Allah.The basic principle is that if a female specialist
doctor is available, she should examine the patient. If no such doctor is available, then
a trustworthy non-Muslim female doctor can do it. If this is not possible, then a male
Muslim doctor, and if a male Muslim doctor is not available, ... |
In some fields of medicine there is a
trend towards using aborted foetuses for organ transplants. What is the ruling on this? | Praise be to Allah.Nowadays there is something known as the trade in foetuses, in which
some doctors deliberately abort foetuses so that they can profit from selling the foetal
organs or cells, from which some kinds of injections may be prepared for the benefit of
elderly rich people and others. This is a m... |
What is the ruling on operations that
prevent pregnancy? | Praise be to Allah.It is not permitted to carry out operations on
men or women that will lead to complete sterility, such as cutting the vas deferens
(vasectomy) in men, or removing the ovaries or womb (hysterectomy) in women.
This is because cutting off all possibility of future offspring with no valid
rea... |
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah
What is the authenticity of Salat ul Hajja ( the Salat of Need)Please
answer if possible.Jazak Allah Khairun | Praise be to Allah.Salaat al-Haajah is not prescribed in sharee’ah (Ibn
‘Uthaymeen, Fataawaa Noor ‘ala’l-Darb, 1/169). Imaam
al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated a hadeeth about Salaat al-Haajah in
his Sunan, but he pointed out that it is da’eef (weak). He said in the chapter
on what was ... |
Some women go to beauticians who style their eyebrows by shaving or trimming their edges. What is the ruling on this? | Praise be to Allah.Shaping the eyebrows by trimming, shaving or plucking their edges in order to appear beautiful, as is done by some women nowadays, is haraam because it involves changing the creation of Allah and following the Shaytaan in his tempting of mankind to change the creation of Allah. Allah says (interpreta... |
A man has a lot of wind, or probably
gas, in his stomach, and he can only complete his wudoo with difficulty. For
example, he may get as far as washing his face, then he feels something slight and fears
that he may have broken his wudoo, so he starts again. This may happen when he pray... | Praise be to Allah.This is waswaas (insinuating thoughts) from the Shaytaan, by means of
which he wants to spoil the Muslims worship. It has to be ignored. The Muslim should
not stop his salaah or repeat his wudoo unless he hears a sound or detects a smell,
because of the hadeeth narrated by Imaam Muslim fr... |
After I urinate (pass water), some drops or urine remain in the penis and I sit in the bathroom for a quarter of an hour to clean myself properly. Of course, this is very tiring and exhausting for me. After that, I do wudu for prayer. I have been to a number of doctors, had tests and taken different kinds of medicine i... | Praise be to Allah.If you have done udu, then the basic principle is that you are taahir (pure), so do not pay attention to these doubts and insinuating thoughts (waswas), because they come from the Shaytaan. Yes, if you are certain that something has come out after you have done udu, this breaks your udu and you have ... |
What is mustahabb (recommended) to be done during Wudu? What should one say afterwards? | Praise be to Allah.The correct procedure for Wudu is: a person should pour water from the vessel onto his hands three times, then put his right hand into the vessel and rinse his mouth and nose three times, then wash his face three times, then wash his arm up to the elbow three times, then wipe his head and ears once, ... |
When we eat we get food particles between our teeth. If we do wudu or ghusl and we cannot remove these food particles, is our wudu or ghusl valid? | Praise be to Allah.Your wudu or ghusl is valid even if there are some food particles left between your teeth, but it is better to remove them. |
The man’s ‘awrah is from the navel to the knees, so what is the ruling on doing wudu naked or wearing shorts that do not cover the knees? | Praise be to Allah.If you do wudu naked , your wudu is valid, because uncovering the `awrah or wearing shorts does not invalidate one’s wudu, but it is haram for you to uncover your `awrah in front of anyone except your wife or concubine (a slave woman who belongs to a man and with whom he is permitted to have intercou... |
Is it a prescribed part of wudoo’ to wipe the neck or is it not mentioned in the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)? | Praise be to Allah.There is no proof in either the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of His
Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that wiping the neck is part of
wudoo’, so it is not a prescribed part of wudoo’. |
What should a person do if he urinates
and cleans his penis (by squeezing it), then when he has finished urinating, some drops of
urine come out? These drops might come out a minute or more after he has finished, and
sometimes it happens after he has finished doing wudoo’, and it is in... | Praise be to Allah.There is no need to clean one’s penis in this manner after
urinating. If it happens that some drops of urine come out after doing wudoo’, he has
to repeat his wudoo’, and wash the place where the impurity (najaasah) is. |
For a while I was wiping my socks although I had not been in a state of tahaarah when I put them on, because I did not know about the ruling on this matter. What is the ruling concerning the prayers I offered during that time? | Praise be to Allah.You must repeat and make up those prayers which you did when you were wiping your socks although you had not been in a state of tahaarah when you put them on. |
What is the ruling
concerning a man who washes his right foot and puts his right sock on before he washes his
left foot? Is it permissible for him to wipe over his socks? | Praise be to Allah.You cannot wipe over your socks in this case, because you put the first
sock on before completing the act of purification (wudoo’ or ghusl). |
I have something like
abscesses on my feet, and the treatment requires that I put an adhesive dressing over
them, so that I do not get any water on them when doing wudoo’. What is the ruling in
this case? | Praise be to Allah.Your wudoo’ is valid whether you wipe over the dressing or let
water pass over it. |
If a person is doing
wudoo’ and hears his stomach rumble, but does not pass wind from his back passage,
what is the ruling? Does he still have wudoo’ or does this break his wudoo’? | Praise be to Allah.If a person has wudoo’ and hears the sound of wind or gas inside
his stomach, this does not break his wudoo’ if he does not pass anything, because the
Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If any one of you notices
something in his stomach and is not sure whether an... |
If a woman passes wind from her front passage (vagina), does this break her wudoo’? | Praise be to Allah.Passing wind from the front passage does not break wudoo’.
And Allaah knows best. |
I would like to know whether bleeding invalidates one’s wudu or not. | Praise be to Allah.We know of no evidence to indicate that bleeding from any part of the body other than the vagina invalidates one’s wudu .
The basic principle is that bleeding does not break wudu . Acts of worship should be based on sound reports, so no one is permitted to say that any act of worship is prescribed b... |
Does the gastric
reflux (heartburn) – where a little bit of food or drink comes back up but does not
fill the mouth or only reaches the back of the throat – break one’s wudoo’? | Praise be to Allah.This does not break wudoo’ at all. |
A man can hardly go through his day without giving and taking things from his wife. If he has wudoo’ and touches his wife, does this break his wudoo’? | Praise be to Allah.The scholars differ as to whether touching one’s wife directly breaks a man’s wudoo’. The most correct opinion is that it does not break his wudoo’, regardless of whether he touched her with desire or not, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Alaah be upon him) kissed some of his wives and did... |
Will there be any difference in the length of the reckoning of the Muslim and of the kaafir on the Day of Resurrection? | Praise be to Allah.Without a doubt, because Allaah says about the Day of Resurrection (interpretation of the meaning): “The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Beneficent (Allaah), and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers.” [al-Furqaan 25:26]. The fact that the kaafirs wi... |
Is there anything wrong with doing
wudoo’, drinking or urinating whilst standing? | Praise be to Allah.A Muslim may do wudoo’ in whatever way is easy and practical for
him, whether sitting or standing. He may also drink standing or sitting, although it is
better to drink sitting down. He may also urinate standing up if necessary, as long as no
one can see his ‘awrah (private parts which sh... |
The saheeh ahaadeeth state clearly that the one who neglects prayer is a kaafir. If we take the hadeeth at face value, it appears that we are obliged to deprive the person who neglects prayer deliberately of all his rights of inheritance, a separate cemetery should be allocated for such people, and we cannot pray for t... | Praise be to Allah.The scholars have differed concerning the Muslim who deliberately neglects salaah without denying that it is obligatory. Some of them say that he is definitely a kaafir who has gone beyond the pale of Islam. He is considered to be a murtadd (apostate) who is to be given three days to repent – if he d... |
The time for ‘Asr coincides with the
time of a lecture at college. The professor is a Christian and does not allow us time to
pray, so we pray when we come out of the lecture, when there is only one hour left until
Maghrib. | Praise be to Allah.Praying it at the beginning of its time is
preferable, but praying it at the time you mention is OK and is still within the right
time. It is not permissible to delay it until the sun becomes yellow, because of the
saheeh hadeeth narrated by ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allaah be... |
In some mosques in
the Philippines and elsewhere, they use drums to call the people to prayer, then they call
the Adhaan after that. Is this permissible according to Islam? | Praise be to Allah.Drums and the like are musical instruments, and it is not permissible
to use them to tell the people that the time for prayer has come, or that the time is
approaching. This is a forbidden innovation (bid’ah), and what is obligatory is to
let the Adhaan as prescribed in sharee’ah suffice.... |
Sometimes the time for prayer comes and
I am in the house of one of the Christians, so I take my prayer mat and pray in front of
them. Is my prayer valid even though I am in one of their houses? | Praise be to Allah.Yes, your prayer is valid. May Allaah make you even more keen to obey
Him, especially with regard to performing the five daily prayers on time. It is the
Muslim’s duty to try to pray them in congregation, and to pray them in the mosque
whenever possible. |
In many parts of the USA, the Muslims
cannot find any suitable place to perform salaat al-jumu’ah (Friday prayers) except
in some churches where they are able to rent space cheaply or for free. But some students
have stirred up a controversy as to whether it is correct to offer salaah ... | Praise be to Allah.If it is possible to find an alternative place in which to pray, then it
is not permitted to pray in churches and similar places, because these are the places of
worship of the kuffaar, where they worship other than Allaah, and because of the statues
and pictures that they contain. (But i... |
We are Muslims living ina kaafir state,
and the government has now started to build some mosques in the places where Muslims live.
Is it permissible for us to recognize these mosques even though we have no built them
ourselves at the time when we are able to do that, and even though th... | Praise be to Allah.It is well known that governments and the peoples under
their rule share different kinds of rights and duties, financial, physical and moral. If
the situation is as you mention, that the government under whose care you are in
Christian, and that it has started to build mosques in the Musl... |
Is it permissible to build a masjid, or
convert a building to a masjid, in a place or town where it is expected that the Muslims
will leave after some time? Considering that in America, Muslim students may establish a
masjid in a particular place, then graduate and return to their home... | Praise be to Allah.All praises are due to Allaah. A masjid should be built or a building
should be converted into a masjid due to the general benefit and good to the Muslims that
are present, and considering that it manifests and makes prominent the rituals and rites
of Islam. In addition, it raises and ins... |
What is the ruling on
non-Muslims entering the mosque? | Praise be to Allah.It is forbidden for Muslims to allow any kaafir to enter al-Masjid
al-Haraam [in Makkah] and the sacred areas [al-Haram] around it, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):“O you who believe! Verily, the Mushrikûn (polytheists) are Najasun (impure). So
let them not come near A... |
Is it permissible to buy
places where wine was drunk or there was dancing and to use them as mosques and places of
worship? | Praise be to Allah.Yes, it is permissible to buy them and make
them into mosques, because by doing so you are using them for a better purpose than they
were used for previously. The evil is not part of the nature of the place itself, it is
just something that happened there because of the purpose for which ... |
There is a group of Muslims in a city in the state of Georgia, USA, who want to establish a mosque for holding the five daily prayers and Jumu’ah prayers, and there was a church up for sale. Is it permissible for them to buy this church and turn it into a mosque after they remove the crosses and images that are hanging... | Praise be to Allah.
Yes, it is permissible to buy it and make it into a mosque, but they have to remove all the crosses and images that are hanging or engraved in it, and everything that indicates that it is a church. We know no reason why this should not be allowed.
From Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 6/267.
Among th... |
A man accepts Islam and he is 40 years old. Does he need to make up what he has missed from his prayers? | Praise be to Allah.One who accepts Islam is not to make what he or she has missed from prayers, fasting, alms (zakaat) during his or her days of disbelief (kufr), as indicated by the verse in which Allaah says (what can be interpreted as):
Say to those who have disbelieved that if they cease, what has previously occurr... |
I wish to ask you about the problem of
praying ‘Isha and Fajr in the region of Newcastle in Britain. The Muslims here in
Newcastle have a big problem with defining the right time for Fajr and ‘Isha’
prayers, and the time for starting the fast, because the light reaches the surface of the
... | Praise be to Allah.In defining the times of prayer, the astronomers’ calculations do
not matter. For determining the time of Fajr, what counts is the appearance of a
horizontal line of light on the eastern horizon. The time for Fajr starts when this line
becomes clear and distinct, and it ends when the sun ... |
We know that the most correct opinion
among the scholars is that women should cover their faces, but there are many situations
where women cannot cover their faces. Could you shed more light on this topic? | Praise be to Allah.The most correct opinion, which is supported by evidence, is that it is
obligatory to cover the face, therefore young women are forbidden to uncover their faces
in front of non-mahram men in order to avoid any mischief, and they should certainly do so
when there is fear of fitnah (temptat... |
What is the ruling on making up missed
prayers in the case of one who was negligent? Among us non-Arabs there are many who may
pray one time, then not pray another time, until they reach the age of thirty or
thereabouts, then after the age of thirty or forty, they start to pray regular... | Praise be to Allah.The person who is in this situation is a kaafir guilty of kufr akbar
(i.e., he is beyond the pale of Islam), according to the more correct of the two scholarly
opinions, so long as he does not deny that the prayer is obligatory. If he does deny this,
then he is a kaafir according to the c... |
I want to get married to a girl but her father is in another country, and at present I cannot travel there for us to be all together, because of financial and other circumstances. I am also in a foreign country. Is it permissible for me to phone her father so that he can say, “I offer you my daughter So and so in marri... | Praise be to Allah.I put this question to our Shaykh al-Mufti al-‘Allaamah ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allah ibn Baz, who replied that if what is described is genuine (and there is no cheating involved), then it achieves the purpose of meeting the shar'i conditions of nikaah and the marriage contract is valid.
And Allah kn... |
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