Ruling on bowing to one’s parents
This is impermissible and is tantamount to Shirk. Bowing is a form of worship, just like prostration; therefore, it is impermissible.
Ruling on treatment, ruqyah and amulets using Qur'an
It is permissible to treat sick people with the Qur'an. But having amulets that contain some parts of the Qur'an is prohibited.
Ruling on prostrate to anyone other than Allah
If they insist on offering Sujud to anyone other than Allah after being informed, they should be sentenced to death for apostasy.
Ruling on seeking treatment from a Mushrik
It is forbidden to go to someone who practices acts of shirk, such as making supplications to and seeking help from the dead for the sake...
Ruling on going to a diviner in cases of illness
It is unlawful to go to soothsayers and diviners who claim the knowledge of the unseen and work with talisman and polytheistic spells eve...
Is it permissible for Muslims to use all kinds of Ruqyah?
There is no harm in Ruqyah as long as it does not entail Shirk.
Ruling on invoking Allah by His Names for healing
It is permissible to do so due to the general saying of Allah 'And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them'.
Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is one of the imams of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah
Shaykh Ahmad ibn Abdul-Halim Ibn Taymiyyah is one of the imams of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah who called people to the truth and to the stra...
Can Ali ibn Abu Talib aid anyone after his death?
A person who believes that Ali, or any other dead person, can bring benefit or ward off harm is a Mushrik, because this is particular to ...
Ruling on visiting the grave of Arwaz and making offerings for him
Visiting the graves of the pious people for the purpose of seeking their blessings or drawing closer to them, etc, is an act of Shirk.
Ruling on disbelieving in Salafiyyah
If he means by that statement that he disbelieves in the methodology of the Salaf, their way, and the truth they were upon, then this is ...
Ruling on following the funeral of grave-worshippers
If such people die in the state which you describe, it is not permissible to follow their funeral procession, to pray over them, to make ...
Ruling on carrying the wife of the deceased
This practice is prohibited as it is considered an act of Bid`ah. Introducing innovations in religion is not permissible.
The Moon Landing
The knowledge about this matter will not increase or decrease our faith. Thus, we should neither believe nor deny what they say.
Words to be said at times of adversity
I live with my parents, brothers, and sisters. We all love and respect each other, all praise be to Allah. I love my family very much and...
Ruling on preparing food for the people who attend the funeral
Is it permissible for the family of the deceased to cook food during the same day in which a person passes away to serve it to those who ...
Patience During Hardship
A Muslim should depend on Allah and hold firm to His Rope in bringing benefit and removing harm. If a person is inflicted with a calamity...
Enduring diseases
Illness and the like can also be a means of punishment or an expiation for those who show patience on affliction, and hope for Allah’s Re...
Allah will punish the person whom He loves beforehand in this world
When Allah wills good for His Slave, He hastens to punish them in this worldly life, and when He wills evil for His Slave, He withholds p...
Where is the grave of Al-Husayn?
Al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed in Iraq in Muharram, 61 A.H. And his body was buried in Iraq. As for the claim that ...