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 ...
Ruling on bury a Mushaf or Qur'an in the grave of deceased
It is not permissible to bury a Mushaf in the grave with the dead. This act has no basis in the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Ruling on gathering on the Prophet's Mawlid
Celebrating the Mawlid is an act of bid‘ah (deviant innovation). The Prophet ﷺ neither celebrated it nor ordered that it be celebrated.
Ruling on going out to the market without husband permission
If a woman wants to go out, she should inform her husband about the place she is going to and take his permission as he knows what benefi...
Ruling on saying Allah and His Messenger know best
As for saying Allah and His Messenger know best, this was permissible during the lifetime of the Messenger, but after his death, we shoul...
Ruling on applying the phrase Al-Marhum and Al-Maghfur Lahu to the deceased
It is impermissible for anyone to declare that Allah has bestowed forgiveness or mercy upon a deceased person unless there is a clear text.
Ruling on concluding letters and petitions with the phrase May you last forever
It is a reprehensible act, for immortality belongs to Allah (Praised be He) alone and creatures do not live forever.
Ruling on attributing blessings to nature
It is not permissible to say this sentence 'There are still some natural gifts in our world,' or to write it, even if it is claimed to be...
Every human is born in a state of natural disposition of monotheism
Every child is born in a state of divinely endowed natural disposition of monotheism/Islam, then his parents make him into a Jew or a Chr...
Every bid'ah is a going astray
Beware of newly-invented matters (in religion), for every newly-invented matter is a Bid‘ah, and every Bid‘ah is a Dalalah.
Ruling on one who claims that he saw the Prophet ﷺ in a state of wakefulness
Claiming to see, while awake, the Prophet after his death is a false claim.
Ruling on reciting Surah Ya-Sin over the dead
A Hadith has been reported concerning the recitation of Surah Ya-Sin upon the dying person, but it is a da'if (weak) Hadith that does not...
Ruling on reciting the Qur'an over the dead for a fee
It is not permissible to recite the Qur'an in return for a payment and have this as a profession. This is because recitation of the Qur'a...
Ruling on hiring people to recite Qur'an for the dead
Reciting the Qur'an for the souls of the dead or reciting it in the graves or hiring someone to recite it is an act of bid`ah and is not ...
Way to deal with the followers of Batiniyyah and Ahlul-bi'dah
You must avoid whoever exposes their Bid'ah and reveres the Prophet's family members excessively whether 'Ali, Fatimah, etc. or even any ...
Difference between repentance and praying for forgiveness
Repentance is regret for what has passed, giving it up, and resolving not to go back to it. This is called repentance. As for praying for...