Ruling on Changing Names after Hajj
Question: What is the ruling on a person changing their name like most of the Indonesian pilgrims do? Indonesians are used to changing their names...
Act of Jahiliyyah in Muharram
Question: During the month of Muharram, women go to the house of a newly married woman and bring water with them. They wear thick clothes...
Ruling on Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Question: Some people celebrate the fourteenth day of February of each Christian year as the Day of Love (Valentine’s Day), where they exchange gifts of...
Biography of Shaykh As-Sa'di
His lineage He is the great scholar, the pious person, the Zahid (one who abstained from the unnecessary things of this world), the jurist, the...
The ruling on supplications accompanied by music
Question: What is the ruling on supplications accompanied by music? Answer: This is not permissible, for music in itself is haram and making du’as (supplications)...
Ruling on listening to songs
Question: What is the ruling on listening to singing? Answer: Listening to songs is haram, for Allah (Exalted be He) says, “And of mankind is...
Ruling on hearing songs or music without intending
Question: What is the ruling on hearing songs on the telephone that you have no choice but to listen to when you booking flights with...
What is the kind of bell that is forbidden?
Question: What is the kind of bell that is forbidden? Please note that there are electric bells that make sounds like birds, or bells on...
Tafsir Surat Al-Tawbah 23-24
Allah Ta’ala says: “O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief....
Tafsir Surat Al-Ankabut Ayat 8
“And We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents; but if they strive to make you join with Me (in...
Ruling on reciting Al-Fatihah for the deceased when visiting his grave
Question: Is it permissible to read Al-Fatihah or anything from the Qur’an for the deceased when visiting his grave, and does that benefit him? Answer:...
What is the origin of the forty-day anniversary?
Question: What is the origin of the forty-day anniversary? Answer: The origin of this is a Pharaonic custom which was practised by the Pharaohs before...
Rapprochement Between The Shi'ah And The Sunnis Is Not Possible
Rapprochement between the Rafidah and the Sunnis is not possible, because their beliefs are different. The belief of Ahl Al-Sunnah Wal-Jama’ah is Tawhid or the...
It is not permissible to give the daughters of Sunni families in marriage to the sons of Shi’is or Communists
Question: Allah decreed that a Kurdish man who claims to be a Sunni and is outwardly righteous should propose marriage to me. His name is...
Ruling On Burying Non-Sunnis With Sunnis In The Same Graveyard
Question: What is the ruling on burying Non-Sunnis with Sunnis (Ahlus-Sunnah) in the same graveyard? Answer: If the innovator is a kafir (disbeliever) because of...
Ruling on a Muslim Marrying a Shi’i
Question: We come from a tribe that lives on the northern borders [of Saudi Arabia], and we mix with tribes from Iraq who are idolatrous...
Ruling On Reciting Al-Fatihah At The Time Of A Man's Proposal To A Woman
Question: Is reciting Al-Fatihah at the time when a man gets engaged to a woman an innovation (bid‘ah)? Answer: Reciting Al-Fatihah at the time of...
Marriage is Half Your Religion
The Sunnah indicates that it is prescribed to get married, and that it is one of the Sunnahs of the Messengers. By getting married a...
Ruling on Palestinian Intifada
Question: Today we are witnessing a major political phenomenon that has shaken the world, namely the uprising of the Palestinian people against the Jews (the...