Jarh wa Ta'dil and investigating Hadith still remain
Question: Your Eminence, concerning Takhrij (referencing) of a Hadith, Ta’dil (validating the uprightness of Hadith narrators) and Jarh (criticism of Hadith narrators), some people think...
Ruling on women offering Janazah Prayer
Question: Is it permissible for women to offer Janazah (Funeral) Prayer, or not? Answer: Yes, generally, it is Mashru’ (Islamically prescribed) for any Muslim to...
The ruling on Taswir of an inanimate objects
Question: If Taswir (painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography) of inanimate objects is lawful from the Shar’i perspective, is it permissible to continue doing so? Answer:...
Ruling on painting, drawing, sculpture, photography
Question: What is your view concerning the claim that taking photographs of humans is permissible, while drawing pictures is Haram (prohibited)? What is your advice...
The ruling on putting pictures in homes
Question: We know that hanging pictures in homes is Haram (prohibited). Can we hang them in the bathroom, whether they are tridimensional or not? Answer:...
Ruling on Muslims residing in a non-Muslim country
Question: What is your advice for the unemployed Muslim brothers and sisters who live in England and receive financial support from the government? They sometimes...
The ruling on keeping useful magazines that contain pictures
Question: What is the ruling on bringing home useful magazines and school books that contain pictures of living creatures? Does this come under the ruling...
The ruling on keeping pictures
Question: What is the ruling on personal photos one has? Answer: These photos should be disposed of if they are no longer needed. As for...
The ruling on caricatures
Question: What is the ruling on caricatures in newspapers and magazines that include drawings of persons? Answer: The referred to drawing is not permissible. It...
Rule on associating with the disbelievers
Question: What is the association with Kafirs (disbelievers) that is prohibited by Shari`ah (Islamic Law)? Answer: Loving the Kafirs, helping them in falsehood and considering...
Issue on painting, drawing, sculpture, photography
Question: Is it permissible for a teacher to draw animate beings in the course of teaching as a visual aid, bearing in mind that many...
Allah's Wisdom behind trying His Slaves with calamities and ordeals
From ‘Abdul-Aziz ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Baz to all Muslims. May Allah help us do what pleases Him and safeguard us against what causes His wrath...
A Piece of advice about earthquakes
All praise be to Allah. May Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon Allah’s Messenger and upon his family, Companions, and those who follow his guidance!...
Executing one who apostatizes from Islam
Question: I heard on a radio program interview that there is no evidence in the Noble Qur’an, the Hadith or even a Fatwa (legal opinion...
It is Compulsory to save yourself and family from Hellfire
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. In the Ever-Glorious Qur’an,...
Do supplication and voluntary charity repel the Divine Decree and Predestination?
Question: Do supplication and Sadaqah (voluntary charity) repel the Divine Decree and Predestination? Answer: Predestination that Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) decided will definitely...
Ruling on following Sufi Shaykhs
Question: A Sudanese person living in Al-Anbar says: In our country we have various sects. Each sect follows a certain shaykh to guide and teach...
The Believer's Stance towards the Trials (Fitnah)
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. May the good end be for the pious people. Peace be upon Muhammad, His Messenger and...
Ruling on the view that not rebel against the ruler as a defeatist thinking which manifests weakness
Question: Your Eminence, we know that this forms one of the foundational beliefs of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah (those adhering to the Sunnah and the Muslim main...
It is not permissible to rebel against him if revolution leads to greater harm
Question: Some latter-day sects give Bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) to leaders they choose from among themselves. They claim that it is obligatory to obey them...