Is it permissible for Muslims to use all kinds of Ruqyah (reciting Qur’an and saying supplications over the sick seeking healing)? Answer: Ruqyah is permissible if it...

Can Muslims make Du’a (supplication) to Allah using His Names for the cure of their illnesses? Answer: It is permissible to do so due to the general...

Some people claim that Ibn Taymiyyah does not belong to Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah (adherents to the Sunnah and the Muslim mainstream). They further claim that he is astray and...

Can Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) aid anyone in times of distress? Answer: Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed and was not...

What is your opinion, Oh virtuous Shaikh, about the one who says: that he is a disbeliever in Salafiyyah? Answer: This is ignorance and trespassing the truth....

A group of people visits a Masjid (mosque) wherein is buried a Waliy (a pious person) called Sayidi Arwaz. They try to draw closer to him by offering...

Allah (Exalted be He) says, “It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in...

Some peple, if a man dies, a woman who has not menstruated carries his wife around his grave seven times to the right and seven times to the...

What is your opinion regarding those who claim to have landed on the moon which we, as Muslims, consider one of Allah’s signs? Answer: The knowledge about...

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 this...

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...

I do not feel submission or the sweetness of faith. This may happen at times of diversity and calamities. What is the solution to this? Please advise me,...

What is the ruling on the illnesses that befall the sons of Adam (i.e. humans); are they punishments from Allah or tests for His Servants? Are there any...

How correct is the statement ‘Allah will punish the person whom He loves beforehand in this world’? Does (affliction with) disease belong to the punishment by which sins...

Is it permissible to bury a Mushaf or the Qur’an in the grave of the deceased? What is the Islamic ruling on this? Answer: It is not...

Is it permissible to gather on the 12th of Rabi‘ul-Awwal to commemorate the Mawlid (the Prophet’s birthday)? Answer: Celebrating the Mawlid is an act of bid‘ah (deviant...

The Egyptians claim that the head of Al-Husayn is buried in Egypt, and the Iraqis have a Masjid (mosque) that they call Al-Mashhad Al-Husayni. I do not know...

What is the ruling on a woman going out to the market without her husband’s permission? Answer: If a woman wants to go out, she should inform...

What is the Islamic ruling in your opinion on saying these phrases: “Allah knows that…,” “Allah forbid!” “Allah’s Will,” and “Allah and His Messenger know best”? Answer:...

I often hear people say some words about which I would like to know the Islamic viewpoint. For example, when a person dies some people call him “Al-Marhum”...