The ruling on putting pictures in homes
It is obligatory to remove these pictures. You should not keep them either in the bathroom or anywhere else at home, for the Prophet -pea...
Ruling on Muslims residing in a non-Muslim country
All the Muslims living in non-believers' countries should migrate to Islamic countries where the rites of Islam are being performed if po...
The ruling on keeping useful magazines that contain pictures
What is the ruling on bringing home useful magazines and school books that contain pictures of living creatures? Does this come under the...
The ruling on keeping pictures
These photos should be disposed of if they are no longer needed. As for the Hadith: 'Except a design on a cloth,' it is reported in the H...
The ruling on caricatures
The referred to drawing is not permissible. It is one of the widely common prohibited matters that should be abandoned due to the categor...
Rule on associating with the disbelievers
Loving the Kafirs, helping them in falsehood and considering them friends are major sins and means leading to disbelief in Allah. If a pe...
Issue on painting, drawing, sculpture, photography
It is not permissible for a teacher or any other person to depict pictures of animate beings, because the Prophet -peace be upon him- cur...
Allah's Wisdom behind trying His Slaves with calamities and ordeals
All the signs that happen in this universe that arouse sympathy like thunderbolts, fierce wind, floods that destroy everything, earthquak...
A Piece of advice about earthquakes
There is no doubt that what happens these days of earthquakes in many countries are of these portents that Allah brings to make His serva...
Executing one who apostatizes from Islam
The Noble Qur'an and the purified Sunnah have verified the obligation of executing a Murtad if they refuse to repent and this is understo...
It is Compulsory to save yourself and family from Hellfire
The greatest responsibility is to take care of what saves them from the Punishment of Allah, by advising them to fear Allah and abide by ...
Do supplication and voluntary charity repel the Divine Decree and Predestination?
A Muslim should be keen to venture means of goodness and avoid means of evil, asking Allah to guide and help them do what pleases Him and...
The Believer's Stance towards the Trials (Fitnah)
Trial also takes place by means of doubts and lust. Many people were exposed to trial because of groundless doubts, like the Al-Jahmiyyah...
Ruling on following Sufi Shaykhs
What the questioner mentions about having in their country shaykhs whom they follow and the belief that one who does not have a shaykh wi...
Ruling on the view that not rebel against the ruler as a defeatist thinking which manifests weakness
This is a mistake on the part of those who said this and shows their lack of understanding, as they neither understand the Sunnah nor kno...
It is not permissible to rebel against him if revolution leads to greater harm
There is no doubt that giving Bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) for some people results in dissention and rebellion against the general ruler...
What should a son do who was raised by an ignorant family
If one knows true Islam and Allah helps him accept it, one should not be loyal to people of Shirk nor be endeared to them even if they ar...
Meaning and types of Taqlid and the ruling on each type
Some scholars defined Taqlid as following a person's religious view without knowing the evidence upon which it is based. Some other schol...
Reconciliation of the Four Schools of Jurisprudence
A Muslim is not required to combine between the ways followed by the four Madhabs (Schools of Jurisprudence) in his deeds.
It is obligatory on Muslims to follow the Qur'an and Sunnah
The basic rule states that it is incumbent upon every Muslim to follow the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace be upon h...