Some of the signs of the Hour
Question: Would you please explain the Signs of the Hour and tell us how we can protect ourselves from them and what we should do...
Scholars are obliged to enjoin good and forbid evil
Question: The Qur’an and authentic Sunnah contain texts that signify enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the obligation of clarifying religious issues and advising people....
Ruling on treatment with opium
Question: Is it permissible to use opium or alcoholic drinks like vinegar as medication for curing illnesses? Answer: It is not permissible to seek treatment...
Ruling on treatment with narcotics
Question: As a physician, it is sometimes necessary to use narcotics such as Morphine, Cocaine, and Valium in treatment. What is the ruling on this?...
Ruling on treating women's breasts
Question: My wife is ill with breast atrophy. Even though the breasts were improving during the period of breastfeeding, they would atrophy soon after. The...
Ruling on treating using snakes
Question: Someone uses snakes in treatment and claims that this is permissible when necessary. He puts a live snake into a pot with boiling fat....
Someone who mentions another's faults in his face
Question: Is it permissible for someone to frankly tell someone else about his defects? Answer: It is permissible if it is done gently and with...
Ruling on someone committing some misdeeds such as trailing the garment, shaving the beard, backbiting and tale-bearing
Question: What is the ruling on someone who makes Isbal (Lowering and trailing one’s garment below one’s ankles), shaves their beard, watches pornographic movies, gossips...
Ruling on Muslims who cannot practice their rites publicly
Question: In Britain it is not allowed to call the Adhan (call to Prayer) loudly except inside the Masjid (mosque). Muslims can not break the...
Ruling on treatment with tiger fat
Question: What is the ruling on so-called (tiger fat) that is currently widespread in the market? Is it permissible to use it for treatment? Answer:...
Ruling on treatment with sedatives and tranquilizers
Question: What is the ruling on medical treatment with sedatives, tranquilizers, and drugs that affect the brain and overall awareness? Answer: It is not permissible...
Ruling on treatment with intoxicants
Question: What is the ruling on drinking Khamr (intoxicants) in case of necessity, i.e. Being advised by the doctor to do so? Answer: According to...
Ruling on treating diabetes with a medicine extracted from pigs
Question: Diabetes is a widespread disease which develops as a result of deficiency of insulin secretion at the pancreas gland. Millions of diabetic patients were...
Ruling on taking hypnotic drugs
Question: Is it permissible to use a hypnotic drug (sleeping pills)? Answer: Yes, it is permissible to use a hypnotic drug when needed with a...
Ruling on mixing drugs with intoxicating alcohol
Question: It is evident that drugs are indispensable and available for people through many means; they may have it for free from the public hospitals,...
Ruling on medicines containing Khamr
Question: I came across a medicine called Dentinox in one pharmacy in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah. This medicine is used for looking after babies’ teeth but it...
Ruling on giving the father a medicine to quit smoking without his knowledge
Question: My father smokes tobacco, but we have found a drug that will rid him of this habit forever. The drug will cause him to...
Ruling on drinking donkey's milk as treatment
Question: Some people drink the milk of domestic donkeys. Whenever I inform them about its prohibition, they argue that prohibited things become permissible during affliction....
Ruling on drinking the blood of human beings as a treatment for rabies
Question: What is the ruling on drinking the blood of the Burazy family belonging to the two tribes of Al-Suhul and Matir if a person...
Ruling on cleaning with cologne and alcohol
Question: What is the ruling on using cologne with alcohol for medical purposes such as a disinfectant for injuries? Also what is the ruling on...