Ruling on a father who breaks all contact with his daughter due to her wearing Hijab
Question: What is the ruling on a father who breaks all contact with his daughter due to her wearing Hijab (veil)? Answer: If the case...
Ruling on attributing the Laqit to its adopter
Question: A relative of mine, my uncle Hamad, adopted a Laqit (foundling), brought him up, educated him, and treated him well. He gave him the...
Ruling on applying health insurance to company employees
Question: I am working in a certain company which makes contracts with some hospitals to supply medical insurance for the staff of this company since...
Ruling on adopting a foundling
Question: One of my relatives found a baby, whose age at that time was just a few hours old. She informed me about this; and...
Revenue from endowed land
Question: Are the payments for having permission to hire Waqf [endowment] included in its revenue or a part of the Waqf (endowment) itself? Answer: A...
Repeating Hajj
Question: Is it preferable to perform Hajj every year for whoever wishes to do so and it is not difficult, or is it better to...
Starting by distributing the inheritance or repaying the debt
Question: A man died and left behind a lot of money for his children. The deceased is also indebted to someone. Could you please provide...
Repaying the debt of a deceased debtor to a deceased creditor
Question: I am a fourteen-year-old young man and my father died ten years ago. He borrowed 40 Arabian Riyals from an old woman who is...
Repaying the deceased's debt to the Real Estate Development Fund before fulfilling the will, unless one of the children repays it
Questions: Q 1: My father took a loan from the Real Estate Development Fund to build a house, but he died before repaying this loan....
Repaying the deceased's debt in full before distributing the inheritance
Question: Is it permissible for a son who settled his deceased father’s 30,000 riyal debt, as the father had little money, to take the amount...
Repaying the deceased's debt before distributing the inheritance
Question: To Your Eminence we submit the fatwa request regarding the fact that the heirs of the deceased Ibrahim Sa’d Al-Musaylikh are underage. Moreover, we...
The remaining amount of Mahr with the husband as a part of the wife's inheritance
Question: Kindly be informed that I agreed to pay sixty thousand Riyals (60,000) as Mahr (mandatory gift to a bride from her groom), of which...
Obligation of repaying the deceased's debt before the inheritance
Question: A person died leaving behind a wife and some children. He owes more than 100,000 Riyals to someone. He has holiday entitlements. Should they...
Obligation of repaying the deceased's debt before distributing the shares of inheritors
Question: Before his death, my father borrowed 3,000 Kuwaiti dinars and willed that this debt be repaid. Given that I am the executer of his...
Obligation of Hajj even in the company the followers of Bid'ah
Question: We would like to inform you that many of our Sunni Muslim brothers who live on the Persian coast are desirous of performing the...
New revert entering the Sacred Precincts without changing his name
Question: Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’ has read what was sent by to the General Chairman by the Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry...
Merit of Hajj
Question: Are major sins forgiven by virtue of Hajj Mabrur (Hajj sincerely done, not mixed with any sin, and is accepted by Allah)? When is...
The Hadith: 'You will have rulers some of whom you will approve of and some you will disapprove of'
Question: “You will have rulers some of whom you will approve of and some of whom you will disapprove of. Anyone who disapproves of them...
Meaning of the Qur'anic verse: '...and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess'
Question: Concerning the meaning of Allah’s statement: “(the slaves) that your right hands possess.” [al-Nisa: 3] Is it permissible for the master to behave as...
Is it permissible to bow to greet a Muslim or a non-Muslim?
Question: We joined a karate club in America. The coach said: “You should bow when your opponent bows to you”. We refused and explained that...