Ruling on adopting a foundling
Bringing up the foundling and being benevolent toward him is a good deed for which you will be rewarded.
Revenue from endowed land
Are the payments for having permission to hire Waqf or endowment included in its revenue or a part of the Waqf itself?
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 perform it o...
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 u...
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 now ...
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. Will ...
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 amo...
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 und...
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 wh...
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....
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 h...
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 ...
No obedience in matters involving disobedience to Allah
A believer should abandon such sins, and follow the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace be upon him). This is an establi...
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 ...
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 i...
The Hadith: 'You will have rulers some of whom you will approve of and some you will disapprove of'
Your Eminence, is this Hadith Sahih (authentic)? We read it in Sahih Al-Jami' Al-Saghir Wa Zyadatih.
Meaning of the Qur'anic verse: '...and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess'
It is not permissible for the master of a male or female bondservant to treat them according to his desire or mere opinion; but he must b...
Is it permissible to bow to greet a Muslim or a non-Muslim?
It's not permissible to bow to greet a Muslim or a non-Muslim whether by the upper part of the body or with the head, because bowing is a...
Importance of Makkah to Muslims
Question:How important is Makkah to the Muslim world?Answer:Allah has made Makkah a place of resort for mankind and a place of safety and...
Impermissibility of paying Sadaqah from the inheritance without the heirs' permission
Question:If a person dies, is it permissible to give, in Sadaqah (voluntary charity), to the poor from their money before dividing it amo...