The crescent moon is not a symbol of Islam
Question: May Allah reward you with goodness and be generous to you. Why do Muslims use the crescent symbol on the minarets of their mosques?...
Concerning Oppressed Muslims in Palestine
Question: May Allah reward you with good, this questioner says, what is your advice for the Muslims in light of the conditions which they are...
What is the future of occupied Jerusalem?
Question: A key point, what is the future of occupied Jerusalem and its destination after the peace treaty with the Jews? Answer: There is no...
Gharqad the tree of the Jews
Question: What is the Gharqad (a kind of thorny tree) tree? Answer: This kind of tree is well known in Madinah. The Prophet ﷺ informed...
Ruling on lazy performing prayers
Question: Some of the young men - may Allah guide them - are lazy about performing the prayer during Ramadhan and other times. However, they...
Islamic ruling on frozen chickens
Question: What is the ruling on meats imported from abroad and also frozen chicken about whose slaughter we do not know anything, since some of...
Ruling on fasting without praying
Question: I have witnessed some of the Muslim youth fasting, but they do not pray. Is the fast of the person who fasts but does...
The ruling on divorcing a pregnant wife
Question: Is it permissible to divorce a pregnant wife or not? Answer: There is no objection in divorcing a pregnant woman; the Prophet ﷺ said...
Ruling on wearing black garment in mourning for the dead
Question: Is it permissible to wear a black garment for (mourning) the dead, in particular a deceased husband? Answer: Wearing black at the time of...
The Ruling on Violating Traffic Rules
Question: What is the Islamic ruling regarding someone who disregards traffic rules, someone, for example, who passes through a red light? Answer: Because of the...
The ruling on shaking with both hands
Question: Is it permissible to shake using both hands? Answer: For a Muslim male to shake his brother’s hand is permissible due to what has...
Ruling on playing poker
Question: Some people don’t just play poker, but they become engrossed in it. The time for prayer comes and passes yet they neither listen to...
Ruling on Kidney Transplants
Question: A friend of mine donated her kidney to her brother, who was suffering from kidney failure. She was told, however, that what she was...
The ruling on one who thinks that 'right is wrong and vice versa'
Question: What is your opinion about people whose judgements have become perverse: they deem evil to be good, and good to be evil ? Answer:...
Is it permissible to translate the Quran?
Question: Is it permissible to translate the Qur’an, for example, into English, French, or Hebrew? Answer: To translate the Qur’an into another language is an...
Concerning al-Dirar Mosque (the mosque built by the hypocrites)
Question: What does this verse mean and what building is it referring to? Answer: Allah Ta’ala says: “The building which they built will never cease...
Ruling on buying from the Jews who are in a state of war against the Muslims
Questioner: Since there is war between us and the Jews is it permissible to buy from the Jews and to have economic dealings with them...
Muslims can not achieve glory or overcome their enemies unless they obey Allah and His Messenger
Question: How can glory and might be to Muslims when they are so weak in a corrupted world that Christians and Jews predominate? Answer: Muslims...
Ruling on voting and candidacy
Question: Is it permissible to vote or nominate for elections, given the fact that our country is not ruled by the law revealed by Allah?...
What is meant by Al-Siyasah Al-Shar'iyyah?
Question: What is meant by Al-Siyasah Al-Shar’iyyah? Answer: Al-Siyasah Al-Shar’iyyah is policy that is based on the Qur’an and Sunnah, by the ruler administering justice...