The Shari'ah's stance regarding searching for Scholars faults
Question: What is the Shari’ah’s stance regarding searching for scholars’ faults on the pretext of warning others against their errors and paying their attention to...
Ruling on writing fiction
Question: Is it permissible for a person to write fiction stories, which are all lies, for children to read and learn from? Answer: It is...
The ruling on Al-Ikhwan-ul-Muslimun (the Muslim Brotherhood) group
Question: What is the ruling on Al-Ikhwan-ul-Muslimun (the Muslim Brotherhood) group? Are they adherents of Bid’ah (innovation in religion) or are they too lenient? What...
Tawassul through the entities, honor, or right of creatures
Question: Beseeching Allah (Tawassul) by virtue of one of His creatures. This is a confusing issue for the Ummah (nation), but most of the scholars...
Rule on tawassul through the Qur'an and certain days
Question: Can a person make Tawassul (beseech Allah in the name of or by) through the Qur’an and Islamic holy days, such as saying, “O...
Rule on tawassul through the blessing of the Qur'an or some creatures
Question: What is the ruling on a person who speaks words like, “In the name of or by the blessing of the Prophet, the shaykh,...
Rule on rawassul through the Messenger and Awliya
Question: A dispute arose between a person and me. This person has memorized the Qur’an and has already performed Hajj to the Sacred House of...
Tawassul through creatures
Question: One Friday, the Imam of a Masjid (mosque) who belongs to a Sufi order delivered the Khutbah (sermon), saying: “We should not say that...
Seeking the help of the dead or the absent is major Shirk
Question: Is seeking help from someone who is absent or dead considered an act of major Kufr (disbelief)? Answer: Yes, seeking help from someone who...
Ruling on reading Bible
Question: What is the ruling on reading the Bible? Answer: The Divine Books revealed before the Qur’an now include many distortions, alterations, and omissions, as...
Rule on invoking the Prophet’s honor or parents pleasure upon rising from one's seat
Question: Some common people, upon rising from their seat, would prop themselves up on their hands and invoke, “Ya Jaah Al-Naby” or “Ya Jaah Al-Rasoul”...
Ruling on believing in Awliya’ as a means of healing from illnesses and holding annual Mawlids for them
Question: What are the rulings on the following: Using the Awliya’ (pious people) as a means of healing from illnesses, visiting graves, vowing to make...
The Gospel of today is not the same that Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) sent down
Question: Can we believe in what we hear from the Christians from what is mentioned in their Injil (Gospel)? Answer: The Injil (Gospel) of today...
Ruling on supplicating to the Awliya to ward off evil and pretending to know the Ghayb
Question: There is a righteous person or so we call him who lives at my residence. He is still alive and people honor him greatly....
Ruling on ascribing a person to Judaism or Christianity
Question: What makes a person a Jew or Christian, is it by performing their deeds or studying their knowledge? Answer: A person becomes a Jew...
Ruling on reading a book that includes Tawassul through the Prophet and asking for his intercession
Question: What is the ruling on reading the book entitled “Dala’il Al-Khayrat” by Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman Al-Jazuly which contains daily Awrad (oft-recited invocations) that...
Manufacturing crosses is not permissible
Question: What do you think about crosses printed on carpets in some Masjids (mosques)? A carpet spread in the Masjid may contain drawings of two...
Islam's attitude towards the People of the Book
Question: Allah (Exalted be He) says: “And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him” [Aal Imran: 85] Allah...
The Four Juristic Schools and their authenticity
Question: Are the Four Madhabs: Al-Hanbaliyyah, Al-Shafi’iyyah, Al-Malikiyyah, and Al-Hanafiyyah, true? When did they appear? Answer: These Four Madhabs are well-known schools which have spread...
Evidence on the invalidity of the Christian creed
Question: What is the evidence on the invalidity of the Christian ‘Aqidah (creed)? Answer: All religions, whether Christianity or any other, should not be followed...