Ruling on swearing by Allah and His Messenger

Is it permissible to swear by Allah and His Messenger? Answer: It is impermissible to do so,...

Ruling on slaughtering sheep for the deceased

Here in Ouargla, when someone dies, his family slaughters one of their sheep on the next day. What...

Ruling on three pieces of clay for the dead

When a person dies, some people in our village bring three pieces of clay. They make a sphere...

Ruling on Al-Uns Salah

What is the authenticity of Al-Uns Salah (prayer)? It is performed after Maghrib (Sunset Prayer) on the day...

Ruling on a wife of the deceased wears a white dress and does not take a bath

In Algeria when a man dies, his wife wears a white dress and does not take a bath...

Ruling on relatives of the deceased sitting beside the grave

What is the ruling on a relative of a dead person sitting beside the grave when people leave...

Ruling on Adhan after burying the dead in the grave

In Bangladesh, we call the Adhan after burying the dead in the grave. Scholars differed on this issue;...

Why are the Sufis interested in pronouncing the name of Allah rather than referring to His Attributes

Why are the Sufis interested in pronouncing the name of Allah rather than referring to His Attributes?...

What is Sufism

What is Sufism? Does it pose a danger to one’s Islam? What is the ruling on keeping company with...

The pledge of Sufis

I was under age when I went to one of the shaykhs of the Sufi sects. I said to...

Tablighi Jama'at and offering Salah in Masjids containing graves

M.’A. From America says: I traveled with Jama’at Tabligh to India and Pakistan. We used to gather and pray...

Sufis who beat themselves with skewers

I know some people who call themselves shaykhs but they stab themselves with skewers etc. And ascribe fictitious things...

Sufi superstitions

The mentioned Imam says that one day Safi Al-Din ibn Ahmad passed along a road in that city and...

Status of the Sufi orders in Islam

I am forwarding to you this message that was sent to me by a woman who says her...

The pledge taken from a Sufi Shaykh

What is the ruling of Islam on the pledge that we make to the shaykh of a Tariqah (Sufi...

Origin and the creeds of Sufism

I ask your eminence to reply to us in short about Sufism and Sufis; what is Sufism, their ‘Aqidah...

Misguidance of all Sufis

I read in a book entitled “Hadhihi Al-Sufiyyah (This is Sufism)” that Sufism is a deviant Islamic sect that...

Ruling on kissing the hands and feet of the Sufi Shaykh

Some followers of a certain Tariqah (Sufi order) kiss the hands and feet of their shaykh and put their...

The followers of Sufism stance on their shaykhs

Some ignorant Sufis follow their Shaykhs in their error and immorality. The Sufi before his Shaykh is like a...

Ruling on Prophet's songs

Many Muslims celebrate the Prophethood of our Messenger (peace be upon him) with musical songs just as the Jews...