Status of the Sufi orders in Islam
Question: I am forwarding to you this message that was sent to me by a woman who says her husband, Mohamed Al-Faytury Hamudah, follows a...
The pledge taken from a Sufi Shaykh
Question: What is the ruling of Islam on the pledge that we make to the shaykh of a Tariqah (Sufi order)? Will we be considered...
Origin and the creeds of Sufism
Question: I ask your eminence to reply to us in short about Sufism and Sufis; what is Sufism, their ‘Aqidah (creed) and what is the...
Misguidance of all Sufis
Question: I read in a book entitled “Hadhihi Al-Sufiyyah (This is Sufism)” that Sufism is a deviant Islamic sect that departs from Islamic ‘Aqidah (creed)...
Ruling on kissing the hands and feet of the Sufi Shaykh
Question: Some followers of a certain Tariqah (Sufi order) kiss the hands and feet of their shaykh and put their foreheads against the shaykh’s hands...
The followers of Sufism stance on their shaykhs
Question: Some ignorant Sufis follow their Shaykhs in their error and immorality. The Sufi before his Shaykh is like a dead person before his washer...
Ruling on Prophet's songs
Question: Many Muslims celebrate the Prophethood of our Messenger (peace be upon him) with musical songs just as the Jews and Christians do i.e. they...
Ruling on setting up tents beside the graves
Question: What is your opinion - may your favor continue - on setting up tents beside the graves, where Qur’an reciters keep reciting the Qur’an...
Ruling on placing Henna in the Grave with the Deceased
Question: Is placing henna in the grave with the deceased part of the Islamic ceremony? If yes, what are its benefits? Answer: The Sunnah (whatever...
Ruling on placing book in the grave
Question: We have a strange practice and would like to know the religious ruling on it. Some people place a book they call ‘Al-Dawshan’ or...
Claiming to have dream of deceased who command him to build a shrine for the deceased
Question: Nowadays, there are a group of people who transfer the deceased months or years after burying them claiming that this deceased person came to...
Ruling on hanging photos of the deceased at home
Question: Is it Haram (prohibited) to hang a photo in the home of one that died? Is it Haram to collect and keep photos of...
The beggar sufis sect
Question: An inquirer from Syria says: We have some people who claim that they are the children of Shaykh ‘Isa or of other shaykh known...
Sufi orders, litanies, and Adhkar
Question: What is the ruling on the Sufi orders and the litanies they recite before the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer and after the Maghrib (Sunset) Prayer?...
What is the ruling of Islam on the Sufi orders that exist today
Question: What is the ruling of Islam on the Sufi orders that exist today? Answer: Working according to Bid’ahs (innovations in religion) prevails in most...
Sufism and their false ancriptions
Question: The Problem of Sufism: What does it mean and what is the attitude of Islam toward it? I mean Al-Tijaniyyah and Al-Qadiriyyah (a deviant...
Were There Humans Before Adam?
Question: The listener (M. M. Y.) from the Yemen Arab Republic, Al Hudaydah Governorate, sent a message asking: “I heard from some people that there...
When does passing wind become an annulment of Wudu'?
Question: When does passing wind become an annulment of Wudu’ (ablution)? Is it by hearing a sound, detecting a smell, and feeling something, or only...
Performing Wudu' (ablution) in case of certainty that some impurity was discharged
Question: After finishing Wudu’ (ablution), I feel that something is coming out of me, like urine. So I go once again to perform Wudu’ and...
Touching or shaking hands with woman
Question : Is Wudu’ (ablution) nullified by touching or shaking hands with a non-Mahram woman (neither a spouse nor a permanently unmarriageable woman), an act...