Fatwas
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Hajj by a Mushrik
A Mushrik (one who associates others with Allah) performed Hajj and a long time after their return from...
Ruling on Changing Names after Hajj
What is the ruling on a person changing their name like most of the Indonesian pilgrims do? Indonesians...
Act of Jahiliyyah in Muharram
During the month of Muharram, women go to the house of a newly married woman and bring water...
Ruling on Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Some people celebrate the fourteenth day of February of each Christian year as the Day of Love (Valentine’s...
The ruling on supplications accompanied by music
What is the ruling on supplications accompanied by music? Answer: This is not permissible, for music in...
Ruling on listening to songs
What is the ruling on listening to singing? Answer: Listening to songs is haram, for Allah (Exalted...
Ruling on hearing songs or music without intending
What is the ruling on hearing songs on the telephone that you have no choice but to listen...
Biography of Shaykh As-Sa'di
His lineage He is the great scholar, the pious person, the Zahid (one who abstained from the unnecessary things...
What is the kind of bell that is forbidden?
What is the kind of bell that is forbidden? Please note that there are electric bells that make sounds...
Tafsir Surat Al-Tawbah 23-24
Allah Ta’ala says: “O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they...
Tafsir Surat Al-Ankabut Ayat 8
“And We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents; but if they strive to make...
Ruling on reciting Al-Fatihah for the deceased when visiting his grave
Is it permissible to read Al-Fatihah or anything from the Qur’an for the deceased when visiting his grave, and...
What is the origin of the forty-day anniversary?
What is the origin of the forty-day anniversary? Answer: The origin of this is a Pharaonic custom which was...
It is not permissible to give the daughters of Sunni families in marriage to the sons of Shi’is or Communists
Allah decreed that a Kurdish man who claims to be a Sunni and is outwardly righteous should propose...
Rapprochement Between The Shi'ah And The Sunnis Is Not Possible
Rapprochement between the Rafidah and the Sunnis is not possible, because their beliefs are different. The belief of Ahl Al-Sunnah...
Ruling on a Muslim Marrying a Shi’i
We come from a tribe that lives on the northern borders [of Saudi Arabia], and we mix with tribes...
Marriage is Half Your Religion
The Sunnah indicates that it is prescribed to get married, and that it is one of the Sunnahs of the...
Ruling On Burying Non-Sunnis With Sunnis In The Same Graveyard
What is the ruling on burying Non-Sunnis with Sunnis (Ahlus-Sunnah) in the same graveyard? Answer: If the innovator is...
Ruling On Reciting Al-Fatihah At The Time Of A Man's Proposal To A Woman
Is reciting Al-Fatihah at the time when a man gets engaged to a woman an innovation (bid‘ah)? Answer: Reciting...