Ruling on following the funeral of grave-worshippers
Question: Allah (Exalted be He) says, “It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists,...
Ruling on carrying the wife of the deceased
Question: Some peple, if a man dies, a woman who has not menstruated carries his wife around his grave seven times to the right and...
The Moon Landing
Question: What is your opinion regarding those who claim to have landed on the moon which we, as Muslims, consider one of Allah’s signs? Answer:...
Words to be said at times of adversity
Question: I live with my parents, brothers, and sisters. We all love and respect each other, all praise be to Allah. I love my family...
Ruling on preparing food for the people who attend the funeral
Question: Is it permissible for the family of the deceased to cook food during the same day in which a person passes away to serve...
Patience During Hardship
Question: I do not feel submission or the sweetness of faith. This may happen at times of diversity and calamities. What is the solution to...
Enduring diseases
Question: What is the ruling on the illnesses that befall the sons of Adam (i.e. humans); are they punishments from Allah or tests for His...
Allah will punish the person whom He loves beforehand in this world
Question: How correct is the statement ‘Allah will punish the person whom He loves beforehand in this world’? Does (affliction with) disease belong to the...
Where is the grave of Al-Husayn?
Question: The Egyptians claim that the head of Al-Husayn is buried in Egypt, and the Iraqis have a Masjid (mosque) that they call Al-Mashhad Al-Husayni....
Ruling on bury a Mushaf or Qur'an in the grave of deceased
Question: Is it permissible to bury a Mushaf or the Qur’an in the grave of the deceased? What is the Islamic ruling on this? Answer:...
Ruling on gathering on the Prophet's Mawlid
Question: Is it permissible to gather on the 12th of Rabi‘ul-Awwal to commemorate the Mawlid (the Prophet’s birthday)? Answer: Celebrating the Mawlid is an act...
Ruling on going out to the market without husband permission
Question: What is the ruling on a woman going out to the market without her husband’s permission? Answer: If a woman wants to go out,...
Ruling on saying Allah and His Messenger know best
Question: What is the Islamic ruling in your opinion on saying these phrases: “Allah knows that…,” “Allah forbid!” “Allah’s Will,” and “Allah and His Messenger...
Ruling on applying the phrase Al-Marhum and Al-Maghfur Lahu to the deceased
Question: I often hear people say some words about which I would like to know the Islamic viewpoint. For example, when a person dies some...
Ruling on concluding letters and petitions with the phrase May you last forever
Question: What is the ruling on concluding letters and petitions with the phrase “May you last forever”? Answer: It is a reprehensible act, for immortality...
Ruling on attributing blessings to nature
Question: A bottled water company wrote a strange sentence on a roadside advertising billboard. It says: “There are still some gifts granted by nature in...
Every human is born in a state of natural disposition of monotheism, then his parents make him into a Jew or a Christian or a Magian
Question: Is the religion one is born into the true one? Answer: Every human is born in a state of fitrah (divinely endowed natural disposition...
Every bid'ah is a going astray
Question: Scholars hold different opinions concerning Bid‘ah (innovation in religion); some of them say that there is a good Bid‘ah and a bad one. Is...
Ruling on one who claims that he saw the Prophet ﷺ in a state of wakefulness
Question : What is the ruling on a man who claims that he saw, while in a state of wakefulness, the Prophet (peace be upon...
Ruling on reciting Surah Ya-Sin over the dead
Question: What is the ruling on reciting the Surah of Ya-Sin over the dead, with the intention of dedicating the reward to them? Is that...