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Is there a hadith that supports Salat Ul-Tasaabeeh? If so, what is the reference? | Praise be to Allah.There are ahaadeeth concerning Salaat
al-Tasaabeeh which are attributed to the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and which were classed
as hasan by some of the scholars, but may scholars said that they are
da’eef (weak) and tha... |
If I change my dress, do I break my wudu? Is there any difference in this rule between a woman and a man? | Praise be to Allah.Does changing clothes break wudu?
Changing clothes does not break one’s wudu if the person is in a state of purity and does not do any of the things that break wudu. Men and women are the same in this regard.
What breaks wudu
The things that break wudu are:
Any discharge from the front or back pas... |
In your numerous pages of disallowed matters you state that cupping is forbidden on certain days and allowed on others. I am not muslin but I am studying this religion and wanted to know exactly what cupping is. | Praise be to Allah.The rulings of Islam were revealed from Allaah, and Allaah has decreed that this religion is the final religion, and that our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the last of the Prophets. Allaah sent him to all of mankind and made the Qur’aan His miraculous Book until the ... |
I would like to know what is my relationship to my brother-in-laws (wife's brother) wife. She calls me brother and I treat her like my sister. Is this allowed in Islam. Please advice. | Praise be to Allah.It is not permissible for you to treat your wife’s brother’s wife as your sister, because she is not one of your mahrams. So it is not permissible for her to appear before you without proper hijab, and it is not permissible for you to be alone with her, or to shake hands with her, or to look at her, ... |
i have a retail bussiness,,which during there holiday i carry there goods,,like christmas decoration,,mothers day,,easter,, holloween,,ect,,is this harram,, i use to own a supermarket once i sold it and i didnt want to get in to that again cause sold beer and pork..
also brother i hope you dont mind mentioning some ... | Praise be to Allah.You have done well not to sell things that Allaah has forbidden such as beer and pork. We ask Allaah to bless you with a halaal provision and to compensate you with good.
With regard to the things you asked about, the details are as follows:
1 – It is not permissible for a Muslim to take part in th... |
The Qur'an (4:11)allocates women half a man's share in inheritance. I presume that the rule that prescribes that women should inherit half a man's share is based on the injunction in the Qur’an(4:34)that men should maintain women. My question is this: what happens if the woman (and not the man) in the ... | Praise be to Allah.and blessings and peace be
upon the Messenger of Allaah.
The female takes half the
share of a male in inheritance regardless of whether she works and spends on
the household or not, because this is the ruling of Allaah. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah comman... |
Is stealing from the kuffar haram if you live in a kaafir country? The person I'm thinking of is certainly not starving or in need of the things that he steals. It is also rather safe to live as a muslim in this country and the oppression is not grave. | Praise be to Allah.No one is unaware of the fact that stealing is a major sin, for which Allaah has enjoined the punishment of having the hand cut off. Sharee’ah makes no distinction between the wealth of a male and the wealth of a female, or between the wealth of a minor and the wealth of an adult, or between the weal... |
Some people plant things such as Indian fig trees (Opuntia ficus-indica) on graves, based on the claim that the Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) put that on the graves of two of his companions. What is the ruling on that?. | Praise be to Allah.It is not permissible to plant trees on graves, whether they are Indian fig trees or any other kind, or to sow barley or wheat or anything else on them, because the Messenger did not do that to graves, and neither did the Rightly Guided Caliphs who succeeded him (may Allah be pleased with them).
Wit... |
Is it haram for someones wife to read quran next to her husband? | Praise be to Allah.It is permissible for a wife to read Qur’aan next to her husband and vice versa. What is haraam is to read Qur’aan when in a state of janaabah (impurity following sexual activity).
See Question no. 10672.
And Allaah knows best. |
There is a person who prays with the congregation in the mosque, but he always prays on his own despite the fact that there are empty spaces in the rows where he could pray. What is the ruling on his prayer, noting that he always does that?. | Praise be to Allah.Praying in congregation is one of the greatest outward symbols of our faith. We have already stated that the most correct view, based on the evidence, is that it is obligatory. See question no. 120
With regard to the prayer of one who prays alone behind the last row, if there is space for him in the... |
I have a member of my family who believes in reincarnation which is a view I strongly oppose. What is the Muslim explanation behind this, as I wish to correct them (they have fallen from the faith and this may help)? | Praise be to Allah.What is reincarnation?
What is meant by reincarnation or the transmigration of souls is that when the body dies, the soul moves to another body, where it will be happy or miserable as a result of its previous actions, and thus it moves from one body to another.
Ruling on reincarnation
This is one o... |
One of the Sunnahs of the fitrah is to remove the armpit hair and pubic hair. Can a woman remove hair from the arms and legs, knowing that this is difficult for the woman? If the husband asks his wife to do that and she refuses because of the pain it causes her and because it takes too much time, what i... | Praise be to Allah.
Firstly: the hair on the arms and legs is something about
which sharee’ah does not say anything. If sharee’ah does not say anything
about a matter, it is allowable. It does not come under the same heading as
the hair which we are commanded or recommended to remove, and it does not... |
I am a muslim that converted about three years ago. I am still learning and I have a question. I have been told that if I had sex after I converted I would not be able to islamically get married under the ways of islam. I wanted to know if this is true and if it is, is there any way to correct the deed ... | Praise be to Allah.The
one who has committed zina (fornication or adultery) has to repent,
because zina is one of the major sins which are forbidden in Islam and
for which a stern warning is issued to the one who does them. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And ... |
Ech time i make wudoo ,i keep getting this uncomfortable feeling in my vagina and anus.I dont exactly pass wind , but nevertheless , i feel some sort of wind inside the private parts , which do not leave the private parts.Because of this ,should i keep repeating my wodoo.It is very difficult for me , as i continually g... | Praise be to Allah.A person should not stop praying unless he is certain that something has come out of him, He should not pay attention to these whispers because they come from the Shaytaan. Hence al-Bukhaari (may Allah have mercy on him) gave one chapter (of his Saheeh) the title, “One should not do wudoo’ based on d... |
When entering the masjid while the adhan is being called should I wait to perform the 2 rakahs sunnah salat for entering the mosque until the end of the adhan or perform it while the adhan is being called? | Praise be to Allah.“It is preferable for him to repeat after the muezzin, then make du’aa’ after that as narrated (in the Sunnah), then pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid (two rak’ahs to “greet the mosque”). But some of the scholars made an exception in the case of one who enters the mosque when the muezzin is calling the second ... |
Does putting a bunch of flowers on the grave of the “unknown soldier” come under the same ruling as the actions of those who venerate their “saints (awliya’) and righteous people until they are worshipped? | Praise be to Allah.
This action is an innovation (bid’ah) and exaggeration about
the dead. It is similar to the actions of those who venerated the righteous
and made symbols (of the dead). There is the fear that this may, with the
passage of time, lead to building domes over their graves, seeking ble... |
My sister was born brain damaged meaning that even though she had a physical appearance of a 16 years old, She had the mental age of a 4 year old, She was unable to write nor read.
My sister died about a month ago, and i was wondering whether she would go to Heaven or Hell? | Praise be to Allah.and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.
We ask Allaah to have mercy on her, and to join you with her in the Gardens of Delight (Paradise).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Every child is born in state of fitrah (the natural disposition of man), then hi... |
When a new mosque is built and they want to start praying in it, they invite people from the neighbouring countries and they gather for what they call the opening of the mosque. What is the ruling on their doing this? Does the hadeeth “Do not travel to visit any mosque except three…” indicate that this ... | Praise be to Allah.
Mosques are opened by praying in them and maintaining them
with the remembrance of Allaah (dhikr), reading Qur’aan, glorifying and
praising Allaah, declaring His Oneness, teaching knowledge of sharee’ah, and
other things that will show respect to the place. Allaah says
(inter... |
I have not got married yet. I know that it is not permissible for the husband to have intercourse with his wife in her back passage, but I do not want to hide from you the fact that my desires always overwhelm me. I try to repent and do what is right, but sometimes I go back to sin. I am afraid that if I get married I ... | Praise be to Allah.It is emphatically forbidden to have intercourse with one's wife in her back passage, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever has intercourse with a menstruating woman or with a woman in her back passage, or goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, has... |
What is the meaning of Allaah’s words in the hadeeth qudsi, “When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks”? | Praise be to Allah.
If the Muslim does the obligatory acts that Allaah has
enjoined upon him, then he strives to draw closer to Allaah by doing naafil
(supererogatory) acts of worship and persists in that as much as he can,
then Allaah will love him and will help him in all that he does or does not
... |
i am trying to figure out what i owe in zakat. i converted to islam, however, my father is a kaffir and he opened a bank account to save money for me in. the money in the account is his and he may or may not give it to me in the future. do i have to pay zakat on this money? i cannot access the accou... | Praise be to Allah.The
obligation of zakaah is subject to several conditions:
Freedom:
zakaah is not obligatory upon a slave, because he has no property or
wealth. Whatever he owns is the property of his master, so the zakaah
is obligatory upon his master.
Islam:
... |
In the Quran in 2:87, an excerpt: ...We gave Jesus the son of Mary clear (signs) and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. What is the Holy Spirit? | Praise be to Allah.Who is the ‘Holy Spirit’ in the Quran?
The “Holy Spirit” (Ruh al-Qudus) is Jibril (peace be upon him). Shaykh al-Shanqiti said: “The words of Allah (interpretation of the meaning), ‘and [We] supported him with Ruh al-Qudus’ [al-Baqarah 2:87] refer to Jibril according to the most sound view. This is i... |
Will there be animals in Al-Jannat?. | Praise be to Allah.The animals that will be in Paradise according to the reports are of three types:
1 – Specific animals which it is said will themselves be in Paradise, such as the
dog of the people of the Cave and the she-camel of Saalih (peace be upon him). There are no saheeh reports concerning them.
2 – Th... |
I am inviting someone to islam, i chat to him through the internet.. he lives in brazil and he is 18 years old..i already told him some stuff about islam.. but it appears that he is so religious, and it appears that he doesn't want to change to islam that easily.. he is christian(prostant),, can u plz t... | Praise be to Allah.Before
replying to this question, I would like to say how impressed I am with my
brother’s concern to call people to Allaah, using the developments in
computer science to further the mission of the Prophets and Messengers
(peace be upon them). May Allaah reward him with the best r... |
Is it haram to keep Pet fish? and also I heard somewhere that the dog was created from the dirt taken from the area of the belly button where Satan spat on Adam (AS)? | Praise be to Allah.There is nothing wrong with keeping animals for which there is no Islamic prohibition on keeping them (such as dogs and pigs). There are reports in the Sunnah which indicate that some of the Sahaabah kept permissible animals for farming purposes or for fun and for pleasure.
It was narrated from Anas... |
I had a disagreement with someone about the representation of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in movies and plays, as happens a great deal nowadays. He said that this serves an interest, calling people to Islam and spreading noble Islamic morals and attitudes. What is your opini... | Praise be to Allah.The Sahaabah have a high status in Islam, because they were the contemporaries of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); they fulfilled the duty of supporting him and being loyal to him, and they strove for the sake of Allah with their efforts, their wealth and their selve... |
The believer will face his reckoning on the Day of Resurrection, whether his deeds are good or bad. But how will the reckoning of the kaafir be, when he is not required to observe the same duties as the believer? | Praise be to Allah.
This question is based on a misconception, for the same
requirements are demanded of the kaafir as of the believer, but he is not
obliged to do them in this world. The indication that he is subject to the
same requirements is to be found in the aayah (interpretation of the
me... |
I live in a non-Muslim country and find some difficulty when the time of prayer comes while I am outside home as there are not always nearby mosques everywhere you go. A lot of sisters (including myself) have no solution but to pray in the fitting rooms of the shops, or sometimes in the nursing rooms where mums change ... | Praise be to Allah.It was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that it is haraam to pray in certain places, including bathrooms. It is not permissible to pray in them. It was narrated in a saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: “All the ea... |
What is the ruling on shaking hands with a non-mahram woman if she is old? And what is the ruling if she puts a barrier over her hand, such as part of her garment etc?. | Praise be to Allah.It is not permissible to shake hands with
non-mahram women at all, whether they are young or old, and whether the man who is shaking hands is young or old, because of the danger of fitnah
which that poses to both parties. It was narrated in a saheeh hadeeth that the Messenger of Allaah (pe... |
Can a husband refuse to disclose his earnings and bank details to his wife ?. | Praise be to Allah.A man is not obliged to tell his wife what he
has in the bank, just as she is not obliged to tell him what she owns of her own personal wealth.
But the loving relationship that should exist
between husband and wife implies that they should be easy-going in this matter, and that each should... |
I got married recently. I be with my wife in bed (I mean intimately). The bed spreads might contain some sexual fluids. My question is should we change it everytime that happens. We do change it now. But the problem is we are in a joint family (living with parents & brother) and its kind of awkward to k... | Praise be to Allah.
If the fluid which is emitted is as a result of foreplay and
what gets on the bedclothes is maniy (sperm) that is not mixed with any
other secretions, then you do not have to wash the bedclothes because maniy
is taahir (pure) according to the correct scholarly opinion.
But i... |
Could you please back this up with the hadith to make things clearer and also please try to give full reference of the hadith to everything you state ?
(But with regard to the prayer (women praying the funeral prayer), there is nothing wrong with that. Women may join the funeral prayer. The prohibition applies only to ... | Praise be to Allah.Can women offer funeral prayer?
Praying the janazah (funeral) prayer is prescribed for both men and women . The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever attends the janazah until he offers the prayer will have one qirat (of reward), and whoever attends until (the deceased) is... |
Is it proven that the believers will see their Lord in the Hereafter? | Praise be to Allah.Proof for seeing Allah in Jannah from the Quran
The blessings which Allah bestows upon His slaves cannot be counted. Allah has singled out the believers for additional blessings in this world, as He has blessed them with Islam, and chosen them to be guided by the Quran, and He will bless them in Para... |
Do Paradise and Hell exist at present? Or have they not been created yet? | Praise be to Allah.The scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah are agreed that Paradise and Hell are two created things that exist at present. None of them doubt that because of the volume of evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah which indicates that.
From the Qur’aan:
Allah says (interpretation of the meanings):
“[P... |
Who moved the kab'ah to where it is now? | Praise be to Allah.The Ka’bah was not in one place and then
moved, rather it was built in the place where it is now, and it has not been moved from that time. The scholars differed as to who built the
Ka’bah. It was said that it was the angels, or Adam (peace be upon him), or Ibraaheem (peace be upon him) – t... |
I am married and my wife is in my homeland but I work in a western country in order to earn a living and educate my children. But I committed the sin of zina, and I regretted it and repented to Allaah. Is that sufficient or not? Or must the hadd punishment also be carried out?. | Praise be to Allah.
Undoubtedly zina is a major sin, and among the means that
lead to it are nakedness of women, mixing of men with non-mahram women, the
decline in morals and the corruptness of the environment in general. If you
committed zina because of being away from your wife and mixing with evi... |
I have read many articles on when duaa is accepted more (last third of nite, ramzan etc(
I find it very difficult to be patient for my duaa to be supplicated, I have been praying for 7 years for marriage with a suitable muslim partner, but there are no prospects since we live in a place where there no ... | Praise be to Allah.
and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.
We advise you to fear Allaah and to bear patiently the thing
with which you are being tested, and to have certain faith that with a
problem comes a way out and with difficulty comes ease.
It may be better for you to m... |
My Employer has provided us with a small prayer room at work. We have about 4 or 5 brothers who pretty much regularly pray Zhur and ‘Asr in this room. Is it permissible to make Friday prayers in this room? Considering that every alternate Friday is off for us and nobody makes a prayer in that room on such Fridays. | Praise be to Allah.If, in the city where you live, there is a mosque in which Jumu`ah prayers are held, then you must pray with them, and it is not permissible for you to introduce another Jumu`ah prayer . But if there is no Jumu`ah prayer in the city, then you must establish it and it is not permissible for you to pra... |
My 14-year-old sister has passed away recently. And I would like to know what her place well be now as she had suffered from so many illnesses?
Since birth she was born with a rear skin disease (fragile skin, breaking very easily and open wounds all over the body) that affected all her body parts (inte... | Praise be to Allah.
It is part of the belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah
that we cannot state definitively that any of the people of the Qiblah
(i.e., Muslims) will go to Paradise or to Hell, except for those concerning
whom Allaah or His Messenger have testified, because ... |
If a wife asks her husband for a khula and he accepts, how long is the waiting period?Is it irrevocable i.e can they ever re-marry? | Praise be to Allah.
If the woman who has been divorced by khula’ is pregnant then
her ‘iddah lasts until she gives birth, according to scholarly consensus.
Al-Mughni, 11/227.
But if she is not pregnant, the scholars differed concerning
her ‘iddah. Most of the scholars said that she should wait ... |
When I enter upon people and I want to greet them, do I start with the oldest or the youngest? | Praise be to Allah.This is an issue which some people do not understand. When
you meet someone or you enter upon someone and you want to greet them (by shaking
hands) or by offering tea or coffee, then you should start with the oldest,
because the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had a... |
I receive questions from different people and I didn't know how
to answer this one:
One young adult asked if masturbation was permissable. Not by doing it with hand but by stimulating oneself in different ways. Sheikh it is very embarrassing for me to ask you, i still can't figure out how that young ... | Praise be to Allah.
Masturbation is haraam, as is indicated by the Qur’aan and
Sunnah. See question no. 329.
Masturbation does not necessarily mean using the hands.
Whether it is done using the hand or not, or by touching the private part or
not, it is still haraam. The scholars have stated thi... |
Is it possible to make an audio cd from a quran software cd so i could possibly listen to it while travelling on a bus or for general listening on a cd player? | Praise be to Allah.
The Qur’aan is the word of Allaah which was revealed
to Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is mustahabb to read
it and recite it frequently. This is one of the means of raising one’s
status in Paradise, as it was... |
What is the reward of one who says Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer (there is no god but Allaah alone, with no partner or associate. His is the Dominion and to Him be praise, and He is able to do all things) one hundred times each day?. | Praise be to Allah.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever says Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer one hundred times in a day will have (a reward) equivalent to freeing ten slaves, one hundred hasanaat (good deeds) ... |
Could you give us some information about the angels? | Praise be to Allah.Allah created the angels from light. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The angels were created from light, the jinn were created from smokeless fire, and Adam was created from that which has been described to you.” [Muslim, 2996]
The angels are by nature obedient to Allah... |
If I want to take my son, who has not yet reached adolescence, with me to Hajj, should I dress him in ihraam clothes and do all the rituals on his behalf, such as doing tawaaf on his behalf, etc., or should I dress him in regular clothes and not do anything on his behalf since he is little and does not have to do Hajj? | Praise be to Allah.If a child has reached the age of discernment but has not yet reached adolescence and his father or guardian wants to take him for Hajj, he should tell him to put on ihraam garments and the child should do all the rituals of Hajj for himself, starting with entering ihraam from the meeqaat, until the ... |
Is it obligatory to change one's name if its meaning is not good?. | Praise be to Allah.Names have meanings, as the saying goes, and every person is influenced by the meaning of his name. So a person should be given a suitable name that has a good meaning, so that he will be influenced by his name.
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Because names have meanings, it is wise that there should be a prop... |
Some people who gather together to receive charity that is to be shared out among them put their hands on it, and one of them makes du’aa’ for the donor, and the others say “Ameen” in loud voices. Is this action correct?. | Praise be to Allah.This way of making du’aa’ is not appropriate, because it is bid’ah. Making du’aa’ for the
donor without putting one’s hands on the wealth given in charity and without raising voices in unison in the manner described is something that is
prescribed in sharee’ah, because the Prophet (peace a... |
When should circumcision be done? At adolescence or when the child is small?. | Praise be to Allah.It is better for circumcision to be done when
the child is small, because that is kinder to the child, and so that the child may grow up in a perfect form.
Al-Nawawi said:
It is mustahabb for the child’s guardian to
have him circumcised when he is small, because that is kinder to him.
Al... |
Does changing one's name change the divine decree?. | Praise be to Allah.Changing one’s name does not change the divine decree, but it may have an effect on the person and his life.
Al-Bukhaari (6190) narrated from Ibn al-Musayyab that his father came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said, “What is your name?” He said, “Hazn (meaning roug... |
What is the meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the hadeeth, “maa’ilaat mumeelaat”?. | Praise be to Allah.This is a saheeh hadeeth which was narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who said: “There are two types of the people of
Hell whom I have not seen: men in whose hands are whips like the tails of cattle, with which they beat the people, and... |
Is it permissible for a man to urinate standing up, knowing that nothing will get on his body or clothes?. | Praise be to Allah.There is nothing wrong with urinating standing up, especially when there is a need to do so, if
the place is covered and no one will see the ‘awrah of the one who is urinating and no drops of urine will get on him, because it was narrated
from Hudhayfah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that... |
What are the rights of brothers, sisters and parents on the man at the time . | Praise be to Allah.Brothers and sisters are among the relatives with whom Islam commands us to uphold ties.
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah says: ‘I am al-Rahmaan (the Most Merciful) and this rahm (tie of kinship) has a name that is derived from My name. Whoever uphold... |
A questioner says that people talk a great deal and have different opinions about where the grave of al-Husayn is located. Can the Muslims benefit from knowing exactly where it is?. | Praise be to Allah.In fact people differed concerning that. It
was said that he is buried in Syria, or in Iraq, and Allaah knows best what is true. With regard to his head, they also differed concerning that;
it was said that it is buried in Syria, or in Iraq, or in Egypt. The correct view is that the site in... |
After the sun set on the day of ‘Arafah, my friend and I set out, each driving a car carrying women and a few men and children, to go from ‘Arafah to Muzdalifah with the other pilgrims. After a portion of the night had passed, but before midnight, we reached Muzdalifah, but they would not let us in to t... | Praise be to Allah.
If the matter is as you described, then neither of you has to
offer a sacrifice for not staying overnight in Muzdalifah, and neither do
the pilgrims who were with you, because you tried your hardest to stay there
overnight but you were not able to do so. Allaah says (interpretatio... |
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