Question: What is the ruling on writing with the left hand? Answer: “if a person is need of that or his hand is accustomed to that, then there is no harm. If he is capable of writing with this right hand, then it is not allowed for him to use the left with the ability to use the right” [Sharh…
Month: January 2015
The Ruling on Beef Gelatin – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: I bought some sweets from the market, which are made in America. And I found Beef Gelatin in them. Is it allowed to eat these sweets”? Answer: “There is no preventive preventing this because the slaughter of the Jews and Christians is permissible for us”. [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 64 ] Translated By Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
Th Ruling on Reciting the Remembrances During Work ? – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Does the reward decrease if a woman prays and completes the supplications which are recited after prayer and she is working in the house because of her circumstances? She does not have a servant and her children are playing and prevent her from completing it in her prayer place. May Allah reward you with good. Answer: “There is no harm for…
The Ruling on Praying Duha During Work Time – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Is it allowed for me to pray the Sunnah of Duha in the time I am working, knowing that it will not lead to missing work or delaying it? Answer: “Duha prayer is a Sunnah and it has virtue. If he is an employee and praying it will not effect his assigned work, then there is no harm in praying it.…
The Ruling on Ethyl Alcohol – Shaikh Al-Albani
Question: My Shaikh, there are two types of alcohol as the specialists say: Methyl Alcohol and Ethyl Alcohol. One of them is an intoxicant and the other is a poison. Is a little amount of poison that can kill considered unlawful? Answer: “if the affair is as you reported with an authentic chain, then they are not the same because…
The Ruling on Acupuncture – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: What is the ruling on acupuncture? Answer: “The origin of medical treatment is permissibility, except what has shirk in it or impurity or unlawful material. So those [materials] are not used as treatment. Yes”. [https://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/1960 ] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Protesting Against the Insults of the Prophet (ﷺ) – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: May Allah be good to you, the insults against the Prophet (ﷺ) have repeated in recent time in different forms from films, newspapers, and others. The question is what is the legislated stance on these insults? And a follow-up question: what is the ruling on expressing anger with these insults to the Prophet (ﷺ) by protesting? Answer: “Oh my…
The Ruling on Planting Roses in the House – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on planting roses because of their good scent, appearance in the house, and beauty? Answer: “There is no harm for a person to plant trees in his house or place good scents whatever pleases his heart and satisfies his soul. For verily this is from the blessings of Allah upon his servants” [Fataawa Noor ‘ala…
The Ruling on Fictional Stories – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Some of the writers author meaningful stories that are written in a captivating way and have an influence on the souls of the readers. However, these stories are fictional. So what is the ruling on that? Answer: “There is no harm in that if it remedies religious problems or moral problems or societal problems. This is because there is no harm…
The Ruling on Teachers Speaking About Students Behind Their Backs – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: “We are a group of female teachers. When we sit in the teachers office, we say: so and so was weak and so and so from the students was good today. Is this considered backbiting? Answer: “This is not considered backbiting because the intent of that is not to insult the students; however, the intent is to clarify the…