Question: When is the morning and evening remembrances said? Answer: “The morning remembrances are said after Fajr and their time extends until the Shurooq. The evening remembrances are after the ‘Asr prayer and its time extends until the setting of the sun. Whoever forgets something of that, then let him make it up even after the exiting of the time…
Month: October 2015
The Ruling on Accepting Tips at Work – Shaikh Zayd al-Madkhali and Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh Zayd al-Madkhali rahimahullah was asked: Question: May Allah be good to you, the questioner from France said: I am responsible for my work. And when we do our work well and quickly, I am given a gift above [my salary] for work. However, the manager does not know that. Is there anything against me? Answer: “No, no it is not…
The Ruling on Riding on a Bus with Free-Mixing- Shaikh Zayd al-Madkhali
Question: We have with us in Morocco buses which have free-mixing between men and women, such that a man sits near a woman in the seating. And everyone crowds when exiting from the [bus]. Is riding on these buses allowed or not? Answer: “If the Muslim, especially the student of knowledge, is able to find a means other than this…
The Ruling on Playing With Money and Scattering It- Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: What is the ruling on playing with money and scattering it during celebrations? Sometimes, it is scattered on some people by way of bragging and boasting? Answer: “It is not allowed. The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited wasting money. It is obligatory to preserve the money, not to waste it and be extravagant, nor waste it in competitions and in other than that…
Fasting Ashura If It Falls on Saturday and the Ninth Falls on Friday- Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: In regards to the month of Muharram this year, the ninth will be on a Friday and the tenth on Saturday. Is it allowed to fast Friday and Saturday? Answer: “Yes, because he fasts a day with it. There is no harm” Question: If I fast Thursday, three days? Answer: “All of it is the same. Fast Thursday, Friday,…
The Ruling on Conducting Paternaity Tests – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it allowed to use the modern medical means to determine who the father of a child is? It determines that precisely and it is stronger than the issue of (القيافة) [the science of determining the lineage of a child by examining the body parts of a child]. Answer: “I do not know the correctness of this speech in…
The Ruling on Working as a Paramedic – Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts
Question: I am an Egyptian youth and I work as a paramedic or nurse. This is what I hope to ask about: the nature of my work forces me to look at women and deal with them sometimes and uncover them during first-aid or nursing and this is part of the question. The second part: I am from Alexandria and…
The Ruling on When the Walimah is Performed – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Does the Walimah have a timing that it be before entering [upon the wife] or after it? Does it have a time that ends? Answer: “It is allowed to have it before, during, or after”. [Sharh Tirmidhi no.129] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
[Benefit] How to Congratulate the One who Get’s Married – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen and Shaikh Yahya al-Hajoori
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا رَفَّأَ الإِنْسَانَ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ قَالَ “ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Prophet (ﷺ) congratulated a man on his marriage, he said: May Allah bless for you, and may He bless on you, and combine both of you in good (works)…
The Ruling on International Teacher’s Day- Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is your opinion, your Eminence, on the remembrance of international teacher’s day and the likes of these days and weeks? Answer: “Remembrances which are connected to occasions and the likes have not come with evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (ﷺ). So the likes of that from the affairs is an innovation…