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The Ruling on the Awrah Being Exposed in Prayer – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad and Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan

Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: Is the Hadith of Sahal ibn Sa’d mentioned recently evidence that the awrah being uncovered from below does not harm the one praying? Answer: “A person should cover his awrah to the best of his ability and if it uncovers unintended due to the restricted situation then it does not have an affect.…

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The Ruling on Girls Swimming in an All-Girls School – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad

Question: There are some specific schools for girls in our lands which have swimming pools and they are not exposed. Is it allowed for the female students to enter these pools? Answer: “Women swimming with women and they are covered with their clothes, there is no harm in this” [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 450] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul…

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The Ruling on Performing a Marriage Contract In the Church- The Permanent Committee

Question: Is it allowed to perform the marriage contract in a church? Is it allowed perform the marriage contract twice. Once according to the Islamic method and another according to the Christian method? That is in order to please both sides/parties. Answer: “It is not allowed to perform a marriage inside a church and the Islamic marriage contract is sufficient.…

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The Ruling on Having Oppositions and Evil in the Cell-phone – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan

Question: This questioner says: some of the youth have cellphones and they fill it with oppositions and evils like songs, musical instruments, and prohibited pictures. So what is your guidance for the likes of these people? May Allah bless you Answer: “If these people are older, then it is upon them to fear Allah and repent to Allah from this…

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The Refutation of the Statement: Material Cannot be Created Nor Destroyed – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan

Question: May Allah reward you, what is the refutation of the expression which is taught in schools: “that material does not perish nor is it created from nonexistence“, knowing that Allah is the Originator of the Heavens and Earth? Answer: “This is the speech of the naturalists. Those who say that [the world and its affairs] are natural [occurrences]. They do not…

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One Will Be Rewared For Studying Engineering and Medicine With a Good Intention – Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Rajihi

Question: What is the ruling on studying medicine and engineering? Will they be rewarded [for studying it] and will they have reward like the students of Legislated knowledge? Answer: “Yes, studying the knowledge of medicine, engineering, pharmacy has good in it. If the intention is good, he will be rewarded. He will be rewarded for this if he has the…

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The Ruling On Pictures That Look Like Shadows – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad

Question: Some pictures or illustrations are black like a shadow and they don’t have the characteristics of a clear picture. Is this allowed? Answer: “There is not in it a clear picture. It is only the shape of a head and other than it. It is like something that is obliterated. Like something that is wiped/obliterated” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 260]…

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