Question: In our land, pants are the official clothing which the disbelievers wear. Is it allowed for me to wear this with the ruling of work? Answer: “If the clothing of your land is this clothing and it is necessary for you to wear it, then make it spacious and do not make it like the form which they wear,…
Month: April 2016
The Ruling on Praying in Tight Pants That Expose the Awrah – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh! Many congregants who wear pants [during the prayer], while in the position of prostration or bowing their awrah uncovers from above and they do not know that. So what is the ruling on that? Answer: “There is no doubt that by wearing pants something will be missed in the prayer. First: complete tranquility while sitting [will be missing]. So…
The Ruling on Straightening the Beard if One Side is Longer Than the Other – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: If one side of a person’s beard is longer than the other, is it allowed for him to straighten it if its form distorts the face? Answer: “What is apparent, and Allah knows best, is that a person does not do this. A person does not do anything [to change it]. Allah created the creation [i.e. this person in…
The Ruling On Wearing Washroom Slippers that Are Unisex – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: There are shoes made of wood that are used for the washrooms. They are used by both men and women. So what is the ruling? Answer: “There is no harm in this because it is not specific for men nor specific for women. They are what is used to enter the washroom”. [Sharh Sunna Abi Dawood no. 460] Translated…
The Ruling on Joining an Islamic University and One’s Parents are Not Pleased – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Some students leave studying medicine and engineering and other than it from the colleges and join the Islamic university. Their families are not pleased with that. So is that considered disobedience? What is your advice? Answer: “This is not disobedience because if a person goes to seek knowledge, learn the truth, act upon it, and call towards it, then…
The Ruling on Praying Tahajjud and Taraweeh on the Last Ten Nights of Ramadan – Shaikh al-Albani
Questioner: What happens nowadays, oh Shaikh, in Ramadan in the last ten nights of shortening the prayer. The Qiyam prayer in the first part of the night and a Qiyaam in the last part of the night. This has become a continuous order/system? Shaikh: Innovaion Questioner: Alright, how should it be? That is if we wanted to establish the Sunnah and…
The Ruling on Making Wudu While Wearing a Bandage – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: A man makes wudu and prayed. Then it became clear to him afterwards that before he made wudu, he had wrapped a small piece of plastic (a bandage) around his finger which had a wound that afflicted him. So what is the ruling on his wudu and his prayer in this situation? Answer: “If it is upon a limb that…
The Ruling on Distributing Sweets to the Children on Friday- Shaikh Ahmad an-Najmi
Question: The questioner from Britain says: what is the ruling on disturbing sweets to the children on Jummah (Friday) to make them aware that it is the Eid of the Muslims, especially if they are in a European country? Answer: “It is an innovation. Make them aware that the Muslims on this day pray Jummah and it is our day. Do not make them…
The Ruling on Working in a Store that Sells Merchandise that Has Pictures – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: A man works in a store and items that have pictures are sold in this store. So what is upon this worker [i.e. what should he do]? Answer: “Theses pictures are from what the people have been afflicted with and some canned goods have pictures. So the likes of this are from what the affliction has overcome. So there is…
The Ruling on Accepting a Wage For Poetry
The Scholars differed on whether it is permissible to accept a wage for poetry. It is stated in Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah: “Some of the Jurists have taken the opinion that earning from poetry is from the filthy wages and the unlawful [earning]” [26/121] Imam al-Qurtubi rahimahullah said: “Also In the Saheeh on the authority of Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allah be…