Question: Is equipping a house with what is necessary in terms of shelves, chairs, printers, desks and other things that are fixed in a house or [providing] a bus which female Qur’an students and teachers ride in, considered from sadaqatul- jaariyah? Answer: “Whatever a person donates to benefit the Muslims, whether the donated item is movable and its benefit is…
Month: March 2015
The Ruling on Using the Photocopier at Work For Personal Reasons – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it allowed for me to use the photocopier at work to copy my personal papers or papers for my students in the class? Answer: “If the machine is specific for the office, then it is not allowed for you to use it for specific affairs [i.e. Personal]” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 187] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul…
The Ruling on a Female Principal – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: The Hadith: لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمْ اِمْرَأَةً A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful. [Reported by al-Bukhari no. 7099] Does this apply to a female principal of a school? Answer: “a female principal for a girls school, this is something necessary. It is necessary that one of them is put in charge. That is…
The Ruling on Using the Cinema In Calling to Allah – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on using the cinema in calling to Allah? We have heard some callers permitting this. Answer: “There is no good in the cinema and it does not bring except evil. It does not bring good. A person should leave off calling to Allah through these means, rather he should use the remaining means that are legislated. As…
Is Rolling Up the Lower Garment From Shuhra? – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it from Shuhrah [clothing worn to gain fame] today to roll up the thawb severely until the middle of the shins? Is it correct to use as evidence what some of the Salaf* said that: Shuhra today is rolling up the lower garments? Answer: “Something that came in the Sunnah is not said to be Shuhra” [Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no.…