Question: What is the ruling on leaving during work due to an emergency without taking permission from the boss? Answer: “It is necessary to ask permission from your boss during work. It is not allowed to leave except with his permission, unless you have an affair which is necessary and your boss is not present. In that case, you inform…
Month: December 2016
The Ruling on Benefiting From Discounts Offerred by Stores at the end of the Gregorian Calender – Shaikh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhayli
Question: Regarding the discounts that are offered now by some big stores? Answer: “There is no harm for a Muslim to benefit from these discounts at the beginning of the new year. This is because he does not celebrate and this is not a festival. However, its a benefit given at this time. So he is allowed to benefit from…
The Ruling on Making Wooden Planks as Sutrahs to be Used in the Masaajid – Shaikh Muhammad ibn Hizaam
Question: What is the ruling on making planks from wood as a sutrah for the praying person in the Masaajid? Answer: “This affair does not have any evidence for it. It is not befitting to have unnecessary burden in it by making specific pieces of wood for those who are praying. This affair is not from the Sunnah and the…
The Ruling on Using a Water Bottle as a Sutrah – Shaikh Muhammad ibn Hizaam
Question: The questioner said: is it allowed to use a water bottle as a sutrah for a praying person? Answer: “If it reaches two thirds of a cubit, then it counts due to the Hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in Saheeh Muslim when the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the sutrah of the praying person. He (ﷺ)…
[Article] Beware of Blinding Your Eyesight and Insight By [Excessively] Looking at Cellphones and Their Likes, O Muslims – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-Abbad (may Allah preserve him) wrote: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين، وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على عبده ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين. أما بعد: Verily the greatest favor that Allah has bestowed upon the Muslims is that He guided them to Islam and removed them from darkness…
Is saying “We have been given rain by Allah’s grace and mercy” From the Supplications For When it Rains? – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: Is saying: مطرنا بفضل الله وبرحمته We have been given rain by Allah’s grace and mercy from the supplications for when the rain descends? Answer: “Yes” [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 440] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Reading Horoscopes – Shaikh Salih Ala Shaikh
Shaikh Salih Ala Shaikh (may Allah preserve him) said: “From what clearly enters into astrology in this era, which a lot of people are oblivious of, is what appears a lot in the magazines. What is called Buruj (horoscopes). So they specify a page or less than that in the newspapers and place in it the symbols of the yearly…