Questioner: Assalamu Alaykum Shaikh Al-Albani: Alayka Salam Questioner: How are you Shaikh? Shaikh Al-Albani: May Allah preserve you Questioner: I have a question Shaikh Al-Albani: Go ahead Questioner: In regards to the Christmas that the people do. Is the food which is presented for it permissible for us to eat? Shaikh Al-Albani: No Questioner: Even after the party? Shaikh Al-Albani: No,…
Category: Fatawa
Shaikh Al-Albani on working in the police or in the army in a time in which the Shariah is not established
Question: What is the ruling on being a traffic officer knowing that there is, as is not hidden from you, oppositions to the Shariah like the greeting the police chief and standing for him when he enters and other than that of oppositions to the Shairah. So what is the ruling on this work? Answer: “If the intent of this…
Wearing the watch on the right hand – Shaikh Al-Albani
Question: We see some people wear the watch on the right hand and they say:that it is recommended. So what is the evidence for that? Answer : We hold fast in this issue to the principle which is included in the hadith of Aisha radiallahu anha in the saheeh: She said: Messenger of Allah liked to use his right hand…
Wearing a diamond watch – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: Is it allowed for men to wear a diamond watch? Answer: I do not know of any harm in it. Diamond is from the types of silver and gold is prohibited. Gold is prohibited for men and permitted for women. As for diamonds, then I do not know of anything wrong in it and the origin is permissibility as…
Wearing a watch which has in it some gems – Sheikh Al-Albani
Question: Is it allowed to wear a watch which has in it some gems? Answer : The Legislator did not prohibit precious metals other than gold and silver. So there is nothing [of sin] in wearing a watch which has in it some gems. [Taken from Fataawa al-Emaraat no. 136 as cited in al-Masaail al-‘ilmiyyah wa Fatawaa ash-Shar’iah Fatawaa Shaikh…
The Book Ar-Raheeq-ul-Makhtoom (The SealedNectar) – Shaykh Muqbil Bin Haadi al-Waadi’ee
Question:What is your opinion of the book Ar-raheeq al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) by al-Mubaarakfuri? Answer:“It is on Seerah. What is apparent is it is not relied upon”. [Source: https://muqbel.net/fatwa.php?fatwa_id=1448] Translated by Faisal bin Abdul Qaadir bin Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
Scientific Miracles in the Quran and making Tafsir using contemporary theories – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: We hear a lot about what is called scientific miracles in the Quran. So is it allowed to attach it to the miracles of the Quran and to the revelation of the verses of the Quran about these issues [science issues]? Answer: We spoke about this more than once and we have warned against it. We said: it is…
Sitting with the laymen from the people of innovation – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: “is it allowed to sit with the laymen from the people of innovation?” Answer: There is no good in them. Do not sit with them nor their scholars, except if you are clarifying the innovation to them so perhaps they abandon it. Yes. [Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1fW6KYprzw&feature=youtube_gdata_player ] Translated by Ahmed ibn Mar’ie ibn Rajab al-Daour Abu Ja’far with help…
Ruling on Display Screens in the Masjid – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Oh virtuous Shaikh, May Allah facilitate for you [good], what is the ruling on placing display screens at the back of the Masaajid to display Ahaadith and some rulings to benefit the people? Answer: “No, display screens and writing should not be placed in the masjid and nor should posters/banners be hung. The masjid is free from all these distracting affairs. The…
Ruling on clothing Shared between the two genders (unisex clothing) – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-’Abbad
Question: In some lands the adornment of the women similar to the adornment of the men and they resemble. There is no difference between them except the women veil? Answer: If you find something like this, and this is a reality, then the imitation [between women and men] is in other matters. That is in regards to the thawb: If…