Questioner: My son Umar asks about whistling? Shaikh: What is that? Questioner: Is whistling haram? Shaikh: Who asks the question? Questioner: My son Umar Shaikh: Your son mashallah Questioner: Since his father is ignorant of the answer, therefore it becomes a question from his father Shaikh: In it is blessings for the father and son Questioner: [Whistling] at night, is…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Skype, Face-Time, and Other Similar Programs – Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Hizaam
Question: Is it allowed to use software/apps with voice and picture communication knowing that the picture will go away when the call/connection ends? Answer: “This is a doubtful affair. It is necessary to avoid it and we advise leaving it off. This is because it [the software/app] can store the picture, and then it becomes what is without doubt prohibited.…
How Should One Interact With a Friend Who Calls Him to Evil? – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: The listener [to the Noor ‘ala Darb radio program] says: I have a friend who pushes me to evil. He is my friend for seven years. So what should I do with him? Answer: “It is obligatory upon you to advise this friend who calls you to evil. If he is guided, then it is for himself and if…
The Reasons Some Youth Regress/Deteriorate – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: There has been an emergence, and we ask Allah that it not be a lot, however we want the cure for it before it spreads. It is the emergence of regression/deterioration after adhering to the religion. A youth is with the youth and sometimes memorizes something from the Quran and attends something from the lessons of Knowledge. However, then…
The Ruling on Facebook – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: May Allah increase you in good. They ask in their third question: what is the ruling on participating in the network called Facebook? Answer: “This network gathers many people from the Muslims, disbelievers, and other than them. Some publications came to us about its condition saying it is a network for spying and network that involves every Tom, Dick, and Harry. In any…
If a Woman Passes In Front of Another Woman While She is Praying , Does It Break Her Prayer? – Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Hadi al-Wadi’ee
Question: Does a woman passing in front of another woman break her prayer? Answer: “The Hadith* is about a woman passes in front of a man. This woman that passes in front of another woman, then it is not included in the Hadith. So that which is apparent is that it does not break her prayer. And Allah Knows Best”…
Is it Allowed to Initiate Other Than the Greetings of Peace to a Disbeliever? – Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said: “If it is said: is it allowed to to initiate other than the greeting of peace with a disbeliever? For example: ‘How are you this morning’ or ‘How are you this evening’ or ‘How are you’ and the likes. Then I say: that which is apparent to me, and Allah knows best, is that it is…
The Ruling on the Eating the Food Made by the People of Innovation for an Innovated Occasion- Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: Is it allowed to eat the food of the people of innovation knowing that they made this food for this innovation, like the innovation of Mawlid an-Nabawi? Answer: “What is obligatory is to notify them to stay away from innovations and to leave off unlawful affairs. It is upon a person not to eat the food which was made…
A Point Regarding the New Game Pokemon Go
In light of the new game and craze called Pokemon Go, I thought I would post the following benefit to warn the Muslims against wasting their time playing it. Pokemon Go is a game based on the original Pokemon card, game, and television series, which has been declared unlawful by the Permanent Committee For Scholarly Research and Ifta in the year…
The Ruling on Sending Salat Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) While Praying – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The most stingy of those who are stingy is the one whom I am mentioned in his presence and he does not send salat upon me”. The questioner says: I am in the prayer between magrhib and isha and the radio is near me and I pray next to the radio channel “The call of…