Question: What is the ruling on gathering the Zakatul-Fitr for a charitable Society? Answer: “In his time (ﷺ) and the time of the Pious Predecessors the Zakat was collected, like the Zakat of the crops and livestock. Likewise, there was no collection of the Zakat on money, the obligatory [Zakat]. The Zakat of money was not collected. It was only an affair…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Giving the Zakat al-Fitr in the Form of Money to Charitable Organizations – Shaikh Muqbil ibn Hadi al-Wadi’ee
Question: The Islamic charitable organizations in Canada collect money for Zakatul-Fitr with the argument that this money will be sent to the poor countries. So what is the ruling on this? Answer: “If you find there [in Canada] someone from the Muslims who is deserving of that [Zakatul-Fitr], then he is more deserving of it. The people of a land…
The Ruling on Accepting Gifts From a Bank For Putting Money in an Account – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: Virtuous Shaikh! Some banks give gifts to the one who places/deposits money in his account with the bank for protection only, not for usury nor any other reason. So is it allowed for him to use it [the gift] or not? Answer: ” You know, may Allah bless you, that placing dirhams in the bank is not a deposit.…
The Ruling on Using a Recorded Adhan to Notify a Person for the Time of Prayer – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: Using a recorded adhan on the cellphone to notify a person for the time [of prayer], is this [something] agreeable or not? Answer: “If the purpose is to notify him and it does not harm anyone, that is, if some people are reciting Quran in the Masjid and the cellphone calls with the adhan or other than it, then [this] disturbs the people.…
The Ruling on Using Lip Balm While Fasting – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on a fasting person using lip balm to remove dryness from the lips? Answer: “There is no harm for a person to use what will dampen the lips or nose in terms of balm or wetting them with water or using a cloth or what resembles that. However, he should be cautious from something reaching…
Does a Wet-Dream Break the Fast? Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: The Shaikh rahimahullah was asked about the one who had a wet dream in the daytime of Ramadan? Answer: “Our answer regarding that is that his fast is valid, for verily a wet dream does not invalidate the fast because it [occurs] without his choice. The pen is lifted from him during sleeping. However, it is obligatory for a…
The Ruling on Swimming and Fasting – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on swimming in Ramadan? Answer: “There is no harm for the fasting person to swim and he can swim [as much as] he wants and immerse himself in water. However, he should be eager that water does not seep into his stomach to the best of his ability. Swimming energizes a fasting person and makes it…
Advice to the Fasting Person – Shaikh Abdullah al-Iryaani
Shaikh Abdullah Ibn Ahmad al-Iryaani hafidhuhallah said: “And in the end, we advise with having Taqwa of Allah, the Exalted, seriousness and striving in the obedience of Allah, worship, obtaining understanding of the religion, holding fast to reading, and reciting the Noble Qur’an. Beware of four matters: First: Beware of heedlessness, for the month of Ramadan is not a month…
The Ruling on Watching Movies, Television Series, and Playing Cards in Ramadan – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: Some fasting people spent most of the day of Ramadan watching movies, drama series on video and on the television, and playing cards? What is the opinion of the religion on that? Answer: “It is obligatory upon the fasting person and other than them from the Muslims to fear Allah, the Exalted in regards to what they come to…