Mufti Abdul-Aziz Ala Shaikh hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: May Allah reward you with good. This female listener asks about the ruling on reading the Quran from the cellphone without purification. Is this allowed? Answer: “There is no preventative because there is not a mushaf in your hand. It is only a cellphone”. [https://www.mufti.af.org.sa/node/2661] Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: Virtuous…
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The Ruling on Islamic Banks – Shaikh Muqbil ibn Hadi al-Wadi’ee and Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Hadi al-Wadi’ee rahimahullah was asked: Question: What is the ruling of Islam on the Islamic banks present in Saudi, Pakistan, and Sudan along with that fact that Shaikh al-Albani viewed them to be usurious banks? Answer: “The affair is like Shaikh al-Albani hafidhuhallah [this is before the Shaikh passed away rahimahullah] said because they take something additional.…
Should the Remembrances of the Prayer Be Read After the Friday Prayer? – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: Are there specific remembrances (Adhkaar) recited after the Friday prayer? Is the Hadith about reciting the Mu’awadhatayn and Ayatul-Kursi seven times after the Friday prayer authentic? Answer: “The Friday prayer does not have specific remembrances that are said after it. It is only said after the Friday prayer what is said after the remaining prayers from remembrances. In terms…
The Principle Regarding Those Who Deserve Zakatul-Fitr – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: There is difficulty in the present time in finding a poor person who does not have food for his day. I witnessed in one of the charitable societies in the city of Riyaadh that most of those who take the Zakatul-Fitr are people who have a month’s food or a year’s [worth of food]. Is it allowed to give them…
The Ruling on Distributing Food, Drink, and Sweets After Completing the Quran in Ramadan – The Permanent Committee
Question: O Scholars, what is the ruling on the following issue: Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) distribute something of food, drink, and sweets after the completion of the Noble Quran in the Qiyaam of Ramadan? Or did any of the of Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) or the Tabi’een or the Tabi at-Tabi’een and the pious Salaf?…
Should One Finish Praying Taraweeh With the Imam Even if He Prays Twenty? – Shaikh Muqbil and Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh Muqbil rahimahullah was asked: Question: If I pray in a masjid where the Imam prayers twenty rakat, should I complete twenty with him following the Imam or should I pray with him eight rakah and pray witr alone then leave? Answer: “I advise that you pray eight rakah and pray witr alone. Following the Sunnah is more deserving for verily…
The Ruling on Giving Zakatul-Fitr to A Charitable Society- Shaikh al-Albani
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…
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.…