Question: What are the types of souls? And What is the way to purify it and its path as Allah, the Exalted said: Indeed he succeeds who purifies his oneself [91:9]? Answer: The types of souls mentioned in the Noble Quran are three: the soul that commands evil ( أمارة بالسوء), the self-reproaching soul (النفس اللوامة), and the pious soul…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Praying Behind One Who Smokes Marijuana – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on the prayer behind an Imam who memorized the Quran, however, he smokes marijuana. Answer: The Quran does not benefit this one. If it benefitted him, he would not be smoking this filth. The likes of this one is not fit to be the Imam nor should he be put forward. Someone else is put…
The Ruling on Raising the Hands When Supplicating for the Deceased – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: Is it allowed to raise the hands while supplicating for the deceased? Answer: “It has come in some Ahaadith that the Prophet (ﷺ) raised his hands when he visited the graves and supplicated for its people. It was established from the Hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited the graves and supplicated…
Is Dajjal in the Bermuda Triangle? – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: It has spread among those who interact with the jinn that they say: Dajjal is present nowadays in the Bermuda Triangle? Is the likes of this speech correct? Answer: “Do not attest to the speech of liars (Dajjaleen). Not from the humans nor jinn” [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no.485] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Raising the Hands When Seeking Forgiveness for the Deceased After Burial – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad and Shaikh Fawzaan
Shaikh Abdul -Muhsin al-‘Abbad hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: Do you raise your hands in this dua [i.e. When seeking forgiveness for the deceased after the burial]? Answer: “The affair in that is spacious. We do not know of something that proves its affirmation nor denial. So a person can raise his hands [if he wills] or he does not raise…
The Ruling on Pepsi and Other Soft Drinks
It has been mentioned that some soft drinks, like Pepsi, may contain a small percentage of alcohol. Although it is not established, some people have become doubtful about their ruling. The Scholars have ruled that soft drinks are permissible even if it is proven that they may contain a small percentage of alcohol. Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said: “…So these drinks which have…
What is Permissible to See By a Man Who is Proposing to a Woman – Shaikh Muqbil ibn Haadi al-Wad’iee
Question: If a man wants to propose, what is allowed for him to see of the proposed woman? Answer: “What is correct from the statements of the People of knowledge is that it is allowed [for him] to look at her body what will encourage him to marry her like the face, two hands, upper arms, chest, and shins. It…
The Innovation of Touching the Earlobes With the Thumbs When Raising the Hands in Prayer – Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said: “Every position which the hands are raised have two forms [of doing so] without specifying [this for] a position. So [for] the opening Takbir or the Takbir when going into ruku’ or other than that, either he raises the hands to his ears without touching the earlobes as some of those who are afflicted with satanic whispers do.…
The Ruling on Sex-Change Operations – Shaikh al-Albani and the Permanent Committee
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah was asked: Question: Is it allowed to perform a surgery to change the condition of a person from a man to a woman and vice versa? Answer: “The answer to this is understood from what has preceded: فطرة الله التي فطر الناس عليها لا تبديل لخلق الله Allah’s Fitrah (i.e. Allah’s Islamic Monotheism), with which He has…
Advice For Those Who Participate in Social Media – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: I want from the Shaikh an advice for the sisters and brothers who participate in social media. What is your opinion on that? May Allah reward you Answer: “Evils have occurred from this [social media] and as it is well-known, it has the involvement of those who are misguided, the callers to misguidance, and the callers to fitnah. So beware of…