Category: Fatawa

Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan hafiduhallah was asked: Question: In regards to the Merchandise that is bought over the internet. The payment is also made over the internet through a money-exchange. Is the transaction valid? Answer: “The origin of a transaction is that it occurs in a sitting. A sitting between a seller and buyer. However, if you know the seller, you…

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Question: Some administrations and universities request recommendations from the one applying. What is the ruling on giving or writing recommendations? Does it fall under these Ahadith*? Answer: “There is no harm. A person writing what he knows about another man is like witness who affirm his recommendation until they [the universities or administrations] know he is upright. If a person writes what…

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Question: What does a person do if a strange woman extends her hand to be shaken? Answer: ” He does not extend his hand and holds it back. He says: me shaking [the hand] of someone like you is not allowed”. [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 264] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Question: Is it allowed to place the hand on the chest after shaking it? Answer: “I do not know of anything that proves that”. [Sharh Ibn Majah no. 264] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Question: With the entering of this Gregorian month, the Christians begin celebrating Christians and their festivals. What is the ruling on participating with them in their celebrations, whether performing it or being present for it or exchanging gifts in it or giving congratulations? Answer: “All of this is not allowed. It is not allowed to participate with them or be present…

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Question: Is it allowed to broadcast the Jummah Khutbah on the women’s section with both the voice and image of the Khateeb? Answer: “There is no need for this. [Is] the people’s affair showing pictures and [the women] looking at the men? This is not necessary. The women come to the masjid, stay away from the men, and have the picture of…

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Question: May Allah be good to you. What is the ruling on removing the hair on the body and face-excluding the eyebrows-using a laser for women? And removing the hair that must be removed for men, also, like the hair of the armpit and pubic hair, using a laser? Answer: First, is it allowed for a woman to remove the…

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Question: What is the ruling on removing the hair on the hands and feet? Answer: “If the hair is a lot then there is no harm in removing it because it is a blemish. If it is regular hair, then some of the People of knowledge say the removing of this hair is changing the creation of Allah. Some of…

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Question: What is your opinion on chewing gum in front of people? Answer: “In our custom, it is against the manhood (المروءة)”. [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 799 pg. 182] Translator’s Note: Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah also mentioned this elsewhere in his works: “What breaches manhood according to one people may not be a breach according to other people. It may…

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Question: Is shortening some of the hair and not other parts enter into the Qaza’ which is prohibited? Answer: “No, verily Qaza’ is shaving some of the head and not other parts*” [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 716 pg. 166] *Translator’s Note: The Shaikh’s fatwa above should be understood to mean that which does not enter into imitating the disbelievers. For…

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