Question: If he forgets the adhkaar, for example the adkhar for the washroom, does he say it when he remembers? Answer: “He does not recite it because it is a Sunnah whose place was missed. However, if you remember it close to the time then there is no harm”. [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 748 pg. 175] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Fulfilling Promises – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on fulfilling promises? Answer: “According to the mathhab it is Sunnah and what is correct is that it is obligatory”. [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 760 pg. 175] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Shredding a Mushaf Using a Shredder – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: There are machines that shred papers. Is it allowed to shred a mushaf using it? Answer: “If the letters do not remain after shredding, the that is allowed” [Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 773 pg. 177] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Listening to the Radio – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: What is the ruling on listening to the radio and the likes if you are listening to or watching what does not have something haram in it? Answer: “There is no harm in listening to the broadcasts of the Quran on the radio or beneficial Hadith or important news or the likes in terms of what is recorded of…
Ruling on Asking Allah For knowledge like the Knowledge of Shaikh-ul-Islam – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: If a person supplicates to his Lord, the Exalted, the One Capable of all things, to make him more knowledgeable than Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah. Is this considered transgression in supplication? Answer: This is not transgression in supplication. Allah says: وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا To each these as well as those We bestow from the Bounties of…
Ruling on Raising the Hands in the Supplication between the Adhan and Iqamah – Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: What is the ruling on raising the hands in the supplication between the adhan and the iqamah? Is eagerness in supplicating at that time from the Sunnah? Answer: “That time is from the times when supplications are answered. However, eagerness in raising the hands between the adhan and iqamaah was not done by the Prophet (ﷺ) nor his Companions,…
The Ruling on Reciting Remembrances after the Voluntary Prayer – Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: Is there Tasbeeh, Tahmeed, and Takbir after the voluntary Prayer? Answer: Eagerness for that is not legislated. Tasbeeh and Tahmeed in all other times without restriction is recommended. It is not necessary to specify them after voluntary prayers like Duha, Qiyam ul-Lail, and other than that of the voluntary prayers. The remembrances are only after the obligatory prayers as…
Ruling on Speaking after the Remembrances for Sleep – Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: Is it established that the one who reads the remembrances for sleep should not speak after it? Answer: In some remembrances for sleep, such as in the Hadith,: واجعلها آخر ما تقول And make them the last words you say [Reported by al-Bukhari no. 247] So it is learnt from this that if a person goes to his bed,…
Listening to the Quran While Working – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: I spend some long hours cooking and that is to prepare the food for my husband. I am eager to benefit in this time, so I listen to the Noble Quran whether on the radio or tape. So is my action correct or is it not necessary for me to do this action because Allah the Exalted said: وَإِذَا…
The Ruling on Selling Goods During a Non-Muslim Celebration – Shaikh Abdurrahman Ibn Nasir al-Barrak
Question: Is it allowed to sell gifts specifically for the occasion of the Christian festivals? Answer: “Which gifts? As for selling general things on the day of their festival, then there is no harm. Selling them food, fruit, such and such. There is no problem in this. As for specific things, this requires some explanation. Yes”. [Source] Translator’s Note: Also…