Question: May Allah be good to you. I have another question: Is it allowed for a woman to wear a coat over the jilbab knowing that she will go out in a condition of necessity and severe cold? Answer: “What is important is that a woman covers herself when leaving and cover herself completely. Nothing should be apparent from her…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Collecting Stamps – Shaikh al-Albani
Questioner: “It is possible I can ask you a question? Shaikh: Yes, but only one question , may Allah guide you Questioner: Some youth love to collect stamps, that is as a hobby, and they gather for example stamps that have people on them. Shaikh: Of course, this is not allowed at all. Trading with idols. Alayka as-Salam wa Rahmatullahi…
The Ruling on Drumming on a Table- Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on drumming on a table or other than it? Answer: “Making a rhythm on the table and what resembles that, the least that can be said is that it is disliked because it resembles beating on instruments”. [Liqaa Bab al-Maftooh no. 2] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
Praying Towards a Chair or Table – Shaikh al-Albani
Question: The ruling on sutrah, oh Shaikh, if it is raised from the ground like a table or chair for example? Answer: “If he faces its pillars/posts, then this is something desirable. As for if he faces the space between the two posts/pillars, then this is not a sutrah”. [Silsilatul-Huda wan-nur no. 669] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn…
[Benefit] Cleaning the Hands With Soap After Reliving Oneself- Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ دَخَلَ الْغَيْضَةَ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ فَأَتَاهُ جَرِيرٌ بِإِدَاوَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَاسْتَنْجَى مِنْهَا وَمَسَحَ يَدَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ Ibrahim bin Jarir narrated from his father that : The Prophet of Allah entered a thicket and relieved himself, then Jarir brought him a small water skin from which he cleansed himself,…
The Ruling on Cell-phone Contracts – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh! In regards to the offers of cell phone companies. The origin in the company is to necessitate that the one joining to sign to an annual subscription by paying for the costs of the calls he makes on the cell phone monthly. In some recent offers, oh Shaikh, the company says: we will drop the annual…
[Khutbah] Rectifying the Ummah In Light of the Book and the Sunnah
Here is the script for a khutbah given on 20 Dhul-Qadah 1436 Corresponding to September 4, 15 To download click here
The Ruling on Placing the Hands on the Heart in Prayer – Shaikh al-Albani
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said: “Building upon that, you find in some of the Arab lands, rather in some of the Schools of thought which are followed, [the mention of] of placing the right hand upon the left on the heart and not on the chest [in prayer]. This is against the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to place them upon the…
The Ruling on Wearing Used Clothing From the Non-Muslims – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: We find in our lands used clothing from foreign lands that are not Islamic. So what is the ruling on these clothes in prayer and does it affect its validity although we wash it like usual before wearing it? Or is it not allowed for a praying person to wear the garment of a man who does not pray?…
The Ruling on Placing Something On top of the Quran – Shaikh Al-Albani
Questioner: Shaikh, is it allowed for me to place a book on top of the Mushaf? And what is the meaning of the statement: “It [the Quran] is always superior and should never be surpassed” because some brothers, if something is placed on top of the Mushaf, say this. This is not allowed? Shaikh: When something is placed on top of the Mushaf?…