Question: Is it allowed to skip a number of verses in the obligatory or voluntary prayer. For example, the Imam recites in prayer then stops and does not find anyone who can correct him or open the recitation for him. So he moves from the place he was reading from to another place [in the Quran]? Answer: “If he does…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Attending Festivals/Carnivals – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan and the Permanent Committee For Islamic Research and Verdicts
Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: Is it allowed to go with the family to festivals/carnivals like the Jenadiryah? Answer: “No, By Allah. No By Allah. It is not allowed for the families to go to these celebrations and these forums because they are full of sins, free-mixing and evils. A person is in well being. He remains in…
The Ruling on Working an Unofficial Job – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: I am a student at the university and when I return to my land, I will work in a job that is not official. That is, I do not pay the government taxes which are obligatory upon me? Answer: “What is upon you? There is no harm” [Sharh Ibn Majah no. 37] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn…
The Ruling on Oral Sex – Shaikh Ahmad an-Najmi and Shaikh al-Albani
Question: What is the Ruling on Oral Sex? Answer: “As for a woman sucking the private part of a man, then this is haram not allowed. This is because a man will ejaculate and when he ejaculates prostatic fluid will be emitted and it is impure by consensus. So if it enters her mouth then her stomach, then sometimes it…
The Ruling on Praying with the Turban or Shamaagh Untied – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: The turban or Shamaagh which some of them wear when praying. They let its ends hang when going into ruku’. Is this considered from from (sadl)? Answer: “No, this is not from it because sadl is only in something that leads to harm. Like a person, who has an upper garment so due to sadl it falls. As for…
The Ruling on Isbaal in the Pajamas
Shaikh Abul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad hafidhuhallah was asked: Question: Does the night gown enter into Isbaal because it is not worn with the purpose of adornment nor to pray in? Answer: “It is not allowed to have Isbaal, whether in the pajamas or other than the pajamas…” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 160] Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan was asked: Question: May Allah…
The Ruling on Praying Tahiyyatul Masjid If One Exits the Masjid for Short Time – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah said: “As for the one who exits from the masjid then returns soon, then he does not pray tahiyyatul Masjid because he did not leave with a leaving that is interrupted. So like this it was not reported from the Messenge(ﷺ) that when he exited to go to his house for a need and he was…
The Ruling on Eating Animals That are Fed Animal Remains and Chemically-Enhanced Fodder – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: The feed these days in some companies is made of remnants of other slaughtered animals, from blood and stomach and other than that of straw fodder. Then it is manufactured and treated with chemical material and this material assists in the growth of animals like chickens and the likes? Answer: “If this meat is from dead animals, then it is…
Praying Tahiyyatul Masjid If Someone Leaves the Masjid For a Short Time – Shaikh al-Albani
Question: For example, a person leaves the masjid, that is, he passes the wall of the masjid a little to buy medicine then he returns immediately. Does he have to pray the tahiyyatul masjid here [in this case]? Shaikh: He was sitting in the masjid? Questioner: Yes sitting in the masjid. Shaikh: Then he left? Questioner: He came out. He…
The Ruling on Attending a Walimah that is Late at Night – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: As it is well-known, answering the invitation of the walimah is obligatory. However, nowadays, sometimes the food is not placed except late at night. So what does a person do if he is invited to it? Answer: “This is not appropriate because most of the night or a large portion of the night is gone. So in the likes…