Question: What is the ruling on specific prayer timings as is found in the prayer schedules? Answer: “As for the prayer schedules which are relied upon, then they are used. The prayer schedules that are relied upon are used, like from Umm ul-Qurra with us or the Qatari prayer schedule which is tested and accurate, then they are relied upon. They are relied upon.…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Using a Mouth Spray When Fasting? – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: You find some people, specifically employees, that they use very strong fragrances when they want to leave the house. They use a mouth spray to improve the breath after long sleep after Fajr. So what is the ruling on that, may Allah facillate for you good? Answer: “Then there is no harm in a fasting person using a good…
The Ruling on Using Flavored Miswaks While Fasting – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on miswaks flavored with lemon or other than that? Answer: “It does not affect. As long as it is something entered into the mouth and removed, then it does not affect” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 122] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Eating Food Prepared by Buddhists and Zoroastrians – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-‘Hajoori
Question: Is it allowed to eat the food cooked by a Buddhist or Zoroastrian when they simply cook the food? Answer:”If he does not slaughter. The meat because the slaughtered meat of the Buddhist, Zoroastrian, and Hindu is not allowed. I also add to that if the food is safe from evil. These people are not trusted, specifically towards the…
How to Count the Remembrances After the Prayer
Below is a chapter from the Book entitled: Fathul Ma’een Bi Tasheeh Hadith Aqd Tasbeeh bi Yameen written by Fareeh ibn Salih with the Introduction by Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdillah bin Baz rahimahullah ” كيفية عد التسبيح والتحميد والتكبير “ How to Count the Tasbeeh, Tahmeed, and Takbeer There has not come any clear evidence about how to do…
What to Say Upon Hearing a Rooster Crow or a Dog Bark? Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Hadi al-Waadi’ee
Question: What is the ruling on asking Allah for Paradise upon hearing the rooster and is it an obligation or a recommendation? Likewise, when seeking refugee upon hearing the the barking of the dogs. Is that repeated every time we hear it even if that is more than once at one time? Answer: “As for when hearing the rooster or…
[Benefit] The Prohibition of Nutmeg
Imam Ibn Hajr al-Haytami rahimahulllah said: “Major sin number 170: Consuming a pure intoxicant, like hashish (cannabis), opium, Shaykraan, which is an anesthetic, and like Anbar, Saffron, and Nutmeg…That which the Imam, al-Mujtahid Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Daqiq al-Eid clarified is that nutmeg is an intoxicant. It was recorded from him by the latter Scholars from the Shafiyyah and Malikiyyah. They…
The Sunnah in Regards to the Aqeeqah- Shaikh Al-Albani
Shaikh: “Yes Questioner: Salamu Alaykum Shaikh: Wa Alaykum Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu Questioner: May Allah make the evening good for you Shaikh: May Allah make the evening good for you and with blessings Questioner: How are you oh our teacher? Shaikh: Alhamdulliah good. How are you? Questioner: All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds. I’m…
How to do the Aqeeqah – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: He asks about the Aqeeqah: when should one slaughter and is it allowed to distribute the meat to the family? What is the Sunna in distributing? Answer: “We thank Allah, the Exalted for making easy this beneficial platform in this Kingdom and outside of it. Verily it is Nur ‘ala Darb. Verily it is very beneficial and we thank…
When Does the Student of Knowledge Deserve to be Called a Shaikh? Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: Many of us use the word Shaikh between many of the youth. So the question is: when is it correct to use the term for a person? Answer: “First: It is upon the Muslims to beware of exaggeration in praise for it is established that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: المدح هو الذبح Praise is slaughter [Reported in Ibn Abi…