Question: Is it from the Sunnah when the rain descends for a person to uncover his head and allow the rain to fall on it”? Answer: “Yes, it is from the Sunnah for a person to uncover something of his body when the rain descends in order for the rain to fall on it. That is not specific to the…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Writing Children Stories – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: May Allah good to you. Umm Maraam said: Oh Virtuous Shaikh (may Allah preserve you), what is your opinion about writing stories for children and having excitement for them and writing narratives? Answer: “Writing instructional stories for children which have good cultivation for the children, then there is no harm in it. This is because the goal is to cultivate the children and…
Is Producing Crops Through Genetic Engineering Considered Creating? – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, May Allah facilitate good for you: is the challenge from Allah, the Exalted to create a creation specifically in regards to the creation that possesses a soul or is it for other than that? This is because in this era they claim that they have produced some agricultural crops like rice and other than it. Likewise, what…
The Ruling on Liposuction For the Purpose of Beautification – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: The sister asks about the ruling on liposuction for the purpose of reducing some parts of the woman’s body, considering that this is not due to obesity but only for beautification or beautification for the husband? Answer: “All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds and may peace and blessings be upon Muhammad (ﷺ) , his…
How to Combine Between Memorizing the Quran, Seeking Knowledge, and Da’wah – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: How is it possible to combine between memorizing the Book of Allah, seeking knowledge, and da’wah? Answer: “Each of these is from the other. They do not contradict. However, as long as a person is young, then memorization is more deserving. This is because the young one is quick in memorizing and [his] forgetfulness is little. He does not have large…
The Ruling on Cough Syrups – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: I understood from your answer in regards to alcohol mixed in medicines that are used to cure coughs and other than it, that it is allowed if the amount of alcohol is very small. My question Oh your Eminence is: how is that allowed when the ruling is dependent on intoxication and there are those who use this for…
The Ruling on Eating Sweets That Are Made With Alcohol – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: We have with us in Russia some sweets that are made with alcohol, but these sweets do not intoxicate [a person] even if a lot was eaten. This is an issue that has made a lot of confusion for us, so we hope for clarification. Does this enter into the prohibition or not? Answer: “If a lot of [these sweets] do…
The Ruling on Taking Money from a Disbelieving Government to Build a Masjid- Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al’Abbad
Question: Our government distributes money to the Muslims to built Masaajid. Is it allowed to take this money to build Masaajid knowing that it is a disbelieving, polytheist government? Answer: “Yes. Taking money from Muslims is more deserving. However, if the government gives them some lands to build Masaajid or assists them in that, then there is no harm in that”.…
The Ruling on Wasting Electricity – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: [Some people] turn on the lights when departing and then leave them lit and go. And some others turn on a complete row of lights at the back. If you speak to them, they say: “It is not for you to enter” and it is only one or two people who turn on the row of lights. Answer: “In…
Advice to an Introverted Person – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: This person says that he has a personal problem, which is that he does not love to sit with the people? Answer: “I say: it is upon him to seek the refuge of Allah from Shaytan the accursed. He should train himself to sit with the people and mix with them so that perhaps Allah will remove that from…