Category: Fatawa

Question: If a person passes through the market and does not intend to shop, does he say this supplication [i.e. supplication for the market*]? Answer: “Yes, he says it”. [Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no. 378]   * The supplication for the market is the following: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ مَنْ دَخَلَ السُّوقَ فَقَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ…

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Question: A youth lives with his parents and his father bought a house with a usurious loan. Is it allowed for this youth to help hos father pay the electric bill or water bill? Answer: “Yes, he can help his father in paying the bill and he can live with him. If his father repents, then inshallah Allah returns to the one…

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Question: I am a businessman who sells sports shoes. These sports shoes have international brands that belong to specific companies. I am a businessman who copies these brands for another company. The people know these are imitations and desire them due to their cheap price. So what is the ruling on selling these items? Answer: “What is appropriate is to…

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Question: Is it allowed to rent the hall connected to the Masjid for a wedding or parties, if they are Muslims? Answer: “If there is no evil committed in it, then there is no harm” [Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari no. 149 side A] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan  

Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, some callers have emerged today using laughter and jokes as a means of da’wah with the argument that it attracts the hearts of the youth. So what is the ruling on this? Answer: “This is not good. This is an action that is not good. A person should be someone of seriousness and not someone of…

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Question: One who inputs data inputs into the computer with his right hand. When he receives the papers from the reviewers, he takes them with his left hand. Is he is sinful for that? Answer: “He does not do that. He establishes his work with his right hand and takes things that are presented to him with the right hand. He…

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Questioner: There are some computers that have wireless technology which allows it to enter [someone else’s] internet through another device. So he has the internet and I have this device which I am able to enter [his] internet. Shaikh : “If he [the owner of the internet] does not allow it and does not agree to that, then a person…

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Question: There has appeared on the market devices that are placed on the door. When the door is opened, these devices have a recorded voice that reminds the one entering to remember Allah. For example: remember Allah, do not forget Allah, and put your trust in Allah. What is the ruling on placing these devices at the door of the…

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Question: I bought a cell phone then returned it to its owner and exchange it for another. Does this enter into [the prohibition] of two transactions in one*? Answer: “No. If you buy a cell phone and it is under you ownership. Then you go to the owner and agree to exchange it for another cell phone, either of the…

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Question: A person found a Sawaa [Saudi Company] cell phone recharge card worth 10 riyals. Is it considered a lost item he should announce? Answer: “[Words unclear] Either he benefits from it or he donates it to its owner. If he donates it to its owner, no doubt, that is more deserving”. [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 181] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir…

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