Question: May Allah be good to you, should the Imam, when the iqamah is called, always notify the people to turn off their cell phones after or before straightening the lines? This is due to the what occurs of disturbances during the prayer due to phones ringing and even with prohibited musical ringtones? Answer: “Yes, the Imam notifies those praying…
Category: Fatawa
Is Donating Shelves, Printers, Chairs etc. From Sadaqatul-Jaariyah? – The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts
Question: Is equipping a house with what is necessary in terms of shelves, chairs, printers, desks and other things that are fixed in a house or [providing] a bus which female Qur’an students and teachers ride in, considered from sadaqatul- jaariyah? Answer: “Whatever a person donates to benefit the Muslims, whether the donated item is movable and its benefit is…
The Ruling on Using the Photocopier at Work For Personal Reasons – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it allowed for me to use the photocopier at work to copy my personal papers or papers for my students in the class? Answer: “If the machine is specific for the office, then it is not allowed for you to use it for specific affairs [i.e. Personal]” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 187] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul…
The Ruling on a Female Principal – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: The Hadith: لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمْ اِمْرَأَةً A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful. [Reported by al-Bukhari no. 7099] Does this apply to a female principal of a school? Answer: “a female principal for a girls school, this is something necessary. It is necessary that one of them is put in charge. That is…
The Ruling on Using the Cinema In Calling to Allah – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on using the cinema in calling to Allah? We have heard some callers permitting this. Answer: “There is no good in the cinema and it does not bring except evil. It does not bring good. A person should leave off calling to Allah through these means, rather he should use the remaining means that are legislated. As…
Is Rolling Up the Lower Garment From Shuhra? – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it from Shuhrah [clothing worn to gain fame] today to roll up the thawb severely until the middle of the shins? Is it correct to use as evidence what some of the Salaf* said that: Shuhra today is rolling up the lower garments? Answer: “Something that came in the Sunnah is not said to be Shuhra” [Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no.…
The Ruling on Combined Classes – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: In some educational districts in the villages, they combine some classes together: such as, grade one with grade two. So this teacher carries a greater responsibility than another teacher. So what is the principle in this affair? Answer: “This is not possible, May Allah Bless you, because the curriculum of these [students] is not the curriculum of those [students].…
The Ruling On Translating the Qur’an word-for-word – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, What is the ruling on translating the Qur’an and explaining it word-for-word in other than Arabic? Answer: “I ask you: is it possible to translate the Qur’an word-for-word? It is not possible ever. So the issue is supposed, not a reality because the languages other than Arabic differ from Arabic. They are not like Arabic in…
The Ruling on Seeking Forgiveness or Praising Allah After Burping – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, what is the ruling on the one who burps and praising Allah because most people praise Allah when they burp. Has there come a proof for that? Another questioner says: we hear people who burp and say: May Allah forgive me. Which of these two is correct? Answer: “I do not know anything that proves this…
The Ruling on Chemotherapy – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: My mother suffers from cancer and the experts advised me that she undergoes chemotherapy. From its side effects is the loss of hair. So what is your advice? Answer: “If she agrees to that…then there is no harm in it” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 272] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan