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[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…

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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…

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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…

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The Ruling on Looking at One’s Watch During the Khutbah – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad

Question: Is looking at the watch, touching the beard, and scratching the skin, while the Imam is delivering the Khutbah, enter into idle speech? Answer: “A person scratching his body when it itches does not effect [his khutbah]. What is prohibited is what busies from the Khutbah. Like that, him looking at his watch is not from idle speech. As…

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[Benefit] Following Salafiyyah

Shaikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah said: وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الْعَقْلِ الصَّرِيحِ وَلَا فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ النَّقْلِ الصَّحِيحِ مَا يُوجِبُ مُخَالَفَةَ الطَّرِيقِ السَّلَفِيَّةِ أَصْلًا “..Know that there is not in the clear intellect nor anything in the sound texts, that which requires opposing the path of Salafiyyah at all…” [Majmoo’ Fataawa (5/28)] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan…

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The Ruling on Graduation Parties With Nasheeds and Duffs – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen

Question: What is the ruling on establishing ceremonies like graduation ceremonies, for example, accompanied by the playing of the duff and Islamic Nasheeds? What is the ruling on listening to them, may Allah reward you? Answer: “As for a ceremony which includes a speech directed to and congratulating the graduands, then there is no harm in this. As for the…

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