Question: Is Qunut an-Naazilah in a specific prayer or in all prayers? Answer: “Qunut an-Naazilah is legislated in all prayers as that is authentically reported from the Prophet (ﷺ). It is not specific for Fajr and maghrib prayer. It is not specific for a specific day or night from the week. Rather it is general for any day of the…
Ruling on One Losing his Shoes and Finding Another Pair in Its Place – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on the one who finds in the place of his shoes, the shoes of another. Should he take and wear them or leave them? Answer: “He leaves it and it is not allowed for him to take it because it is possible his shoes were taken by someone other than the owner of these shoes,…
Ruling on the Custodian of the Masjid Speaking During the Khutbah – Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts
Question: Is it allowed for the custodian of the masjid to speak during the Khutbah to organize the lines of the men or silence the women or direct some of the congregants to the place of wudu or other than that from the affairs? Answer: “It is not allowed for the one in the masjid to speak with another during…
Ruling on Ending the Khutbah with: ( وأقم الصلاة) – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: The khateeb on Jummah in our masjid says at the end of his khutbah: (وأقم الصلاة) make the iqamah for the salah. Was this reported from the salaf? Answer: “I do not know that this was reported from the salaf, I mean, the statement of the khateeb when he ends his khutbah: (أقم الصلاة) make the iqamah for salah…
Ruling on Using Creams to Protect the Skin – Permenant Committe for Scholarly Research and verdicts
Question: Some of the youth and men use different oils and creams to protect the skin of the face and the body as a whole from cracks, the cold, and to preserve it in a healthy state. Is this allowed in the legislation or not, knowing that the women do so? So what is the legislated opinion? Benefit us, May…
Reading Quran to Ease Childbirth and Pregnancy- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Are there verses of the Quran you read for the purpose of easing child birth for a woman? Answer: “I do not know of anything about that from the Sunnah, however, if a person reads upon a pregnant woman who is in labor, verses which indicate easiness like: يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر Allah intends for…
Ruling on Reciting Other Than the Quran in the Way the Quran is Read- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Is it allowed to use Tajweed for other than Quran, like reciting Ahaadith of the Prophet (ﷺ) or other than it? Answer: “Some of the latter Scholars have mentioned in their Tafsir of His statement: وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالْكِتَابِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ الْكِتَاب And verily, among them is a party who distort the Book with their tongues (as they…
Is it From the Guidance of the Prophet to Give an Advice at a Wedding? – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin Al-‘Abbad
Question: Is it from the guidance of the Prophet (ﷺ) to give a general advice to the people in the situation of a wedding? Answer: “I do not know of anything in that, however, a person speaking with advice in a situation when people gather and him mentioning good to them, then there is no harm in it. There is…
Ruling on Giving Gifts to the Groom or Bride – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: In regards to gifts which are given to the groom or the bride on the morning of the day of the wedding? Answer: “Gifts are no doubt from the recommended affairs because gifts lead to love and affinity, especially if that is the custom. Verily, it removes the disgraceful misery from a person. This is in regards to the…
Supplications For Curing Mental Illness – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: I will inform you that I am afflicted with mental illness. What are the supplications which remove this sickness knowing that I do not want to go to the doctors? The sickness was with me for five years along with me supplicating to be cured. Answer: ” We ask Allah to cure him and give him wellbeing. The best…