Question: Shaikh, may Allah pardon you. If a man is in a land in which it is difficult for him to work in a place where there are no women because many women work in this land. So what is the ruling [on a man working in such environments] because women are found in most departments/fields? What is the ruling?…
Ruling on Entering Barber shops- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: A man has a barber shop, is entering it haram or halal? Answer: “Cutting hair is allowed except for shaving the beard. Didn’t we say that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: إن الله إذا حرم شيئاً حرم ثمنه Verily if Allah makes something Haram, he makes its price haram [Reported in Sunan Abu Dawod and graded Saheeh by Al-Albani in…
Ruling on Giving Greetings When Entering the Masjid and the People are Praying – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: We pray congregational prayer in some Masaajid. Every time a person enters to pray he says: Assalamu Alaykum. Every praying person turns to him, three times or four like this? Answer: “What is best is not do so. However, whoever enters intending a specific person and he finds him praying, then he gives him greetings if he wills and…
Ruling on giving lectures in a Masjid of a Free-Mixing University- Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: What is the ruling on giving lectures in a masjid of a free-mixing university knowing that lecture and the speakers are from the Salafiyeen? Answer: “If Ahlul Sunnah gather in that place which there is no free-mixing between men and women or some of the laymen or people are present and they listen to them in that place due…
Ruling on Establishing Parties after the end of study or graduation- Shaikh Raajihi
Question: What is the ruling on establishing parties after the end of study and graduation ? Answer: ” I do not know of any harm in this if he establishes a party, for example, for honoring the outstanding [students] or honoring the parents. I hope there is no harm in that because in the intent of its establishment is not…
Permissibility of eating with a disbeliever if there is benefit- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Is it allowed for a Muslim to eat with a disbeliever from one plate or not? Answer: “There is no harm in eating with a disbeliever from one vessel, however, it is necessary in this condition to seize the opportunity to use the Islamic etiquettes of eating. So he eats with his right hand, he says: Bismillah, and he…
Ruling on giving preference to memorizing the Quran and having more concern for it over the Mutoon- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh! A youth wants to seek knowledge: is it better to memorize the Quran first or begin with memorizing the Mutun [summarized Islamic texts] and take little by little from the Quran? Answer: ” I see that he gathers between the two affairs and he spends more time on the Quran. Seeking knowledge begins with the Quran…
Ruling on Playing Table Tennis- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: In regards to Tennis, you said it is haram*. It is similar to volleyball? Answer: “If there is benefit in it, then it is like soccer?” Taken from: [ https://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-7687/page-3123] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan ————————————————————————————————– *Translator’s Note: The questioner is referring to what Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen said earlier in the same tape: ” as…
Ruling on ‘Itikaaf in the Library of the Masjid – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, the custom of the people is that the library of the masjid is from the masjid, adjacent to the masjid. Is it allowed to make ‘Itikaaf in it? Answer: “If the boundaries of the masjid encompass it and it is included in it, then it is from it. As for if it is not encompassed by…
Ruling on Innovators Who Think They are upon Truth- Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: A person does not commit disbelief that expels him from the religion if he did not intend what he did or said or he is ignorant and does not know and falls short with an opposition. Based upon this principle, many of the innovators go on defending their innovation due to them believing this innovation to be truth. Are…