Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, some youth, when they are sleeping, place a stereo near their head and busy themselves with Quran. So what is the validity of this? Shaikh: Why do they place the stereo? Questioner: For example, he cannot sleep except when he hears the Quran? Shaikh: There is no harm in this. [Taken from: https://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-7687/page-2426 ] Translated by…
Ruling on hosting guests when a new house is built – Shaikh Ibn ul-Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on hosting guests if a man builds a new house? Answer: There is nothing [wrong] in it and it is not prohibited nor an innovation. This is what is from the customs of the people. They host guests out of joy of a building a new house and honoring their brothers. There is nothing [wrong]…
Ruling on Playing Cards
The Ruling of Shaikh Bin Baz (may Allah have mercy upon him) Question: Our Brother asks about the ruling on playing cards? Answer: “Playing cards is not allowed because it is from the instruments of amusement and it has seductive pictures used for play. It is from the instruments of amusement from what we know so it is is not…
Ruling on Massage on top of clothes or directly on skin – Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen
Question: What is your opinion, oh virtuous Shaikh, on what some young girls do with each other or some young men do with each other in terms of massage. It is: when a person lies down on his/her stomach, for example, and another stands to rub his back, sides, neck, shoulders, shins and sometimes his thighs. Sometimes that is done…
Is the Prophet (ﷺ) the first astronaut – Shaikh Bin Baz
Question: When I was studying in middle school, one of the teachers posed a question and said: Who was the first astronaut? So we answered to his question saying it was the soviets. Our teacher said to us: The answer is wrong. Verily the first astronaut was our Prophet (ﷺ) when he ascended to the heavens and his ride was…
Seeking Knowledge before Da’wah and Iftaa (passing verdicts) – Shaikh Ibn al-Uthaymeen
Question: If one of the brothers seeks knowledge with the Scholars and his community or his village is falling in evil deeds and most of them possibly fall in Shirk. When you say to him: go to your village and convey the religion of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and that which is with you (of knowledge), he says: I am still…
Ruling on giving Championship Cups in Competitions – Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen
Question: Oh virtuous Shaikh! Some schools do competitions and the prize for these competitions is a cup. So what is the ruling on this cup? Shaikh: What is the cup? Questioner: an iron cup Shaikh: Is this cup made from glass or clay? Questioner: No, Oh Shaikh. It is made of iron and sometimes it is from gold, however the…
Ruling on Using the Mushaf as a Sutrah – Shaikh Yahya al-Hajoori
The questioner asks about placing a Mushaf as a Sutrah to pray towards? Answer: This is Makrooh, this is not necessary. This is prohibited. The Salaf prohibited that as is in the book Kitab ul-Masaahif of Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Dawood rahimahullah. Ibrahim an-Nakhi rahimahullah said: “I met our scholars and they prohibited that”* ie. placing the Mushaf as a…
Eating food made for Christmas- Shaikh Al-Albani
Questioner: Assalamu Alaykum Shaikh Al-Albani: Alayka Salam Questioner: How are you Shaikh? Shaikh Al-Albani: May Allah preserve you Questioner: I have a question Shaikh Al-Albani: Go ahead Questioner: In regards to the Christmas that the people do. Is the food which is presented for it permissible for us to eat? Shaikh Al-Albani: No Questioner: Even after the party? Shaikh Al-Albani: No,…
Shaikh Al-Albani on working in the police or in the army in a time in which the Shariah is not established
Question: What is the ruling on being a traffic officer knowing that there is, as is not hidden from you, oppositions to the Shariah like the greeting the police chief and standing for him when he enters and other than that of oppositions to the Shairah. So what is the ruling on this work? Answer: “If the intent of this…