Question: Is there is a difference between an innovator in the methodology and the innovator in the affairs of worship? Answer: “An innovator is an innovator and not everyone who falls into innovation is an innovator. He can be someone who erred.  However, whoever intended and was deliberate in opposing the truth, then he is an innovator”  [at-Thawaabit ul-Manhajiyyah pg.…

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Question: Is it allowed to shave the (العنفقة) hair which are above the chin? Answer: “The (العنفقة) [the hair between the lower lip and the chin] were reported in the Hadith of Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him). [He was asked]: أَرَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ شَيْخًا قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ  “Did you…

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Question: What is the ruling on the one behind the Imam reciting the Fatiha before the Imam in the loud prayer? Answer: “There is no harm for him to recite it during the times the Imam is silent. There is no harm if he recites it [al-Fatiha] in the time the Imam is silent before he begins his recitation, and…

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Question: Our Shaikh, what is the difference between (عليكم السلام) and (وعليكم السلام) ? Shaikh: “There is no difference and both are allowed. However, perhaps what is better is [to add] the waw (و)” [Silsilatul-Huda wan-Nur no. 164] Translated by Faisal bin Abdul Qaadir bin Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Question: What is the ruling on using the electricity at work to charge a cellphone or the likes of that? Answer: “There is no harm in something small and temporary. As for a lot and continuous use, then that is not allowed because it is exploitation due to [the electricity] being a public good, not personal and specific. It is…

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