Fatawa

Are the Seventy-Three Sects Known and are the Jahmiyyah part of the Seventy-Three? – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad

Question: May Allah preserve you, do the Scholars determine or enumerate the sects which come in the Hadith about seventy three sects? And are the Jahmiyyah part of the seventy three sects? Answer: “The Scholars mention the origin of these sects. As for the Jahmiyyah, then some of the People of Knowledge did not count them as not being part…

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Fatawa

The Ruling on Buying Something in Installments – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajuri

Question: Some companies sell boats or machinery in installments. However, they increase the real price due to the installments. So what is the ruling on purchasing from them? Answer: “There is no preventative for that. This is what the majority of the Scholars are upon. For example, if they say, this boat costs one hundred thousand in cash or one…

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Misc

Why Was the Sphinx of Egypt Not Destroyed by the Earlier Generations? – Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Haadi al-Wadi’ee

Shaikh Hussain al-Hatibi (may Allah preserve him) mentions that Shaikh Muqbil (may Allah have mercy upon him) said regarding the Sphinx: “It is a statue of a lion in Egypt from the time of Pharaoh. The issue regarding it is that generations passed over it, Egypt was conquered, and it was not destroyed despite the presence of the evidences for…

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Islamic Research

A Brief Research on Zakat

Who is a Faqir or Miskeen? Imam an-Nawawi rahimahullah said: “In the reality of the Faqir who deserves a share of the Zakat, Shafi’ee and his Companions said: he is the one who is not capable to suffice his situation not with money or work. His Companions explained it saying: he is one who has no money nor work at…

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