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Question: What is the ruling on studying medicine and engineering? Will they be rewarded [for studying it] and will they have reward like the students of Legislated knowledge? Answer: “Yes, studying the knowledge of medicine, engineering, pharmacy has good in it. If the intention is good, he will be rewarded. He will be rewarded for this if he has the…

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Question: Some pictures or illustrations are black like a shadow and they don’t have the characteristics of a clear picture. Is this allowed? Answer: “There is not in it a clear picture. It is only the shape of a head and other than it. It is like something that is obliterated. Like something that is wiped/obliterated” [Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah no. 260]…

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  Question: What is the ruling on some students gathering inside the masjid, speaking a lot, and raising their voices until their is noise/clamor inside the masjid? Answer: “Raising voices and causing clamor in the Masaajid is unpleasant. It is necessary to protect the Masaajid from that. The masjid is only for the recitation of the Quran, remembering Allah, supplication, and learning…

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Question: Is it allowed to invite some people of innovation to my walimah with the view of inviting them to the truth, knowing that they call to their innovation in the town in which they live? Answer: “If the invitation leads to the benefit of them being swayed and guided, then this is a good  purpose and good affair”. [Sharh Sunan…

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Question: Nowadays, a man sells [a product] after having the receipt/invoice and the product is in the warehouse. Likewise, the product is sold and bought while it is still in the same warehouse. Answer: “This is not allowed. It opposes these Ahaadith*. Verily selling occurs when the buyer purchases it [the product] then owns it. As for selling it before owning it, then…

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Question: In our lands, if the national anthem is played it is obligatory on everyone who hears it to stand for it. Is there forbiddence in this? Answer: “Yes, in it there is harm and it is something forbidden”. [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 593] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Question: May Allah be good to you, this questioner from France says: there is a man who entered Islam and he does not have a father because his father and mother were not married [i.e. he is an illegitimate child]. So is it allowed for this Muslim to name himself the son of Adam or son of Ibrahim? Answer: “It is…

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Shaikh Ahmad an-Najmi rahimahullah said: “We do not adhere to man-made laws. However, we say: if this law has a benefit for the residents, for example, then it is necessary not to oppose it. Even if someone is a stranger in that land”. [https://www.alnajmi.net/voices-action-show-id-1542.htm] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Question: What is the ruling on writing for newspapers whether about religious topics or worldly topics? Answer: “Writing in newspapers is permissible, especially if there is benefit for people whether in their religion or their worldly life. If it is about the religion, then he will get rewarded inshallah”. [https://www.alnajmi.net/voices-action-show-id-1300.htm] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan

Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah said: “… From that is what many people do during the winter on the twenty fourth of December claiming that it is the birth of ‘Isa alayhi salam. All of what they innovate in it is from the evil actions, like lighting fire, preparing food, and lighting candles and the like of that. For taking…

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