Question: What is the best way to build a masjid in agreement with the Prophetic Sunnah? Questioner: What are the specifications in building the Masjid from the Sunnah and I hope (from you) clarity? Shaikh Al Albani: and this is what you cannot establish nowadays so what is the benefit? Questioner: Some brothers who want to build a masjid. Shaikh…
Month: February 2015
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The Ruling on Abandoning the Congregational Prayer Due to Having an Excessively Large Body – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: Is having an excessively large body from affairs which a person is excused from the congregational prayer? Answer: “If a person is harmed by walking due to having an excessively large body, then he is excused. If he is not harmed by that, then he is not excused, rather he prays in congregation with the people”. [Sharh Sunan Abu…
The Ruling on the One Who Says: I am a Disbeliever in Salafiyyah – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is your opinion, Oh virtuous Shaikh, about the one who says: that he is a disbeliever in Salafiyyah? Answer: “This is ignorance and trespassing the truth. If he intends that using this term is not necessary and that it is not necessary for a person to say: I am Salafi, then the affair is easy. If he intends…
The Ruling on Shaking Hands with a Strange Woman – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: “Is it allowed for me to shake the hand of a strange woman if she places on her hand a barrier? Please answer with an explanation of the evidences. Is the ruling of a woman who is old in age like the woman young in age? Answer: “It is not allowed for a person to shake the hand of…
The Ruling on Wiping the Hands on the Face After Supplication – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling of wiping the hands on the face after supplication? Answer: “Wiping the face with the hands after supplication is not prescribed, because the Ahadith reported in that are weak until Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said: they cannot be used to establish evidence. If we are not certain or most likely think this is prescribed then its…
The Ruling on the Book Tabligh an-Nisaab [Fadaa’il ul-‘Amaal] – Shaikh Al-Albaani
Question: “What is your opinion about the book al-Jama’aat ul-Islaamiyah of Shaikh Salim al-Hilali and the book Tabligh an-Nisaab by Muhammad zakariyyah? Answer: “As for the book al-Jamaa’aat ul-islaamiyah, then I do not know anything about it except for good. As for the book Tabligh al-Nisaab, then I did not read it. However it reached me from one of the trustworthy…
The Ruling on Praying In front of a Heater- Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Is it allowed to pray in front of a heater while it is working? Does this have an effect on the ‘Aqeedah? Answer: “There is no harm in praying in front of an electric heater even if it is turned on because it is like an electric lamp which is used for lighting. Verily the jurists (may Allah have mercy…
The Ruling on Reading Books that Educate about Other Religions – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: It is allowed to read books which educate about other religions other than Islam simply for awareness about them and for information? Or reading books about some communist systems and the likes not out of amazement of them nor to act upon them, but for the purpose mentioned earlier? Answer: “It is upon a person to first to know…
The Ruling on Reforming Islaam – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: We hear one who speaks about reforming Islam, so is he correct in his statement? Answer: “If the intent by reform of Islam is da’wah towards it, removing what is connected to the Muslims from polytheism, innovation, myths, and clarifying the correct Islam which the Prophet (ﷺ) came with and the Pious Predecessors tread, then this reform is an obligatory right.…