How to Detest Those Who are Doing a Congregational Supplication After Prayer? – Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: Clarify for us how to detest the congregational supplication after the prayer? Is it by leaving the masjid or sitting in the back [of the masjid] and detesting it with the heart only? Answer: فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُم So keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can [64:11] And in the Hadith of Abu…
Is The One Who Seeks Knowledge Over the Internet Considered a Student of Knowledge? – Shaikh Ahmad an-Najmi
Question: The questioner says: Is a person who follows lessons [takes lessons] over the internet considered a student of knowledge or a layman, if he is not capable of travelling? Answer: “It is hoped that he will attain from good what he attains [i.e. from his study]”. [https://www.alnajmi.net/voices-action-show-id-1127.htm] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
The Ruling on Cutting the Soul Patch – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: Regarding the hairs that are underneath the lower lip. Are they trimmed or left as they are? Answer: “They are called (العنفقة ) and they are not from the beard. They are left the way they are unless they harm a person” [Liqaa Bab al-Maftooh no. 9] Translator’s Note: As for what is mentioned that Ibn Umar radiallahu…
The Ruling on Visiting Family Members Who Are People of Innovation – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: I have brothers who are secularists, socialists, and from the Muslim brotherhood. They do not love me visiting them because I advise them at times. I am rough with them in speech, so am I sinful if I boycott them? Answer: “If you see that visiting them is something of benefit, then visit them and advise them. Be lenient with these…
[Conference Lecture Script] What is Shirk? Its Origin and Types
Alhamdulliah, we just completed our conference this weekend [see the poster below]: The following is the script of my lecture entitled: What is Shirk? Its Origin and Types
The Ruling on Fireworks – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: What is the ruling on fireworks (الطماش)? Likewise, the money which is gained in exchange for selling them? Answer: “These fireworks (الطماش) do not have good in them and they are a disturbance. It awakes those sleeping and nowadays they types of (الطماش) that are severe in explosion. Perhaps you would think that its cylinder has gas [in it]…
How to Refer to One’s Father and Mother? – Shaikh Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: Is calling the father and mother: “Oh Father and Oh mother” obligatory or recommended? Is it allowed to call them by their agnomen (الكنية)? Do the father and mother due to breast-feeding enter into this ruling? Answer: ” From the Prophetic etiquette, which Ibrahim (عليه الصلاة والسلام) used with his father is that he called him using these words and…
The Ruling on Immunizations and Vaccinations – Shaikh Yahya Ibn Ali al-Hajoori
Question: [Regarding] the issue of immunization and vaccination for children or some sick people or workers using a medical needle, is it allowed to do so, specifically if its success is affirmed? Is this considered puncturing the trust in Allah (Tawakul) because some people do not vaccinate their children nor respond to the government in its campaign for vaccination? Answer:…