Question: What is the ruling on this game which has appeared in the markets and is played by the young children and youth. It is a table which has in it idols which are soccer players. A small ball is placed in it and it is moved using the hands. Whoever loses the game pays the cost of the game to the…
The Ruling on Performing a Marriage Contract In the Church- The Permanent Committee
Question: Is it allowed to perform the marriage contract in a church? Is it allowed perform the marriage contract twice. Once according to the Islamic method and another according to the Christian method? That is in order to please both sides/parties. Answer: “It is not allowed to perform a marriage inside a church and the Islamic marriage contract is sufficient.…
The Ruling on Having Oppositions and Evil in the Cell-phone – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: This questioner says: some of the youth have cellphones and they fill it with oppositions and evils like songs, musical instruments, and prohibited pictures. So what is your guidance for the likes of these people? May Allah bless you Answer: “If these people are older, then it is upon them to fear Allah and repent to Allah from this…
The Refutation of the Statement: Material Cannot be Created Nor Destroyed – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan
Question: May Allah reward you, what is the refutation of the expression which is taught in schools: “that material does not perish nor is it created from nonexistence“, knowing that Allah is the Originator of the Heavens and Earth? Answer: “This is the speech of the naturalists. Those who say that [the world and its affairs] are natural [occurrences]. They do not…
Is ‘Isa Ibn Maryam a Companion? – Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Rajihi
Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Rajihi hafidhuhallah said: “So ‘Isa alayhi salam is an member of the Ummah of Muhammad and he is a Prophet. He is the best of this Ummah after our Prophet (ﷺ) then next to him is Abu Bakr as-Sideeq. Also, it is confirmed he is a Companion because he saw the Prophet (ﷺ) in the night of Mi’raj and he…
One Will Be Rewared For Studying Engineering and Medicine With a Good Intention – Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Rajihi
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…
The Ruling On Pictures That Look Like Shadows – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
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]…
The Ruling on Students Making Noise in the Masjid – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
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…
Relying Only on What is Authentic in the Seerah – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: If only what is authentic in the Seerah is relied upon, then we would lose a big portion of the Prophetic Seerah. So how do we rely upon what is authentic only? Answer: “What has come in the Seerah is not established except if the chain of narration is authentic. As for what is other than that, then…
The Ruling on Giving a Poor Person Charity Knowing That He Will Use it to Buy Cigarettes- Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah was asked: Question: If we know that the one asking for money asks in order to purchase cigarettes to smoke. What is the ruling? To which the Shaikh rahimahullah answered: “We give him in food”. He explained that voluntary charity does not have to be given in money in the first place and it can be…