Question: May Allah be good to you O, Shaikh. The one who prolongs the sitting for Tashahhud for the purpose of supplication at the end of prayers and he prolongs it a lot. [What is the ruling on that]? Answer: “It is not necessary for him. It is necessary for him to be moderate in the amount of legislated supplication. He…
Category: Fatawa
The Ruling on Going to Work While in ‘Itikaaf – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: May Allah be good to you, is it allowed for the one in ‘Itikaaf to go out to his work then return to his place of ‘Itikaf another time? Answer: “If he stipulates that and his leaving is only a little. As for him going out to his work and returning, then this contradicts/opposes ‘Itikaf except if he stipulates…
Is Zakat Due on a Study-Grant? – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: May Allah be good to you, the questioner from Morocco says: one of the good doers gives me a study grant. Its value is 6000 dirhams every year. Is there Zakat due on it knowing that I am a student, and I have reached twenty-five years of age, and I do not have anyone who assists me? Answer: “If…
How Does One Give Zakat if They Have Some Money Which Was Held for a Year and Some Money Which Was Held for Less Than a Year? – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: How is Zakat ul-Mal given for wealth which I collected and a year has passed on it. But I do not know which part of the wealth a year was completed on and which part a year was not completed? And is Zakat, no matter what type it is, given in my land or to the Kingdom [of Saudi…
The Means that Help a Muslim Hold Fast to Their Religion – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: What are the specific means [that help] a Muslim to hold fast to his religion and continue upon acts of obedience until he dies? Answer: “To learn his religion until he knows it and holds fast to it. This is one. The second affair: that he accompanies the good and righteous people. The third affair: to increase in supplication.…
The Ruling On Making Up a Fast That Was Broken Deliberately – Shaikh al-Albani
Question: Whoever breaks his fast deliberately, do voluntary fasts benefit him since there is no evidence for making up the fast for the one who breaks it deliberately? Answer: “No doubt it will benefit him, like the one who wasted many of the obligatory prayers. It will benefit him to replace what he missed with voluntary prayers. Likewise the one…
The Ruling on Video Calling – Shaikh Yahya bin Ali al-Hajuri
Question: What is the ruling on speaking on the internet through video where each person sees the picture of the other? Does this fall into picture making? Answer: “If the picture appears inside the device and produces a result similar to a picture, then yes. In most cases it is. Otherwise, what is it that transmits your picture to him…
Is it From the Sunnah to Leave Off Taraweeh Prayer Sometimes? – Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan
Question: The last question, Shaikh: the Prophet (ﷺ) attended the Salatul-Taraweeh and he (ﷺ) was absent from it sometimes so not to obligate it upon the Ummah as was mentioned in a Hadith. Is it allowed for a person to do what the Prophet (ﷺ) did and be absent some nights [from Taraweeh] due to a circumstance or the likes?…
The Ruling on a Man Who Fainted and Then Drank Water: Is His Fast Valid? – Shaikh Al-Albani
Questioner: A person broke their fast in Ramadan. That is: a person hit him and he lost consciousness. When he recovered, they gave him water to drink. So did he break his fast deliberately or not? Shaikh: Did he drink the water by his own choice or did they give him the water to drink? Questioner: By his choice Shaikh:…
The Ruling on a Restaurant Selling Food to Muslims or Disbelievers During the Daytime of Ramadan – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
Question: There is a Muslim owner of a restaurant in France. Is it allowed for him to sell inside it during the day time of Ramadan, whether it is to a Muslim or a disbeliever? Answer: “It is not allowed for a Muslim to sell food in the daytime of Ramadan. Not to Muslims nor disbelievers”. [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood…