Question: Congratulating a person on the day of their birthday via text message only and not having a party [for that occasion]. [Is that allowed?] Answer: “A birthday is a day a person should comfort/console himself because a year of his life has passed. Following that, he should be given condolences [on such a day] not congratulations. The arrival of…
The Ruling on Eating Food Cooked in Pork Fat – Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen
Question: What is the ruling on eating food which is cooked in something of pork fat? Answer: “It is not allowed to eat it. Whatever is changed by this fat, then it is impure and it makes the clothing, body, and vessels impure”. [‘Ilaam al-Musaafireen (pg. 92)] Translated by Faisal bin Abdul Qaadir bin Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
A Word of Guidance from Shaikh Abdul-Aziz ar-Raajihi (may Allah preserve him) in Relation to Eastern Ghouta
“In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah and may peace and blessings be upon the servant of Allah and His Messenger Muhammad, and upon his followers, and Companions altogether. As for what follows: Verily our brothers in Eastern Ghouta have been touched by evil and the affair has intensified upon…
The Ruling on Bitcoin- Shaikh Muhammad bin Hizaam
Question: Is it allowed to deal with a currency called Bitcoin currency? It is a cryptocurrency and global payment system except that this currency is completely electronic. It is traded on the internet only, without a real or tangible presence. It is a digital decentralized currency. It is operates without a centralized depository? Answer: “It is not allowed to deal…
The Ruling on Animals in the Sea
Shaikh Zayad al-Wasaabi (may Allah preserve him) wrote: “There is no difference of opinion between the People of Knowledge regarding the permissibility of fish, in all of its types. The differing is in regards to what is besides that from that which lives in the sea: The first opinion: everything in the sea is permissible. This is the statement of…
The Ruling on Cryptocurrencies – A Detailed Discussion -Shaikh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhayli
Shaikh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhayli (may Allah preserve him) said: “We will move on to something which has preoccupied the people in this time. An affair that has preoccupied the people and has trailed them a lot. It is what is called digital monies or electronic currencies. Before I speak about electronic currencies, I say, O brothers, in the technical terms present…
The Ruling on Working in the Field of Journalism – The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Question: I hope from your Eminence an answer to my question and guidance for what is best for my worldly life and hereafter. I am a employee in one of the media organizations which works in the field of journalism. That is: it produces issues and publishes newspapers and magazines specific to it. It also publishes newspapers and magazines for…