Question: Our government distributes money to the Muslims to built Masaajid. Is it allowed to take this money to build Masaajid knowing that it is a disbelieving, polytheist government? Answer: “Yes. Taking money from Muslims is more deserving. However, if the government gives them some lands to build Masaajid or assists them in that, then there is no harm in that”.…

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Question: [Some people] turn on the lights when departing and then leave them lit and go. And some others turn on a complete row of lights at the back. If you speak to them, they say: “It is not for you to enter” and it is only one or two people who turn on the row of lights. Answer: “In…

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Question: This person says that he has a personal problem, which is that he does not love to sit with the people? Answer: “I say: it is upon him to seek the refuge of Allah from Shaytan the accursed. He should train himself to sit with the people and mix with them so that perhaps Allah will remove that from…

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Question: It is common on the tongues of the people to say: “So and So is not in need of introduction”. So what is the ruling on this statement? Answer: “I see that no one should say that because if it is said that someone is not in need of introduction it means that everyone knows him. It is a…

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Question: The questioner says: what is the ruling on praying with socks which emit a foul smell? Answer: “By Allah, if there is a foul smell, then what is more deserving is to remove them. This is because the congregants will be harmed by this harmful smell, even you will be harmed. If there is a foul smell, then removing them…

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Question: In my country, the Imams give a Khutbah (sermon) before the second Adhan in our language so that the people can understand. Then after the second Adhan, they give a summarized sermon in Arabic. So what is the ruling on that? Answer: “It is not correct to give two sermons or multiple sermons: one sermon in a foreign language and another in Arabic. Verily…

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Question: We are businessmen who buy [products] from wholesalers and we sell them piece by piece. Our question is: there are some shoes, socks, and clothing that have a trademark. This trademark symbolizes the goddess of victory according to the Greeks. Is it allowed to sell this product? This is because some people say this trademark is for the quality…

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Question: Are pictures that are on socks considered despised? Answer: “If a person is buying socks, he buys something that does not have pictures. Then he is not in need of this question. When he buys socks he should avoid pictures, so he would not be in need of this question. Without doubt it is despised. However, it is necessary that…

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Question: Is it allowed to place an Adhan on the cell phone for notification [of the prayer time]? Answer:  “There is no harm, that is, so as to determine the time [of the prayer]. For example, before the emergence of fajr the adhan is made 15 minutes before or more than that and a voice is heard when the time comes, then there is…

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Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, What is the ruling on a person in ‘Itikaf calling on a cell phone inside the Masjid haram and charging it using the electricity of the haram? Answer: ” This is a precise issue. As for speaking on a cell phone in the Haram, then there is no harm in it. It is like you speaking to…

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