Question: Is writing a will an obligation and is it necessary to have witnesses? I do not know the legislated way of writing it, so I hope for guidance [in writing it]. Jazakallahu Khairan Answer: “Write the will according to the following form: “I so and so the son of so and so or the daughter of so and so…

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Question: A question came in regards to mentioning this supplication in the storefronts, or groceries, or supermarket. Is it sufficient to mention [the supplication of the market] in the markets of our custom nowadays or is for the general market? Answer: “In any case, if a person says it in a place of buying and selling, even in a specific market,…

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Question: [Is the Supplication of the market] said in the exhibitions which sell books? Answer: “Yes, it is a market. It is well-known that in these exhibitions there are collections [of books] and different types/kinds of people. In there is a collection [of items], voices, and books that are sometimes not good”. [Sharh Tirmidhi no. 390] Translated by Faisal Ibn…

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Question: If a person passes through the market and does not intend to shop, does he say this supplication [i.e. supplication for the market*]? Answer: “Yes, he says it”. [Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no. 378]   * The supplication for the market is the following: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ مَنْ دَخَلَ السُّوقَ فَقَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ…

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Question: A youth lives with his parents and his father bought a house with a usurious loan. Is it allowed for this youth to help hos father pay the electric bill or water bill? Answer: “Yes, he can help his father in paying the bill and he can live with him. If his father repents, then inshallah Allah returns to the one…

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Question: I am a businessman who sells sports shoes. These sports shoes have international brands that belong to specific companies. I am a businessman who copies these brands for another company. The people know these are imitations and desire them due to their cheap price. So what is the ruling on selling these items? Answer: “What is appropriate is to…

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Question: Is it allowed to rent the hall connected to the Masjid for a wedding or parties, if they are Muslims? Answer: “If there is no evil committed in it, then there is no harm” [Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari no. 149 side A] Translated by Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan  

Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, some callers have emerged today using laughter and jokes as a means of da’wah with the argument that it attracts the hearts of the youth. So what is the ruling on this? Answer: “This is not good. This is an action that is not good. A person should be someone of seriousness and not someone of…

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Question: One who inputs data inputs into the computer with his right hand. When he receives the papers from the reviewers, he takes them with his left hand. Is he is sinful for that? Answer: “He does not do that. He establishes his work with his right hand and takes things that are presented to him with the right hand. He…

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Questioner: There are some computers that have wireless technology which allows it to enter [someone else’s] internet through another device. So he has the internet and I have this device which I am able to enter [his] internet. Shaikh : “If he [the owner of the internet] does not allow it and does not agree to that, then a person…

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