Question: I am a youth who is given to writing and I produce novels, plays, and stories about good societal subjects which are fictional and from my imagination. I ask about the ruling on writing these novels, stories and earning money from it such as awards from competitions or practicing it as a profession to earn provision? Answer: “These affairs…
The Ruling on Test-Tube Babies – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: In some hospitals nowadays, they use test tubes for birth, that is they take the sperm from a man through a test tube and place it inside the wife. That is because some women cannot give birth or when there is difficulty in giving birth. Is this action permissible? Answer: “if it is verified that this [sperm] is from…
The Ruling on Studying With the People of Innovation – Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: I am a youth from outside this land and I studied Aqeedah with its people. I have been brought up since I was young upon the Salafi Aqeedah, all praise is due to Allah. My society is led by ignorance. So it is allowed for me to take knowledge of Fiqh alone from a man accused of innovation in…
How to Use Water to Make Ablution Without Extravagance – Shaikh Abdul Mushin al-‘Abbad
Question: How do we use the water for ablution without extravagance if the water runs continuously? Answer: “water runs from the faucet in every place. So it is upon the one making ablution that when he opens the faucet that he does not open it with strength. Rather, he opens it in accordance to what suffices him. When he is…
Employees Lying and Committing Fraud on the Attendance Record – Shaikh al-Raajihi
Question: It is noticed that some employees when they arrive to the office for their work, write in the attendance record that they came at an earlier time other than the real time they arrived in. We hope from your Eminence a clarification of the ruling on these affairs? Answer: ” this is lying and fraud. This is not…
The Ruling on Bleaching the Eyebrows – Shaikh Abdul Mushsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on bleaching the eyebrows by dying the top and bottom of the eyebrow with a color similar to the skin color? Answer: “This is like the refinement of the eyebrow such as it disappears. The result is the same. For verily if the color changes, then it is as if it is shaved or plucked”.…
The Ruling on Writing with the Left Hand – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: What is the ruling on writing with the left hand? Answer: “if a person is need of that or his hand is accustomed to that, then there is no harm. If he is capable of writing with this right hand, then it is not allowed for him to use the left with the ability to use the right” [Sharh…
The Ruling on Beef Gelatin – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-‘Abbad
Question: I bought some sweets from the market, which are made in America. And I found Beef Gelatin in them. Is it allowed to eat these sweets”? Answer: “There is no preventive preventing this because the slaughter of the Jews and Christians is permissible for us”. [Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood no. 64 ] Translated By Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan Abu Sulaymaan
Th Ruling on Reciting the Remembrances During Work ? – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Does the reward decrease if a woman prays and completes the supplications which are recited after prayer and she is working in the house because of her circumstances? She does not have a servant and her children are playing and prevent her from completing it in her prayer place. May Allah reward you with good. Answer: “There is no harm for…
The Ruling on Praying Duha During Work Time – Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Question: Is it allowed for me to pray the Sunnah of Duha in the time I am working, knowing that it will not lead to missing work or delaying it? Answer: “Duha prayer is a Sunnah and it has virtue. If he is an employee and praying it will not effect his assigned work, then there is no harm in praying it.…