Imaam Maalik said,"The Sunnah is like the Ark of Noah. Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned." Quoted by Shaykh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo'-ul-fataawaa (4/57)
Question: We live in a land in which the sun does not set until 21:30 (09:30pm) or 22:00 (10:00pm), so when should we break our fast? Answer: Break your fast when the sun has set. So long as you have a night and day in 24 hours, it is obligatory that you fast even if …
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Question: If a person is fasting during Ramadhaan and is travelling to another country and he does not have anything except water, what does he do? Answer: If a person is fasting and the sun sets and he does not find anything to break his fast with except water, then he should break his fast …
Question: A person went to sleep before the sahoor in Ramadhaan whilst having the intention to take the sahoor. But, he slept through 'til the morning. Is his fast correct or not? Answer: His fast is correct because the sahoor is not a condition for the correctness of the fast. Rather it is preferable, for …
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Question: Why are the Muslims not united with regard to the beginning and end of Ramadaan? How can that be achieved? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Undoubtedly for the Muslims to be united in starting and ending the fast is something desirable and it is something that is required by sharee’ah wherever possible, and there …
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Question: What should I do if the moon is sighted in some Muslim countries but the country where I am working completes the month of Sha’baan and Ramadaan as thirty days? What is the cause of the people’s differences in Ramadaan? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. You have to stay with the people of your …
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Question: What is hijrah? How can we make hijrah for the sake of Allaah nowadays? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Hijrah (migration) for the sake of Allaah means moving from the land of shirk to the land of Islam, as the Muslims moved from Makkah – before its people became Muslim – to Madeenah, because …
Question: If a person is vulnerable and cannot feel safe from temptation in his country, is hijrah obligatory on the Muslim in this case, and to where should he migrate? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. If the situation is as you describe, and a Muslim feels vulnerable with regard to himself and his religious commitment …
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Question: Some people who recite ruqyah for those who are possessed or who suffer epilepsy recite Qur’aan over water and blow into it, then they tell the sick person to wash with this water. What is the ruling on doing that?. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Blowing into water is of two types: 1 – …
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Question: We are Muslims living ina kaafir state, and the government has now started to build some mosques in the places where Muslims live. Is it permissible for us to recognize these mosques even though we have no built them ourselves at the time when we are able to do that, and even though their …
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Question: What is the ruling on studying man-made laws, and teaching them? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. There is no doubt that Allaah has enjoined upon His slaves to rule according to His sharee’ah and to refer to it for judgement, and He has warned against ruling by any other laws and has stated that …
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