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: What is the ruling on selling men’s watches and spectacles that are plated with real gold, and vessels for home use and medical equipment that is plated with gold, for men and women?. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. If the matter is as described, it is not permissible to sell vessels and medical equipment …
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Question: Is it permissible for women to visit the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?. Answer: That is not permissible for them, because of the general meaning of the ahaadeeth which forbid women to visit graves and which curse them for doing so. The difference of opinion concerning women …
Question: A man divorced his wife by saying “I divorce you thrice”; what is the ruling on that? Answer: If a man divorces his wife three times with one word, such as saying, “You are thrice divorced”, the majority of scholars are of the view that the woman is indeed thrice divorced and becomes forbidden …
Question: Some women go to beauticians who style their eyebrows by shaving or trimming their edges. What is the ruling on this? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Shaping the eyebrows by trimming, shaving or plucking their edges in order to appear beautiful, as is done by some women nowadays, is haraam because it involves changing …
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Question: What is the proof that women have to cover their feet during prayer for prayer to be accepted? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. The free woman who has attained the age of majority is obliged to cover her entire body during prayer, apart from her face and hands, because all of her is ‘awrah. …
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Question: From that which is known is that the prayer of the woman inside her home is better than her praying in the masjid; So if she abandoned praying in al-Masjid al-Haraam (in Makkah) or al-Masjid an-Nabawee (in Madeenah) and (instead) prayed inside her home, would she be rewarded with the multiple reward for the …
Question: If a woman prays behind the men and the imaam errs in his recitation of the Qur.aan and no-one corrects him, is the woman allowed to correct him if she knows? Answer: If this occurs during (the recitation of Soorah) al-Faatihah, then it is obligatory upon her to correct him, because if he errs …
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Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on one who claims to have knowledge of the unseen. He replied: The ruling on one who claims to have knowledge of the unseen is that he is a kaafir, because he has disbelieved in Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the …
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Question: What is the ruling on shaving the beard or removing part of it? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Shaving the beard is haraam because of the saheeh ahaadeeth that clearly state this, and because of the general application of texts that forbid resembling the kuffaar. One of these reports is the hadeeth of Ibn …
Question: What is the ruling on using a verse of the Qur’aan as a line in a poem? And what is the ruling on singing a verse of the Qur’aan accompanied by music? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Including a verse of the Qur’aan in a poem is not permitted, and singing a verse is …
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