Month: July 2014

Question: If any of the two `Eeds fall on a Friday (Jumu'ah), do you pray the Jumu'ah (prayer) with its khutbah on that day or not? Response: That which is legislated for the Muslims if the `Eed coincides with Friday is to pray the`Eed prayer and the Jumu'ah prayer in the masaajid (plural of masjid) where the Jumu'ah prayer […]

Question: What is the wording of the takbeer and the tahmeed? Response: That one says: ((Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wallaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar wa lillaahil-Hamd)), or one says: ((Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar wa lillaahil-Hamd)). Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen Fataawa Ramadhaan – Volume […]

Question: What is the ruling for denying Zakaatul-Fitr and how is the denier to be dealt with? Response: It's denial is not permissible (muharram)! Because it is egressing from that which the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) has legislated, as has just preceded from the hadeeth of Ibn 'Umar (radhi-yallaahu 'anhumaa) (who said): […]

Question: I began fasting the six (days) of Shawwaal, however I was unable to complete them because of extenuating circumstances and work. Now I have two days remaining, so what do I do O Eminence (Shaykh), do I make these days up or is there any sin upon me?

Question: What is the ruling regarding the one who repents from a sin, then he returns to it again, so he repents again, then he returns to it (yet) again and so on. What is the ruling regarding his repentance? Response: These repentances are all correct, because whenever someone commits a sin then repents to Allaah […]

Question: What is the ruling regarding raising the hands during the supplication of the imaam in the jumu'ah khutbah, since I used to do that; [Then one day] after the prayer, someone advised me against doing so, however he did not provide any evidence for what he said? Response: Raising the hands during the supplication of […]

Question: My husband is addicted to smoking and is afflicted with asthma. We have faced many problems between us from trying to get him to quit. Five months ago, my husband prayed two rak'ahs to Allaah and swore that he would not smoke again. Just one week after his oath, he smoked again and the […]

Question: I married a man. After the marriage, he requested that I should not cover my face in front of his brothers otherwise he would divorce me. What should I do while I fear divorce? Response: It is not allowed for a man to be flexible with respect to his wife and allow her to […]

Question: What is the legal ruling concerning seeking a divorce when proper relations become an impossibility? This is due to the following reasons: First, my husband is ignorant and he does not recognise any rights for me. He curses me and my father and calls us Jews, Christians and Shee'ah. However, I was patient with […]