Question: What is the ruling regarding praying behind one who smokes? Response: If you are able to find another imaam, then do not pray behind him (the smoker). And if you were unable to find other than the imaam who smokes, then you are required to pray behind him; Do not pray alone by yourself. […]
Category: Fatwa – religious verdicts
Ruling concerning wishing for death due to harm that has come.
Ruling concerning wishing for death due to harm that has come Question: I have faced so many difficulties in my life that it has made me hate this life. Every time I turned to Allaah, I pleaded for Him to take my life away from me at the earliest. This is my wish until now […]
He had stolen a camel and instructed his son to return it after his death
He had stolen a camel and instructed his son to return it after his death Question: The Shaykh was asked regarding a bedouin man who had stolen a camel, and when death approached him he instructed his son to return it (to it`s owner), however, his son does not know who the owner is? Response: […]
Innovations pertaining to visiting the grave of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam)
Innovations pertaining to visiting the grave of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) Question: Are there any innovations which some people fall into (when) at the grave of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam)? Response: From the innovations that take place at the grave of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) is much […]
Regarding the behaviour of some pilgrims having returned to their homes after the Hajj
Regarding the behaviour of some pilgrims having returned to their homes after the Hajj Question: Some of the pilgrims, when they return from the Holy Land to their countries, they remain in their houses for a week without going out, not even for any necessities nor (going out to the masjid) to pray, and the people […]
The ruling regarding two or more khutbahs in ‘Arafah
The ruling regarding two or more khutbahs in ‘Arafah Question: We have noticed some pilgrims are unable to pray in Masjid Namirah (on the 9th day ofDhul-Hijjah, the Day of ‘Arafah). They pray where they are, so one of them stands and delivers akhutbah and then leads the prayer, just like in a masjid. So, is it permissible to have […]
The ruling regarding washing the stones for stoning (the Jamaraat)
The ruling regarding washing the stones for stoning (the Jamaraat) Question: What is the ruling regarding washing the stones for stoning (the Jamaraat)? Response: They should not be washed. Rather, if a person washes them with the intention of worshipping Allaah (by this action), then this is an innovation because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa […]
The ruling regarding touching the mihraab and the minbar of the Prophet’s masjid
The ruling regarding touching the mihraab and the minbar of the Prophet’s masjid Question: What is the ruling regarding touching the mihraab and the minbar of the al-Masjid an-Nabawee? Response: Some of the vistors touch the mihraab and the minbar and the walls of the al-Masjid an-Nabawee and all of this is an innovation. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen al-Bid’u […]
Regarding visiting the “Seven Masaajid” and other places in Madeenah
Regarding visiting the “Seven Masaajid” and other places in Madeenah Question: What is the ruling regarding visiting the “Seven Masaajid” or Masjid al-Ghamaamah or some of the other places that some of the pilgrims visit? Response: We (previously) mentioned that only the following five places should be visited: 1) The Prophet’s (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) Masjid; 2) His grave and […]
The ruling regarding making tawaaf around the Prophet’s chamber
The ruling regarding making tawaaf around the Prophet’s chamber Question: What is the ruling regarding making tawaaf around the Prophet’s chamber? Response: Some vistors to the al-Masjid an-Nabawee make tawaaf around the grave of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and touch the caging of the chamber and its walls and, quite possibly, they kiss it with their lips […]