Category: Fatwa – religious verdicts

Zakaah on jewellery with stone inlays

Question: How does one pay Zakaah on jewellery that is not simply gold but is gold with precious stone inlays? Does one also include the weight of those stones since it would be very difficult to remove the gold and weigh it by itself? Response: Gold is the thing upon which Zakaah must be paid, […]

Using Zakaah funds to finish building a masjid

Question: What is the ruling on using zakaah monies to finish builidng a masjid that is almost completed, and its construction may be halted (due to lack of funding)? Response: What is well-known to the scholars, and it is the position of the vast majority of them, so it can be considered like ijmaa’ (a scholarly concensus) of the scholars of […]

Praying behind a traveller .

Praying behind the Traveller Question: What should the resident do if he prays behind the traveller? Response: If the resident prays behind the traveller [leading the prayer] – who has shortened his prayer, then the resident’s prayer behind him is correct; So when the [traveller] imaam completes the prayer, then the resident must stand and […]

Ihram On An airplane

Not knowing exactly when to enter state of ihraam whilst in an airplane Question: A man wanted to perform the Hajj or ‘Umrah and put on the ihraam clothing on the airplane. Then he did not know the place of the meeqat, so should he delay entering the state of ihraam once he reaches Jeddah or not? […]

Woman’s prayer

Question put to our Noble Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen after Salaat al-Fajr in al-Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah on Tuesday 27 Ramadhaan 1420/ 4 January 2000 Which is better for the woman, to pray in her house or pray in al-Masjid al-Haraam(Makkah)? The Noble Shaykh (hafitha-hullaah) briefly responded by saying it is better for the woman to pray in her house for that which […]

Looking at the opposite sex on television

Question: What is the ruling regarding looking at a woman (ajnabiyyah – someone who he is not amahram to) and (similarly) a woman (ajnabiyyah) looking at a man whilst watching television? Response: It is not permissible because generally that which one sees of women on the television are without hijaab and revealing some of their ‘awrah; and regarding the men, […]

Uncovering the hair, neck and arms

Question: Is it permissible for a woman to uncover her hair, neck and arms infront of her mahrams – such as her father and her brother? Response: Yes, it is permissible for a woman to have them – and that which is similar – uncovered in the presence of her mahrams. And Allaah has the […]

Eating Camel Fat

Question: Does eating camel fat nullify the wudhoo? Response: As for camel fat, then [eating] it does not nullify the wudhoo, because it is not meat. Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’dee