Fatwa

A man purchases goods and leaves the change he is owed with the seller to collect at a later time. Is this allowed? Shaikh Ahmad An-Najmī

Question: Some of the people purchase goods from a seller and they have wealth left over that they leave with the seller until they return. Then the seller uses that [read on…]
Hadeeth

Hadeeth: Whoever removes hardship from a believer, brings ease to one in difficulty, hides the faults of a Muslim, helps his brother, strives to seek knowledge and gathers in a house of Allah to learn — And the one who is slow to do good deeds. (Explained by Shaikh Ibn Bāz)

Imam Muslim reported in his Saheeh (no. 2699) عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ [read on…]
Books

Impurities that affect water: Water cannot be rendered impure by anything except by that which changes its smell, taste and colour.

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy Book of Purification (Bulūgh Al-Marām of Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr) Chapter on the Types of Water (no. 3) وَعَنْ أَبِي [read on…]
Books

Understanding the Impact of the Islamic Jamā’ahs on the Ummah. Do they Aid the Muslims or Diminish them? And how should Individual Muslims Interact with these Groups? By Shaikh Sālih Al-Fawzān

Question: We hear much in this age of the Islamic Jama’āt in the different parts of the world – so what is the origin of this term and its usage? [read on…]
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Hadith, ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he has divided your provision—and Allah gives wealth to whom He loves and to those He does not love—but He does not bestow Imān except upon whom He loves…”

Murrah narrated from Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūd (radiyallāhu ’anhu) that he said: ”Allah has divided manners between you just as he divided your provision. Verily, Allah gives wealth to whom He [read on…]
Family

A believing woman guards herself and her honour in the absence of her husband from being touched by other men, and she does not expose her beautification in front of them.

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation; may Allah extol the mention of our noble [read on…]
Books

Water is pure and nothing can make it impure except if an impurity is added which changes its smell, taste or colour: Purification and the types of water.

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy Book of Purification (Bulūgh Al-Marām of Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr) Chapter on the Types of Water (no. 2) وَعَنْ أَبِي [read on…]
Books

Seawater, river water and lake water are pure and purifying, and their creatures are lawful to catch and eat: Purification and the types of water.

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy Book of Purification (Bulūgh Al-Marām of Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr) Chapter on the Types of Water (no. 1) عَنْ أَبِي [read on…]
Aqeedah

Chapter 26: That which has been reported in the Quran and Sunnah concerning the Soothsayers, Fortunetellers, Astrologers and those who are like them: Kitāb at-Tawheed of Imām Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhāb

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. REQUEST: I have made this article freely available ― I request that you donate the amount of just £2 ($2 or €2) [read on…]
Aqeedah

Part 3: To Abandon Innovations, Hizbiyyah (Partisanship), Differing, Sectarianism, and Establishing the Call to Unity: Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal’s Usūl As-Sunnah (The Foundations of the Sunnah) with the explanation of Shaikh An-Najmi.

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. REQUEST: I have made this article freely available ― I request that you donate the amount of just £2 ($2 or €2) [read on…]
Celebrations

All of our Religion is good and were the Muslims to cling to it and practice it properly, then the people of the world would recognise the beauty of Islam

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. REQUEST: I have made this article freely available ― I request that you donate the amount of just £2 ($2 or €2) [read on…]
Dress Code

Is it allowed to wear a ring on the forefinger and middle finger? And is it allowed to abbreviate “salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam” to “S” or “SAW”? Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Bāz.

Question: What is the ruling of wearing a ring on the forefinger (index finger) or middle finger because we have heard that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam) prohibited it? And [read on…]
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Dress Code

Is it allowed for a woman to leave her home wearing regular garments that conceal her whole body but not with a black jilbāb? Shaikh Al-Islām Ibn Bāz

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. REQUEST: I have made this article freely available ― I request that you donate the amount of just £2 ($2 or €2) [read on…]
Al-Hamawiyyah Al-Kubrā

Ibn Taymiyyah on those who first denied the Attributes of Allah ― And the influences of philosophy and theological rhetoric (‘ilm al-kalām) upon the Muslims that led to deviation in the Islamic Creed (Al-Fatāwa Al-Hamawiyyah Al-Kubrā)

In the name of Allāh, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. REQUEST: I have made this book freely available ― I request that you donate (if you are able) the amount of just [read on…]
Child Birth

The ‘Aqeeqah is a Sunnah on the seventh day, to be eaten by the family and distributed to neighbours, friends and the poor. And how to calculate the first day and the seventh day – Shaikh Ibn Bāz

‘Aqeeqah is a Sunnah – for a boy two sheep, and for a girl, one sheep. That is the Sunnah. It is to be slaughtered on the seventh day. There [read on…]
Celebrations

Muslim Identity, the Honour that Islam Brings and the Danger of Blindly Following Non-Muslim Cultures that Clash with Islam and the Sunnah

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Important request: I have made this article freely available to all seekers of knowledge ― so, I request that you donate the [read on…]
Family

Worship in the home, its significance and an example of “my Islamic home” through the eyes of a Muslim child. (Islam 5.8)

Worship in the home, its significance and an example of “my Muslim home” (Islam 5.8) Objectives: Describe and explain worship in the home, and consider its significance. It is important [read on…]
Aqeedah

Honour and Glory Belong To Allāh, to His Messenger and the Believers — ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattāb said, “We are a people who Allah has honoured with Islam, so whenever we seek to be honoured through other than it, Allah will bring us humiliation.”

Al-Bukhārī and Muslim reported from Abu Hurairah (radiyallāhu ‘anhu) that Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. No person memorises them except that [read on…]
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Aqeedah

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was protected from practising the religion of the Polytheists before he received Revelation and afterwards:

The Prophet was protected from falling into Kufr and Shirk before and after he received Revelation (salallāh ‘alaihi wasallam). From the proofs for that is the hadeeth of Anas ibn [read on…]