Natural Disasters: Punishment or Test from God? Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fire and other natural disasters have been occurring throughout the passage of time by the Qadr,decree of Allah - the One true God. No calamity occurs, except by the leave of...
Why Did Allah Create Us? Praise be to Allah. Allah never created anything in vain One of the greatest attributes of Allah is wisdom, and one of His greatest names is al-Hakim (the most Wise). It should be noted that He has not created anything in vain; exalted be...
Ruling on democracy and elections and participating in that system What is the ruling on democracy and taking a leadership role in parliment or other levels of the democratical government? What is the ruling regarding voting for someone in democracy? How was...
Imitating the kuffaar falls into two categories: Imitation that is haraam and imitation that is permitted: The first type is imitation that is haraam: this means knowingly doing things that are unique characteristics of the religion of the kuffaar and...
Is the house a prison for women? Shaykh Muhammad Ibnul-'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) Question: Is there any advice for women who believe home is a prison (for them)? Answer: “Yes, and it is fair to tell these women that the one who made...
The Ruling On Celebrating Birthdays, Anniversaries, Valentines, Mothers Day, Fathers Days etc Question: “Is it haram to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and would this count as bidah even though it does not have to do with worship? JazakAllah Kheir.”...
Male to a Male, Female to a Female MEDICAL Question: My wife is studing to become a nurse at a University, is it lawful to: -examine patients (male or female) and give them baths which are apart of the class projects. -examine men as a nurse in non-emergency...
The Ruling on making Dhikr (Reading Qur’an, Tasbeeh, Adhkar, Dua etc) collectively in Unison Researched by Ahmad bin Muhammad an-Najjar Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya [The scenario] This is collectively coming together to make Dhikr (remembrance...
Miscarriage of a foetus and the rulings related to the mother and child: Ibn Bāz and Ibn Uthaimeen. Question: I was pregnant – then during the third month and a week, I miscarried. I don’t know which stage the foetus was in. Some people told me: “You should...
Blind Following is called TAQLEED in Arabic. Taqleed , in Islamic view means , to blindly follow any of the four Imaams and their school of thoughts known as Madhabs. To elaborate , it means blindly or rigidly following an Imaam even after coming across an authentic...
