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...
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...
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...
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...
What do the Scholars of the Sunnah say regarding the so called ‘Islaamic Anasheed’ ? Shaykh Saleh al-Fawzaan has stated in; Al-Khutub al-Mimbariyyah (3/184-185, 1411AH Edition) “What deserves attention also is: The tapes that are being increasingly circulated...
Correct methodology with regard to advising the Rulers Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-Saliheen Chapter 78 Obligation of Rulers to show Kindness to their Subjects Allah, the Exalted, says: “And be kind and humble to the believers who follow you.” (26:215)...
Dinosaurs – Did they actually exist? We live here in the west and we have some non-Muslim friends who discuss Islam with us. They are very interested in science and theories about the universe, and they have a question: Is there any mention of the dinosaurs in Islam?...
