Question:
What is the ruling on demonstrations? What are the evidences for its permissibility? And what are the evidences for its prohibition?
Answer:
The issue of demonstration is a long one, and I will summarize my words regarding it by saying:
Some of the brothers that said that demonstrations are permissible researched in the Sunnah ...
Question:
I read in Muhammad al-Jibaly's book that it is disliked to name your children Saif-Allah. Is it permissible? If not, why is it impermissible?
Answer:
I have not read any books by the author you mentioned but this was an issue discussed by earlier scholars.
Naming a new born with epithet like Izz ad-Deen ...
Question:
Is it permissible for female sisters to write to brothers who are in prison?
Answer:
Islam came with guidelines, rules and principles that scholars derived from the study of the Qur'an and Hadith.
Among those principles are what Imam Ahmad, Malik, Ibn Taymiyyah and others established under (سد الذرائع) which is the rule of avoiding ...
Many of our oppressed imprisoned brothers resort to hunger strikes when the world, including their Muslim brothers, turn their backs on them. The question becomes whether or not this is allowed Islamically. The simple answer to this matter is that refusing to eat and/or drink until one dies or severely harms himself is not permissible and ...
Question 1: Is it an innovation to pray more than eleven raka'at as the Prophet stated?
I'm aware that it is the opinion of some scholars that praying over 11 raka'at is an innovation. Their evidence is based on the hadith of A'isha (رضي الله عنها) that the Prophet (ﷺ) never went over eleven raka'at ...
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Insha'Allah this email reaches you in the best of health and iman. I was just watching the news and they stated that Saudi Arabia is going to let the US use their land as a base if they should go to war with Iraq. What does this mean for us muslims? Isn't that a ...
Question:
Now, I have always seen the Islamic background and isnad for the idea of modesty and covering in general, yet there has always been in my mind a cloud of doubt around the exact isnad for the very specific modern hijab Muslim women wear today, i.e. covering the hair. For example, with the ...
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Our virtuous Shaykh, what is the best way to answer the one who warns from the consequences of rushing towards Jihad in Iraq and advices [Muslims] to wait with that? Then we see the one who follows this way of thought and opinion being happy when Baghdad falls [in the hands of the occupiers ...
Question:
She thinks about sexual intercourse (between a husband and a wife) during night. It is just the thought that comes to her mind: she imagines that intentionally. But she does not see this in her dreams. Yet, she does not look at pornography and does not have immoral friends either, but for some unknown ...
Question:
What is the proof that the Qur'an was not tampered with? Who wrote the Qur'an and when was it written? Can you give a brief history of it?
Answer:
Bismillah (In the Name of Allah).
1] Firstly to address your question with regards to the proof that parts of the Qur'an was not tampered ...