Ruling regarding Breast feeding a young orphan boy of 4-5 years of age for Adoption
الحمد لله رب العالمين ، وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، وبالله التوفيق
وشرط الرضاع المحرم رضيع حي لم يبلغ سنتين بالاهل...
Rugs with Depictions of Animals
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The shariah takes a stern stance against sculpting or depicting animals, as we find ...
Ahl al-Kitab and Their Meat
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
In the Shafi’i School, restrictions are found in this regard. They are:
1) The is...
Rulings Regarding a number of Marital Issues: Family Planning, Marital Relations, etc
A female human’s breast milk is pure, lawful to consume, and permissible to buy and sell. Imam Nawawi mentioned,
لأنه مائع يحل شربه فج...
How should I pray tasbeeh salat? From: Sri Lanka
It is recommended to pray Salat al-Tasbih once a day; however, if one is unable then one should perform it once every Friday, once a mo...
Salams Between the Genders
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
To note, Imam Nawawi wrote on the issue of salams in two places. In Kitab al-Adhkar ...
Shaykh Afifi Al-Akiti Ash-Shafi’i’s Talk on Ikhtilaf Al-Ummah
This was an interview given in late August of 2009 on Radio IKIM.fm. in Malaysia. He discusses several issues of disagreement, such as ...
Saying Salams in Writing and the Necessity to Reply
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
Replying to the salam when received in written correspondence is obligatory. (Imam N...
Saying the Intention Aloud
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The intention is an integral of the prayer. In fact Ibn Al-Mundhir states in his wo...
Should Jumuah or Janazah be made first?
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
If a Friday prayer and funeral prayer enter, and time is not tight, then the funeral...