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Attending Mushriks’ Weddings & Funerals – Fatwas of the Permanent Committee

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Q 5: Is it permissible for a Muslim who believes in one God to participate in the wedding ceremonies of Mushriks (those who associate others with Allah in His Divinity or worship), and help them arrange such ceremonies on account of a blood or marriage relationship, or the like? Also, is it permissible to attend their funerals, without praying for their dead, and the burial? Is it permissible to sit and commiserate with them?

Ans:

It is not permissible to share in their occasions, which involve Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) or Bid`ah (innovation in Islam).

Moreover, it is not permissible to follow their funeral processions; because this is a type of forbidden association with them.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’

Member – Member – Chairman
Bakr Abu Zayd – Salih Al-Fawzan – Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah Al Al-Shaykh

Fatwas of the Permanent Committee: Browse by Volume Number > Group 2 > Volume 1: `Aqidah > Acts commensurate with Kufr > Attending Mushriks’ weddings

The fifth question of Fatwa no. 21587

Daily horoscope in newspapers – The Permanent Committee

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Fatwa no. 17727

Q: Some Arab newspapers and magazines dedicate pages to the horoscope, talking about zodiac signs such as Aries, Taurus, Gemini and others. They claim that people born under these signs will probably be moody because the zodiac conflicts a lot during this period. There are many things written in these pages, a copy of which is attached to the message and many Muslim youth read them. Please clarify the Islamic ruling on zodiac signs and your advice to Muslims and to those responsible for the magazines.

A: This is considered the same as divination used by fortune-tellers to inform people if they will be happy or miserable and if they should be optimistic or pessimistic. This is a prohibited idea dating back to the days of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic time of ignorance). It is not permissible to practice, follow or spread these ideas. It is even more misleading and misguiding to Muslims to spread such ideas in newspapers, as they involve claiming to know Ghayb (the Unseen), which is the sole Right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) Who says,

Say: “None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allâh, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected.” [Surah Al-Naml, 27: 65]

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The Imam Supplicates After the Prayer and the Followers say “Ameen” – Permanent Committee

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Q 5: Is it permissible for the Imam to perform Du`a’ (supplication to Allah) after performing the prescribed prayer while all the people are still present?

A: Acts of worship are Tawqifiy (bound by a religious text and not amenable to personal opinion). Therefore, it is not legally permitted to say that this act of worship is permissible with regard to its origin, number, manner or place without legal evidence for saying so.

We do not know any Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) where he did this, either from his sayings, doings or what gains his consent. All blessings are in following his guidance. The guidance of the Prophet (peace be upon him) is established with authentic proofs that denote what he (peace be upon him) did after Taslim (salutation of peace ending the Prayer). The successors, the Companions of the Prophet and those who followed them in righteousness followed his example in this regard. Whoever innovates anything other than the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), his acts will be rejected. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.” [1]

The Imam who makes Du`a’ (supplication to Allah) after Taslim and the followers pronounce Ta’min (saying: “Amin”) after his Du`a’ should be asked to bring evidence that proves his deeds. Otherwise, his acts will be rejected.

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Can I use the Credit Card, if I duly pay the Bills without Paying Interest (Riba) ?

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The first question of Fatwa no. 7425

Q 1: There is a card which facilitates financial transactions in Western countries, as it helps a person to do without carrying cash with them. A person can purchase any goods they want with this card, then at the end of each month they receive a bill with the sum of money they have to pay for what they bought using this card, and they pay the full amount without any increase. This process protects one’s money from being stolen. But there is a condition for receiving this card. Depending on the terms of the card, one may pay interest charges for every day of delay on the amount that they do not pay within twenty five days.

Is it permissible to deal with this card taking into account that a person can avoid dealing with Riba (usury/interest) if they pay the bill during the twenty five days grace period?

A: If the reality is as you have mentioned, then such dealing is not permissible as this contract contains Riba (usury/interest) because you stipulate paying Riba in case of delaying payment.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’

Member –  Member – Deputy Chairman – Chairman
`Abdullah ibn Qa`ud – `Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan – `Abdul-Razzaq `Afify – `Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz

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Prohibition of Swaying during the Salat or while reciting the Qur’an or while making dhikr – alifta

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Q: What is the ruling on some people who sway from right to left and backwards and forwards while reciting the Qur’an? Please advise, may Allah reward you.

A: Swaying while reciting the Qur’an is one of the habits that should be abandoned. It contradicts the etiquettes required when reciting the Qur’an. When reciting or listening to the Qur’an, a person should listen carefully and not play with things so that the listener and the reciter ponder over the meanings of the Qur’an and their hearts be submissive to Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He).

Scholars mentioned that this is one of the habits of the Jews when reciting their Book, and we are forbidden to imitate them.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’

Member – Member – Member – Deputy Chairman – Chairman
Bakr Abu Zayd Salih Al-Fawzan `Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan `Abdul-`Aziz Al Al-Shaykh `Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz

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Experiencing Istihadah during the daytime in Ramadan – Permanent Committee

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The second question of Fatwa no. 6495

Q: What is the ruling on the blood that comes out of a woman outside the menstrual or post-partum period? Should she make up later for the days in which she experiences such blood during the daytime of Ramadan? 

A: All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family and Companions.

If the blood referred to above comes out of her during the daytime in Ramadan and it is not menstrual blood or postpartum blood, she is obliged to observe Sawm (Fasting) and Salah (Prayer).

She must not stop observing Sawm or Salah, and she does not need to make up later for the days in which she observed Sawm and Salah while having Istihadah (abnormal vaginal bleeding outside the menstrual or post-partum period). 

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!

Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
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Zakah is calculated according to the Hijri calendar – Permanent Commitee

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Fatwa : 19665

Q : Should the Hawl (one lunar year calculated from the time a property reaches the minimum amount upon which Zakah is due) for the Zakah (obligatory charity) on money and commercial commodities be considered according to the Hijri (lunar) year or the Gregorian solar year, as there is a difference of 11 days between both? Ifthe calculation of Zakah is made according to the Hijri year, what is the solution for organizations that issue their budgets and calculate their Zakah according to the solar year. Is it permissible to delay paying the due Zakah on commercial commodities beyond the Hijri year, as several contracting organizations delay the issuance of budgets six months after the passing of the year of Zakah?

A : Zakah is due on property after the passing of 12 months according to the Hijri calendar.

Allah (Exalted be He) says:

They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage. [Surah Al-Baqarah, 2: 189]

It is impermissible to delay the payment of Zakah beyond the fixed time unless a legal excuse preventing the payment is verified.

Allah (Exalted be He) says:

…pay the due thereof (its Zakât, according to Allâh’s Orders 1/10th or 1/20th) on the day of its harvest [Surah Al-An`am, 6: 141]

Allah (Exalted be He) also says:

…and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât.[Surah Al-Baqarah, 2: 43]

This command indicates immediate response.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’

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Sha’ban Fatwas – alifta

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Knowing the first day of Sha‘ban

The Hadith: “Rajab is the Month of Allah and Sha‘ban is my month”

Sha‘ban, an overlooked month

Slaughtering a sacrifice in Sha‘ban

Missed fasts must be made up for before the next Ramadan

Ruling on fasting in Muharram, Sha‘ban, and the Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah

Visits made during Sha‘ban to the grave of Prophet Hud

Fasting the first half or the entire month of Sha‘ban

Is the night of mid-Sha‘ban the one meant in Surah Al-Dukhan?

Mid-Sha‘ban night supplication

Celebrating the Mawlid and mid-Sha‘ban

Special Sadaqah on the night of mid-Sha‘ban

Ruling on fasting the middle days of Sha‘ban

Degree of reliability of the Hadiths about the merit of mid-Sha‘ban

Attending the celebration of mid-Sha‘ban although convinced of its impermissibility

Desirability to fast the White Days even in Sha‘ban

Is it true that the Qur’an was sent down on the night of mid-Sha‘ban?

Reconciliation of two Hadiths on fasting after Sha‘ban is halfway over

Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays after the 15th of Sha‘ban

Permissibility to delay making up for Ramadan until Sha‘ban, without an excuse

Fasting on the last day of Sha‘ban

Sawm on the 30th of Sha‘ban if it coincides with a day that is habitually fasted on

Impermissibility of Sawm on the Day of Doubt, even if the sky is overcast

Fasting the Day of Doubt; Does it suffice instead of the first day of Ramadan?

Completion of Jumada II and Rajab does not mark the incompletion of Sha‘ban

Not observing Sawm and finding out later that it is the first of Ramadan

Using observation instruments to sight the new moon

Sacred Month Rajab Fatwas – Permanent Committee

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Fatwas > Rajab Fatwas

  • Visiting graves on the first and last day of Rajab: Is this permissible?
  • Celebrating the first night of Rajab
  • Making a vow to sacrifice an animal in Rajab
  • Ruling on offering Salat-ul-Ragha’ib on the first Friday eve of Rajab
  • Ruling on observing Sawm on certain days in Rajab
  • Making a vow to fast the whole month of Rajab
  • Hunting during Ramadan and the Sacred Months
  • Observing Sawm during the whole month of Rajab every year
  • No Sahih Hadith urges to fast the month of Rajab
  • Kaffarah for breaking an oath instead of fulfilling a planned Sawm of Rajab
  • ‘Umrah of the Messenger in Rajab
  • Consecration of special acts of worship during Rajab
  • Nothing wrong with ‘Umrah in Rajab
  • Making up missed fasts of Ramadan in Rajab: Is it permissible?
  • Sawm during Rajab and Sha‘ban
  • Ruling on sacrificing an animal on the 27th night of Rajab
  • Ruling on celebrating the 27th night of Rajab
  • Celebrating the anniversary of Isra’ and Mi‘raj
  • Yearly sacrifice on the 27th of Rajab
  • Sacrificing an animal on the Night of Isra’ and Mi‘raj: Is it a sin?
  • Celebrating the anniversary of Isra’ and Mi‘raj: Is participation impermissible?
  • Bid‘ahs related to certain nights and days
  • Sacrificing an animal at specific times every year

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Acting in the roles of Sahabah may serve some interest, but the harm done by this is far greater than any good that might be achieved – alifta

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The third question of Fatwa no. 2442

Q 3: What is the ruling on acting the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them) in school theaters?

A: The Council of Senior Scholars previously reviewed this question and issued a decree as follows:

1. Allah (Exalted be He) has praised and set clear the high status of the Sahabah. Thus, acting any of them on stage or on the screen is contrary to this Divine praise and is detrimental to the high status and honor which Allah has bestowed upon them.

2. Representing any of them in this way exposes them to mockery and ridicule. Actors are usually people who have no room for righteousness, piety, and Islamic morals in their lives. Moreover, those who put on plays are doing so as a means to earn money, and no matter how much they try to avoid it, it will involve some lying and backbiting. Acting the Sahabah (may Allah be pleased with them) may have an effect on their status in the hearts and minds of the Muslims, or diminish the reverence they have for them, and paves the way for arousing doubts in Muslims about their religion and disputes over the personalities of the Sahabah.

It also necessarily implies that one of the actors will play the role of Abu Jahl and other disbelievers, thus he will have to utter words insulting Bilal, and insulting the Messenger (peace be upon him) and the Message of Islam that he brought. Undoubtedly, this is a great evil. This act may be targeted to confuse the Muslims about their creed, the Book of Allah and Sunnah of their Prophet (peace be upon him).

3. If it is claimed that this serves the interest of calling people to Islam and spreading noble Islamic morals and etiquette through showing exact biographies of those Sahabah is simply an assumption and wishful thinking. Whoever knows the real nature and aims of actors will realize that this kind of acting is in sharp contrast to the real nature of the actors, their standards, lives, and behaviors.

4. It is basically stated in the principles of Shari`ah (Islamic law) that if a certain matter is definitely or probably harmful, it will be forbidden.

Acting the Sahabah may serve some interest, but the harm done by this is far greater than any good that might be achieved. Accordingly, to protect those interests and ward off harm, and to preserve the honorable status of the Sahabah of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), we must not allow that.

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions!

Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman : `Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz

[Fatwa: Transactions 03] – Permanent Committee

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Ruling on working for someone who deals in usury
Ruling on working in banks
Maintenance officials eating from meals to be served to plane passengers without obtaining permission
A woman working after learning medicine
Renting the commercial register in return for money
Hiring bulls for mating
The job of a female hairdresser
Working abroad
Religious commitment does not prevent earning a living
Leasing a rented building
Ruling on Naql Al-Qadam
Taking wages for reciting Qur’an
Taking fees for committing a Bid`ah, like earning one’s living through reciting the Qur’anand so on
Working in Journalism which Leads to Publishing and Promoting Evil
Education fees
The salary of a Mu’adhin
A specialist leasing their name
Negligent employees should pay for their negligence
Working for a person who rents apartments for people who commit abominable acts
Fee for performing circumcision
Taking fees for washing the dead
Obligation of the renter and the landlord to fulfill the contract
Paying wages to those who deserve it
Working full time in an additional job
Impermissibility of being absent or late for work without a valid excuse
Showing sincerity as an employee
Winning a bet
Prizes for competitors
Insurance
Ruling on car, cargo, workers and factory insurance
Car insurance against accidents
Ruling on commercial insurance and on personal belongings
Ruling on working as a promoter for a life insurance company
Ruling on money and different properties insurance
Borrowing from the real estate bank to build a house provided that it will be insured with an insurance company
Paying and insurance sum of money for the telephone company or the like
Buying a car provided that it will be insured
Ruling on commercial insurance
Insuring a Masjid
Money collected from an insurance company in return for damages in the store
The compensation received under the agreement of the commercial insurance if a person takes it out of ignorance of the Shari`ah ruling
Permissibility of insurance contracts in the light of Shari`ah
A company that rescues people when their cars break down anywhere
Working for an insurance company
The lawful types of insurance
The Cooperative Insurance Company and United Company for Installment Sale
Claiming the value of stolen commodity
Commercial health insurance
The Takaful Islamic Insurance Company
Medical insurance
Ruling on car and business insurance
The Shari‘ah ruling on health insurance
Permissibility of a Muslim living in non-Muslim countries having health insurance
Health insurance cards for students in America
Golden discount cards and VIP
Ramattan Project for Health Services
Organ and money insurance
Insuring treatment for all employees
Participating in a German company for retirement
Insurance on cars having accidents
Promoting Riba to make up for losses
Health insurance
`Ariyah
Al-Ghasb
Returning usurped money
Issues related to Ghasb
Deposit
Someone taking the money his friends entrust him to give to their families
Disposing of the bank’s usurious profits on trusted money
Ruling on the deposit that wears while with the depositor
An heirless depositor’s death
Ruling on `Awad when the borrowed item wears or is lost
Returning the money given without specifying the reason to the person’s heirs
Disposing of a worker’s entrusted wages after increasing it and being unable to find the worker
Giving the amount of the deposit away in behalf of its depositor
Spending the deposit
Giving in charity an amount her father gave her before his death to give to someone who could not be found
Disposing of an amount his father left him to return to someone who is unknown to him
Entrusting a deposit with another person
Making use of the deposit
Disposing of a deposit whose owner disappeared or died
A watchmaker having many watches for a long time whose owners did not come to take them
A watchmaker having many watches for a long time whose owners did not come to take them and who is closing the business
Entrusting a woman with a trust and upon asking for it, her husband denies having it
Wear of the deposit and the depositor’s forgiveness
A depositor’s death who has no known heirs
Someone entrusted with some money wasting it and the owner forgiving him
Permissibility of taking from a trust if the owner allows it
Wear of the deposit without the depositary’s negligence
Leaving a deposit for a long time
Two salesmen left a bag and ran away after asking about their ID cards
Someone died in the hospital leaving an amount of money and the clerk giving it away in behalf of the deceased after the heirs left it
Disposing of the contents of patients’ safes in hospitals especially those who die and have no known relatives or giving them to the social services department
Giving Luqatah in charity
Death of a depositor who has no known heirs
Death of a depositor who has heirs
Disposing of a trust
Ruling on not rendering back a trust
Rendering trusts back
Theft out of need
Denying theft
Not knowing the money owner
The money left with the depositor
Giving the deposit to the depositor’s heirs
A deposit as the right of the depositor’s heirs
Disposing of a trust
A deposit as the right of the depositor’s heirs
Giving the entrusted money to the depositor’s heirs
Revitalizing barren land
Ruling on the village pasture
Spreading mountain bees
The land the government grants to citizens
Luqatah
Spending Luqatah without announcing it
Ruling on Luqatah
Definition of Luqatah
Giving Luqatah in charity
Finding a Luqatah outside the Sacred Mosque during Hajj season
Finding some money at Mina and announcing it but without knowing the owner
Consumable items at company sites that are moved to another site
Ruling on disposing of the Luqatah
Announcing Luqatah in different ways
Disposing of missing objects in the university campus
Ruling on someone who finds money in a non-Muslim country
Ruling on objects cast out by sea
Taking a trivial Luqatah
Giving Luqatah in charity
Denying Luqatah
Giving the value of Luqatah in charity
Finding a Luqatah but being ignorant of the ruling
Buying a commodity from someone who found it on the road
Lost camels
Lost cows
Lost sheep

Source: alifta.com

[Fatwa: Transactions 02] – Permanent Committee

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Permanent Committee Fatwas > Browse by volume number > The first group > Volume fourteen: (transactions 2)

Discount card at purchase or upon using some services

  1. “Bix” discount card
  2. Handicapped Identity Card
  3. The discount card issued by the Chamber of Commerce
  4. The teacher card
  5. School teachers’ Guide

Various questions about ill-gotten money

  1. Paying the price of a sold item or giving it away
  2. Repaying debt to its owner or giving it away
  3. Returning the rest of the price to the seller after denying receiving it
  4. Taking money to start a business but spending it
  5. Tawbah, seeking forgiveness and returning ill-gotten money
  6. Returning ill-gotten money to its rightful owners
  7. The station attendents
  8. Benefitting from ill-gotten money
  9. Returning money to its owner to be free from guilt
  10. The money of a Muslim is not lawful for his brother except by his consent
  11. Disposing of ill-gotten money by giving it in charity
  12. prohibition of eating what is unlawful
  13. Visiting someone who earns unlawful money
  14. Prohibition of eating ill-gotten money
  15. Earning ill-gotten money and then repenting to Allah
  16. Children eating from their father’s ill-gotten money
  17. A father eating from his son’s ill-gotten money
  18. Working as a hairdresser for women and eating from earned money
  19. Giving the wages in charity in behalf of its owner
  20. Giving the right in charity in behalf of its owner when it is hard to find him
  21. Repaying debts before getting married
  22. Giving the wages in charity in behalf of the owner
  23. Giving the wages in charity in behalf of the absent owner
  24. Giving someone’s right in charity in behalf of the owner
  25. Being invited to a banquet or party at a bank dealing in Riba
  26. Giving a debt in charity in behalf of the owner with his consent
  27. Returning money that fell from a thief
  28. Getting rid of ill-gotten money and abstaining from dealing in a prohibited type of transaction
  29. Giving the money in charity in behalf of the owner
  30. Tawbah and abstaining from dealing with banks
  31. Performing Tawbah from dealing in Riba while having unfinished businesses with people
  32. Mixing with and accepting gifts from people dealing with usurious banks
  33. Taking money from the Charity organization and disposing of it
  34. Taking from donations, charity and Zakah money
  35. Making profits from exploiting a land without its owner’s permission
  36. Using the company car for the benefit of the work not for personal purposes
  37. Taking sugar with the company’s permission and using it
  38. Getting rid of ill-gotten money by spending it in charity
  39. Inheriting money mixed with unlawful money
  40. Performing Tawbah and getting rid of money gained from trading in drugs
  41. prohibition of a Muslim having ill-gotten earnings
  42. Working in a store that sells and rents videos
  43. Buying and wearing clothes with an ill-gotten money
  44. Earning living from selling obscene pictures and videos
  45. Getting rid of the profits of a cafe that offers prohibited drinks
  46. Inability to know the owner of the money a deceased had borrowed
  47. Owning smoothing unrightfully and inability to pay to its owner
  48. Debt as a price to an unlawful item
  49. Looking for the lender to repay debt
  50. Hastening to repay one’s debts is to be given priority over giving Sadaqah
  51. Taking money without its owner’s permission and consent
  52. Looking for the rightful owner and returning the right or giving the right in charity in behalf of the owner
  53. Spending ill-gotten money and singling out a son with gifts
  54. Being free from guilt by returning the additional money to its owner
  55. Looking for the owners of rights and repaying them or giving the right in charity in behalf of them
  56. Delivering debt to the deceased’s heirs
  57. Someone claiming to be an agent and selling a commodity then wishing to return the right
  58. Delaying repaying the debts of the deceased

Selling the trees and the fruits

  1. Selling dates and grapes before appearing to be ripe
  2. Sellign figs before they appear to be edible
  3. Renting coconut trees
  4. Selling dates before pollination
  5. Selling dates on palm-trees
  6. Buying crops a long time before harvest
  7. Buying buildings to make profit by renting them out
  8. Selling watermelon before it is ripe

Chapter on Salam Transactions

  1. A loan whose commodity will be delivered on a fixed date
  2. The borrower’s delay in repaying debt
  3. Salam sale for cars
  4. Salam sale for a known car, price and time
  5. Salam sale for a car
  6. Selling a deferred commodity for something that is deferred
  7. Salam sale
  8. Permissibility of offering someone money provided that he will repay it in the form of a car
  9. Selling of food before receiving it
  10. Getting paid for gas by the contractor
  11. Giving someone money in return for getting the latest model of a car after a while
  12. Knowing the amount of the item being paid to in advance at the time of contracting
  13. Salam sale
  14. Agreeing to give in return for money honey from a certain bee-keeper

Chapter on Loans

  1. Borrowing gold
  2. Forms ofborrowing from the Agricultural Bank
  3. Borrowing from a Real Estate Development Fund
  4. Building by a loan to be repaid from future rent
  5. Taking a specific amount of barely for cultivation and returning the same amount
  6. Combining between lending and donating
  7. Loan given by the girl’s father to the prospective husband
  8. Deferring the repayment of the loan
  9. Some forms of sale at car fairs
  10. Borrowing from an Employee Loan Fund
  11. Repaying a debt in a different currency
  12. Borrowing a currency whose value changes before repayment
  13. Repaying a loan

Chapter on Mortgage

  1. Pawning a check
  2. Mortgaging agricultural land
  3. The mortgager making use of the pawned
  4. Exploiting mortgages in return for a loan
  5. Exploiting the pawned land in return for the mortgage
  6. Selling the mortgage

Chapter on Guaranty and Warranty

  1. Guaranty
  2. Kafalah
  3. Guaranteeing a person who takes a loan from the bank

Chapter on reconciliation

  1. Reconciliation and taking some money
  2. Binding one of the parties in a reconciliation to offer a sacrifice
  3. Reconciling honorable and knowledgeable people in what does not negate Shari`ah
  4. Reconciliation provided that the mistaken party offers food for the other
  5. Gathering on food for reconciliation
  6. The family of the person killed stipulating in the reconciliation to marry two girls from the killer family

Chapter on Hajr

  1. A guardian disposing of a minor’s property
  2. A guardian is responsible in front of the ruler for disposing of a minor’s property
  3. A guardian disposing of a minor’s property
  4. A grown-up sane woman disposing of her property
  5. Disposing of the money of those living under the social care
  6. Liability of a mentally ill person in matters of worship and life
  7. When a youngster becomes a Mukallaf
  8. Investing the orphans’ money
  9. The duration of orphanhood

Chapter on Wakalah

  1. Impermissibility of the agent taking any amount of the price without the owner’s permission
  2. The special discount for company representatives
  3. A bank authorization to receive the dues
  4. Those in charge of the organization leaving the one who caused damage
  5. Taking wages for collecting debts
  6. Those responsible for distributing money taking nothing for themselves
  7. The agent abiding by the orders of the authorizer
  8. Impermissibility of the agent taking anything from the owner’s money without his permission
  9. The agent abiding by the price fixed by the authorizer
  10. The agent taking nothing from the owner’s commodity
  11. The agent cannot buy for himself
  12. An agent providing a higher invoice for his benefit
  13. Impermissibility of taking the addition if the agent sells with a higher price than that fixed by the owner
  14. Representatives are in a position of trust during disputes
  15. An agent giving a bribe
  16. Hastening to distribute money among the poor when authorized to do so
  17. Taking wages for being an agent

Chapter on partnership

  1. A Chapter on Sharakah
  2. The obligation ofrendering trusts back between partners
  3. Assigning a fixed percentage of the profits to be distributed among shareholders
  4. Money collected under the company’s name as its sole right and is not to be taken
  5. Sharing with one’s name in a company in return for a percentage of the profit
  6. One must know the transactions of a company before buying shares in it
  7. Withdrawing from a partnership that deals in unlawful transactions
  8. Father in partnership with some of his children
  9. `Inan Partnership
  10. Mudarabah partnership

Chapter on sharecropping and shared-tenancy

  1. The sharecropping contract between a landowner and a farmer
  2. Leasing agricultural land
  3. Reward of planting during the life
  4. Those benefitting from cultivation lending the farmer
  5. Renting the land out for a fixed amount of money
  6. Renting agricultural land

Leasing

  1. An agent selling the commodity for a higher price than that fixed by the honor and taking the addition
  2. Subcontracting and making gains
  3. Bringing workers and renting them
  4. Renting the taxi’s license number
  5. Taking money from workers in return for bringing them
  6. Ruling on taking a percentage from brought workers
  7. Hiring non-Muslims
  8. Bringing maidens
  9. Bringing workers and denying all their rights
  10. Bringing a servant to help the wife
  11. Hiring a non-Muslim
  12. Hiring a non-Muslim servant
  13. Contracting with a Kafir
  14. Someone hiring an alcoholic person who abandons prayer
  15. Forcing a worker to leave his money behind
  16. Bringing Kafirs to the Arabian Peninsula to work
  17. Abiding by established office hours even when no work is to be done
  18. Agreeing with a contractor to build and be paid after a while
  19. Butcher’s wage
  20. The heir’s agent’s right in reducing the wages
  21. Asking an employee to work overtime while having no task to be done
  22. Working or hiring people for an organization that works in or sells prohibited commodities
  23. Working in hotels that sell prohibited commodities
  24. Working or hiring people for an organization that works in or sells prohibited commodities
  25. A Muslim serving a Kafir

Source : alifta.com

 

[Fatwa: Transactions 01] – Permanent Committee

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Buyu (Transactions)

Sale Contract

Mentioning the two parties in the sale contract
Basics of economy in Islam
Hadith of entering markets
Selling an object to one’s children
Woman as a trader
Buying from non-Muslims when Muslim traders are present
What should be done with excess samples taken for the quality assurance of imported goods
Kinds of lawful transactions

Conditions of Sale

Mutual agreement in a sale
Selling prohibited items
Selling dogs
Selling monkeys
Selling cassette tapes
Entertainment Devices
Selling Flowers
Payment for blood donors
Selling a Najis article
Buying illustrated magazines
Selling visas
Ceding one’s rights to another person
Buying the crop yield for the next few years
Majhul sale
Credit sale and specifying the rate of profit
An urbanite selling to a Bedouin and receiving caravans
Brokerage
`Urbun sale
`Inah Sale

Selling by installments

Selling to a fixed time
Selling a commodity for a fixed time even if its price increases
Selling a commodity for a deferred price for more than the current cash price
Someone asking the other to buy him a commodity for cash money and then selling it back with a deferred price
Installment sale
Borrowing to trade
Buying in installments and having to pay insurance money
Selling after owning and having an item
Delaying the payment and delivery in a concluded sale
Buying books by installments
Difference between sale in installments and Tawarruq
Tawarruq and its ruling
Sale in immediate and deferred installments
Selling with a deferred price more than the immediate price
Substituting old commodities with new ones for some money
Financing a company to build a house with materials it does it own
Repaying debt before it is due with a reduction
Payment of debts
Procrastination in repaying debts
Repaying debt with the currency prevailing at the time of sale
Monopolization and pricing
Copyrights on tapes

Conditions in selling

Two sales in one
Combining two sale contracts
Buying a house from someone and stipulating that the seller should rent part of the house
Differed sale and stipulating that the buyer pays one Sa` of barely for each Dirham when the time is due
Selling the share in a company for some commodities
Selling a car in installments and stipulating receiving the buyer’s service
Offering a commodity for two prices and departing without picking one
A seller writing, “We do not replace sold goods nor return their price.”

Option sale

The buyer’s ownership of the commodity even if before registration
Telling the buyer the truth about the sold item
Informing the buyer of the sold item’s defect even if little
Selling a commodity bought with a defect
Buying without saying the defect of the sold item
An employee and contractor agreeing to record false amounts of water
Mentioning the sold item’s repairs
Selling a land whose owner was forbidden from starting a project on it
The seller hiding a defect that reduces the price of the commodity
Selling vegetables in wholesale knowing farmers cheat in them
Putting good fruits above bad ones
Gathering and packing the sold items under a reputable factory’s name
Putting good fruits above bad ones
Ripening semi-dry dates artificially
A seller mentioning the defaults to the seller
Selling a parked car without stating its problems
Washing an exported sheep to make the buyers believe it is local
Selling pornography
Swindling
Selling the food remaining in a restaurant against the rules
Obligations of the two parties in a sale
Using a substance that makes buyers think figs are ripe
Stuffing the box of fruits with paper to make the buyer think it is full
Informing the buyer about the reduction of the weight of the bag
Bakeries reducing the weight of the loaf of bread
A butcher including the weight of the bag
Sincerity about the price of the commodity

Selling what is not owned

Selling something before owning it
The seller owning the sold item
Selling before or after buying
Validity of giving a promise to buy before actual buying
A man selling a land which he does not possess
A man selling what he does not own and then repenting and failing to find the buyers
A Muslim selling something before receiving and possessing it
Buying a car and selling it after possessing it
Fixing the profits’ rate
Selling a car before owning it
permissibility of selling after receiving the item
Selling the car to its first owner with a less price
The money paid for writing a Notification of clearance
The meaning of debt mentioned towards the end of Surah Al-Baqarah
The proper way of selling cars for deferred payment within a year or by installments
Facilitate the process of a debt
Selling what is not possessed
Borrowing a car from someone who does not own it, writing a contract and paying the money in the same meeting
Buying a car from the agency and selling it without moving it
Selling some Dirhams with cash for more Dirhams on credit
getting some furniture from another store and selling it the the buyer
Buying a land from a trader and selling it to him again in installments
Tawarruq and selling a commodity before buying it
The car agency owner selling a car without a plate or form and the buyer selling it as a debt before receiving it
Selling a commodity to someone after agreeing with another and giving the first a sum of money in return
Tawarruq and selling a debt for what is not owned
Buying and selling a commodity before paying its price
Having the custom’s clearance is not considered as receiving or owning the commodity
Conditions for owning a commodity
Wakalah in buying and selling a commodity before receiving it
A trader selling a commodity which he does not own and then going to the market to buy it

Riba

The difference between Riba and bribery
Reasons behind prohibiting Riba
There are seventy-three forms of Riba
Items regarding which Riba is prohibited
Riba for the lender and the borrower
Opinions regarding bank interests
Selling an animal for an animal of the same or different weight
Selling what does not have a weight for a similar type of the same or different weight
Selling cloth a meter for two meters
Selling coffee for deferred wheat
Selling salt for debt
Selling gems for gems of the same or different weight
Selling an old car for a new one with a difference in price
Exchanging a known car for an unknown one
Receiving monthly salaries from banks
Selling animals according to their weight
Selling chicken alive according to weight and selling vinegar which includes alcohol

Dealing in usurious transactions with a justification

Dealing in Riba in a society accustomed to it
Consuming Riba for a necessity
Usurious borrowing to buy a land and pray in it
Dr. Muhammad Rawwas’s suggestion regarding bank deposits
Guarantee of borrowing from the bank
Witnessing a Riba-based contract
Selling shares
Purchase of Promissory Notes

Riba Al-Nasi’ah

Difference between Riba Al-Fadl and Riba Al-Nasi’ah
Selling cash Dirhams for more deferred Dirhams
Buying a house in a way involving Riba
Selling checks and bills
Paying an amount on behalf of the buyer to get more from him after the fixed time
Selling deferred bills of Sawami` company to the bank for a part of their value
Additions due to delay
A charity organization stipulating the tenant pays 10% for delaying the payment of rent
The addition paid by the buyer for delay of payment
The addition paid for delay of payment
Selling a debt for a debt

Depositing

Depositing money in banks for a fixed profit
Depositing money in the bank without taking an interest
Depositing money in the bank while being capable of keeping it safe
An accountant for a foreign bank
Working in banks
Depositing and borrowing from banks
Cooperating with the bank for a commission
Depositing money in banks dealing in Riba out of fear
Bank interests and prizes
Opening a bank account, transferring money and conducting business through it
The interest that is taken by banks from borrowers
Depositing money of underage children in a bank dealing in interest
Asking for the interests of depositing money in the bank
Depositing money in the bank out of fear
Disposing of bank interest for deposited money
Taking bank interests on the plea of spending them on the poor
Disposing of bank interests
Spending usurious benefits on the poor
Renting a bank safe
Using a sum of the borrowed money in trade
Investing charity money in the bank
Paying acquired bank interests in return for required interests
Someone having no trade depositing money in the bank
Depositing money in the bank without taking the interest
Balance coverage commission
A new convert paying to the bank its dues before entering islam
Depositing money in the bank to cover the children’s education expenses
Investing in an Islamic bank
Depositing cash at Al-Rajhy Company
Taking Riba to pay the taxes
The bank adding points to those who deposit in it and paying money for these points
Depositing and borrowing from banks
Selling a banknote to the bank
Money transfer through the bank
Selling Dirhams for Dirhams
Paying taxes from usurious interests
Taking a loan without an interest and paying an interest in case of repayment delay
Dealing with Islamic banks following banks dealing in Riba
Al-Bir charity organization opening a bank account
Depositing in banks dealing in Riba in case of necessity
Al-Bir charity organization opening a bank account
Taking usurious interests from the bank on deposited money in the form of money or privileges
Dealing with more than one bank in case of necessity
Depositing the organization’s money in the bank provided that the bank donates for the organization
Taking a usurious loan from the bank to build a house
Taking a usurious loan from the bank to start a business
Taking a usurious loan from the bank for marriage
Having no other way but to deal in Riba due to dire need
Borrowing to start a business
Profits of the bank’s shareholders
Borrowing from the bank to repay debt
Being forced to take a loan from commercial banks
Disposing of the interest added by the bank to the deposited amount without the owner asking for it
Are interests considered Riba?
Disposing of usurious interests after repenting from taking them
The bank taking the building expenses and an addition
Taking usurious interests to get ready for marriage
Separating money and its profits from its interests
Interests of investment banks
Borrowing from the bank without consuming Riba
Guarantee of the borrower
Borrowing from the bank without consuming Riba
Loans of the industrial bank
Borrowing from the bank without consuming Riba
Money saving

Payment of the price

Giving payment hand to hand
Selling dollars for riyals in installments and different periods
Repaying debt in another currency
Repaying debt in the same currency no matter its value increased or decreased
Buying gold with Dirhams
Buying and selling currencies
Deferred currency trade
Riba in banknotes
Currency exchange
Selling money in the black market
Taking the money owner’s permission before lending it
Money trade
Currency trade
Exchanging money hand to hand
Currency exchange
Using checks for obtaining international currencies
Buying money for the delivery date’s price
Transferring money from one country to another
Paying with checks instead of money
Banks selling the travelers check
Banks trading in currencies
Money exchange
Exchanging the local currency for a foreign one
Taking commission for currency exchange
Saving dollars fearing other currencies might be affected by the riyal’s decreasing value
Buying currencies according to Al-Khayar contract
Buying coin riyals with paper riyals with a difference
Buying a currency in full
Leaving one another before delivering the exchanged amount in full
Money exchange and payment
Buying a commodity with a currency and receiving the change in another currency
Exchanging Saudi coins for foreign paper money
Difference in dollar price

Selling gold

Exchange as a condition of selling gold
Selling used gold to and buying new gold from the same trader
Buying gold from a wholesale trader in installments
Buying gold to trade on it
Exchanging gold for gold
Selling gold to stores in a less price
Paying the price of gold and silver when writing the contract
Engraving the name of Allah on gold jewelry
Selling gold with the glass stones on it
Paying the value of gold a period after concluding the sale contract
Borrowing to buy gold and delaying payment of the price or part of it
Buying gold through the phone
Buying gold and not having enough money borrowing to pay
Buying gold with a down payment
Buying gold bearing some pictures
Selling used gold for new one
Selling used gold as new after processing it
Leaving the price of gold with the buyer as a trust after selling it
Selling gold for silver without exchanging them in the same seat
Reserving the amount of gold to buy by phone
Pawning gold for silver
Selling gold after consulting one’s family
Selling gold under the condition that the buyer counsels with others before signing the contract
Sellign gold made for men
Saving gold
Selling golden jewelry without exchange
Selling gold on credit whether the deferred payment is all or part of the value
Taking a fee for making gold
Seeking lawful earnings through trading in lawful sales
Receiving the price of sold gold in the same gathering
Paying for gold with a check
Selling gold for gold in the same gathering
Buying or selling gold in return for bank checks
Helping a women wear the gold she is buying
Wakalah in selling gold
Exchanging gold for gold
Selling gold for gold without exchange in the gathering
Hiring people to extract gems
Exchanging bracelets with smaller ones and paying the difference in price
The ruling on Riba
Using credit card to pay for gold
Equality of weight and exchange in the same gathering when selling gold for gold

Shareholding in Riba-based banks

Shareholding in the Saudi American Bank
Giving the usurious interest in charity
Buying shares in banks which do not deal in Riba
Holding shares in companies and banks

Saving

The electricity company saving system
Participating in Aramco savings system
Aramco savings system
Money prizes on savings
Spending usurious interests in doing good deeds but not in Masjids
Employees’ Saving Fund

Credit cards and borrowing money from banks

A company issued card for employees to use when buying a commodity
The borrower paying an amount of the loan when delaying repayment
Stipulating the payment of usurious interests upon delay in repaying the financial card
Using Samba visa card
Using the silver and gold credit cards
A card that transfers the money from the buyer’s account to the seller’s immediately

source: alifta.com

Fatwa on Tawassul – Permanent Commitee

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The guidance of the Messenger in visiting the graves

Tawassul through the Awliya’

Tawassul to Allah by the honor, sanctity or blessings of the Prophet or another

Tawassul through prophets and the Awliya’

Visiting the graves to supplicate to the dead or ask for their help or intercession

Believing the Awliya’ as means of healing from illnesses and holding annual Mawlids for them

Tawassul through the entities, honor, or right of creatures

Calling on “the Prophet’s honor” or “being dutiful to parents” upon leaving a gathering

Tawassul by the Messenger and Awliya’

Tawassul through creatures

Tawassul through the Qur’an and certain days

Tawassul by the honor, person or status of the Messenger

Tawassul through the blessing of the Qur’an or some creatures

Reading a book that includes Tawassul through the Prophet and asking for his intercession

Tawassul through prophets and righteous men

Swearing by other than Allah

Tawassul by the rights of prophets and Awliya’ and through their honor

Tawassul through the Prophet as in the weak Hadith

Treatment for Psychological Depressions and Disorders – Permanent Committee

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 Fatwa no. 3828

Q: I am a Muslim woman in my twenties. I was married about a year and a half ago and thanks to Allah, I had a baby six months ago delivered naturally. A week after delivery, I began to suffer from severe depression, which had never happened to me before. I lost interest in everything, even taking care of the baby. I went to a psychiatrist and took medication until recently, but it was of no use and I became tired of long treatment. 

I ask Allah that you find an Islamically approved treatment for my distress and psychological depression, or the best remedy, so that I can return to my normal state and take care of my husband and baby, and be able to manage the affairs of my home. I heard sometime ago the Hadith, which states: The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for. I hope from Allah, then you, to clarify the meaning of this Hadith. Does it apply to my psychological case, or is it only for physical diseases? If Zamzam water is useful, by the Will of Allah, in treating my case, how can I get it? 

A: Put your trust in Allah and expect good from Him. Entrust your affairs to Him and do not despair of His Mercy and Benevolence.

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Ruling on Men offering Salah (Prayer) without a Turban or a Cap – Ibn Baaz & Permanent Commitee

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Ruling on offering Salah without a turban

Q: Is it permissible to offer Salah (Prayer) without a turban? Is it permissible for the Imam (the one who leads congregational Prayer) to pray without a head cover? Is wearing a cap sufficient? Please support your answer with evidences. May Allah protect you. As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah’s Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you). 

A: There is nothing wrong with offering Salah without a turban because the head [with regard to men] is not included in `Awrah (parts of the body that must be covered in public), and it is not obligatory to cover it when offering Salah, whether the person praying is an Imam, a Munfarid (person offering Prayer individually), or a Ma’mum (person being led by an Imam in Prayer).

However, if wearing a turban is customary then it is best to do it, especially when offering Salah with others. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) states: O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying [and going round (the Tawâf of) the Ka‘bah,] The turban is considered a type of adornment.

It is well known that men who are Muhrims (pilgrims in the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah) offer Salah bareheaded, because they are not allowed to cover their heads while in Ihram (ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah). Hence it is known that there is nothing wrong with offering Salah bareheaded. 

May Allah guide all to acquire beneficial knowledge and act upon it! He is the All-Hearer and All-Respondent.

As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Ibn Baaz Fatwas – 

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Q 10: Some people wear a turban, some wear a Qulunsuwah (cap), and many offer Salah (Prayer) with bare heads, I mean men. Which manner is the best in reward? We appreciate your advice, may Allah reward you with the best. 

A: It is desirable for a Muslim to wear his full garment when going to Prayer, the head cover included; because Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) enjoined His servants to adorn themselves when going to Salah. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying [and going round (the Tawâf of) the Ka‘bah,]

Besides, it has not been reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he offered Salah without a head cover. In fact, he used to always wear a turban, and the practice of Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the best guidance.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman – Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al Al-Shaykh

Sufi claim of worship through love alone – Permanent Committee

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Q: What is the ruling on some people who say: “O Allah, I worship You out of my love for You. If I worship You fearing Your Hell, let me enter it and if I worship You seeking to enter Your Paradise, let me enter Your Hell”? 

A: Worshiping Allah just by loving Him is the Manhaj (methodology) of misguided Sufis, which is of their own invention.

Loving Allah is the highest degree of Ibadah (worship), but not the sole act of Ibadah.

The Manhaj of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah (adherents to the Sunnah and the Muslim mainstream) is to worship Allah through love, fear, hope and other expressive forms of `Ibadah.

Allah (Exalted be He) says:

“Invoke your Lord withhumility and in secret.” [Surah Al-A`raf, 7: 55]

Allah says about His Prophets:

“Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.” [Surah Al-Anbiya’, 21: 90]

Allah also says about the angels:

“And they stand in awe for fear of Him.” [Surah Al-Anbiya’, 21: 28]

And:

“They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.” [Surah Al-Nahl, 16: 50]

There are many Ayahs (Qur’anic verses) elaborating on this meaning.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions.

Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman : Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz

Fatwas of the Permanent Committee – Group 2 – Part 2 – Page 73

Holding birthday parties for children – Permanent Committee

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Q: Some of our Muslim brethren hold birthday parties for themselves and their children, what is the ruling on such festivals? 

A: The basic principle regarding acts of Ibadah (worship) is that they are Tawqifiy (bound by a religious text and not amenable to personal opinion), and as such, no one is allowed to worship Allah in a way other than which He ordained, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said in the Sahih (authentic) Hadith:

Anyone who introduces anything into this matter of ours (Islam) that is not part of it will have it rejected. [1]

He (peace be upon him) also said:

Anyone who does an action which is not in accordance with this matter of ours (Islam) will have it rejected. [2]

Birthday parties are an act of Bid’ah (innovation in religion) that should not be done for any person, regardless of their rank or role in life.

The most honorable of all creation and the best of all Messengers (peace be upon them), i.e. Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah (peace be upon him) was never reported to have held a festival for the day he was born, or even instructed his Ummah (nation based on one creed) to celebrate it.

Similarly, the best of this Ummah after its Prophet (peace be upon him) are the Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet), but none of them is reported to have made a festival for the Prophet’s birthday, or for any of them (may Allah be pleased with them), and all goodness is to be found in following their pathand patterning oneself after the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Moreover, such Bid`ah pave the way to imitate the Jews, Christians and other Kafirs (non-Muslims) in terms of their newly invented festivals. Allah is the One sought for help!

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!

[1] Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Book on reconciliation, no. 2697; Muslim, Sahih, Book on judicial decisions, no. 1718; Abu Dawud, Sunan, Book on Al-Sunnah, no. 4606; Ibn Majah, Sunan, Introduction, no. 14; and Ahmad, Musnad, vol. 6, p. 240.

[2] Muslim, Sahih, Book on judicial decisions, no. 1718; and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 6, p. 180

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Rolling up the sleeves for Salah (Prayer) – Permanent Committee

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The fourth question of Fatwa no. 8598

Q 4: Does rolling up the sleeves count as part of the tucking up that is not allowed during Salah?If it is part of that tucking up, does the ruling differ if I start praying with my sleeves rolled up, meaning, I do not roll them up during the Salah, or does it make no difference?

A: It is not permissible to roll up the sleeves or to fold them up before the Salah or during it to avoid that they will touch the ground when performing Sujud (prostration), because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, I have been commanded to pray on seven bones and not to tuck up my hair or my clothes. [Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman : Shaykh Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz

Using Miswak in the Masjid – Permanent Committee

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Q: I hear people saying that using Miswak (tooth-cleansing stick) in the Masjid is impermissible. Is this true?  

A: Using the Miswak is an affirmed act of Sunnah. It should be used when necessary upon performing Wudu’ (ablution), Salah, reciting the Qur’an, changing the mouth smell, etc.

It may be used inside or outside the Masjid, as no text supports the prohibition of using it inside the Masjid when necessary. Moreover, it finds further support in the general meaning of the following Hadith, “Were it not for the fear that it might be hard for my Ummah (nation), I would have ordered them to use Miswak for every Salah.” [1]

However, a person should be careful not to overdo the Miswak in the Masjid lest they should vomit or bleed in the Masjid.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Chairman – Shaykh Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz

[1] Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Book in Friday, no. 887; Muslim, Sahih, Book on purification, no. 252; Al-Tirmidhy, Sunan, Book on purification, no. 22; Al-Nasa’y, Sunan, Book on purification, no. 7; Abu Dawud, Sunan, Book on purification, no. 46; Ibn Majah, Sunan, Book on purification and its Sunan, no. 287; Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 2, p. 433; Malik, Al-Muwatta*, Book on purification, no. 147; and Al-Darimy, Sunan, no. 683.

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