Rulings

21: The best time to perform the supplication of guidance-seeking, istikhaarah

What is the best time for the supplication of istikhaarah?

22: How to get rid of gold that was given for the sake of drawing closer to other than Allaah

How does one get rid of gold that was given as a means of drawing nearness to other than Allaah. Do we give it in charity to the poor. What should we do?

23: How to supplicate for the deceased and oneself at the graveside

Where does one stand when sending salutations to the deceased? Does one raise his hands whilst at the graveside supplicating for the deceased? Is there a specific supplication when sending salutations to the deceased? Is one allowed to supplicate for himself whilst at the graveside?

24: Making up for what was missed from the funeral prayer immediately after joining the imaam

We see many people who have joined the funeral prayer late, missing some parts of it. They make up what they missed at the beginning of the prayer by themselves rather than at the end. Is this valid or is their prayer invalid?

25: Leading prayers and prayer in congregation: Breaking the prayer due to the foul smell of garlic or onions which offends people standing next to you

It is permissible for me to break my prayer if a person standing next to me has eaten garlic or onions?

26: Breaking a promise and its atonement

What is considered breaking a promise? Is there atonement for breaking a promise?

27: Can a person give voluntary charity if he is paying off a debt in agreed installments?

I have a debt, which I can pay off in installments from my monthly salary. Sometimes I am asked by charities to give some money. Is it allowed for me to help in their projects, and hence hope to be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection, even though I have the kind of debt that I have described?

28: Monotheism of Unity: Carrying a small mus-haf (copy of the Qur’aan) in one’s pocket or car to repel the harm of the devils

What is the ruling on carrying a small <i>Mus-haf<i> (copy of the Qur’aan) in one’s pocket or car? And is it true that doing so repels harm and the devils?

29: The place of wearing garments for pilgrimage for a person who is travelling from Madeenah to Jaddah before pilgrimage

I am a student of the University of Madeenah and my family live in Jaddah. Is it necesary for me to enter the state of pilgrimage, ihraam, of the people of Madeenah or perform it from Jaddah, knowing that I will visit my parents first in Jaddah?

30: Travelling to Jaddah after performing the minor pilgrimage, ‘umrah, of the additional, tamat-tu’, pilgrimage

After performing ‘umrah for my tamat-tu’ pilgrimage I left for Jaddah. I returned to Makkah on the eighth of Th-l-Hijjah and wore the garments for pilgrimage, ihraam. Is my ‘umrah for my tamat-tu’ pilgrimage considered to be disconnected? Am I sinful for travelling, since I only wanted to visit my relatives?

31: Raising and selling dogs

What’s the ruling of selling dogs? What is the ruling on raising them?

32: Spirituality: Matters related to the heart to multiply the reward

What are the ways of multiplying the rewards for the heart and its physical effects?

33: Repentance from major sins

I have committed many major sins. Is there any repentance for me?

34: Lost and found items: Taking some books left at a mosque

In one of the mosques in our locality there are some very valuable books which no one reads. It looks as if they belong to someone who used to read them but left them in the mosque or forgot them. I know these books belong to someone because they have names of people and the dates in which they were bought written in it. Is it permissible for me to take some of them as, after all, no people will benefit from them since these books are specialist classical books?

35: Being negligent in the remembrance of Allaah, the Most High, and the Hereafter at the time of being busy in the market with buying and selling

Is a person considered to be negligent if they pray and remember Allaah, the Most High, then goes to the market and is preoccupied with buying and selling, and is thus made to forget about death and the Hereafter, up until they hear the call to prayer for the next prayer? Also, how is it possible for me to remember when I am in such a large crowd and while I am busy doing the aforementioned things?

36: Eating from the fruit of trees in the courtyard of a mosque

What is the ruling of eating from the fruit of trees that are in the courtyard of a mosque?

37: The cure for diseases of the heart

What is the cure for diseases of the heart?

38: A man watching pornography and his wife admonishes Him

My husband watches pornography on the internet despite having memorised the entire Qur’aan. I have given him advice many times, but he gets angry with me. What should I do?

39: Carrying passengers to places of sin

I am taxi driver, and sometimes I am asked by passengers to take them to bars and pubs. Is it permissible for me to take them there?

40: Meaning of ahssaahaa regarding the beautiful Names of Allaah

What is the meaning of the statement of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ concerning the beautiful Names of Allaah,

<i> “Any person who ahssaahaa shall enter Paradise!” </i>