Rulings

81: Rules regarding concealing righteous deeds and making them public

What are the rules regarding concealing righteous deeds and making them public when the person knows that making them public has greater good?

82: The unintentional glance

A narration of Jareer ibn ‘Abdu-llaah (may Allaah’s Pleasure be upon both) states that he asked the Prophet ﷺ about an intentional glance, so he was ordered to turn away his gaze. (Muslim 2159) What does unintentional glance mean?

83: Actions of the heart: The cure for the disease of vanity

I would like to tell you that during my student life I suffered from vanity. Whenever I read a book, memorized some text, or prepared for a lesson, I would be affected by the disease of vanity. This, as you well know, is something which prevents me from gaining Islamic knowledge. My question is, firstly, what are the books which discuss the biography of the righteous predecessors and their absolute devotion to learning and worshipping Allaah? Reading these books, as you well know, helps to cure the disease of vanity from which people suffer. Secondly, is there anything else you can advise me to help rid me of this disease?

84: The effect of asking someone to supplicate for you on your sincerity

Is the statement a person makes to his brother, “Supplicate for me!” a mark against his sincerity and reliance upon Allaah?

85: The punishment for thoughts of the mind

Is a person punished for actions of the heart which he does not speak about? A thought crosses his heart, but he does not act upon them with his limbs.

86: Personal conduct: The supplication of the oppressed against his oppressor

What is the ruling on making a supplication against the person who oppressed me. I am unable to do anything about it and I have nothing but to make supplication against my oppressor? What is meant by the phrase, ‘Forgiveness within one’s ability?’

87: Remembrance of Allaah: Establishing circles of remembrance of Allaah at home

We hope you can advise our listeners to establish circles of remembrance of Allaah in their homes, however short, and even if not more than 10 minutes. This would lead to angels enter the homes, and thereby the evil jin leave. The homes of the believers are full of evil jin due to the lack of remembrance of Allaah. The intention is to recite some aayahs of the Qur’aan and some hadeeths.

88: Acceptance of the repentance of a polytheist

Can a polytheist repent? Does he fall under the statement of the Prophet ﷺ,

“Repentance removes whatever came before it”?

89: Being evasive by responding to the question ‘Who did this good thing?’ by saying, ‘An anonymous doer of good did this.’

What is the ruling of a person who has done something virtuous and people ask him, ‘Who did this?’ to which he replies, “A doer of good!’ while the truth of the matter is that he is the one who did it, but he did not declare himself. What is the ruling for this type of lying?

90: Taking money in return for teaching Islamic studies

Is it permissible for me to take a wage for teaching Islamic subjects? How will my deeds be sincere? Is it enough for me to deduct from my wages what I think is fair to recompense my negligence in fulfilling the number of hours at work. Please, can you clarify?

91: How to remain upon the path of the people of Truth

How can one walk the path of the people of Truth with the plethora of trials surrounding the nation from every angle?

92: The life of the Prophet ﷺ in his grave

What is the position of those upon the Sunnah regarding the Prophet ﷺ in his grave, is he dead or alive?

93: The innovation of reciting Soorah Al-Faatihah next to a grave

Is it permissible to read Soorah Al-Faatihah next to grave?

94: How to attain sincerity

How can I attain sincerity so that my deeds are completely sincere?

95: Sleeping after the afternoon prayer, ‘assr

What is the ruling for sleeping after ‘assr?

96: The reward of deeds which took place before he became lax

A man used to be religious and always active in doing good, but now he has become lax where he only does the minimum religious requirement. Will he be rewarded for his deeds he did before this stage of his life, or will it be invalid?

97: Faith in Predestiny: Dejection due to having daughters instead of sons

Allaah grants some people daughters instead of sons and every time some men receive the glad tidings of the birth of a newborn daughter, they become annoyed and begin quarreling with their wives. Some husbands even threaten their wives with divorce if they give birth to another daughter! What advice do you have for such husbands?

98: Being preoccupied with worldly gains over worshipping Allaah

People become preoccupied with many things, and they forget that they were created for the sake of worshipping Allaah, the Most Exalted. They seek to increase their wealth and boast about what makes the poor look at them with envy and yearning. My question is, Is there a cure which will protect the poor from yearning, and protect the one whom Allaah has bestowed with wealth fro, such mentioned actions?

99: Meaning of the testimony that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah

What is the meaning of the testimony, ‘There is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah.

100: Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

What is the ruling of celebrating the Prophet’s ﷺ birthday, people gathering for it, reciting the Qur’aan in such gatherings and some hadeeth, reciting poems in singing praises of the Prophet ﷺ and organising special food? Is this a good practise of the pious predecessors?