Rulings

121: Advice regarding taking backbiting lightly and allowing the tongue to indulge in it

Regarding backbiting and taking it lightly, that is regarding it as something easy and thus people talk about others and let their tongues loose about something Allaah has made unlawful, what would you advise the Muslims?

122: Major sins and prohibitions: Repentance for backbiting

Is there repentance for backbiting?

123: The phrase, ‘In His Hands is good and evil’!’

Is it correct to say the phrase, ‘In His Hands is good and evil!’?

124: Repentance wipes away major sins

A person wronged his own soul by committing sins and acts of disobedience, even committing some major sins, then Allaah  blessed him by allowing him to repent. Does this repentance completely wipe away these sins from his scroll of deeds, or will they remain written there until the Day of Resurrection and be presented to him then forgiven at that time?

125: Is a sinner who is constant in observing prayer and Remembrance of Allaah considered to be protected?

Is a person who reads the Remembrance of Allaah of the morning and evening, as well as the supplications prior to sleep, and other types, and he also prays his dawn prayer on time, protected although he is a sinner, or he commits some sins?

126: An Imaam or a caller to the prayer collecting a full salary in spite of not performing their duties every day

Is the Imaam or caller to the prayer eligible for their full salary while they are not consistent in attending for their duties?

127: Bathing: A person who has a wet-dream and did not realize until a day had passed

If a person had a wet dream and did not realize until a complete day had passed, must he repeat the prayers of that day?

128: The prerequisites for deeds to be accepted

What are the prerequisites for deeds to be accepted?