`Aqidah -Islamic fatwas

The return of the soul in the worldly life

`Aqidah

People in Barzakh

`Aqidah

Death of the disobedient amongst the inmates of Hellfire

`Aqidah

Whispering

`Aqidah

People in Barzakh

`Aqidah

Meaning of Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah, Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah, and Tawhid-ul-Asma' wal-Sifat

Tawhid

Types of Tawhid

Tawhid

Creation of mankind

Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah

Is it proper to say: You are the successors of Allah on earth?

Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah

Is it proper to describe air and the like, as natural?

Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah

Seeking help from the jinn to fulfill one's needs

Seeking help

Invoking the Messenger or other people when standing up or sitting down

Seeking help

Invoking and asking the prophets and the righteous people for protection

Seeking help

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Meaning of good and bad Bid‘ah

The meaning of Bid`ah

The meaning of 'Newly invented things'

The meaning of Bid`ah

What are the ''Newly invented things''

The meaning of Bid`ah

There are five rulings on Bid`ah.

The meaning of Bid`ah

Ways of denouncing Bid`ahs

The meaning of Bid`ah

Specifying some Surahs of the Qur'an as the 'Saving Surahs'

Bid`ah related to Qur'an recitation

The permissibility of gathering people to recite the Qur'an for a particular person

Bid`ah related to Qur'an recitation

Ruling on reciting Al-Fatihah after offering Witr following `Isha' Prayer

Bid`ah related to Qur'an recitation

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Ruling on insulting Allah's Being

Insulting Allah

Ruling on insulting Allah's Being

Verbal, practical and doctrinal forms of Riddah

Riddah: Meaning and rulings

Making up for missed acts of worship during Riddah

Riddah: Meaning and rulings

Nullifiers of Islam

Acts commensurate with Kufr

Insulting religion

Acts commensurate with Kufr

Insulting the Qur'an and Hadith and obtaining unlawful gains

Insulting the Qur'an and authentic Hadiths

Disbelieving in the Qur'an and mocking bearded Muslims

Insulting the Qur'an and authentic Hadiths

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Prohibition of hiring a non-Muslim

Ruling on hiring a non-Muslim

The meaning of loyalty

Ruling on hiring a non-Muslim

Obligations towards non-Muslim co-workers

Al-Wala' wa Al-Bara'

Loving and mingling with Kafirs

Al-Wala' wa Al-Bara'

Staying at a non-Muslim country

Living among non-Muslims and when a person should leave a non-Muslim land

Annulling the Shahadah

Living among non-Muslims and when a person should leave a non-Muslim land

The limits of loyalty

Loyalty to Kafirs that takes one out of Islam

Taking part in the celebrations of the People of the Book

Loyalty to Kafirs that takes one out of Islam

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Ruling on Takfir of a Muslim for committing a sin

Takfir

Ruling on the denial of a Muslim's Iman

Takfir

Ruling on accusing a Muslim of Kufr

Takfir

Committing acts of disbelief

Takfir

Declaring specified and unspecified people as Kafirs

Takfir

When is it permissible to declare a person a Kafir?

Takfir

Ruling on not regarding a disbeliever as a Kafir

Takfir

Ruling on describing Jews and Christians as Kafirs

Ruling on describing the Jews and Christians as Kafirs

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The use of the phrase 'Islamic Customs and Traditions'

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Concluding letters with 'May you last forever'

Permissibility of saying 'There is one death, but it has several causes'

Concluding letters with 'May you last forever'

Addressing someone as: 'O Sayyid!'

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Showing lack of respect to Allah

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Calling a deceased 'Al-Marhum' and 'Al-Maghfur Lahu'

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Attributing blessings to nature

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Ruling on saying: 'Allah knows' or 'Allah forbid!'

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

Protecting the limbs from committing sins

Necessity of using accurate expressions and warning against using ambiguous terms

The Messenger's knowledge of the Ghayb

Knowledge of the Ghayb

The Messenger's knowledge of the Ghayb

Allah Alone knows what is in the wombs

Only Allah knows the Ghayb

Five keys to the Ghayb only known to Allah

Five keys to the Ghayb

Allah telling the messengers about the Ghayb

Five keys to the Ghayb

Causes of disagreement between scholars

Only Allah knows the Ghayb

Ruling on consulting soothsayers who claim to have knowledge of the Ghayb

Only Allah knows the Ghayb

Claiming to have knowledge of the Ghayb

Only Allah knows the Ghayb

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The Messenger seeing Allah

Can humans see Allah in this world?

Seeing Allah in this world overtly

Can humans see Allah in this world?

Did the Messenger of Allah see His Lord on the night of Isra'?

Seeing Allah in this world

Curing obsession and Satan's plots

Curing obsession and inner thoughts

Doubting that a person's good deeds are out of showing off

The treatment of Riya'

Self insinuations

The treatment of Riya'

Treatment of the whisperings of Satan while offering Salah

Remedy of pride and Riya'

Treatment of the whisperings of Satan while offering Salah

Insinuations of apostasy

Treatment of the whisperings of Satan while offering Salah

Du`a' against insinuations

Treatment of the whisperings of Satan while offering Salah

Devilish whisperings

Curing obsession and inner thoughts

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Islam and political parties

Ruling on political parties

Da`wah and politics

Ruling on political parties

Standing for a minute of silence in memory of martyrs

Ruling on political parties

Who is the prosperous one in the sight of Allah?

The saved sect

The path to Jannah

The saved sect

To be a Muslim is a great honor and source of pride

The saved sect

Advice for youth

The saved sect

The difference between Tariqah and Shari‘ah

The saved sect

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Sufism and building domes over graves

The dome on the grave of the Prophet is no pretext

Sufism and the Islamic attitude towards it

The dome on the grave of the Prophet is no pretext

Litanies and Sufi Bid`ahs

Sufi orders, litanies, and Adhkar

Bid`ahs of Sufi orders

Sufi orders, litanies, and Adhkar

Sufism mostly involves Bid`ahs nowadays

Sufi orders, litanies, and Adhkar

Are Sufi orders following the right way or are they people of division and misguidance?

Sufism mostly involves Bid`ahs

The meaning of Sufis saying 'So-and-so is the owner of time and can dispose of people's affairs''

Sufism mostly involves Bid`ahs

Can an ordinary person receive revelation directly from Allah?

Sufism mostly involves Bid`ahs

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Muslim's attitude towards Muslim sects

The sects

Al-Burhamiyyah Tariqah

The sects

Ruling on Al-Ahmadiyyah sect and their beliefs

Al-Qadyaniyyah order

Ruling on the Sufi order called Al-Qadyaniyyah and their alleged prophet

Al-Qadyaniyyah order

The difference between the Muslims and Al-Ahmadiyyin

Al-Qadyaniyyah order

The so-called Salat Al-Fatih

Al-Tijaniyyah

Excessiveness of the Qadiriyyah

The Qadiriyyah

Ruling on the virtues of Shaykh Abdul-Qadir

The Qadiriyyah

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Ruling on celebrating the Prophet's Mawlid

The Prophet's Mawlid

Greeting the Prophet more than once

The Prophet's Mawlid

Permissibility of sending peace and blessings on the Prophet

The Prophet's Mawlid

Ruling on standing up when greeting the Prophet

The Prophet's Mawlid

Greeting the Prophet at his grave

The Prophet's Mawlid

Bid`ahs during the seventeenth night of Ramadan

The Prophet's Mawlid

The heavens and the earth were created for the Prophet: Is it true?

The Prophet's Mawlid

The Sunnah of placing the deceased in the grave

The Prophet's Mawlid

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Ruling on celebrating on the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

Celebrating on the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

Preparing food on the eve of the Mi`raj Night and the night of Al-Qadr and sending it to the Imam to supplicate to Allah on it

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

Excellence of the night of mid-Sha‘ban

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

Reciting Surah Ya-Sin and Mawlid poems on the eve of the seventeenth of Ramadan

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

The Imam supplicating to Allah after the obligatory Salahs while the people are gathered

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

The night 'Therein is decreed every matter of ordainments' and the ruling on spending the Mid-Sha`ban night in offering optional night Salah

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

Giving charity on the Mid-Sha`ban night

Bid`ahs related to certain days and nights

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Celebrating the Mawlid and the 15th of Sha`ban

Bid`ahs during the `Eid

Celebrating children's birthdays

Bid`ahs during the `Eid

Impermissibility of celebrating birthdays

Bid`ahs during the `Eid

Holding celebrations and reciting the Qur'an upon one's reaching maturity

Bid`ahs during the `Eid

Celebrating Mother's Day

Bid`ahs during the `Eid

Do the pigeons of Makkah and Madinah have a special privilege?

Types of Bid`ahs

Removing shoes during greetings

Types of Bid`ahs

Performing Salah behind an Imam who keeps committing Bid`ah

Types of Bid`ahs

Seeking cure through the water of a well called Ayyub's Well

Types of Bid`ahs

Having a dream of doing evil

Types of Bid`ahs

Putting one's belongings on the graves of righteous persons out of fear of losing them

Types of Bid`ahs

Banquets offered for the sake of Awliya'

Types of Bid`ahs

He who says one hundred times: 'Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back' will find his lost object

Types of Bid`ahs

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The circulated papers concerning the servant of the Prophet's room

The Bid`ahs of the so-called quot;guardian of the Prophet's roomquot; and the like

The Bid`ah of the so-called Shaykh Ahmad

The Bid`ahs of the so-called quot;guardian of the Prophet's roomquot; and the like

A paper containing four Ayahs of the Qur'an

The Bid`ahs of the so-called quot;guardian of the Prophet's roomquot; and the like

The meaning of 'Mudillat Al-Fitan'

Fitnahs

The day when Muslims will gain victory over the Jews

Fitnahs

The Fitnah intended by the Prophet when pointing to the east

Fitnahs

What should be done during the time of Fitnahs?

Fitnahs

The Hadith 'Before the Last Hour there will be Fitnahs like pieces of a dark night'

Fitnahs

The meaning of turning away in the Hadith related by Hudhayfah

Fitnahs

The Hadith 'You will have rulers some of whom you will approve of and some you will disapprove of'

Fitnahs

Attacking scholars

Fitnahs

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Mentioning some of the signs of the Hour

The signs of the Hour

If sun rises in the west, the faith of he who did not believe before will not be accepted

The signs of the Hour

The signs of the Hour: the removal of Amanah and Iman from hearts

The signs of the Hour

Will the sun rise from the west

The signs of the Hour

The most reliable source on the signs of the Hour and the mighty events that precede it

The signs of the Hour

Reports about the Awaited Al-Mahdy and the descending of `Isa

Al-Mahdy

The coming out of Al-Mahdy

Al-Mahdy

Who is Al-Mahdy?

Al-Mahdy

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Interpreting the Name Al-Rab as the essence of Allah

Al-Asma'

The difference between Allah's Names and Attributes

Al-Asma'

Permissibility of calling one by a name which Allah has called Himself

Al-Asma'

Translation of the Names of Allah

Al-Asma'

The claim that there are only twenty Attributes of Allah

Attributes

Kufr concerning the Attributes of Allah

Attributes

The Attribute of Coming

Attributes

Will and Predestination

Attributes

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The required `Aqidah that makes one a Muslim

Faith

Is Iman a saying and action or only a saying devoid of action?

Faith

The `Aqidah required from the Muslim

Faith

The best book that deals with Tawhid and the Islamic creed

Faith

Advice that supports faith and knowledge

Faith

The way to increase faith

Faith

Getting rid of Kufr and hypocrisy

Faith

Ways of strengthening Iman

Faith

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People's need for Allah's Messengers

Prophets

The wisdom behind sending messengers over sporadic periods

Prophets

The prophet sent before Prophet Muhammad

Prophets

Making distinctions between the prophets and deeming one of them to be superior to others

Prophets

The prophets and messengers' mistakes

Prophets

Number of prophets and messengers

Prophets

Raising of the bodies of the prophets and messengers to the heavens or their annihilation

Prophets

Is it permissible to act prophets and messengers?

Prophets

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The message of Islam is not confined to a certain country

Universality of the message of Islam

Islam is the last religion

Universality of the message of Islam

Judging as disbelievers those who say that the Message was sent to `Aly

Universality of the message of Islam

Some of the virtues of the Prophet

Universality of the message of Islam

The Prophet speaking with his Lord during Mi`raj

Universality of the message of Islam

The generality of the message of the Prophet to all mankind and jinn

Universality of the message of Islam

The meeting of the Prophet with jinn

Universality of the message of Islam

Isra' and Mi`raj occurred in wakefulness not sleep and the Prophet seeing his Lord

Universality of the message of Islam

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Da`wah to Allah is the way of the Messengers of Allah

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

Da`wah to the cause of Allah is Tawqifiy from one side and Tawfiqy from the other side

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

Da`wah to Allah at coffee shops and clubs

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

Do not say, 'I have created,' but say, 'I have made with Allah's Will'

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

The ruling on Ghusl and circumcision for those who embrace Islam

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

Pointing out the pillars of Islam and Iman for those who want to embrace Islam

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

The ruler is a guardian for whoever has no guardian

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

What should a new convert to Islam do between his being convinced of Islam and publicly announcing his conversion?

The Messengers' Da`wah to Allah

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People have differed concerning Yazid ibn Mu`awiyah into three groups; two extremists and one moderate

Matters related to the Sahabah

Whoever curses the three Sahabah contradicts the Qur'an and the Sunnah

Matters related to the Sahabah

Giving up talking about what happened among the Sahabah of the Prophet

Matters related to the Sahabah

Is it possible that all the Sahabah were ignorant of an issue related to the Qur'an?

Matters related to the Sahabah

The Sahabah who were given glad tidings to be from among the people of Jannah

Matters related to the Sahabah

Singling out `Aly for saying: 'May Allah honor his face!'

Matters related to the Sahabah

The three persons who remained behind and did not go for Jihad along with the Prophet

Matters related to the Sahabah

The meaning of the Hadith: 'The Caliphate will last thirty years after me...'

Matters related to the Sahabah

People of the Book are not equal with regard to Allah's Judgment

Islam's attitude towards the People of the Book

Deeming Jews and Christians, who do not believe in Muhammad, to be disbelievers

Islam's attitude towards the People of the Book

Permissibility of dealing with Jews and Christians as People of the Book

Islam's attitude towards the People of the Book

The distortion that Christianity underwent is confirmed

Islam's attitude towards the People of the Book

Who are the People of the Book?

Things related to the People of the Book

Dealing with neighbors from the People of the Book

Things related to the People of the Book

Judging as disbelievers those who abandon Islam and abstaining from seeking forgiveness for them if they die as disbelievers

Asking forgiveness for the disbelievers

A Muslim is not permitted to seek forgiveness for grandparents who die as Mushriks

Asking forgiveness for the disbelievers

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Questioning the dead in their graves and keeping believers in bliss and disbelievers in Hell

The punishment of the grave

It was not authentically reported that a dead person can see the Prophet in his grave

The punishment of the grave

Is there any Adhkar from the Qur'an and the Sunnah that can be said to rescue one from the punishment of the grave?

The punishment of the grave

The Prophet putting a palm leave on the graves

The punishment of the grave

Physical versus spiritual torment in the grave

The punishment of the grave

The questions asked to the deceased in the grave

The punishment of the grave

Torment and blessings in the grave

The punishment of the grave

The manner of people's rising from their graves on the Day of Judgment

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

Determining the period between the two times of blowing of trumpet is a matter of the Unseen

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

The wisdom of giving priority to camels over other animals

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

The meaning of Allah's saying: 'There is not one of you but will pass over it...'

Reckoning on the Day of Resurrection

Questioning the deaf-mute person on the Day of Judgment

Reckoning on the Day of Resurrection

Entering Jannah is by the bounty of Allah, not by good deeds

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

Reward and punishment for deeds

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

Giving the Muslims' sins to the Jews and Christians

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

Fate of the angels on the Day of Resurrection

Resurrection on the Judgment Day

Shafa`ah of the Prophet -a fact affirmed by the Qur'an

Types of intercession

If a child dies, he will intercede for his parents

Types of intercession

Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Taymiyyah are from the great scholars of Islam

Types of intercession

Ruling on one who denies the Hadith of intercession

Types of intercession

The Prophet's Shafa`ah for committers of major sins

Types of intercession

Admitting an illegitimate child into Paradise

Illegitimate child enters Jannah

Only the one who commits Zina will bear its sin

Illegitimate child enters Jannah

Hellfire does not perish and disbelievers will stay in it forever

Hellfire

Hellfire is a temporal punishment for whoever enters it from the sinful believers

Hellfire

Claim that the fire of this world is the smoke of Hellfire: is it true?

Hellfire

Ruling on Kafir children

Hellfire

Diseases as expiations of sins

Hellfire

Kafirs remaining eternally in the Fire

Hellfire

Muslims are not to judge others to be from the dwellers of Hellfire unless they inform them about Islam

The fate of Ahl-ul-Fatrah

Ruling on Ahl-ul-Fatrah

The fate of Ahl-ul-Fatrah

Ruling on the one who changes Allah's Religion

The fate of Ahl-ul-Fatrah

The fate of the children of the disbelievers

Non-Muslim Children

Ruling on whoever dies as a minor

Non-Muslim Children

The aspect of exclusion in Allah's saying: 'So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them: Except Iblis...'

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

The meaning and authenticity of the Hadith that says: 'Allah created Adam in his complete shape and form...'

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

The happening of the Hour on Friday is one of the virtues of this day

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

Differences among scholars concerning Iblis

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

Iblis is from the jinn, not the angels

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

The punishment of Satan and his followers

The origin of Iblis and his fate on the Day of Judgment

What is the meaning of Divine Decree?

Meaning of Divine Decree

The obligation of believing in the Divine Decree, whether good or bad

Meaning of Divine Decree

Man both has free will and his actions are predestined

Do humans have free will or are their actions predestined?

Free will and compulsion in the light of the Qur'an and Sunnah

Do humans have free will or are their actions predestined?

Allah guides man to Iman

Believing in Divine Decree

It is not permissible to wish for death?

Wishing to die

Every child is born upon Fitrah

Wishing to die

Contentment with Divine Decree

Discontent with Divine Decree

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Birthday celebrations

Feasts

Children's birthdays

Feasts

The silver jubilee

Feasts

Celebrating Valentine's Day

Feasts

Types of Bid`ahs

Feasts

Two papers spreading among people

Feasts

The book 'Hiwar Sahafi Ma`a Jinni Muslim'

Feasts

Books about Jinn

Feasts

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Invoking the sun

Beseeching for help

Ruling on seeking help from other than Allah

Beseeching for help

Taking a woman to the graveyards to get pregnant

Beseeching for help

Ruling on seeking help from other than Allah

Beseeching for help

Calling the father of shaykh when getting up

Beseeching for help

Associating partners with Allah

Beseeching for help

Seeking help from the dead

Beseeching for help

Invoking the dead when visiting the graves

Beseeching for help

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Vowing to `Abd Al-Rahim Al-Qinawy

Making vows for other than Allah

A person known to cause damage when speaking without mentioning Allah

The influence of evil eye

Following superstitions and believing it is Ruqyah

The influence of evil eye

Saying certain words during Ruqyah

The influence of evil eye

Digging a grave for a person they failed to treat from an evil eye

The influence of evil eye

Claiming a person sees who envied him if he closes his eyes when Qur'an is recited

The influence of evil eye

Psychological treatment for oversleeping

The influence of evil eye

Wearing necklaces, chains or some knots to remove harm

The influence of evil eye

Praying behind someone hanging amulets

The influence of evil eye

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The Prophet's meeting with Musa

Isra' and Mi`raj

Washing the dead suffering from contagious diseases

Bad omens

Allah does not forgive polytheists

Major sins

Seeking blessings from a creature

Major sins

Giving intellect precedence over Divine texts

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

Seeking judgment from tribal customs in disputes

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

Refer their disputes and litigations

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

Seeking judgment in disputes from tribal traditions

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

The so-called Malfa to solve tribal disputes involving bloodshed

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

Reconciliation not according to the rulings of Islam

Taghuts and ruling by other than Allah's Law

Jinn's knowledge of the Ghayb

Knowledge of Ghayb

The so-called Yemenite calendar of Bayt Al-Faqih

Knowledge of Ghayb

Knowing people's inners

Knowledge of Ghayb

Sufis looking in Al-Lawh-ul-Mahfuzh as stated in 'Tanwir Al-Mu'minat'

Knowledge of Ghayb

The biological clock

Knowledge of Ghayb

A person who is punctual in attending Dhikr circles

Knowledge of Ghayb

Knowing the gender of the fetus

Knowledge of Ghayb

Saying 'Allah and His Messenger are our witnesses'

Knowledge of Ghayb

Seeing Allah in this world

Knowledge of Ghayb

The meaning of knowing Islam with evidence