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  • Fearing that graduation ceremony might include Sharia violations

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Should I aim to be among the world's highest in my subjects? I think that if I work hard I can do it, Allaah willing. But then I have to attend the special ceremony to get a special certificate, for example, and I do not think that these will be halal ceremonies. I cannot guarantee that it will be a.. More

  • Traveling by air in stormy weather

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I read the following: It was narrated that Abu ‘Imraan Al-Jawni said: “One of the Companions of Muhammad told me, when we were going out on a campaign towards Persia, ‘The Messenger of Allaah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,said, 'If a person spends the night on a roof which has.. More

  • Learning etiquette of eating in Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum Scholars. I have a question which has been bothering me recently. I am currently seeking knowledge, or this is what I intend to do, and I have a doubt regarding the manners of the students of knowledge regarding eating. After reading and listening to biographies of great scholars of the past, I came to know that they would hardly eat.. More

  • Musaafahah done with one hand or both

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the authentic hadith for Musaafahah(shaking the hand) with one hand? There are so many interpretations given by people in our region (South India). If the solid Nass (text) is not found, then following the Urf (local custom),Musaafahah with both hands, is better in my view. May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Asking too many questions about Unseen

    Assalaamu alaykum. “We will say to Hell on the Day of Ressurection, ‘Have you been completely filled up?’ And it will say, ‘Is there anything more?’” And he stated on the authority of Anas ibn Malik that the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said, “(The sinners) will be thrown therein, and it will continue to say, ‘Is there.. More

  • Smelling food to check if it is rotten

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. We should not blow on food and smell it. I want to know, what if one smells a bad smell from the food when its placed in front of the person (from a distance) or fears that it may be rotten and so on, can one smell the food in that situation or not? If not, then how is one to deal with such.. More

  • No recommended color for dining table cloth in Sunnah

    Is it Sunnah to eat on a red dining cloth? Is there any hadith about this? What color shouldthe dining cloth be? .. More

  • How to interpret dreams skillfully

    Hello. I have read articles on your website that say that only specialists can interpret dreams. So my question is: how does one become a skillful dream interpreter so that he has Islamic qualifications to interpret them? .. More

  • Contradiction between Islam and reason impossible

    I was going to decide which subject to study at the university level. I once had this thought: What if while studying this subject, I discover that Islam is not scientifically logical and I leave the religion? Based on this, I began to worry that this might happen to me and that I could leave Islam. Is this an act of doubt which leads to Kufr (disbelief),.. More

  • Vowing to wear hijab if accepted in certain school

    I said, "If I get accepted into this school, I will start wearing a hijab." Is this considered a vow? I read somewhere on this website that if something is already obligatory, then the vow is invalid? I am striving to start wearing the hijab soon, but I want to wear it in my own time and when I am ready so that I do not take it off, as I have worn it.. More

  • Permissibility of greeting non-Mahram women if there is no fear of temptation

    Assalaamo alaykum Scholars. The shaykh I usually ask for fatwas told me that greeting non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) women is haram. I apply that, praise be to Allaah, and if they are muslims I do not care, but there are certain people whom I have tried to avoid greeting, but it has been really diffiuclt. This is when I encounter my teacher.. More

  • Benefiting from open-learning websites

    Assalaamu alaykum Shaykhs. In general, open learning websites offer courses on many beneficial subjects. But they also contain courses on forbidden subjects, photos of women/other forbidden images, and adds of forbidden things. Can I go to these websites to do permissible courses only? Or should I avoid these websites completely? I would be gratefulif.. More

  • Failing to act upon non-religious knowledge that one learned

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. It is true that if a person does not implement what the person learns of the religious knowledge, then they are sinful. My question is about the knowledge outside the religion that one has, is it true for that too? I studied dental hygiene, hence if I do not implement what I learned and do not.. More

  • Whether it is from Sunnah to say 'Salaam' thrice to group of people

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it from the Sunnah to say the 'Salaam' thrice when saying it to a group of people? I am asking because of the following hadith: Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported, “Whenever the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said something, he would repeat his words thrice so that.. More

  • Accepting invitation of poor to eat with them

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. If some poor people are eating and I pass by them and they invite me to join them, should I do so? .. More