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Swearing by created things when asking Allah for forgiveness
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. This morning, I was supplicating, and I was saying something along the lines of, ‘O Allaah, forgive me by the multitude of your creation, by the sunrise and the sunset’. I did not intend to swear by other than Allaah; it just sort of came out of my mouth. I feel horrible, especially given that it.. More
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Deeds leading to Paradise
Assalaamu alaykum. Could you please claryify this sentence for us in this hadith: http://sunnah.com/bukhari/56/5...
"Who is next?" He replied, "A believer who stays in one of the mountain paths worshipping Allaah and leaving the people secure from his mischief."
What does that refer to? Is jihad not the greatest of acts that leads us to Paradise?.. More
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Ruling on cursing people and things
Assalaamu alaykum. Is the expression 'Goddammit' a very great sin, Islamically?
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Degree of authenticity of Ibn 'Abbaas's report about masturbation
My question is the following; there is a hadith of Ibn 'Abbaas, may Allaah be pleased with him, in which one person came and asked him about masturbation and he turned in dislike and and said, "Marrying a slave girl is better than that, and it is better than fornication." My question is: is this hadith authentic? Please answer this question.
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Doubtful statement expressing amazement
Assalaamu alaykum. If I get surprised at a person's wit and say, "If only I could see what Allaah made him with," am Ia sinful?
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Abiding by terms and conditions of university
Assalaamu alaykum. My university requires me to perform one year of practical training in any organization. I started it in a company. Due to the bad environment there, I made a contract with the owner that allowed me to work in my dad's company, and I have to pay him a monthly sum in return for being outsourced. Afterwards, I convinced my dad to relieve.. More
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Presenting fake certificate impermissible under all circumstances
My father works in a haram bussinness, his bussinnes has been doing bad for the last two years and he barely provides for the family. Our other source of income is my sister. I am a high school graduate and I want to study medicine. In order to get into med school, I have to do a two-year pre-med course. My question is, since my sister is the one who.. More
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Saying 'O mother' or 'O father' as exclamation
Assalaamu alaykum. Sometimes, when we are surprised or hurt or find something funny, we say 'O my mother' or 'O dad'. Is there any sin on us for this?
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Swearing by Quran is a binding oath
Assalaamu alaykum. I was very upset and depressed one day. In this situation, I swore on the Quran not to get married if my brother would not receive my call in the time required for performing ablution and praying the 'Asr. I performed ablution and, as I stood for the prayer, I was crying and asked Allaah to please forgive me as I cannot fullfill this... More
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Asking Allah to remove fever without cursing it
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. It is true, one must not curse fever, as that is forbidden. I want to know whether it would also be wrong for me to say, “Oh Allaah, I seek refuge with You from this fever or fever in general.” And what if I were to say, “Oh Allaah, take this fever away from me; heal me completely”?.. More
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Returning favors recommended but not obligatory
Assalaamu alaykum. If a brother does some favors for me and then afterwards wants me to help him with his work, would I be sinful then if I would leave him to go to a different place and get a different job based on the following hadith, if it were to be authentic?
"Whosoever severs the right of a Muslim by his oath, Allaah has prohibited him from.. More
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Looking at fully-covered woman without lust
Is there a consensus among the scholars that it is haram for a man to look at a non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) woman who wears the full hijab (including niqab), even if the look is not accompanied by desire? Or do scholars have different views regarding this issue? [Please do not refer me to questions that have already been asked on this website.]
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Angels descend upon reciter of Quran
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. It is true that angels look for gatherings where Allaah, The Exalted, is mentioned (and all that is mentioned in the hadiths that speak about this subject takes place). Does the same happen when a person is alone in a room and recites the Quran or listens to the Quran or an Islamic lecture?.. More
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Suppressing anger to please person instead of Allah
Assalaamu alaykum. We know that anger is bad and that one who avoids being angry for Allaah's sake will be rewarded. My question is the following: suppose that a man gets angry at his driver and intends to rebuke him. Then his wife requests him to avoid being angry for her sake, and he calms down to make her happy, not for Allaah's sake. Is this act.. More
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Both sons and daughters obliged to serve parents if they need service
I know that the financial responsibility is for the brothers and the father, but is it the daughters' duty to do housework for her dad when he is oldin Islam? If the father passes away, does it becomes the brother's resposibility to do housework for her, or does she have to do it herself if she is unmarried? I read on a website that it is the man's.. More
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