Does a lot of whispering during the prayer nullify the prayer?
Category: Fatwa
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Act according to what you have learnt
Learn, learn, and when you have learnt, then act [according to what you have learnt].
Vowed not to marry so long as I am married to him
My husband has vowed not to marry so long as I am [married] to him; so is it obligatory upon him to fulfil this vow or not?
Indeed I have memorised it all
I am not concerned if the book of Sufyaan was stolen from me, for indeed I have memorised it all.
Hijaab in the presence of the husband's step-father
A man married a woman; Is it permissible for his wife to then unveil herself in the presence of her husband's step-father?
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.
Asking to be called by the name of a disbeliever
[There are] some people called Muhammad or 'Abdul-'Azeez [for example who] ask to be called by the name of a non-Muslim [football] player; so is this permissible, and would this be [considered as]...
How would he preoccupy himself?
It was said to the sister of Maalik ibn Deenaar: 'How would Maalik preoccupy himself at home?' She replied: 'The Qur.aan and [its] recitation.'
Saying "shafaa-kAllaah" (شفاك الله) when someone sneezes
Is there anything [authentically reported] from the Messenger ﷺ that we should say "shafaa-kAllaah" (شفاك الله) to the one who sneezes a third time?
Little birds would descend and settle upon his back
When Ibraaheem at-Teemee would prostrate, little birds would [descend and] settle upon his back, as if he was a wooden fence.