When I need to go to the toilet [to answer the call of nature] – may Allaah honour you [O Shaykh] – I take with me a book or newspaper [to read] whilst I am in there. So is this permissible?
Category: Manners & Etiquette
Using newspapers as eating mats and spreads
What is the ruling regarding eating and drinking from daily newspapers and [in particular] those who use them as [eating] mats and spreads for their food [considering] there are Qur.aanic verses and…
Saying “السلام عليكم” to an unknown caller on the telephone
What is the ruling regarding saying ‘as-salaam [‘alaykum] to someone on the telephone if you do not know whether they are Muslim or not?
Havng mercy upon an open sinner
When a Muslim dies, is it permissible to have/show mercy to him if he was a faasiq (open sinner) during his life?
Urinating whilst standing-2
Is it permissible for a person to urinate whilst standing, keeping in mind that nothing [of the urine] touches his body or his clothes?
Exchanging photographs via the internet
Is it permissible for a woman to send a photograph of herself via the internet to a man looking to get married, but who lives far away, so he can see her (what she looks like) and decide whether he…
Wearing coloured contact lenses
What is the ruling regarding wearing coloured contact lenses with the justification [for doing so] being for beautification and following the latest trend (fashion), keeping in mind that their price…
Joking with lies
Is there a difference between intentionally lying and jokingly lying? And is it permissible for a person to lie jokingly?
Eating from the hand of a menstruating woman
Is it permissible to eat from the hand of a menstruating woman? [Please] advise us [and may Allaah] reward you.
Extending the greeting to the opposite sex
I am a university student, and sometimes I extend salaam to the female students. So is it halaal or haraam for a male student to extend salaam to his female colleagues at university?