You said in the previous fatwa [that]: "If a student is faced with a difficult situation and is compelled [to draw], then let him draw an animal which does not have a head." However, [in doing so]...
Category: Manners & Etiquette
Don't follow behind me
[It was reported] regarding 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee رحمه الله that he rose from a gathering and the people [too arose and] followed [behind] him. So [out of humility] he said to them
More beloved to me than a voluntary hajj
For me to give [even] a dirham in charity to an orphan or a destitute is more beloved to me than [a voluntary] hajj after [having performed] the obligatory first hajj.
Wearing a watch watch gemstones
Is it permissible to wear a watch with some gemstones on it?
So that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine
Go and get me [some] water or dried dates to break my fast with, so that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine.*
Better than the voluntary Hajj
Ibraaheem ibn Tahmaan departed for [the voluntary] hajj. [Along the way] he passed by Neesaaboor. [There] he found them to be upon the speech (teachings) of Jahm [ibn Safwaan]. So he said
The weepers shall weep
Indeed, the people of the Fire [of Hell] shall be weeping in the Fire [of Hell, so much so] that if ships were set to sail upon their tears, they would sail.
Being charitable to relatives
Never has a relative of mine who had an outstanding loan died, except that I paid it off for him.
Eating fish and chips fried in oil used for frying non-halaal meat
In most of the restaurants in the West, they fry the fish and the potatoes (chips) in a big [deep] fryer filled with oil.
Every three days during Ramadhaan
It was narrated about Qataadah رحمه الله, that he would complete [the recitation of] the [entire] Qur.aan every seven [days], and [likewise] do so every three [days] during Ramadhaan.