The one who is most prepared to give fatwa, is the one who is most prepared for the Fire. Translator's note
Category: Manners & Etiquette
Seeking knowledge when one is young
Seeking knowledge when one is young, is like etching on a stone.
Joking with lies
Is there a difference between intentionally lying and jokingly lying? And is it permissible for a person to lie jokingly?
Overcome with enthusiasm
If we carefully consider that which many of the du'aat are upon today, we find some of them are overcome by enthusiasm and as a result cause offence, such that the people have an aversion to their...
Knowledge is better than wealth
Knowledge is better than wealth. Knowledge protects you and you [have to] protect wealth.
Studying something inferior
Anyone who spends his time studying something inferior, abandoning higher studies of which he is capable, is like someone who sows corn in a field capable of growing wheat, or who plants bushes in...
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.
When you compare yourself with others
When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself.
The most noble branches of knowledge
The most noble branches of knowledge are those which bring you close to the Creator and help you to be pleasing to Him.
A miser with his knowledge
A man who is a miser with his knowledge is worse than a man who is a miser with his money, for the money-miser is afraid of using up what he possesses but the knowledge-miser is being mean with...