If I am invited to attend a family party where a lot of reprehensible acts are taking place – should I speak out against them, or should I just leave the party?
Category: Manners & Etiquette
Listening to backbiting
What is the ruling regarding listening to backbiting?
Supplicating for the teacher
What is the ruling regarding supplicating for a teacher who carries out her duties in the most complete [and praiseworthy] manner?
Ahmed wants to repent from backbiting Zayd
O noble Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding someone who repented to Allaah from backbiting, and then gave charity on behalf of everyone whom he had backbitten?
My mother treated me badly
[And all this was] over some petty matters, as I suspected she loved my older brother more than me, because she treated me badly.
Made intention to commit a sin
A man made the intention to commit a sin, and at the same time made the intention that he would repent to Allaah after committing this sin; so will his repentance be accepted or not?
Women doing the slaughter
Is a woman allowed to carry out the slaughter – whether that is of a bird or any other animal?
Facing the Qiblah whilst carrying out the slaughter
In the slaughterhouse, those who carry out the slaughter do not lie the sheep down completely facing the direction of the Qiblah, instead, they suffice with just bending its neck in the direction of the Qiblah; so is that sufficient O noble shaykh?
Slaughtering in other than the direction of the Qiblah
If someone intentionally carried out the slaughter in other than the direction of the Qiblah, can that slaughter[ed meat] be eaten? And what is the ruling regarding the slaughter carried out by a woman or a child?
Buying meat from a butcher who does not pray
Is it permissible or not to buy meat from a butcher who does not pray, and who deals with that which is haraam?