Why has Islaam forbidden shaking hands with women who one is not mahram to? And does one’s wudhoo became nullified if he shakes the hand of a woman without desire?
Category: Fatwa
The occurrence of “mal’abah” at weddings
What do you say regarding that which occurs at weddings in that they call “mal’abah” which consists of two facing rows [of people] and between them are two poets who exchange verses.
He forbids us to read the Qur.aan before Fajr
In our masjid there is a big shaykh who has a certain opinion; an example being that he has forbidden us to read the Qur.aan before Salaat al-Fajr in the masjid.
Decorating homes with figurines
What is the ruling on decorating homes with figurines that are not kept in houses for the purpose of worship?
Reciting a soorah after al-Faatihah in the third and fourth rak’ah
During the prayers which consist of three and four raka’aat, is it permissible to recite anything from the Qur.aan after having recited [Soorah] al-Faatihah…
The penalty for smoking
What is the penalty for a smoker according to the Sharee’ah?
Leaving off a single prayer
Is the one who leaves off a single [obligatory] prayer without a [Islaamically acceptable] reason taken out of the fold of Islaam?
Looking at the opposite sex on television
What is the ruling regarding looking at a woman (ajnabiyyah – someone who he is not a mahram to) and [similarly] a woman (ajnabiyyah) looking at a man whilst watching television?
Dressing young girls in trousers
Some women dress their young daughters in trousers, and thereafter dress them up in an ‘abaa.ah. What is the ruling regarding this?
Abbreviating «sal-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam» to (S) or (SAW) or the like
Is it permissible to write the letter (S) [ص] instead of [writing] «ﷺ», and why?