'Abdul-A'laa said to me: 'Certainly he who has been given knowledge which does not cause him to weep, then it is feared he has not been given knowledge which benefits him.'
Category: Fatwa
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Working nights as a security guard for a bank
He has been working for one of the banks for a period of ten years, and he [recently] learnt that working for banks is not permissible.
That which is befitting for a man
It is befitting for a man who hears something from the manner of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, that he holds firm to it.
Renting a trading establishment to a bank which deals with ribaa
I own [some] stores located on al-Hijaaz Road, and the National Bank has offered to rent them; [so] since this bank is amongst those banks which deal with ribaa, would it be permissible for me to...
I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar
There isn't a hadeeth I have scribed except that I have acted in accordance to it.
Working in Islaamic banks and investment companies
Is working in Islaamic banks or Islaamic investment companies permissible, and is the salary [of the one who does] halaal?
He prayed as if he was a pole
I saw Muslim ibn Yasaar pray as if he was a [motionless] pole; He would not lean on one leg a moment, nor the other a moment, and nor would his clothing move.
Regarding 'as-Salaah al-Wustaa'
What is the 'as-salaah al-wustaa'?
A third of the Qur.aan
I spent the night [at the house of] Ibn 'Ulayyah, [during which] he read a third of the Qur.aan.
Spreading unverified hadeeth
Is it permissible to spread ahaadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ via [the various] means of communication without verifying the authenticity of the hadeeth?