What is the ruling regarding the blood which flows from the woman a short period before she gives birth; Is it postpartum blood, or is it menses [blood]?
Category: Fatwa
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Dignifying and venerating the prayer
A man [once] said, from [the actions which] dignify and venerate the prayer is to arrive [for it] before the iqaamah.
Gathering together to recite the Qur.aan
[Regarding the issue of] gathering together to recite the Qur.aan; Is it permissible to do this sometimes, or everyday?
Do not disturb
Such was Ibraheem an-Nakha'ee رحمه الله, that when someone sought him at home, and he did not want (disliked) to go out to meet him, he would tell his slave girl to say to him
Eating from the sacrificial meat during hajj
Is it obligatory upon the one who slaughtered [the sacrifice] during hajj to eat from this sacrifice?
Carrying out 'aqeeqah sacrifice on 21st day
If I carried out the sacrifice on the 21st day, will it be considered as the 'aqeeqah [sacrifice]?
Awake in prayer at night
I used to know Ahmad ibn Hanbal when he was [just] a little boy, and he would remain awake at night standing in prayer.
Saying "aameen" in the Zhuhr and 'Asr prayers
If a person finished reciting Soorah al-Faatihah in the quiet prayer (Zhuhr and 'Asr), should he say 'aameen' or not?
The Angel of Death
Is it correct that the name of the Angel of Death is 'Izraa.eel?
Missed the prayer for rain
With regard to the prayer for rain, if a group [of people] enter [the masjid] and [find] the imaam is giving the sermon, after already having just completed the two rak'ah prayer [for rain in...