My mother and father argue incessantly, and as their children, we are compelled to lie to them in order to reconcile between them. So is this permissible?
Category: Society & the World
Buying stolen goods
What is the ruling regarding the one who buys stolen goods, knowing they are stolen?
Vacationing in the land of the disbelievers
My husband insists that I travel with him outside the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] to a European country to spend the vacation there, but I do not want to go to the land of the disbelievers, and nor do...
Television in hospitals
Some of the inpatient rooms [in hospitals] have a television; Some of the patients want it and others do not - and this can cause strain upon some of them. So what should we do in this situation?
An unqualified doctor performing medical surgery
Should a doctor put himself forward to perform medical surgery if he is not proficient in it?
Taking the initial bow in karate
We joined one of the Karate clubs in America and the trainer said [to us]: "It is required of you to take an initial bow when you are bowed to" [at the start of the karate dual], but we refused and...
He had stolen a camel and instructed his son to return it after his death
The Shaykh was asked regarding a bedouin man who had stolen a camel, and when death approached him he instructed his son to return it [to it's owner], however, his son does not know who the owner is?
The oppressed supplicating against his oppressor
Does the oppressed have the right to supplicate against his oppressor?
Gender change operations
Then indeed the gathering of the Council of Senior Scholars at their 39th assembly which was in session in the city of Taif during the period from 24/02/1413AH to 18/03/1413AH, studied a request for...
The ruling regarding a hermaphrodite
Is a hermaphrodite to be treated as a female, bearing in mind his affair has not yet become clear (i.e. is he a male or a female)?