There are many churches here, so is it permissible to go inside to hold discussions with the priests there? [And] is it permissible to go inside to look around and see what people do [there]?
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Justifying evil actions because other people are doing so
What is the ruling if you say to a man or a woman that, "What you are doing is haraam", such as telling a woman not to wear short clothes, or telling a man not to smoke cigarettes; [and they in turn]...
Going to public places where reprehensible acts occur
Is it permissible for me to go on leisure outings with my husband and my children to places like [public] parks, museums and exhibitions, without [free] mixing or missing the [obligatory] prayers...
Burying a non-Muslim child in a Muslim graveyard
Is it permissible to bury a non-Muslim child in a Muslim graveyard if a Muslim has adopted him, and then he (the child) dies before reaching the age of puberty?
Family gatherings where innovations take place
Whenever my family have any occasion (gathering) such as a wedding, circumcision or funeral, in the wedding and circumcision celebrations they use a drum and make ululations of joy, and on the...
Shaking hands with female relatives
Some men shake hands with female relatives who they are not mahrams to, rather because they are relatives or neighbours. What is the ruling for that?
Unsure as to whether I had passed wind whilst performing tawaaf
In Makkah al-Mukarramah, whilst performing the tawaaf al-wadaa' and after I had made five circuits around the Ka'bah I felt some movement in my backside, so Iblees began whispering to me that I had...
Offering voluntary prayers after Salaat az-Zhuhr and Salaat al-'Asr
Is it permissible for the one performing Hajj to perform voluntary prayers after having offered Salaat az-Zhuhr and Salaat al-'Asr with the imaam on the Day of 'Arafah (9 Dhul-Hijjah) until the time...
"Gifting" the reward of performing tawaaf to someone else
What is the ruling regarding "gifting" the reward of performing tawaaf to someone else, whereby some people approach others and say to them: "Do seven for me!", meaning: seven circuits, intending the...
Hajj Badal on behalf of deceased grandparents
My grandparents [both] from my father and my mother have died and I do not know whether they had fulfilled the[ir] obligation of performing Hajj or not.