Search In Fatwa

2842 fatwas

  • Permissible to say Maa Shaa’ Allaah about non-Muslims to avoid envy and evil eye

    Are we allowed to say mashaAllah about non-muslims or is that kufr?If for example my non muslim colleague is wearing a nice piece of jewellery is it permissible to say 'MashaAllah that is a pretty piece of jewellery' or for example to compliment a non-muslim by saying they are pretty or kind mashaAllah etc. If it is not permissible then don't we risk.. More

  • No evidence that the righteous die younger than others

    Asalam o Alaikum!!! Do pious people die early or Allah calls them early? As this is said by people at the time of anyone's death that Allah calls his pious people early.. I think they say this to mean that Allah doesn't want to them to commit sins in a longer life. Is it right to say this? .. More

  • The devil could inspire good deeds to distract from better deeds

    As-salaamu 3laikum, I want to know if the Shaytan could ever whisper to anyone to do a good deed because that would affect someone else in a bad way. Example: if someone was reading a particular surah from the Qur'an and then a few minutes later the imam recites that surah in congregational prayer. The other person might then get waswaas about strange.. More

  • Naming a shop after a pagan idol

    As-salaamu 3laikum, what is the ruling on a Muslim who deliberately uses the symbol of a pagan god as a name for his shop and hangs a sign in the shop explaining the meaning of the symbol? Jazaakum Allahu khairan .. More

  • The number of disbelieving nations does not necessarily correspond to the number of Messengers

    assalam alukm bro theres a hdith what says there were 124 thousand prophets and 315 meassegers so does that mean that there were only 315 nations what commit shrirk or were prophets sent to nations what commit shrirk or were all prophets sent to believing nations so like I said if there were only 315 meassegers does that mean that there were only 315.. More

  • Hoping that a certain sinner is not a Muslim

    Esselamu aleykumWhat is the state of someone who sees an evil doing person who practises for example prostitution? Lets say this prostitute has a name that sounds islamic but you are not sure whether he or she is muslim or not because outwardely you cant determine. So because of this evil act a person says i dont hope he is one oft he muslims because.. More

  • Knowing the Dajjaal's place of death does not contradict Quran 31:34

    Salam alaikum, From the hadith of Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam we know that Dajjal will be killed in Jerusalem. I know ofcourse that Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said this because he got knowledge by Allah about this.Now I have one question which little confuse me. In surah Luqman is said: ....No person knows what he will earn tomorrow,.. More

  • Her mother has become ill after practicing magic unknowingly

    salam, iam a female. am married for 2nd time now. my first marriage was very bad and i had undergone many many problems and ultimately i have to divorce my first husband. My mother was totally broke becoz as my father is not there and no one to look after me and we are 7 sisters and with great difficulty i got married and without thinking anything about.. More

  • The names of Allaah are not created

    As-Salamu alaikum, I know that we say that Names and Atrributes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala are not created, while we say that names of attributes of creatures are created, but what we say for names such as Abdullah, Abdurrahman and names like these two, because these names contain also beautiful names of Allah. Maybe this obscurity is waswasah of.. More

  • Allaah makes devils allies to unbelievers and unbelievers choose to take devils as allies

    Aslamualalakaum. Can you please refute this: In 7:27 Allah says that Allah made devils friends to the kafir,but in7:30 it says that non believers chose to friends. How do we relate the two? Some people saying who chooses, Allah or kafir if the devils are their friend? .. More

  • Moving to a non-Muslim country for better income and work opportunities

    asalamI live in a muslim country and when I would be graduated from university inshallah I d like to move to canada or usa but I prefer canada .Anyway I want to do so because I can find better income there ,and there are other opportunities of work there and why not meet a non muslim woman and convert her in islam and get married inshallah . as I said.. More

  • Invoking anything besides Allaah in prayer is Shirk

    AslamualakuumI asked this question before but you reffered me to anothe fatwa that didnt answer it.some people say they call upon Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, big schollars, this person and that person, and they say that there duas get accepted. What is this, is it jinn, is it Allah misguding them. My brohter said to me that he read that Ibn taymiah wrote.. More

  • Referring to the Nasaara as Christians is not unbelief

    Your Fatwa 17225 deals about calling the Nasaaraa Christians and that one should avoid this. Is someone sinnig if he still calls the Nasaaraa Christians, while he knows that one should avoid it? Is it Kufr to call the Nasaaraa Christians since calling them Christian would mean that someone attributes them (Nasaaraa) to the Maseeh,while they do not follow.. More

  • Reciting Quran verses with intention of supplication does not make them 'created'

    AsSalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahBefore two days I sent you question and got answer (fatwa number 243994), but I want to check did I understand good.When we supplicate for example- Rabbana atina fid-dunya ..., Rabbana la tuzigh quloobana...., and others. When we recite this duas and supplicate with intention of dua, not with intention of reciting Qur'an,.. More

  • Feeling guilty for refusing a job offer

    Assalaamou'alaikoum. Two years ago, I made a lot of duahs for Allah to grant me a job which is halal and easy, and Alhamdulillah my duahs were answered and I was offered a job overseas which satisfies all my criteria. I made Istikhara and all signs indicate that I take the job. But then, I started having doubts because I would be leaving my current.. More