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Masrūq b. al-Ajdaʿ and Shtayr b. Shakl met each other. Shtayr said to Masrūq: “Either you narrate from ʿAbd Allah [b. Masʿūd] and I will affirm your accuracy, or I will narrate to you and you affirm my accuracy.” الْتَقَى مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ الْأَجْدَعِ، وَشُتَيْرِ بْنِ شَكَلٍ، فَقَالَ شُتَيْرٌ لِمَسْرُوقٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأُصَدِّقَكَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكَ وَتُصَدِّقَنِي. Masrūq said: “Na…

Question: And what is your advice to some husbands who have been tempted by looking at women on the screens, then desire that their women be in the forms of those women? السؤال: وما نصيحتكم لبعض الأزواج الذين فُتنوا بالنظر إلى النساء في الشَّاشات، ثم يرغبون أن يكون نساءهم على هيئات تلك النسوة؟ Answer: She must not obey him: “There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator.” This husband must …

Question: This woman asks, saying: her husband asks her to remove the hair of the eyebrows, and insists upon that. What is obligatory upon her? السؤال: هذه امرأة تسأل فتقول: إن زوجها يطلب منها أن تُزيل شعر الحاجبين، ويصرُّ عليها في ذلك، فما الواجبُ عليها؟ Answer: No, she must not obey him. It is obligatory upon her to disobey him. This is a sinner, and refuge is with Allah. The Prophet—ﷺ—cursed the nāmiṣah (woman wh…

Question: This woman asks, saying: if the shape of her eyebrow differs because of a wound occurring in one of the two eyebrows, and so their appearance became different from one another, is it permissible for her to bleach the eyebrows so that this appearance becomes even? السؤال: هذه امرأة تسأل فتقول: إذا كان حاجبها يختلف شكله بسبب حدوث جرحٍ في إحدى الحاجبين، فأصبح شكلهما يختلف عن بعض، سؤالها: هل يجوز لها أن تُشقِّر…

Question: Is the car analogized to the dābbah (riding beast) that is in a person's hand, such that he is liable for what the car causes with its front, but not for what it causes with the rear bumper? السؤال: هل تُقاس السَّيارة على الدابة التي في يد الإنسان، فعليه ضمان ما جنت السيارة في مقدَّمتها، دون ما جنت في الصدَّام الخلفي؟ Answer: No, no. The car—he possesses it; he controls its front and its rear; he moves it.…

The fourth type: the magic of illusions, captivating the eyes, and what is called sleight of hand. This is a magic that has no reality beyond illusion and the captivating of the eyes. This “magician” captivates people's eyes, until a thing is made to appear to them as being a certain way when it is not so. He may employ in that his sleight of hand, or the like. It was called “magic” on account of its hiddenness and s…

Q13: What is the ruling on seeking judgment from the American judiciary in disputes between Muslims, such as matters of al-ṭalāq wa ʿl-tijārah (ie: divorce, trade), and other affairs? س 13: ما حكم تحكيم القضاء الأمريكي في النزاع بين المسلمين، أمور الطلاق والتجارة وغيرها من الأمور؟ A13: It is not permissible for a Muslim to seek judgment from man-made courts except in cases of al-ḍarūrah (ie: necessity) — if no sharī…

Q3: What is the ḥukm (ie: ruling) on enacting man-made laws? Is it permissible to act according to them? And does al-ḥākim (ie: the ruler) become a disbeliever by the enactment of these laws? س 3: ما حكم سن القوانين الوضعية؟ وهل يجوز العمل بها؟ وهل يكفر الحاكم بسنه هذه القوانين؟ A3: If the law agrees with the Sharīʿah, there is no harm in it. ج 3: إذا كان القانون يوافق الشرع فلا بأس به For example if a traffic law …

The greatest affliction and the gravest calamity was the scarcity of scholars and their holding back from supporting the truth: among them were a coward who fears the people more intensely than he fears Allah; وكانت البليَّة العظمى والرَّزية الكبرى قِلَّة العلماء وتقاعدهم عن نصر الحق، ما بين خوَّار يخاف الناس أشدَّ من خوف الله، a domineering one who seeks fame, reputation, and status; one put to trial by love of per…

And it is narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī from Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge with Allah for al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn and said after: “Your forefather (ie: Ibrāhīm) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq by reciting the following: وورد في "صحيح البخاري" عن ابن عباس قال: كان النّبيّ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم يعوّذ الحسن والحسين، ويقول: (إنّ أباكما كان يعوّذ…

Anas b. Mālik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, When I was taken on my night journey, I passed by people who had metal hooks in their hands and they were clawing at their faces and necks. حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّكْسَكِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي رَاشِدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ م…

And in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim #2589, Abū Hurayrah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you know what backbiting is?” وفي صحيح مسلم (2589) عن أبي هريرة أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "أتدرون ما الغيبةُ؟ They said, “Allah and his messenger know best.” قالوا: اللهُ ورسولُه أعلم، The Prophet ﷺ said, “To mention your brother in a way he dislikes.” قال: ذكرُك أخاك بما يكره، It was said, “What do you think if what …