Category: Fatawa al-Akabir
Performing Salah with one’s Forehead Covered in a Warm Hat
Question: Usually in the winter season people wear warm hats on their heads by which their foreheads are covered. Is it necessary to uncover the…
The Ruling of Qiyaam in a Broken Nafl Prayer, the Prayer of Tawaaf and Oath
Question: Is qiyaam (standing) fardh or mustahab in the Qadha of the nafl (voluntary) salah which was broken after commencing it, the salah of oath…
Plastering Graves and Placing Headstones
Question: Is it permissible to plaster grave and to place an inscribed headstone? If not, then what is the ruling of the plastered graves and…
Are Fundraising Lunches, Dinners and Barbecues etc. Permissible?
In this detailed fatwa Mufti Abdul Qaiyyum (حفظه الله) of Jamea Islamia Dabhel, Gujrat, India, has proven the permissibility of raising funds through lunches, dinners…
How will a Deceased Sit Up in a Grave?
Question: What is the basis for the famous notion that the grave should be so deep that when the Angels come to question the deceased…
Taking a wage for Reciting the Quran on behalf of a Deceased
Question: How is it to take money for Quran Khaawni (reciting the Quran and gifting the rewards to the dead)? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما It is…
Distributing Quran Translations to Non-Muslims
Question: How is it to give a non-Muslim a Quran Translation? I would like to know details concerning it. There is a famous dawah group…
Ḥadīth regarding the family of the bride feeding people
By Muḥaddithul ‘Aṣr Sheikh al-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Muḥammad Yūnus Jownpūrī Question: A Fatwa has been published recently that states that it is Sunnah for the family…
Nose Rings
Question: Is it prohibited for the daughters of noble people to wear a nose ring? I heard that only immoral women place nose rings on…
Using a House which was given as Collateral
Question: How is it to give an owner of a house, upon his request, some money, for instance, Rs. 20,000, and then live in his…