Islamic Verdicts Volume 8

Someone Who Dies Fighting the Spread of Drugs is a Martyr

Abdul-'Aziz bin Baz Addresses Students Who Study Journalism, Along With A Question And Answer Session

Vulgar Magazines

Calling Somebody Martyr or Marhum (One Who Has Been Shown Mercy)

Taking Care of the Orphan Children of the Mujahidin

Fighting the Hypocrites is not Like Fighting the Disbelievers

Rising to Greet Someone

Trimming the Beard

The Requirements for those Calling to Allâh Almighty and Books that Explain Them

Requisite Qualities of a Muslim Daʻiyah

Clarifying the Ruling on Shaving the Beard and the Moustache

Bribery is One of the Major Sins

Advice to the Youth Inviting to Allah: Refuting the People of Innovation and How to Seek Knowledge

Principles of Cooperation with Other Islamic Movements or Groups

Traveling Abroad for the Purpose of Calling to Islam What if My Parents Refuse to Give Permission?

Take From Him His Knowledge, But Leave Alone His Actions

Dissociation or Da'wah ?

What is the First Thing to Call to?

The Many Islamic Groups and Their Differences

Inviting Others to Something that You are not Able to Practice Yourself

One Inviting others to Allâh Should be Gentle with a Smiling Face

A Muslim Invites to Allâh Almighty According to His Ability

Priorities in Da'wah - the Principal Priorities Never Change

Giving Advice Requires Knowledge and Foresight

Allâh Almighty Guarantees the Victory of His Religion But We Must Make the Effort

Your Crying is a Blessing from Allâh Almighty

Reading Books of the Early Generations Rather than Modern Generations

Changing An Evil By Force Is the Duty of the Leaders Who Are Responsible For the Affairs of the Muslims

The Ruling on One who Thinks that Right is Wrong and Wrong is Right

Remaining Silent When Evil Takes Place

How to Rebuke Evil with the Heart

The Mediums Available For Dawah

To Be Shy From Speaking the Truth is Merely to Be Weak

Forsaking a Sunnah For the Sake of Da'wah

If He Informs the Authorities About A Drug dealer, He Will Fear For His Life

The Mediums For Da'wah

Da'wah with Audio Cassettes is Resorted to Only When Necessary

Are There Any Types of Work That Are Not Honorable?

Using Intermediaries

Getting a Job Based on a Degree That Is Obtained by Cheating

Paying a Bribe in Order to Get What is Rightfully Yours

He Purchased A Car For Work, But In His Name

Firing an Employee Who Doesn't Pray

Distinguishing some Workers over Others

Try to Clear up the Matter

Using A Duty Car For Personal Errands

Prayer for a Watch Guard

Hanging Up Verses of the Qur'an On the Office Wall

Working in a Restaurant that Serves Alcohol and Pork

Working in a Factory that Makes Alcohol

Receiving Extra Money Without Working And Outside of the Work Shift

Can I Take This Money

Papers That Have Allâh's Name Written on Them

Costs of Treatment Should Be Deducted From Your Salary

You Don't Deserve This Money

I Was Given Compensation For Work I Didn't Perform

Working as a Barber

Speak Graciously to Your Boss

Deeds are Judged by Their Intentions

Rewarding an Evil With Another

The Ruler Has Forbidden People From Smoking in Public Buildings- Disobeying Him in That is Treachery

A Manager is Responsible For His Workers

The Boy Scout's Pledge

Backbiting Other Teachers and Students

A Muslim Must Fulfill The Trust

Marking An Absent Classmate Present

Cheating on an Exam

Cheating In English Subject

Cheating On Exams

Keeping Pictures as Tokens of Remembrance

Female Students Standing For Their Teacher

I have a Recurring Nightmare

Dreaming of White Rice

Seeing a Dead Person in a Dream

Seeing the Dead

What does it mean to Fly in a dream?

Is This Bribery?

The Ruling on Bribery and its Effects

The Effects of Bribery on Muslim Society

The Ruling on Making Pictures

Pictures of All Living Creatures are Unlawful, Except out of Necessity

The Ruling on Photography

The Ruling on Taking Pictures

Pictures for Necessity

Stuffing Animals and Birds

The Ruling on Those Whose Pictures are Taken

The Ruling on Hanging Pictures

Keeping a Picture to Remember Somebody By

Pictures, Magazines, and TV - and Putting them in a Place of Prayer

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaimin Clarifies His Ruling on Pictures

Television

Radio and Tape Recorders

The Sale or Rental of Video Tapes

Magazines That Contain Pictures of Unveiled Women

The Ruling on Indecent Magazines

Magazines that Encourage Belief in the Zodiac

A Person Who Allows Lewd Magazines To Enter His Home

Not Throwing Away Magazines That Contain Pictures

Useful Magazines

The Newspaper ,Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat

The Ruling on Nashid Accompanied by Drums

Music on Television and Radio

Songs, Music and Television series

This Act is Sin

The Proofs are Clear: Singing is Unlawful

The Ruling on Songs Instruments and those Who Permit Them

Abdul-Qawi

Saying, Yes, him - the Cripple

Statements after Names

Using the Letter

Shaking With Both Hands

Returning Greetings of Peace Immediately After the Prayer

Cosmetic Surgery

Blood Transfusion: From A Disbeliever to a Muslim?

Donating Blood

Organ Transplants

Kidney Transplants

To Shave One's Beard

Dyeing the Beard Black

To Shave One's Moustache

Shorts That Do Not Cover One's Knees

Poker and Its Effects on Society

Cards and Chess

The Ruling on Playing Cards and Chess

Playing Chess Outside of the Prayer Times

When Livestock Destroy Fields

Domesticated Dogs

Birds and Fish for Display

The Five Fawasiq

Backbiting Results in Enmity

Backbiting in the Case of an Evil-Doer

Regardless of Whether You are Serious or Joking, Lying is Forbidden

To Part Company From A Backbiter

There Is No Harm in Humor , As Long As What You Say Is True

Getting Together To Eat Other People's Flesh

Masturbation With Other than the Hand

Masturbate Sometimes Without Taking a Shower Afterwards

How to over come anxiety and nervousness

The Believer and Mental Illness

They said, He became sick because he is religious

His Whispering Means Nothing

Ignore Shaytan's Whispers

The Evil Eye is a Reality

Jinn and the Evil Eye

Custom and Tradition

Harun Ar-Rasheed was a Righteous Khalifah

Thinking About Doing unlawful Without Actually Doing it

As Long As The Blood Does Not Cease To Flow, Intercourse Is Forbidden

The Ruling on Selling Images and Pictures

The Child Born as a Result of Fornication or AdulteryThe Child Born as a Result of Fornication or Adultery

The Shortest Period of Pregnancy is Six Months

The Ruling on Sleeping While in a State of Major Impurity

The Signs Which Indicate That the Day of Judgement is Near

The Difference Between the Wine and Alcohol of this World and That of the Next

The Ruling on Accusing Someone Based on Suspicion

The Ruling on being Suspicious of a Muslim who Appears to be Just

The Ruling on Violating Traffic Laws

The Last Third of the Night

Sin: Its Danger is Great

Spending a Friend's Money Without His Knowledge

Islamic Nashid

The Ruling on Charity for Non-Muslims

Resolutions From the Fiqh Council in Makkah

A Child's Good Deeds: For Whom are they Written

The Difference Between Charity and a Gift

The Gharqad is a Tree of the Jews

Atonement of Sins

Walking to Righteousness

Be Not Wronged, and Wrong Not Others

This is Permissible in the Shari'ah

The Ruling on Renting a Store to Someone Who Uses it for unlawful Ends

Islamic ruling regarding suicide

It is Prohibited to Take this Money

Leaving the Company of those who do Major Sins

Reserving a Special Place in the Masjid

His Two Brothers Send Him unlawful Provision

Is This Forbidden

He Accumulates Books Without Reading Them

Men Who Trim Their Eyebrows

When One Intends To Do A Wrong, But Does Not Do It, A Good Deed Is Recorded For Him

Putting up Verses of the Qur'an and Sayings of the Messenger of Allâh SAW

It is Not Allowed for a Muslim to Hate that which Allâh does not Hate

The Middle Night of Sha'ban

At-Tasbih with One's Right Hand Only is Better

The Ruling on Celebrating Certain Occasions Such as the Two 'Eids, the Night of Isra', and the Middle of Sha'ban

Beads for Making Tasbih

Reciting Invocations for a Group

Using One's Fingers to Count the Tasbih is Better than Using Al-Misbahah

At-Tasbih with Beads (Al-Misbahah)

Writing Bismillah on Cards

Throwing Away Paper that Has Allah's Name Written on it

Correctly Disposing of Paper Upon Which is Written Allah's Name or a Verse from the Qur'an

The Ruling Regarding Remembering Allâh in Washrooms

Taking Something that has Allâh's Name Written to the Washroom

Making Fun of the Righteous

It is Obligatory Not to Pay Attention to Those who Ridicule and Mock

Is it Permissible to Possess and Read the Bible and the Tawrah?

Publishing Excerpts of the Bible and the Tawrah in Muslim Magazines

An Anonymous Letter

Instructions from the Holder of the Haram's Keys

The Word Islam

This Is How Anger Is Remedied

Rulings Concerning Adoption

Diving into Pleasure

Allah Almighty is with those who are Patient

Some Guidance for Young People

Strengthening Faith

Advice and Instruction for Young People

The Definition of Circumcision

The Deaf and the Mute: Are they Held Accountable for their Deeds

Bringing up Children

Celebrating the Naming of a Newborn

When to Name a Child

If the Baby is Born Early

How Long Before the Legitimate Time for 'Aqiqah Expires?

Is semen alive and does it has a spirit?

First-Aid to a Non-Muslim

You Should Praise and Thank Allâh Almighty

The Rock at Bait Al-Maqdis

Black Skin

The Mark of Prostration (On the Forehead)

Eating During an Eclipse

Not Asking a Scholar About an Issue For Fear That He Will Declare it to be unlawful

Saying About Someone that He is Confident

Putting Allah's Name next to that of His Prophet SAW

Referring to a Person as being ,Haram

Congratulations with the statement Mabruk

How Can We Protect Ourselves From the Evil of Jinn

Proof of the Jinn Entering a Person's Body

Exorcizing a Jinn by Burning the Body it Occupies

The Evil Eye and Possession by Jinns

The Evil Eye

How the Shaytan Finds His Way into Somebody's Heart

How to Defend Against Shaytan's Whisperings

The Whisperings of the Shaytan

Keeping Company With Those Who Publicly Flaunt Their Sins

If Your Intention Is Advice, You Are Not Backbiting

Killing Insects in One's Home

Killing Harmful Insects

There Is No Sin Upon You

Rulings Regarding Animals

To Destroy the Sexual Desire of Cats

Branding Cattle for Identification

To Brand, Burn, or Stamp the Ear of an Animal

Prize Bonds

Store Prizes

Lottery is a Form of Gambling

If I Win. I Will Donate to a Good Cause

The Name Ashiq-Allâh (One who Passionately Loves Allâh)

Names and Nicknames

Renting Out a Store to Those Who Sell Music

Singing is Unlawful According to the Majority of Scholars

A Person Who Shaves Deserves to be Chastised

Mocking the Beard is a Great Sin

The Ruling on Shaving the Beard, and Mocking Others for Keeping One

The Ruling on Dyeing One's Hair Black

is it permissible for sportsmen to wear shorts?

Attending Sporting Events

The Ruling on a Man Wearing a Necklace

Tournament Prizes

Betting

Card Playing

Card Playing Without Gambling

Table Soccer or Table Football

Clapping Hands at Parties

Displays and Events on 'Id

Cosmetic Surgery for Men

Not To Stand is Better

Bowing as a Greeting Either in Karate or for Some Other Reason

Kissing the Hand and Putting it on the Chest

Are These Names Correct?

The Kunyah is for the Oldest Son

Changing One's Name After Accepting Islam

Using Diminutive in Names

Sex-Change Operations

Cornea Transplant

Is it Allowed for a Muslim to have a Blood Transfusion from a Disbeliever?

Donating Sperm and Artificial Insemination

the ruling on giving Salam by waving the hand

Increasing on the Established Islamic Greeting

Good Evening Does Not Replace As-Salamu 'Alaykum

Not Keeping Company With Smokers Can Help You Quit

Two-Faced

Masturbation

Masturbation: With the Hand or With Anything Else

Masturbation is Forbidden

The Proof Against Masturbation

How do I abandon the practice of Masturbation

Masturbation and Its III-Effects on Marriage

Nervous Disorders

The Ruling on Wearing a Gold Medal

Grow it - They are the Ones Who are Sinning

Hair Transplants

The Length of the Islamic Beard

Ruling For Someone Who is Obliged to Do Wrong

Working in A Company that Manufactures unlawful Products Like Cigarettes

Is This Practice Allowed?

Using Government-Owned Materials For One's Own Benefit

Keeping Company With People Who Are Sinning

Don't Accept the Extra Money

Quit Your Job, But Don't Shave Your Beard

Take A Raise But Don't Accept Compensation You Don't Deserve

Taking a Bonus For Doing A Good Job

Religious and Nationalistic Songs, Songs for Children, and Birthdays

Beneficial Shows that Intermittently Play Music

When They Ask Me, Should I Answer?

Some Mistakes that Students Commit

Hanging Pictures on the Wall

Repeating Questions From Previous Exams

A Teacher Who is Late to Class

Deviant Books and Magazines

Collecting Pictures as a Memento

Collecting Pictures

The Ruling on Listening to Singing

Cartoons and Caricatures

Listening to the Radio

The Satellite Dish

Is the Satellite Dish unlawful or lawful

Publishing Indecent Magazines

He Paid Money To Kiss The Black Stone

I Have a Dream and then it Comes True

What One Should do after Dreaming of Something he Dislikes

The Ruling on Women Studying Engineering or Chemistry

Hitting Female Students

Clapping One's Hands and Whistling

Storing Books and Magazines That Have Pictures in Them

Encouraging Other Students By Clapping

Taxidermy is Forbidden

I Work as a Photographer

Advising Youth Who are Spreading Islamic Awareness

Muslims Protecting Their Countries is a Form of Jihad

For Whom is it Obligatory to Call to Allâh?

The Secret Behind the Enemies of Allah Being Stronger

Discord is not Mercy

Successful Ways of Calling to Allâh Almighty

Islamic Audio Cassettes

Part of Inviting to Allâh is the Distribution of Beneficial Islamic Cassettes

Criticizm of the Scholars

The Different Methods Used in Da'wah is A Blessing

Muslims Are Obligated To Convey Allâh's Message

The Best Way to Command Good and Forbid Evil

This is a Form of Cheating and Deceit

These Gifts are a Form of Bribery