Islamic Verdicts Volume 5

The Ruling on Commercial Insurance

What Should a Person do, Who Finds Lost Property

دعاء للميت - دعاء للمتوفى

The Danger of Mixing of the Sexes in Schools and Universities

The Ruling on Masturbation and the Verdict of Shaikh Al-Qaradhawi on its Permissibility

He Sold a Cow and it Returned to Him

It is Lawful to Give Charity on Their Behalf

He Made Inquiries About Him, But He Did Not Find Him

If She Refuses to Abide by Legal Commands

Those Whom it is Forbidden to Marry

Regarding Giving High-born Women in Marriage to Low-born Men

He Returned, But He Did Not Find Him

You Must Turn to Allah in Repentance and Seek His Forgiveness

The Ruling on Transferring an Endowment When it Ceases to Benefit

The Ruling on the Slave Marrying a Free Woman

Extravagance in the Payment of Dowries and Waste in Wedding Parties

Regarding Birth Control

The Ruling on Attributing Kinship to an Abandoned Infant Whom One Has Adopted as a Son

The Ruling on Heirs Dividing up the Endowment of Their Grandfather When its Benefit Ceases

Endowments Are Not Inherited

The Ruling on Disposing of an Endowment in a Different Way than Intended by the Donor, When That is Not Possible

Cautioning Against Matters in Marriage Which Contradict the Islamic Law

the Ruling on Using Schoolgirls in Musical Dancing Shows

The Ruling on Mixing in Education

It is Not Permissible for the Custodian of the Endowment to Take Anything From its Revenue if He is Rich

Graves Are an Endowment for Those Who Are Buried Therein

Land on Which There is an old Grave Whose Inhabitant is Not Known

The Ruling on Taking Something From a Graveyard for the Benefit of a Main Road

The Sanctity of the Dead Muslim is the Same as That of the Living

The Ruling on Retracting Endowments

He Donated Land For a Masjid, Then He Wanted to Take it Back

The Ruling on Endowments to Those Who Have Not Yet Come of Age and Including the Endowment in the Third of its Donor

The Ruling on Transferring the Funds of One Mosque to Another

The Ruling on the Endowment of Buildings Which Were Built With Loans From the Property Development Fund

The Ruling on an Endowment if its Benefits Cease

He Sold a House, Then it Became Evident That it Was an Endowment

Endowments Cannot be Sold

He Endowed a House in Order to Prevent His Nephew From Inheriting

It is Permissible for a Husband to Give His wife a Gift as He Wishes

A Husband's Gift

This Gift is Permissible

Showing Favoritism When Giving Gifts

The One Who Takes Back His Gift is Like a Dog

The Amount of the Will and its Timing

The Ruling on Leaving a Will and its Legal Wording

One is Bound by the Provisions Made by the Deceased in His Will

There is no Bequest for an Heir

The Ruling on Bequests of Less Than One Third

The Ruling on Slaughtering an Animal on Behalf of the Deceased According to His Will Every Year

A Forbidden and Invalid Bequest

The Excess Income From a Bequest is Divided Among the Heirs

He Took His Wife's Money and Then Bequeathed it to Her After His Death

He Bequeathed a Fifth of His Wealth and With the Exception of a House, Then He Sold it and Bought Another

The Will Must be Implemented in Accordance With the Bequest of the Testator According to the Limits of the Third

The Will Was Lost After the Death of the Testator, Then it Was Found Again After the Inheritance Had Been Distributed

The Ruling on a Bequest Made for the Purpose of Preventing the Sons From Inheriting

The Ruling on Making a Bequest for Organizing a Banquet After Death

The Ruling on One Who Makes a Bequest for an Animal to be Slaughtered After His Death

An Imam Willed That He be Buried in the Qiblah of the Mosque

Payment of Debts Before the Inheritance is Distributed

A Woman Died Before Performing Hajj

The Muslim Does Not Inherit From the Disbeliever

The Muslim Son Does Not Inherit From the Property of a Disbelieving Father

The Sons of a Mushrik Who Affirm Allah's Oneness May not Inherit from him

The Ruling on Giving Charity From an Inheritance Without the Knowledge of the Heirs

The Inheritance of a Wife Whose Marriage Was not Consummated

The Inheritance of the Divorced Woman Also

Should females be given legal inheritance of family property

The Inheritance of One Who Died While His Father Was Alive

The Wife of the Deceased Does Not Inherit From the Property of Her Father-in-Law

The Grandsons do Not Inherit From Their Grandfather Along With Their Uncles

The Pension of the Retired Person is for His Children Only

The Expenses of Your Brother are Taken from His Share of the Estate

The Father Excludes the Brothers from the Inheritance

Questions Pertaining to Al-Furudh

The Ruling on Slavery Today

The Ruling on Deliberately Looking at Women in the Haram

The Ruling on Looking at Women

The Wisdom Behind the Legality of Slavery

The Ruling on a Male Student Greeting a Female Student With Salutations of Peace

The Ruling on a Man Looking at the Face of His Sister-in-Law

The Ruling on Watching Unveiled Women on the Television

The Ruling on Looking at Women on the Television

Will I go to Jannah if I don't wear hijab?

The Ruling on Looking at Women in Magazines

The Ruling on Reading Immoral Magazines

It is Forbidden to Watch These Serials

The Ruling on Looking at Women in Films

The Ruling on Acquiring Pictures of Women

Looking at Women in the Different Kinds of Media

The Reason for The Prohibition of Shaking Hands With Unrelated Women

The Ruling on Shaking Hands With One's Brother's Wife

The Ruling on Shaking Hands With Other Than the Mahram

The Ruling on Shaking Hands With an Unrelated Woman Through a Barrier

The Ruling on Shaking Hands With an Old Woman

The Ruling on Kissing and Shaking Hands With Female Relatives for Whom One is Not a Mahram

It is Permissible for a Man to Kiss His Daughter

The Ruling on Shaking Hands With the Non- Mahram, Sitting With Them and Kissing Them

The Ruling on Speaking to a Woman on the Telephone

The Ruling on Correspondence Between the Sexes

Seclusion With an Unrelated Woman is Forbidden

The Ruling on Relations Before Marriage

The Ruling on Bringing a Female Servant From Abroad Without a Mahram

فضل الإستغفار للوالدين مع صيغة استغفار وعداد

The Ruling on a Woman Staying in a Foreign Country Without a Mahram

The Sister's Husband is not a Mahram

The Ruling on a Veiled Woman Sitting With Men

Al-Hamu is More Dangerous

The Ruling on Mixing With Women With the Claim of Having a Blameless Intention

The Driver of Families and Women

The Ruling on Mixing in Hospitals

Mixing is Forbidden

The Ruling on the Doctor Examining an Unrelated Woman

The Ruling on Mixing in Public Transport

The Ruling on Entering Markets in Which Men and Women Mix

The Ruling on Mixing Between Men and Women in Factories and Offices

The Ruling on a Woman Working in a Place Where There is Mixing of the Sexes

The Ruling on Studying in Mixed Schools

Islam's Position on Mixed Education

The Ruling on Studying in Mixed Universities in Order to Call to Allah

The Ruling on Teaching in Mixed Schools

The Danger of Women Teaching Boys in Primary School

The Suitable Age For Marriage

Marrying Those Not Closely Related is Better

Infertility is of Two Types

There is no Necessity For a Medical Examination Before Marriage

The Ruling on Giving a Daughter in Marriage to One Who Does Not Pray

Marriage First

The Ruling on Refusing to Give a Young Woman in Marriage so That She Can Complete Her Education

The Ruling on a Young Woman's Guardian Refusing to Give Her in Marriage

Praying Two Rak'ahs Before Intercourse With One's Wife

The Ruling on Coitus Interruptus and How it is Done

The Ruling on Coitus Interruptus

The Husband is Required to Provide

The Ruling on Contraception in Cases of Necessity and on Coitus Interruptus

It is Not Incumbent Upon the Husband to Pay for the Treatment of His Wife

Sustenance and Marriage Are Written

The Ruling on Being Disinclined to Marry for the Purpose of Devoting Oneself to Allah

The Ruling on Marriage by Correspondence or via the Telephone

Ad-Dayyuth is One Who Accepts Sin on the Part of His Wife

He Has Doubts About His Wife Because of the Children's Lack of Resemblance (to Him)

The Shortest Term of a Pregnancy

The Ruling on One Who Was Absent From His Wife For Four Years, Then She Bore Him a Son

If the Suitor Dies Before the Contract is Made

It is Allowed For the Suitor to See the Woman to Whom He Has Proposed

What it is Permissible for the Suitor to See of His Fiancée Before the Wedding

Looking at a Woman Without Her Knowledge

How Can I Become Acquainted With My Fiancée?

The Ruling on a Suitor Denying That He is Married to Another

Blood May Not Be Compared With Milk Regarding the Spreading of Prohibition

The Ruling on Marrying a Full Brother's Sister Through Fostering

The Forebears of the Husband are Mahrams for His Wife

The Ruling on Marrying the Wife's Sister's Daughter After the Death of the Wife or (Marrying) Her Paternal or Maternal Aunt

The Ruling on Marrying the Daughters of the Sister's Co-Spouse

There is no Objection to This Marriage

The Ruling on Marrying the Daughter of the Sister's Husband

The Ruling on Marrying a Wife's Daughters From Another Man

The Ruling on Giving the Daughter in Marriage to the Father's Maternal Uncle

What is Forbidden Due to Fostering

The Ruling on Marrying the Wife of the Paternal Uncle or the Maternal Uncle After Divorce or Death

What is Unlawful by Reason of Lineage is Unlawful by Reason of Fostering

The Ruling on Marrying the Wife of the Wife's Father

His Father Married Her Mother, is She Permissible For Him?

This Breast-feeding Does not Prohibit Marriage

I was Breast-fed With My Paternal Uncle's Daughter, Can I Marry Their Sisters?

The Divorced Woman Uncovers Her Face Before the Father of Her First Husband

Al-Qawa'id Are the Elderly Women, Not Those Who Remain in Their Houses

Marriage is Not Correct Without a Wali (Guardian)

A Woman May Not Give Herself in Marriage

If a Father Refuses to Give His Daughters in Marriage to Suitable Men

Delegating Someone to Make the Marriage Contract is Permissible

The Ruling on Contracting a Marriage With a Menstruating Woman

The Ruling on Contracting a Marriage With a Woman Who is Pregnant Due to Illegal Sexual Intercourse

The Ruling on Contracting a Marriage by Telephone

He Made a Contract With His Wife using a Borrowed Name

What is Permitted For the Husband After the Contract and Before Living With Her

There is no Need For Renewal

Hitting the Wife Does not Invalidate the Marriage Contract

Declaring the Wife Forbidden Before the Contract Does not Affect the Marriage

The Ruling on Preventing a Woman From Going With her Husband

A Condition in Marriage

Permissible Conditions Must be Fulfilled

It is Not Necessary That Blood Flows When the Virgin is Deflowered

Signs of Virginity Can be Lost Due to Reasons other Than Sexual Intercourse

He Married Her, Then He Discovered That She was Ugly

Impotence and Marriage

The Husband's Covering Defects in Himself is a Form of Cheating and Deception

The Ruling on Giving an Illegitimate Child in Marriage

Al-Qahili and Al-Khadhiri and the Ruling on Marriage Between Them

He Married Him (to a Girl in His Care) in the Belief That He Was of Noble Lineage Then it Became Evident That He Was Not

Two Conditions For Marrying a Jewish or Christian Woman

The Ruling on Announcing Marriage in a Church

The Most Blessed Marriage is the Least Expensive One

Marrying a Jewish or Christian Woman in Accordance With the Islamic Law

The Condition of the Dowry Has the Most Right to be Fulfilled

Excessive Dowry Payments

Money Must be Paid in Marriage

The Ruling on Holding wedding Parties in Hotels

He Paid a Part of the Dowry, Then He Left

If the Husband Dies Before the Marriage is Consummated, the Wife is Entitled to the Complete Dowry

The Ruling on Marrying With the Money of a Father Who Deals in Usury or Interest

Numerous Celebrations and Sleeplessness Result in Undesirable Events

The Ruling on Singing, the Rababah, the Duff and the Tabl in Marriages and Elsewhere

It is Not Permissible For the Bride and Groom to Have a Wedding Procession

Some Detested Things in Weddings

The Ruling on Birth Restriction and Control

The Ruling on Birth Control Due to Poverty

Rules Governing the Use of Contraceptive Pills

Contraception is Not Permissible Except in Exceptional Circumstances

The Ruling on Sterilization and Being Childless

The Acceptance of the First Wife is Not a Condition

The Acceptance of the First Wife is Not a Condition For One Who Wishes to Marry Another

An Erroneous Idea Regarding Plurality

It is Not Permissible For a Man to Have More Than Four Wives at the Same time

The Ruling on Marrying a Fifth When the Fourth is Mentally III

The Prophet Has Certain Privileges in Marriage

Fairness in Expenditure on Two Wives

His First Wife is Disobedient

Her Husband Stayed Away From Her For Two Years

How to Act With Equity Between Wives

There is no Sin Upon You if You Love One of Your Wives More Than the Other

How to Resolve Marital Disagreements

The Ruling in Divulging Marital Secrets

It is Incumbent Upon a Wife to Hear and Obey Her Husband

The Ruling on Giving a Gift on the Occasion of the Wedding Anniversary

Living Honourably with Spouse

It is an Obligation to Live With Wife in Kindness

The Ruling on Cursing the Wife and Is She Forbidden Thereby?

My Husband Hates Me for no Reason

My Husband is Addicted to Smoking

My Husband and His Children do not Treat Me Reasonably

My Wife Smokes

His Wife Has Bad Manners,Should He Divorce Her?

It is Incumbent Upon the Husband to Protect His Wife From the Causes of Corruption

Should He Bid Farewell to His Wife Before a Journey?

Naming the Child is the Right of the Father and Consulting the Mother is Preferred

The Ruling on Taking the Wife's Salary

The Wife's Disobedience

If A Woman is Recalcitrant and Disobeys Her Husband

My Wife Does Not Want Me

My Wife Offends Me by Her Odor

The Ruling on Either of the Two Spouses Denying the Other Their Lawful Rights

He Made it Conditional Upon Her That She Has Nothing Except Her Living Expenses

What is Permitted For a Wife to See of Her Husband

Being Naked During Sexual Intercourse

The Ruling on Abandoning a Wife For a Long Time

Do Not Stay Away From Your Wife For More Than Six Months Without Her Permission

The Limit of a Man's Absence From His Wife

The Ruling on Staying Away From the Wife For More Than Two Years in Order to Seek a Living

It is Incumbent Upon the Husband to Wake His Wife For Prayer

The Ruling on the Marriage of a Muslim Woman to a Christian Man

The Ruling on a Muslim Woman Marrying a Disbeliever

The Ruling on the Marriage of a Disbeliever to a Muslim Woman and the Marriage of a Muslim Man to a Disbelieving Woman

Common Marriage

Doubts Regarding Nikah Al-Mut'ah

The Ruling on Marriage With the Intention of Divorce

Marriage With the Intention of Divorce Also

Clarification Regarding Marriage With the Intention of Divorce

The Ruling on Nikah Ash-Shighar

This is Ash-Shighar Which is Forbidden

Marriage Based Upon a Mutual Condition is Ash-Shighar

The Ruling on Nikah Ash-Shighar (Al-Badal) Without Agreement

This is Not Ash-Shighar

Is This a Form of Ash-Shighar?

The Ruling on Using a Woman as a Dowry for the Marriage of Another Woman

The Ruling on the Marriage Contract of One Who Did Not Pray, Then Allah Guided Him

If an Apostate Repents What is the Ruling on His Wife? And Are His Children Legitimate?

He Committed Illegal Sexual Intercourse With a Woman and He Wishes to Marry Her

He Married a Fifth Wife and She Bore Him Children: Are They Attributed to Him?

A Woman Annulled Her Marriage Without Her Husband's Knowledge and Married Another

Marriage to an Adulterer or an Adulteress is Invalid

The Ruling on Nikah At-Tahlil

He Married His Sister Through Breast-feeding

The Son Belongs to the Second Husband and the Choice is for the Husband Who Was Lost

A Father Forcing His Daughter to Marry is Forbidden

This Act is an Offence Against Faith

The Ruling on Placing the Foot of the Bride in the Blood of a Sheep

This is a Detested Act

It is Not Permissible for One Who Has Married a Virgin or a Non-virgin to be Late for Congregational Prayers

The Atonement for Having Anal Intercourse

The Ruling on Having Anal Sex With a Woman, or During Her Menstrual Period, or Her Post-Natal Bleeding

The Duff in Wedding Celebrations

The Ruling on Common Marriage

Zawaj Al-Mut'ah Has Been Outlawed Until the Day of Judgement

The Difference Between it and Nikah Al-Mut'ah

The Opinion of His Eminence, Shaikh Muhammad Ibn 'Uthaimin on This Marriage

He Married Her Some Time Ago and She Did Not Pray and He Has Children From Her

His Two Wives Are Sisters Through Breast-feeding

If He Married Another, What Should He Give the First

How to Be Just in Expenditure and Giving Gifts

The Daughters of the Full Brother do not Inherit from the Deceased Uncle When There are Males

The Inheritance of the Divorcee

Hating Girls is a Thing From Jahiliyyah

The Solution to the Problem of Excessive Dowries

Delaying the Dowry is Permissible

The Ruling on a Woman Sleeping Alone, Apart From Her Husband, in a Separate Room

There is no Objection to Marrying Your Brother's Foster Sister

Breast-feeding Once Does Not Engender Prohibition

Al-Wadi'ah

The Difference Between Cooperative Insurance and Commercial Insurance

A Woman May not Travel Except With a Mahram

My Wife's Sisters Unveil Themselves to Me When I am Driving Them in My Car

This Woman is Unrelated to You

The Ruling on Money Which Has Been Bequeathed For An Innovation

The Path of Safety From the Trial and Temptation (Fitnah) of Women

Marrying More Than One is Desirable

Advice for the First Wife