Grooming and Fitrah
356 questions
What kind of touching necessitates ablution according to the Shafi'i school?
What is the ruling on wiping over hair that has been treated with oil or henna for nourishment during wudu for prayer in the Maliki school of thought?
Does applying hair and face cream prevent water from reaching the body, thereby invalidating wudu and prayer?
Is it permissible to roll up one’s trousers from the outside during prayer to avoid letting them hang below the ankles (isbal), or is it better to leave them hanging, or must they be rolled up from the inside, and does the same ruling apply to shirts?
Is drinking the water from washing one's mother's hands and feet, then performing ablution with it, considered excessive devotion (ghuluw) and a forbidden form of seeking blessings (tabarruk)?
Is it obligatory to trim the hair of the armpits and pubic area when it grows, even if a person has not yet reached puberty?
What is the ruling on holding the Qur’an with the left hand while reading?
Is the prayer of one who has regrown hair on their head through non-surgical medical procedures accepted?
What is the ruling on a wife not shortening her hair after 'Umrah out of ignorance, and what is the ruling on one who intended to perform 'Umrah in Jeddah, then removed the 'Ihram due to an argument, then returned and completed the 'Umrah, and what are the implications of the obligation of sacrifice in either of these two cases, in terms of its type, place, method of distribution, and deferral?
Are my actions in changing the intention of Hajj from Ifrad to Qiran then to Tamattu valid, and is my Hajj thereby valid?
Is it permissible to preserve umbilical cord blood for the treatment of diseases, and what is the ruling of Islamic law on that?
Is it permissible to keep the placenta and amniotic sac for use in cancer treatment?
If hair enters my vagina, does this invalidate ablution?
What is the ruling on hair softening with laser for men and women, and what is the ruling on wearing colored contact lenses?
What would the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, have seen to fill his heart with terror and make him flee from the People of the Cave, despite his bravery and his being a prophet to whom revelation was given, as stated in the verse, "Had you looked upon them, you would surely have turned from them in flight, and you would surely have been filled with awe by them"?
Is it narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him), or any of the Companions, or the Tabi'in (successors), or the Imams of Fiqh (jurisprudence), that specific fingers should be started with when trimming nails as part of the Sunnah of Fitra (natural disposition)?
Does touching the skin or hair of a predatory animal—such as a dog or a wolf—if the animal is impure, invalidate ablution, and is it impure like the impurity of its saliva?
Is it permissible to wash the deceased in the bathroom and dispose of the washing water there? And should their nails, armpit hair, and pubic hair be trimmed if they are long, or should they be left as they are?
Is it permissible to file nails?
Is it permissible to dye hair, provided the color is not black, and why is black forbidden to the exclusion of other colors? Does hair dye prevent water from reaching the hair during ablution?
Is it permissible to own or work in a women's beauty salon?
Is it among the Sunnahs of Fitra to remove or shave the thick hair found above the scrotum (testicles), and is the presence of hair there natural or is it limited to the pubic area only?
Is the one who offers a sacrifice (al-mudhahhi) prohibited from conjugating with his wife, in addition to being forbidden from cutting his nails and hair?
Is the sacrificer obligated to remove hair from the chin daily if it grows noticeably, knowing the prohibition against taking anything from the hair or nails for the one intending to sacrifice?