Following the Sunnah
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What is the شرعي (legal/religious) opinion regarding an article that cites Prophetic hadiths and a Quranic verse to argue for the apostasy of the general body of Companions after the death of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and that they will be driven away from the Hawd (watering-place) on the Day of Resurrection, while denying that the "apostates" referred to are those who withheld zakat?
Is it valid to use the ḥadīth "Indeed, actions are by intentions" to justify certain reprehensible acts such as intermingling (free mixing of genders) and shaking hands with non-mahram women, under the pretext of not having an evil intention?
What is the ruling on addressing the issue of deviant girls in a specific place, naming it on the internet, and is this considered defamation?
Is khulʿ permissible in Islamic law, and what is its evidence from the Qur’an and Sunnah?
What is the advice directed from the Quran and Sunnah to an Imam who refuses to stop a lesson at the time of the Adhan, despite the congregants' request, out of a desire to combine the reward of listening to the lesson with following the Adhan?
How sound is Ibn al-Jawzi's saying: "Give Allah what He loves, and He will give you what you love; respond to Allah when He calls you, and He will respond to you when you call Him"? And what is the meaning of this saying if it is sound? And is it true that following specific steps such as constant ablution, giving charity, glorifying Allah (tasbeeh), and frequently praising Allah, is a correct way to achieve healing and fulfill needs, or is it an innovation (bid'ah)? And what are the deeds that please Allah and aid in healing?
What is meant by your statement: "Then you say and the razor passes over it"? And does the ruling on underarm hair differ from that on pubic hair? What do you advise those who teach children who are nearing puberty or have already reached it, regarding the rulings of puberty?
Does following scholarly dispensations lead to apostasy, and is it obligatory to adhere to one jurisprudential school of thought, or is it permissible to adopt the opinions of different schools in various jurisprudential issues?
Why must a Muslim not wash his private parts after passing wind (gases and vapor) and suffice with ablution for prayer, and is everything narrated from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, authentic, bearing in mind that the madhhabs did not exist during the time of the Messenger?
How can Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani be a Sunni, a follower of the Sunnah, and an abhorrer of innovation (bidʻah), while he is the founder of a Sufi tariqa that includes litanies (awrad) and recitations (ahzab) not authentically reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he believes in concepts such as "the majdhūb (one divinely attracted), the salik (the spiritual seeker), inspiration, and the tariqa (spiritual path)"? And is it permissible to approve of all schools of thought of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaʻah, such as the Ashʻaris, the Atharis, the Maturidis, and the Salafis? And why can we not be upon one single path, which is the path of Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
What are the Sufi books that do not contain শরীয়াহ (Sharia) violations or innovations (bid'ah), are consistent with the creed of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah, and from which Ahlus Sunnah can benefit?
Is it permissible to combine between the madhhabs by following the most sound opinion for the Maliki, based on what Al-Dasuqi transmitted from his shaykhs regarding its permissibility?
Is the following formula for seeking forgiveness (Istighfar) permissible in Sharia: "I seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty, filling the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, all of this by the number of what Allah Almighty knows of numbers in every femtosecond in the age of the dominion (Malakut) from the beginning of creation until the Day of Judgment, for every sin I and every believer have committed in every time and place and of every kind," along with supplicating with it during morning and evening adhkar and during prostration?
Does the Shafi'i madhhab differ from other madhahib in prayer, Sunnah acts, obligatory duties, and acts of worship? And is what is commonly practiced of the Sunnah acts and obligatory duties valid?
What is Islam's stance on Sufism, and was Saladin a Sufi?
Is it permissible to act upon weak hadiths, and what is their ruling? Can the people of unveiling (Ahl al-Kashf) authenticate them, especially since there are specific remembrances (adhkar) and supplications (du'a) for certain occasions within them? And is it permissible to act upon remembrances and supplications that righteous shaykhs have acted upon, by way of emulating them?
Is a man's prayer valid if he prays in the mosque and then leads his wife in prayer at home in any of the following cases: Fajr prayer, two rak'ahs for both of them; Dhuhr, Asr, or Isha prayer, four rak'ahs with the intention of Sunnah for both of them; or two rak'ahs for him, and then he says the taslim, and she completes her prayer?
What is the valuable book that documents the events of the fitna (strife) between Mu'awiya and Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both? And how can one begin reading books of Prophetic Hadith: with Sahih al-Bukhari or Riyad al-Salihin? And is it better to rush through reading or to deeply understand the book? And is it possible to create a schedule for reading Riyad al-Salihin or Sahih al-Bukhari?
What is the ruling on someone who forgot a Sunnah in ablution, and is their ablution valid? How do they rectify it in the following cases: if they remember during ablution, or after finishing but before the limbs dry, or after they have dried? And what if what was forgotten was an obligatory act (Fard)?
What is the ruling on one who believes and is convinced that the Earth revolves around the Sun, thereby contradicting the Book and the Sunnah?
Is the book "Badai' al-Zuhur fi Waqai' al-Duhur" by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Iyas al-Hanafi considered among the Isra'iliyyat stories?
What is the ruling on argumentation, and do the Wahhabis rely on the sayings of Ibn Hanbal more than others, and is it permissible to adopt any opinion while there is strong evidence for all?
What is Qiyas (analogical reasoning) in Sharia, what are its pillars, and what is its legal probative force?
What is the ruling on one who believes that evidence is a condition for issuing a fatwa, and describes those who accept a fatwa without evidence as being among those who have "taken their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah"? Is this considered an act of disbelief, even though he has not declared those Muslims to be disbelievers?