Sending Blessings
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What is the ruling on postal messages that request votes to close websites that insult the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, and what is the ruling on whoever distributes them with the intention of defending the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace?
What should I do about newspapers discarded in the streets that contain the name of Allah, or Qur'anic verses, or blessings upon the Prophet? Is it obligatory for me to inspect every newspaper, or is it sufficient to deal with what I see directly? And is ignoring distant newspapers considered an act of disbelief (kufr)?
What is the ruling on one who leaves his wife after marital intimacy and sleeps elsewhere, claiming it is recommended?
How authentic is the story of the mouse and the lost nation of Bani Israel, and is the mouse drinking sheep's milk but not camel's milk one of its signs?
Is it to be understood from the Hadith about the Yemenis who shaved their beards that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, will not look upon the faces of Muslim men who shave their beards on the Day of Resurrection, and that they are among those to whom it will be said: "Away, away!"?
To what extent is it legislated to deliver religious lessons after the first four rak'ahs of Tarawih prayer, and what is the evidence for the bid'ah (innovation) of denying the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of short surahs or sending blessings upon the Prophet after every two rak'ahs of Tarawih?
What is the ruling on the imam of the mosque and the worshippers reciting specific surahs such as "Ya-Sin" (with the repetition of "Salamun qawlan min Rabbin Rahim" three times), "Al-Waqi'ah," and "Tabarak" aloud daily after Fajr prayer, and saying "Ya Rahim" 30 times, and reciting Surat Al-Kahf aloud after Fajr on Friday, and sending blessings upon the Prophet 100 times and saying "La ilaha illa Allah" 100 times aloud after Asr on Friday, and reciting the "Hizb Al-Bahr" supplication aloud daily after Fajr prayer, with the imam claiming that the Prophet enjoined it upon him in a dream, and is it permissible to pray behind this imam?
Is it permissible for me to ask Allah by virtue of His love for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and does this differ from asking Him by virtue of the Prophet's status?
Why was the Matn (the text of the Hadith) given this name?
What is the ruling on a mother searching for a righteous husband for her daughter through messages below religious channels or on marriage websites, due to her daughter's advanced age and the lack of suitable proposals for her?
What are the ways to overcome laziness in performing prayer, given that the sister sometimes observes night vigil (qiyam al-layl) and recites the Qur'an, and how can the sister's husband be convinced to perform prayer when he believes that not harming others is sufficient, and he urges his wife to maintain her prayers on time?
Who were the guards of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Is it permissible to issue a fatwa on matters of creed from someone who says that the statement "Allah is in the heavens" attributes a place to Allah, and that the hadith of the slave girl "contains aspersion"? And what is incumbent upon us in advising friends who attend his lessons?
Is it permissible to say "Allahumma Salli ala Muhammad" (O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad) upon hearing someone call another person whose name is Muhammad?
How can I adequately give thanks to God for His many blessings after having passed sixty years of age, especially with my feeling that my good deeds are few, despite my adherence to obligatory acts of worship and my listening to the Qur'an?
Is what the brother's wife does by preventing her husband's brothers from seeing her children Haram (forbidden), Wajib (obligatory), or Ja'iz (permissible)? And what is the ruling on the husband obeying her in severing ties of kinship out of fear of her? And is there a Hadith that clarifies the punishment for that?
Did Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah abandon the Sunnah of marriage due to an excuse?
Did the adulteress try to flee after the stoning began, and was the Prophet displeased by the people's insistence on continuing to stone her?
What is the correct explanation of the Hadith "Come, let me write for you a document after which you will not go astray," narrated by Al-Bukhari, in response to its use by people of innovation as proof of 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab's transgression against the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, with the aim of refuting their claims?
How authentic is the Hadith that states: "My Hawd (Basin) is from Aden to Amman al-Balqa'"?
How authentic is the Hadith: "Whoever had two faces in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection"?
Is it permissible to name a child "Sirin," knowing that it is a foreign name and that "Sirin" was the sister of Maria al-Qibtiyya, whom al-Muqawqis gifted to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and whom the Prophet then gifted to Hassan ibn Thabit? Is this name exclusive to Maria and Sirin? And must the name of a newborn girl be changed if she is named this?
How authentic is the Hadith narrated by Anas ibn Malik concerning the supplication for protection taught by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, which is recited every morning to ward off harm?
Is there a valley in Hell called "Habhab," and what is it?