Sending Blessings
2,288 questions
Is it an innovation to designate a specific number of times for seeking forgiveness (Istighfar) and sending blessings upon the Prophet (Salah an-Nabi) — may Allah bless him and grant him peace — as a punishment for sins or shortcomings, and if so, what is the alternative?
To what extent is it valid to draw near to Allah through love of the Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt), and what is our duty towards them? Is it true that they are dead and can neither harm nor benefit? And what is the difference between Wahhabism and Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama'ah?
Is the Hashemite feeling of superiority over those who are not from the Household of the Prophet (Ahl al-Bayt), and their refusal to mix or intermarry with them, considered arrogance and ignorance (Jahiliyyah), despite Allah Almighty’s saying: "And We made you peoples and tribes"?
What is the ruling on placing the best produce at the top of the boxes and the lower quality at the bottom, with the buyer's knowledge and consent?
To what extent is it correct or permissible to use the phrase: "The rose was a thorn, it bloomed from the sweat of the Prophet" on occasions such as weddings?
What is the ruling on praying behind a Sufi imam who claims to have met Al-Khidr and shaken hands with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and claims that Muhammad was the first of creation, not illiterate, and not a human like us?
If masturbation is forbidden, then how can a person release the desire that was created within him, and can it be suppressed? And what is the response to what came in "Al-Fatawa" by Sheikh Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawy that contradicts this?
What is the ruling on working as a post office director if this task is free from the usury-recording process carried out by some employees?
How authentic is the Hadith in which the Messenger says: "If the people of misguidance adopt my Sunnah, then it is incumbent upon the people of my love to abandon it"? And does this necessitate shaving the beard and lowering the izaar (garment below the ankles)?
Is the supplication of a person from the Prophet's Household (Ahl al-Bayt) different from the supplication of a person from another lineage, and will all lineages in this world perish, with only the lineage of the Prophet's Household remaining?
Is the leftover water of a human being (sūr) ritually pure, absolutely, whether the person is a Muslim or a disbeliever, and what is the evidence for this?
Was the Christian monk Bahira the maternal uncle of Lady Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her?
Is it permissible to describe a person or a group of people as "Masha'Allah, light upon light"?
Did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) see his Lord at Sidrat al-Muntaha, or did he see the light of the veil of his Lord, Glorified and Exalted be He? And what is the methodology of the Righteous Predecessors regarding this issue, especially since Imam Ahmad was of the view that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saw his Lord, while the Hadith states: "I saw a light, how could I see Him?"
To what extent is the story of the Companion who added "Much pure, blessed praise" after rising from bowing (ruku') valid as evidence for the permissibility of "bid'ah hasanah" (good innovation), and does Ibn Hajar's description of Ibn Taymiyyah as "a slave who leads others to misguidance" support this view?
What is the story behind the Hadith: "The child is for the bed (husband), and for the fornicator is the stone (punishment)"?
How do we respect the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, alive and dead?
What is the ruling on the aforementioned action taken by the wife, who took her friend's husband's email address and added it to her contact list to communicate with her, and sent a message to her friend's husband when she was unable to reach his wife?
Is it permissible to wear a necklace inscribed with the name of Allah when entering the toilet?
How can the narration of Ibn Omar's healing when he said, "O Muhammad," be reconciled with the prohibition of seeking aid from the Prophet, and is intercession forbidden in itself or to prevent means to evil?
What are the educational and legitimate dimensions extracted from the Hadith: "He who is not concerned with the affairs of Muslims is not of them"?
What are the etiquettes of a religious and spiritual gathering?
Did Al-Hasan Al-Basri hear all the Hadiths he narrated from Abu Bakra, and are his Mu'an'an Hadiths in the Two Sahihs considered connected, along with information on whether Al-Hasan Al-Basri was a frequent perpetrator of Tadlis (deceptive narration)?
Does the virtue of being spared from affliction come true if the remembrance "Praise be to Allah, who has spared me from what He has afflicted you with, and favored me over many of His creatures with a great favoring" is recited upon seeing or hearing news of affliction, or contemplating those afflicted, in the third-person plural form, "Praise be to Allah, who has spared us from what others have been afflicted with"?