12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Ruling on Good Deeds Done Before Islam
QuestionWhen a person accepts Islam, what happens to all the good deeds he did before Islam?
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12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Arabic Books on Importance of Following a Madhhab
QuestionKindly advise on how to teach a beginner to follow a madhhab. The individual comes from a family that does not adhere to any particular madhhab. He is young, has limited Islamic knowledge, and lives in an environment where religious education is difficult due to government restrictions. Kindly advise on…
12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Fadail A’mal Mentions Kashf, Is This Shirk?
QuestionKindly provide some commentary on the following passage found in the English translation of Fada'il Al-A'mal. In Virtues of Salah (1994 English edition), a statement is attributed to Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) describing him as witnessing sins falling from the limbs of a person performing wudu. Is this attribution authentic,…
12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Kissing the Fingers Upon Hearing the Shahadatain
QuestionIs the kissing of the fingers upon hearing the Prophet's (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) name a Sunnah?
12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Hadith on Wigs
QuestionIbn ‘Umar (radiyallahu 'anhuma) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, “May the curse of Allah be on the women who joins (another person's) hair (to her own) and the one who asks for tattoos. (Sahih Bukhari) Some people consider it permissible to attach false or animal hair to…
12 Safar 143516 December 2013
Tattooing
QuestionIs it permissible to get a tattoo? If not, kindly provide the Hadiths which indicate its prohibition