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Explanations
» Allah’s Names of Absolute Perfection —Ṣāliḥ Āli Shaikh—ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-Badr
» Zaid ibn Thābit: a Lesson in Great Character —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Shaikh Al-Albani on Mujaddids, the Promised Revivers for Muslims at the Turn of Every Century —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Mind Your Own Business —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Good Character Alone Is Not Enough —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Matters of the Heart
» Ibn Bāz: Is It Allowed to Ask Other Scholars after Getting an Answer from One of Them? —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Shaikh Rabīʿ on Lining up Straight and Closing the Gaps —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Forgiving Others and Our Own Peace of Mind —Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī
» Who Doesn’t Want Allah to Forgive Him? —Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī
» Dangerous Types of Self-Deception —Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī
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Tawḥīd
» The Covenant Allāh Took from Ādam and his Offspring —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
» Having Certainty about Allāh —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Does Allah Need Us to Go Through Others When We Call upon Him? —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
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Sufism
» How Does Taqwá Lead to Knowledge From Allāh? —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Deviant Individuals & Groups
» Speakers Who Focus on Stories —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Hizbis Cling to Stubborn Wrongdoers, No Matter What Evil They Have Done | Shaikh Ahmad Al-Najmi —Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Al-Najmī
» Shaikh Rabīʿ: Is Harshness Due Only When the Sunnah is Widespread? —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Lessons from the Past on Not Mixing with the People of Desires —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Seeking Knowledge
» Not Every Question Deserves an Answer —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Ibn Baz on “Fatwa Shopping” —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» It is Binding Upon Us to Ask Scholars When We Don’t Know | Al-Albani —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albānī: When Is It OK to Seek a Religious Opinion from Our Own Hearts? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Shaykh Al-Albānī on How Little We Know, and an Authentic Supplication for Knowledge —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Ḥadīth
» What Does It Mean If a Person Dies Suddenly? —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Lesser Known Rulings about Joining the Shoulders and Feet —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Crafty Plots, Cunning Deceptions —Zaid ibn Muḥammad ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» On Buying or Playing with Dolls —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albani: Has the Time Come for People to Go off and Live Alone by Themselves? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Innovations
» Is It Ok to Say: “We Love Him for His Good Deeds but Hate Him for His Innovation”? —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Creed
» The Trust That the Heavens and the Earth Were Too Afraid to Take On —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
» Evil Deeds Only Happen When Good Deeds Are Weak —Ibn Taimiyyah
» Al-Albānī: Allāh is Angry with Those Who Don’t Ask of Him —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Shaikh Rabīʿ: Acknowledging Allāh’s Might and Greatness as It Should Be Acknowledged —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Al-Albani on Mosques and Graves —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Fatāwá and Rulings
» Ibn Baz: Removing the Eyes or Nose from a Picture Is Not Enough —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Ibn ʿUthaimīn on Giving or Getting Massages —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Al-Albānī: Does Eating Something That Isn’t Food in Itself Break One’s Fast? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albani on Bringing Little Children to the Mosque —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albani: Is It Allowed to Hold a Copy of the Quran When Praying Behind an Imam? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Prohibitions
» Al-Albani: Pictures on Children’s Clothing —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» The Great Reward of Saying “Āmīn” at the Right Time —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Making Generalized Negative Comments about a Whole People —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Ibn ʿUthaimīn: Women Who Talk About Household Matters That Their Husbands Don’t Want Spread —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Al-Albānī: Is It Allowed to Put Up Pictures of the Dome of the Rock? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Character and Manners
» Feeling Regret and Shame As They Should Be Felt —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Understanding Al-Zūr, One of the Greatest Sins —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» The Meaning of People Being of Various Qualities of Metals before and after Islam —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» The Evil of Twisted, Severely Argumentative People —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Al-Shāfiʿī on Hearing Something Bad Concerning a Friend —Abdullāh Al-Bukhārī—Muḥammad ibn Idrīs Al-Shāfiʿī
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Marriage
» How Women Are and Must Be Treated: the Ḥadīth of the Bent Rib Bone | Ibn Bāz —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» So That It Doesn’t Get to Divorce: 10 Pieces of Golden Advice —Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī
» Ibn Kathīr on How Husbands Should Be with Their Wives —Ibn Kathīr
» Parents’ vs. Wives’ Rights —Abdullāh Al-Bukhārī
» Al-Albānī: If a Husband and Wife Differ on a Fiqh Issue —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Dealing with People
» How the Anṣār Helped Keep Unity: A Lesson for Us All —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Qurʿān
» How Often Should Al-Baqarah Be Recited to Keep Devils out of a House? —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān—The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Fatwas—ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Al-Nāziʿāt, 40-41 (Tafsīr Al-Saʿdī) —ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir Al-Saʿdī
» What Do the Verses Prohibiting Excessive Spending Mean? When Is Someone Miserly? How Generous Should We Be? —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
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Sīrah (Biography)
» Something to Help Memorize the Prophet’s Lineage —Ibn Kathīr—ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-Badr
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Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
» Is It Allowed to Sit with Sinners and Delay Giving Them Advice in Order to Win Them Over in the End? —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
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Advice
» Al-Albānī: How to Fight against One’s Own Soul —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Brotherhood
» Al-Shāfiʿī on Fickle Friends —Imām Al-Shāfi‘ī
» Ibn Baz Fatwa: When Is It OK to Engage in Possibly Lengthy Disputes? —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
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Fasting
» Al-Albani: Can We Combine Ramadhan Make-ups with the Six Shawwal Fasts? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albāni: Does French Kissing Break the Fast? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Prayer
» Al-Albānī: Where Is It Better for Women to Pray Tarāwīḥ? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» How Long Should Those Praying Behind an Imam Wait Before Getting Up? —Ibn Taimiyyah—Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» A Single Whipping Fills the Grave with Fire —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» The Terrible Sin of Missing Obligatory Prayers —Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
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Allowed vs. Not Allowed
» Is Nutmeg Allowed? —Abdullāh Al-Bukhārī
» Al-Albānī on Chess —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Al-Albānī: The Islamic Ruling on Modern Games like Carrom, Billiards, Dominoes, and Cards —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» Is Animal Taxidermy Allowed? | Al-Albani —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Death
» Are Extreme Sports and Other Risky Activities Allowed? —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
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Methodology
» Shaikh Rabiʿ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī on Those Who Speak Badly of Scholars and Callers to the Truth —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
What is the ruling regarding speaking badly of scholars and callers to the Sunnah?
» Abdullah Al-Bukhari: Dealing with One Who Does Not Accept Another’s Proper Retraction —Abdullāh Al-Bukhārī
» Shaikh Rabī‘ on the Deceivers Who Hide Behind Scholars —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Rabi Al-Madkhali: On Advice and Mistakes —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Shaikh Rabi Al-Madkhali Explaining Hizbis and Hizbiyyah —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Waswās and Intrusive Thoughts
» Ibn Al-Qayyim on Ten Ways to Protect Oneself from Bad or Intrusive Thoughts —Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
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Clothing and Dress
» Ibn ‘Uthaimīn: What Women Can Wear in Front of Each Other —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Ibn Uthaimīn on Women Wearing Their Outer Covering on Their Shoulders —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Al-Albānī on Wearing Hair in a Bun Under the Hijāb —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Family Ties
» Can Zakah Be Given to Relatives? —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
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Supplications and Words of Remembrance
» Al-Albānī: When Is It Allowed to Say the Takbīrs of the Ten Days and the Days of Tashrīq? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
» The Meaning of “Al-Taḥiyyāt lillāhi w-al-Ṣalawāt w-al-Ṭayyibāt” —ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-Badr
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Poetry
» Zaid Al‐Madkhali: In Praise of Coffee —Zaid ibn Muḥammad ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Dealings & Transactions
» Are Credit Cards Allowed If We Always Pay on Time? —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Ibn Bāz: The Islamic Ruling on Buying Discount Cards or Subscriptions —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
» Ibn ‘Uthaimīn on Buying, Selling, or Using Fireworks —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
» Ibn Uthaimīn: When Companies Provide Insurance Coverage —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
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Desires
» If It Feels Like a Burden… —Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
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Taqwá
» Who are the “Awliyā of Allāh”? —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
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Regret
» Conditions for the Acceptance of Repentance —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
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Ikhlāṣ
» How to Achieve Ikhlas —Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaimīn
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The Rights of Parents
» Getting One Parent Angry to Make the Other One Happy —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
» Al-Fawzān Fatwa:My Wife Doesn’t Want My Mother to Live with Us —Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
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Purification
» If Only People’s Fear of Diseases in the Heart, [Mind, and Soul] Was like Their Fear of Diseases in the Body —ʿAbd Allāh Al-Dhafīrī
» What Is the “Laghwu” Believers Should Avoid? —Rabī‘ ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī
» Al-Albānī: If Someone Forgot to Say “Bismillāh” for Wuḍū —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Al-Tafsīr Al-Muyassar
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Slaughtering and Sacrifice
» Al-Albānī: What Should Be Said When Slaughtering an ‘Aqīqah? —Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
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Refutations
» Abdullah Al-Bukhari: Important Points Concerning Warnings and Refutations —Abdullāh Al-Bukhārī
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Prohibited Expressions
» Ibn Baz: The Ruling Concerning the Saying “You Don’t Deserve It” —ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz
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