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Never accompany the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh

Fatwa, Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh, Sects and Groups, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 23 December 2021 Abu 'Abdullaah

Visit our YouTube channel for more Questioner: I am a young man having just begun to practice, and I accompany the Jamaa’ah at-Tableegh, and I want to travel with them to Pakistan, so what do you advise me with [in this regard]? Shaykh: We advise you not to travel with them, nor to [even] […]

Shaving the beard off is sinful

Beard, Clothing & Adornment, Fatwa, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh 27 April 2018 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is the one who shaves his beard off sinful? Because I heard someone saying “the one who practices the Sunnah is rewarded, and the one who does not is not sinful.”

O Allaah! Make firm the Qur.aan in our hearts

Fatwa Focus, Qur.aan, Words of Wisdom 26 January 2018 Abu 'Abdullaah

He then uttered this dhikr, and asked Allaah to make firm the Qur.aan in his heart; thereafter, he never forgot the Qur.aan.

Dyeing grey hair black

Beard, Clothing & Adornment, Fatwa, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh 16 December 2017 Abu 'Abdullaah

I am a young man at the prime of my age, and I work in the medical field where I need to wear a uniform. Most of the hair [on my head] has turned grey, so is it permissible for me to dye it in black?

Trimming the beard from the top of both cheeks

Beard, Clothing & Adornment, Fatwa, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen 20 February 2016 Abu 'Abdullaah

I am a university student, and all Praise is due to Allaah [alone] as I was [blessed to have been] guided to maintain a beard [and let it grow]. However, I do trim it a little from [around] the neck as well as from the top of [both] the cheeks, and some [of those around me] took issue with me [for doing so], saying: [this is] not permissible. Bearing in mind this [excess] hair annoys me and is inconvenient, what is your opinion [regarding trimming this excess hair]?