I am a student in a university, and live with other students in a room in the student dormitories on campus. I do not have the right to move from this room, and am forced to stay here.
Category: Scholars
Pictures of the grave of the Messenger of Allaah
Some stores sell enlarged pictures of the grave of the Messenger ﷺ and his two companions (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (radhi-yAllaahu ‘anhumaa)).
Warning against something and then doing it myself
If I exhort my brothers and warn them against some sins, but fall into these sins myself, am I considered a hypocrite? Please advise me, [and] may Allaah reward you with good.
Going to beaches where there is nudity and free-mixing
People go to Alexandria in Egypt to spend the summer there. On the beaches there are thousands of women who are literally naked, and where men mix freely with women.
Going inside churches to give da’wah or just look around
There are many churches here, so is it permissible to go inside to hold discussions with the priests there? [And] is it permissible to go inside to look around and see what people do [there]?
Justifying evil actions because other people are doing so
What is the ruling if you say to a man or a woman that, “What you are doing is haraam”, such as telling a woman not to wear short clothes, or telling a man not to smoke cigarettes; [and they in turn]…
Going to public places where reprehensible acts occur
Is it permissible for me to go on leisure outings with my husband and my children to places like [public] parks, museums and exhibitions, without [free] mixing or missing the [obligatory] prayers…
Celebrating birthdays and anniversaries
What is the ruling regarding celebrating children’s birthdays or marriage anniversaries?
Burying a non-Muslim child in a Muslim graveyard
Is it permissible to bury a non-Muslim child in a Muslim graveyard if a Muslim has adopted him, and then he (the child) dies before reaching the age of puberty?
Family gatherings where innovations take place
Whenever my family have any occasion (gathering) such as a wedding, circumcision or funeral, in the wedding and circumcision celebrations they use a drum and make ululations of joy, and on the…