What is the reason behind solar and lunar eclipses?
Category: Scholars
The best person
The best person upon whom the night descends is the one whose heart is illuminated by his night prayer; and the worst person upon whom the night descends is the one whose heart is darkened by his…
Value your blessings
It is narrated from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه a very beneficial statement, which is his saying
Trying to harm you
And among the beneficial matters is to know that people’s harm to you, especially through bad words, does not harm you, but rather harms them.
Calamities of our time
From the calamities of our time is [that] a man lowers his garment [in arrogance], and a woman raises her garment [in immodesty].
Neglecting the Qur.aan
Neglecting the:
• remembrance of Allaah, and of
• reading the Qur.aan …are among the causes of:
• Shaytaan’s dominion over a person, and
• the increase of whispers (evil thoughts) and worries.
Having shares in companies and banks
What is the ruling about having shares in companies and banks’?
Profits from selling shares in interest-based company
I had shares in a company that went bankrupt 25 years ago. The representatives of the company bought shares, with the remainder of the money, in Riyad Bank back then (i.e. 25 years ago).
Attacking the enemy by blowing oneself up
There are those who tie a magazine of explosives around their waist, then they enter a government or residential building or a gathering of people either disbelievers or other than them, then they…
Hijacking planes and ships
There are some people who hijack a plane or a ship, and do so to apply pressure upon the country to which this plane or ship is headed.