Ruling on shaking hands with the opposite sex

Question: Is it allowable for a muslim woman to greet a muslim man by shaking hands? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. For a man to shake hands with a non-mahram woman (one to whom he is not related) is haraam and is not permitted at all. Among the evidence for this is the hadeeth of [...]

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The reward of spying against the disbelievers in Jihaad

Today we hear and see Muslims making Jihaad synonymous with complete tolerance with the disbelievers. We ask Allah to save us from these wicked people. The way to rebuke such Faasiqeen is that we revolve our evidences around the Qur’aan and Sunnah since Allah Ta’aala told us that if we think we are truthful, then [...]

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She loves her cousin and he has proposed to her but he does not pray apart from Jumu’ah (Friday prayer)

Question: “All praise be to Allah who guided me to pray, wear hejab and niqab. My question is about my cousin, he told me secretly that he loves me. He proposed to me but my father refuses him in spite of knowing that we love each other. He refuses the matter of marriage between relatives; [...]

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Ibn al-Qayyim: Imaan cannot be perfected unless one hates Shirk as well as the Mushrikoon

This is a beautiful and short section in Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzeeyyah’s (rahimahullah) ‘Ar-Rooh’ [1/254] Regarding al-Walaa’ wal Baraa’ah: The difference between loving for the sake of Allaah and loving something alongside Allaah is one of the most important distinctions. Everyone needs to make this distinction and is indeed obliged to do so. Loving for the [...]

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Lal Mosque Massacre: Who Were Those Girls? Where Did They Go?

Reported by Ahmed Jan, JUS Pakistan Correspondent in Islamabad | Source: Translated from Dr. Shahid Masood’s TV Programme “Meray Mutabiq” (According To Me), GEO TV. Islamabad: The massacre of innocent believers; sisters and brothers, continues to inflict pain and grief on Pakistani Muslims, whose eyes remain focused on whether Islam will prevail in the Land [...]

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Garment Should Not Hang Past Ankles (for muslim males).

Hadith - Al-Muwatta 48.12, Similar narration in Abu Dawood #4082 Yahya related to me from Malik from al Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman that his father said, “I asked Abu Said al-Khudri about the lower garment. He said that he would inform me with knowledge and that he had heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless [...]

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Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen explaining that whoever denies that a Jew or Christian is a Kaafir, then he is a Kaafir himself

[This is by far one of the most useful fataawaa that can be used in the West. In the West, we have the Murji’ah propagating that we are not allowed to call the Jews, Christians (and other disbelievers) as Kaafir. This is a statement of misguidance that can lead to apostasy. Let it be clear [...]

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“When the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was mentioned…”

[Narrated by Ibn Taymiyyah in “Kitaab al-Waseelah,” pg. 92] Al-Imaam Maalik (may Allaah have Mercy on him) said: “I have seen Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir – and he was the leader of the Reciters of the Qur’aan – that he would never be asked about a hadeeth except that he would weep, until we had calmed [...]

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Lal Masjid Massacre Poem

You have seen us on the news Heard many stories Mostly negative Don’t blame you if you hate us But now its time to hear our views You have seen men with beards and turbans Women with faces covered and sticks in one hand Children shouting militant slogans We don’t blame you if you are [...]

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