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Rulings on aspects of work of dental hygienist
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Praise be to Allaah, I am a dental hygienist who left the practice, but I have questions regarding that job in case I wish to return to it in future.So I want to know if it is correct for a Muslim or not. In dental clinics, there are products which contain alcohol, like disinfectants (used to.. More
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Meaning of the word shaykh
What is the meaning of the word 'shaykh'?
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Refusing treatment from fatal disease is not suicide
If I am suffering from a deadly disease and there is a cure which may work and may not work and I refuse to take the treatment, will that be considered as an act of suicide?
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Studying erotology and becoming an erotologist
I was wondering: is erotology and being an erotologist haram? I know that Muslim scholars such as Ibn Al-Qayyim and As-Suyootihave written about sex in the past, so is it permissible?
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Whether asking someone to kill oneself is suicide
If I tell someone to kill me, will that be considered as an act of suicide?
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Waswasah about using singular and plural forms in supplication
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. It is true that a person must be honest; my question is the following: is what I am doing (an act of honesty) right, or is it extremism? I get irritated by the devil and supplicate that Allaah protects me from the devil and does not let 'his' evil whispers reach me. When I say 'his', I get confused,.. More
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Seeking medical treatment is prescribed in Islam
Assalaamu alaykum. In the Quran and Hadith, do they encourage the Muslims to seek remedy from medicine that consists of drugs and natural herbs? I was told by a friend that seeking natural herbs is better, and he was saying that doctors (whether they are Muslims or not) do not care about their patients. They just keep prescribing drugs and the drugs.. More
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Snapping fingers while singing Nasheeds
Assalaamu alaykum. Is snapping one's finger haram? Can we do it while singing nasheeds?
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Software that changes human voice to musical sounds
Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling of using software to chance one's voice to make it sound like music? Is it halal to listen to this given that there are no instruments playing? The human voice is being changed to sound like them; I heard somone say that some scholars say that it is only haram if instruments are linked to it and that otherwise it.. More
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Listening to Nasheed that includes clapping of hands
Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible to listen to Nasheeds that have someone who is clapping their hands? There are Nasheeds that have zero music, but sometimes there could be someone who is using their hands to make clapping noises.
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Singing poem containing names of Hindu gods to get school marks
Assalaamu alaykum. I am a high school student, and we have been appointed a formative assessment, which is to sing a poem without the involment of music. The poem is patriotic. So far, it is ok; I mean it is halal, right? The problem is that the ending sentences of the poem contain names related to Hindu mythology. It goes as follows:
“Let not.. More
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Developing computer games with fictional places
Assalaamu alaykum. First of all, I want to thank you for answering my previous question. I am a game developer, and I had a plan to sell my game. I read your fatwa regarding which computer games are halal and which ones are haram. However, I still have questions about it. My game is an educational real time strategy game that teaches and trains the.. More
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Photoshopping pictures of animate and inanimate beings
Assalaamu alaykom wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I want to make a website where people use pictures and Photoshop them and sell the final image pictures of nature, animals, objects, etc., but not people. Is Photoshop halal or haram? My question is the following: Allah created life and earth and created imaginations in peoples mind, so is it halal.. More
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Mudd, Saa' and Qullah in modern measurements
Assalaamu alaykum. Could you please give the standard measurements of these term in kg/liter in our present time: Mudd, Saa', and Qullah.
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Keeping pictures as souvenir
Assalaamu alaykum. My mother has been keeping photos of me and the family in her collections wherever we go, but they are stored away in a box. She has also kept some of my childhood items for sentimental reasons to have a something to remember. She does not want to dispose of them. Therefore, am I obliged to remove them without her consent although.. More
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