What is the ruling on kissing another person’s hand? Praise be to Allaah. It is mustahabb to kiss the hands of righteous people and the greatest scholars, and it is makrooh to kiss the hand of anyone else. The hand of the beardless man should not be kissed under any circumstances, (From Fatawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, […]

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This is from Satan who is trying to depress you so that he can divert you from the straight path and then have you join his path to relieve your depression. Most of the similar cases either appear when a person is trying to get closer to Allah or when a practicing person falls into […]

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  Praise be to Allaah. It is not permissible to hold parties and give gifts and so on, on the occasion of a number of years having passed since the opening of a store, school or any other kind of venture, because this is introducing innovated festivals into Islam, and because it is an imitation […]

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Praise be to Allaah. It is mustahabb to kiss the hands of righteous people and the greatest scholars, and it is makrooh to kiss the hand of anyone else. The hand of the beardless man should not be kissed under any circumstances, (From Fatawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 71) In the commentary on the book, it […]

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It is not permissible to buy or sell dogs or cats. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade that. You can buy any pet except dogs and cats. However, you can accept it if someone gives it as a gift.

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  Being not a religious person I wonder why (jewish and)islamic people consider circumcision obligatory. It seems to me that a muslim considers every human being as a perfect creation of Allah. So why doubt this perfection by changing God’s creation? I know of course about hygienic considerations, but I really hope that you can […]

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  ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 1- Little music is forbidden as it is prohibited by the Quran, Sunnah and consensus of scholars. 2- It is permissible to have any sort of entertainment as long as it doesn’t resemble the customs of the non Muslims, it doesn’t have forbidden things and there is no extravagant.

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