Angels do not enter the following types of houses
Abu Talhah al-Ansari [radiAllahu anhu] reported that the Prophet [sallallahu alaihi wasallam] said: “Angels do not enter a house which has either a dog or a picture (or image) in it.” [Sahih...
View ArticleClarity Of Moral Values: Al-Ghazali [rahimahullah]
Clarity of values gives us a sense of who we are and why we do what we do. If we have an internal conflict between our values and our strategy, we will not succeed. Values determine what really...
View ArticleWomen’s attendance at ‘Eed prayers – Sh. Salih al-Munajjid
Hafsah [radiAllahu anha] said: “We used to prevent prepubescent girls from attending ‘Eed prayers. Then a woman came and stayed at the fort of Banu Khalaf, and told us about her sister. Her sister’s...
View ArticleBeware of allowing non-Mahram (marriageable male) relatives to enter upon the...
Some homes are not free of the presence of relatives of the husband who are not his wife’s Mahrams (unmarriageable male guardians). They may be living in his home with him due to particular...
View ArticleSegregate men and women during family visits
People are naturally gregarious and sociable; they need friends, and friendships entail visiting one another. When there are visits between families, we should block the path of evil by preventing...
View ArticleExpel effeminate men from your homes.
Al-Bukhari, may Allaah have mercy on him, narrated in his Saheeh, in a chapter on expelling men who imitate women from homes, the Hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: “The...
View ArticleWhy Me?
At times of difficulty we may hasten to give up all hope. We may utter words that we normally wouldn’t. Or we may simply contemplate the immense situation that we are placed in… ‘Why me?’ ‘Why am I...
View ArticlePosition of the Scholars on beard
All the ‘ulama’ (scholars) of as-Salaf us-Salih (the Righteous early Muslims), including the Four Imams, agree that shaving the beard is haram (prohibited). They consider shaving it an impermissible...
View ArticleEtiquette of Speaking With non-Mahram :: Women in Islam
Praise be to Allah In brief, what the scholars have said about women’s voices is that they are not ‘Awrah in and of themselves, and there is nothing wrong with listening to them when there is a need...
View ArticleRuling of women cutting their hair -Shaykh al-Albaani
Question: What is the ruling of a woman cutting her hair? Answer: If the woman cuts her hair in order to resemble/imitate disbelieving or sinful women then it is not permissible to have this...
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