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17. Private Questions: “Answers to Questions Received Privately” by Shaykh Bilāl al-Sālimī
This section collects the series Answers to Questions Received Privately, in which Shaykh Bilāl al-Sālimī responds to questions sent to him directly by students of knowledge and ordinary Muslims.
The questions cover ḥadīth sciences, seeking knowledge, manhaj and creed, worship, transactions, family matters, and personal advice.
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2: How Many Potentially Weak Chains Are Needed for a Hadith to Be Graded Hasan Due to the Combined Strength of Its Various Chains?
3: What Is the Benefit of Studying Hadith Science After the Scholars Have Already Classified the Hadiths as Authentic, Weak, Fabricated, and Otherwise?
4: Who Should a Beginner Rely on for Grading Hadiths—Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar or Shaykh al-Albānī?
5: Can a Son Share in His Mother’s Uḍḥiyah, and May He Take Some of Its Meat?
6: Is the Hadith Narrated by al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī From Samurah ibn Jundub Regarding the Morning and Evening Supplication Authentic?
7: What Is Complete Induction (al-Istiqrāʾ al-Tāmm), and Was Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar Among the Scholars Who Possessed It?
8: How Can Hadith Criticism Be Based on Rules and Principles When Some Scholars Describe Identifying Hidden Defects as "kahana"?
9: Was the Sunnah Documented During the Time of the Prophet ﷺ and the Companions?
10: What Is the Difference Between Ḥasan li-Ghayrihi and Ṣaḥīḥ bi-Majmūʿ Ṭuruqihi?
11: Is It True That Ḥasan li-Ghayrihi Hadiths Cannot Be Used as Evidence in Matters of Creed?
12: Is a Son Liable to Compensate His Family for Benefits Lost Due to His Actions?
13: Are Women Permitted to Make Wedding Ululations (Zaghārīd) in the Presence of Other Women?
14: How Should a Husband Deal With His Wife After She Attended a Wedding With Music, Dancing, and Other Prohibited Matters Despite His Instructions?
15: Is It Permissible to Pray Behind an Imam Who Performs the Prayer Too Quickly to Maintain Proper Tranquility?
16: Why Do Hadith Critics Say "Its Narrators Are the Narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ" or "Its Narrators Are Trustworthy" Instead of Declaring the Hadith Authentic, and What Are Some Causes of Defects in an Isnād?
18–20: Is There a Hadith That Says Whoever Sends Ten Blessings Upon the Prophet ﷺ, Allah Sends One Hundred Upon Him, and Whoever Sends One Thousand Is Protected From the Fire? / Is There a Hadith That Says Whoever Is Able to Perform Hajj but Does Not Do So Will Die as a Jew or Christian? / Is There a Supplication or Dhikr to Be Said After the Iqāmah and Before the Opening Takbīr?
21–22: Should a Newly Graduated Female Doctor Work Despite Her Father’s Objection to Her Clothing?
Should a University Student Focus on University Studies or Pursue Formal Islamic Study Alongside Them?
23: Who Is Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Nawawī al-Qāhirī?
24–25: Which Edition of Nukhbat al-Fikar Is Recommended, and Should the Definition of an Unbroken Chain Refer to Hadith Transmission Rather Than Hearing?
26: Is It Permissible to Execute Captured RSF Khārijī Prisoners in Sudan?
27–28: Is Using Vulgar Language in Daʿwah Permissible, and May a Creditor Take Back a Debt He Previously Forgave?
29: Should a Husband Send His Wife to Her Parents’ Home to Protect His Divorced Sister From Homelessness?
30: Which Edition of al-Ṭaḥāwī’s Bayān Mushkil al-Āthār Is the Best?
31: Who Deserves to Be Called a Scholar?
32: What Is the Best Method for Studying the Science of ʿIlal (Hadith Criticism), and Must It Be Studied After Hadith Terminology?
33: Who Has the Right to Declare Someone a Scholar?
34: Why Do Scholars Prefer Ibn Ḥajar’s Definitions and Conclusions in Ḥadīth Terminology?
35: Is There Evidence for Giving Sermons or Admonitions in Cemeteries Before or After Burial?
36: What Is the Benefit of Studying Hadith Science After Scholars Have Already Classified Hadiths as Authentic, Weak, Fabricated, and Otherwise?
37–39: Which Hadith Terminology Book Should a Beginner Study More Carefully: Nukhbat al-Fikar with Nuzhat al-Naẓar, or Ikhtiṣār ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth with Aḥmad Shākir’s Explanation?
Who Was al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Ḥayy, and Why Did Some Scholars Criticize His Belief and Position on Rebellion?
How Should One Repent From Sins Involving the Rights of Others When Seeking Their Forgiveness Is Likely to Cause Greater Harm?
40: What Is the Meaning of ʿUmar’s Statement About Avoiding Seclusion With Women, and How Does It Relate to the Hadith “The In-Law Is Death”?
41–42: Is It Sunnah to Raise the Hands When Making Duʿāʾ Between the Adhān and Iqāmah?
What Is the Correct Ruling on Unrestricted and Restricted Takbīr During the Days of Dhul-Ḥijjah?
43: What Is the Manhaj of Walid Ismail, and How Should His Daʿwah and Approach to the Shiʿah Be Assessed?
44: How Can One Identify Trustworthy and Untrustworthy Publishing Houses, Especially Regarding Creed and Methodology?
45–47: How Can a New Muslim Woman Without Any Muslim Male Guardian Marry a Muslim Man? / Is the Hadith Containing Five Pieces of Advice From the Prophet ﷺ Authentic? / Is It Permissible to Buy a House Financed Through a Bank, and Is the Resulting Money Lawful for the Heirs?
48: How Can I Remain Faithful to Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī رحمه الله and Follow His Example?
49–50: Can a Hadith Be Abrogated Without the Abrogating Hadith Reaching All the Companions?
Is Completing an Entire Book in One Day a Valid Method of Seeking Knowledge?
51: Is It Permissible to Watch the Ibn ʿUthaymīn Channel and Learn From It?
52: Is It Permissible for an Employee to Eat From the Shop’s Goods Without the Owner’s Permission?
53: Who Are the Senior Scholars Today, and How Can They Be Recognized?
54: How Should We Understand Differences in Attributing a Hadith to Different Companions, Such as the Hadith “No Harm and No Reciprocating Harm”?
55: How Should a Student of Knowledge Deal With Legitimate Differences Among His Teachers Who Share the Same Manhaj?
56: Is the Prayer Valid When the Regular Imam Arrives After Another Person Has Begun Leading the Congregation?
57: Is a Call Center Employee Excused From Missing the Congregational Prayer Due to Work?
58: Should a Student Who Stays in Another City for One or Two Months Continue Shortening the Prayers as a Traveler?
59: Is Establishing the Proof Required Before Declaring a Specific Person a Disbeliever? Understanding the Conditions and Barriers to Takfīr al-Muʿayyan
60: Is It Permissible to Name a Girl Salsabīl?
61: What Is the Ruling on Writing Qur’anic Verses and Religious Phrases on Walls, Mosques, and Cars?
62: Is It Permissible to Falsely Claim That a Deceased Person Was a Martyr to Obtain Government Benefits?
63: How Can I Remain Strong and Patient When Facing Trials and Affliction?
64: Is It Permissible to Financially Support One Side in an Unresolved Land Dispute, and May the Community Boycott Those Who Refuse?
65: Is the Report About ʿUmar رضي الله عنه Being Corrected by the Companions Authentic, and Does It Support Rebellion Against the Ruler?
66: Is Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Rājiḥī a Scholar, and Should Knowledge Be Taken From Him?
67: Should Salafis Use the Terms "Clear" and "Unclear," and How Should They Deal With the Fitnah and Division Caused by These Labels?
68: Should a Loan Be Repaid in the Same Currency When Its Value Has Increased or Decreased, or May It Be Repaid in Another Currency?
69: Is the Fajr Time in Egypt Correct?
70: Is It Permissible to Quote From a Book When Its Editor Holds a Contrary Methodology?
71: What Is the Ruling on Temporary Marriage and Divorcing Women Without a Legitimate Reason?
72: Do Those Who Follow a Methodology Contrary to the Salaf Know They Are Upon Misguidance?
73: Does a Mother Lose Custody of Her Children Because of Her Sins?
74: Is It Permissible to Buy Cars Legally in One Country, Smuggle Them Into Another Through Bribery, and Sell Them for Spare Parts?
75: Is It Permissible to Fill In a Cemetery Over Old Graves Once It Is Full?
76: Who Has More Right to Lead the Prayer When the Regular Imam and His Deputy Are Absent—the More Knowledgeable Reciter or the One Who Consistently Attends the Congregational Prayers?
77: Clarification Regarding Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān’s Statement Concerning Anṣār al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyyah in Sudan
78: May a Student of Knowledge Give Fatwas, and Is It Appropriate to Give Detailed Answers to Questions?
79: Is It Permissible to Invest Money With Someone in Exchange for a Fixed Monthly Percentage?
80: Should a Missed Prayer Be Performed Before the Current Prayer When Its Time Has Begun?
81: Is Calling One’s Husband “Narcissistic” Considered Insulting, and Does It Justify Divorce?
82: How Should a Salafi Advise Others About Fitnah, Assess Their Manhaj, and Deal With Those Who Associate With People of Fitnah?
83: Who Are Your Salafi Teachers, and What Is Your Background in Seeking Knowledge?
84: In a Dispute Over Whether Intercourse Occurred With the Second Husband, Whose Statement Is Accepted Regarding the Woman’s Return to Her First Husband?
85: Does the Divorce of a Person Under the Influence of Sihr Take Effect?
86: Should I Continue Studying at Minhaj al-Nubuwwah University Despite Shaykh Raslān’s Position During the Fitnah of Muḥammad ibn Hādī?
87: Should a Student of Knowledge Resume Learning English for Religious and Worldly Benefits Without Letting It Distract Him From Seeking Islamic Knowledge?
88: Is It Permissible to Keep a Current Account With an Interest-Based Bank When an Islamic Alternative Is Unreliable, Provided One Avoids Overdrafts and Interest?
89: How Can One Protect Himself From the Fitnah Affecting the Daʿwah Scene and Remain Safe From Its Trials?
90: Is It Permissible to Slaughter the ʿAqīqah on the Sixth Day After Birth?
92: Is Shaykh Aziz Farhan al-Anazi Upon the Salafi Manhaj, and Is It Permissible to Benefit From His Educational Videos?
93: Is It Permissible to Use Refugee Assistance Money for Personal and Family Expenses?
94: How Should a Dream About a Troubled Marriage, Riding a Horse Backward, and Receiving Fruit From the Mother-in-Law Be Interpreted?
95: Is It Permissible to Perform ʿUmrah During Paid Sick Leave Without Informing One’s Employer?
96: What Is the Difference Between an Original Bidʿah and an Additional Bidʿah?
97: Is Appearing in Video Advertisements to Promote and Introduce One’s Products Permissible?
98: Did Shaykh Muqbil Praise the Dhāhirī School, and Should Beginners Study Fiqh Books Based Directly on the Qur’an and Sunnah?
99: Are Missed Prayers During Severe Illness Required to Be Made Up, and How Should They Be Performed?
100: Should I Boycott My Sister for Persisting in Backbiting, Slander, and Refusing to Accept My Advice?
101: Is It Permissible to Study Sharia at the University of Tripoli While Some Students and Teachers Have Methodological Deviations?
102: How Should We Deal With Someone Promoting a Broad, All-Inclusive Manhaj That Discourages Warning Against Deviance?
103: Where Should the Supplications for Entering and Leaving the Home Be Said When Living in an Upper-Floor Apartment With a Separate Stairway Entrance?
104: Which Books Are Recommended for Learning the Salafi Manhaj?
106: Does Breastfeeding Establish a Marriage Prohibition Between a Man and His Maternal Cousin?
107: Must Money Obtained Through Identity Fraud and Forged Documents Be Returned After Repentance?
108: Is It Permissible to Say “O Gatherer, O Watchful” When Something Is Lost?
109: Is It Permissible to Give a Non-Maḥram Woman a Gift, and Does the Intention Affect the Sin?
110: Should a Salafi Continue Attending the Lessons of an Imam With Methodological Errors When No Suitable Alternative Is Available?
111: Does Performing Ṭawāf After Fajr and Praying Two Rakʿahs After Sunrise Earn the Reward of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah?
112: Is It Permissible to Say “Soon Rather Than Later” in Duʿāʾ, and Does It Constitute the Prohibited Hastening for an Answer?
113: Is It Permissible to Memorize the Qur’an and Learn Tajwīd From a Teacher Suspected of Innovation or Who Shaves His Beard?
114: Is It Permissible to Cross National Borders Illegally Due to Necessity and Lack of Documents?
115: What Is the Correct Method for Memorizing the Qur’an?
116: How Should a Husband Deal With a Wife Who Persists in Backbiting and Tale-Bearing?
117: Is It Permissible to Remain Unmarried for Life in Order to Seek Islamic Knowledge?
118: Which Books Are Recommended as an Introduction to the Sciences of Hadith?
119: Is Selling Subsidized Fuel on the Black Market Permissible for Committee Members, Even With the Authorities’ Approval?
120: Is It Permissible to Prepare Food for the Family of the Deceased During and After the Three Days of Condolence?
121: How Should Someone With Chronic Urinary Incontinence Perform Wudūʾ and Pray?
122: Can an Alzheimer’s Patient’s Land Be Divided Among His Heirs Before His Death?
123: Is It Permissible to Receive Extra Pay for Working on National Holidays?
124: Is It Permissible to Study in Mixed Schools When Pursuing a Medical Career?
125: What Evidence Do You Have From the Scholars for Calling Shaykh Nizar a Scholar?
126: Is Saying “Be Like Abū Bakr, Not ʿUthmān” Considered an Explicit Attack on ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān رضي الله عنه?
127: Is It Obligatory to Maintain Ties With One’s Cousins?
128: Is It Permissible for Sisters to Use a WhatsApp Group to Encourage One Another to Complete a Daily Qur’an Reading Portion?
129: Is It Valid to Test for Pregnancy Using Salt and Urine?
130: Does Calling Shaykh Nizar a Scholar Divide the Salafis and Undermine Other Scholars?
131: What Is the Ruling on Buying and Selling Birds and Cats?
132: Is It Permissible to Study al-Sabuni’s Safwat al-Tafasir for a University Exam?
133: How Should We Deal With Scholars Who Associate With the Followers of Muhammad Hadi?
134: Does a Car Purchased With the Wife’s Money Belong to the Deceased Husband’s Estate?
136: Are Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī’s Refutations Based on Textual Evidence (Quran and Hadith) or Scholarly Ijtihād?
137: Is It Permissible to Pay an Heir His Share of an Inherited House in Cash While Allowing the Other Heirs to Keep the Property?
138: What Is the Difference Between Being Happy With One’s Good Deeds and Being Self-Admiring?
139: Are Wooden Prayer Barriers in Mosques a Bidʿah, and May They Be Used as a Sutrah?
140: Should Ṣalāt al-Istikhārah Be Prayed Before or After Witr?
141: How Can We Reconcile “I Created Jinn and Mankind Only to Worship Me” With “They Will Continue to Differ”?
142: What Advice Can Be Given to Someone Who Repeatedly Falls Into Sins of Desire?
143: Is It Permissible to Create a Social Media Account Using a Fake or Misleading Name?
144: Does a Scholar Calling Someone a Kharijī or Qutbī Always Mean That He Is a Mubtadiʿ?
145: Is Expiation Required for Failing to Fulfill in Full an Oath to Provide Someone With Money?
146: What Is the Ruling on Wedding Rings, and Does Believing They Preserve Marital Love Constitute a Superstition?
147: Should the Fitnah of the Mus’aafiqah Be Considered Finished, or Should Warnings Against It Continue?
148: Why Do the Ḥalabīs Oppose the Salafis, and Are Their Errors Methodological or Creedal?
149: How Do We Respond to the Ashʿarī Objection About Knowing the Linguistic Meanings of Allah’s Attributes?
150: May a Creditor Sell a Pledged Item When the Debtor Fails to Repay the Debt?
151: Is It Advisable to Study at the Islamic Sharia College in Tripoli, Libya?
152: Is Shaykh Raslān Criticized for His Position on the Ibn Hādī Fitnah, and Is Silence or Speaking Preferable During Major Scholarly Disputes?
153: Is It Permissible to Deliver a Viable but Fatally Deformed Fetus in the Eighth Month When Continuing the Pregnancy Risks Serious Harm to the Mother?
154: Is It Recommended to Give Up Your Seat on a Bus for an Elderly Person?
155: How Should We Advise Someone Who Responds to Criticism of Disbelievers by Pointing Out the Faults of Arabs and Muslims?
156: Is It Permissible to Read Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ Eleven Times and Gift Its Reward to the Deceased, and What Is the Ruling on Performing Ḥajj or ʿUmrah on Behalf of the Deceased?
157: Is Dār ʿĀʾishah in Cairo Recommended for Learning Arabic and Memorizing the Qur’an?
158: What Is the Ruling on Glorifying Saddam Hussein Despite the Scholars’ Statements Against Him?
159: Is Telling Someone “Go Complain to Your Lord” Major Kufr, and Is It Permissible to Pray Behind the Imam?
160: Is a Father’s Repeated Failure in His Affairs a Punishment From Allah for His Neglect?
161: How Can Someone Overcome the Habit of Masturbation and Repent From It?
162: How Should One Deal With a Mother Who Does Not Pray and May Be Suffering From Waswās or Siḥr?
163: What Should a Woman Do When Her Parents Reject a Suitor of Good Religion and Character?
164: Does a Wife’s Family Supporting Her and Her Children During Wartime Financial Hardship Diminish the Husband’s Manhood?
165: Is It Permissible to Use an Adoptive Family Name for Hajj and ʿUmrah When One Has Been Legally Added to Another Family?
166: Is It Permissible to Withhold a Worker’s Wages or Impose a Fixed Penalty for Leaving Work or Causing Damage?
167: How Is the Inheritance Divided Between Two Wives and a Son When a Man Dies?
168: Is It Permissible to Cross Borders Illegally or Claim a False Tribal Affiliation to Obtain Travel Documents?
169: Is It Permissible to Report a Person Who Fraudulently Collects Donations and to Warn Muslims Against Him?
170: Is It Permissible to Translate the Friday Khutbah in Segments During the Sermon?
171: When Should the Imam Greet the Congregation on Friday—Before or After Ascending the Minbar?
172: Is the Book Uṣūl al-Fiqh Alladhī Lā Yasaʿ al-Faqīh Jahlahu by ʿIyāḍ al-Sulamī Worth Studying?
173: Are Workplace Financial Penalties for Employee Violations Permissible Under Islamic Law?
174: Should Students of Knowledge Study the Works and Lectures of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Sindī, Ghālib al-ʿAwājī, and ʿAbdullāh ibn Sulaymān al-Fayfī?
175: Does Calling a Muslim "Kaafir" Constitute Major Disbelief, and Should One Repent or Renew the Shahādah?
176: Is Revising the Qur’an to Avoid a Teacher’s Anger a Sincere Intention, and How Can the Intention Be Corrected?
177: Did Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah Permit Tawassul Through the Status or Essence of the Prophet ﷺ and the Righteous?
178: Which ʿAqīdah Lessons and Scholars Are Most Suitable for Teaching the General Public?
179: Is It Correct to Identify as a Dhāhirī in Uṣūl al-Fiqh While Following the Evidence From the Qur’an and Sunnah?
181–182: Is It Permissible to Rebel Against a Ruler Who Holds the Belief That the Qur’an Is Created, and Are Khawārij, Ashʿarīs, and Māturīdīs Considered Our Brothers in Faith?
183: Is the Pawnbroker Liable for a Lost Gold Ring, and What Is the Correct Amount to Compensate the Owner?
184: Is It Permissible to Require Family Members to Pay Charity If They Miss a Weekly Family Lecture Without an Excuse?
185: Is It Permissible to Attend Officially Supervised Islamic Lessons Taught by Lesser-Known Teachers?
186–187: How Should One Deal With Feelings of Guilt After Lawful Marital Relations?
What Is the Ruling on Staying Up Late, Especially to Avoid Missing Fajr Prayer?
188: Is Money Given by a Relative Considered a Debt if You Promised to Repay It?
189: What Should Be Done With Money Earned by Illegally Entering a Restricted Mine and Deceiving the Authorities?
191: Is Playing Cards Permissible, and Is It Comparable to Recreation and Outings?
192: Does Seizing Part of a Country by Force Make a Person the Legitimate Ruler of That Region?
193: Advice for a Husband Struggling With Suspicions, Marital Problems, and His Wife’s Conduct
196: Does Describing a Group of Duʿāt as “Extreme Ḥaddādīs” Constitute Tabdīʿ, and Is It Preempting the Scholars in Judging Individuals?
197: Should Students of Knowledge Benefit From the Lectures of Shaykh Ṣafwat Nūr al-Dīn?
198: Should a Salafi Man Marry a Salafi Woman Despite His Parents’ Opposition to Salafiyyah?
199: What Causes Spiritual Regression, and How Can One Overcome Sinful Desires and Remain Firm Upon Repentance?
200: Is It Permissible to Charge a Higher Price for Purchases Made by Bank Card Rather Than Cash?
201: What Is the Position of Shaykh ʿAlī Ḥashīsh Regarding the Fitnah of Muḥammad ibn Hādī, and Is He Among the Senior Scholars?
202: Is It Permissible for One Heir to Farm or Invest in an Inherited Property Before the Estate Is Divided?
211: Is It Permissible for a Person With a Contagious Illness to Pray in Congregation?
212: Can Knowledge Be Taken From Shaykh Majdi al-Shahri?
213: Should an Heir Be Informed When a Creditor Forgives a Deceased Person’s Debt?
215: A Husband Seeking Advice About His Wife’s Persistent Disobedience, Marital Abuse, Divorce, and Maintaining His Relationship With His Daughters
216: What Is the Ruling on Investing Entrusted Money Without the Owner’s Permission?
217: What Should a Latecomer to the Congregational Prayer Do When the Imam Performs Sujūd al-Sahw?
218: Is It Permissible to Shop During White Friday Sales?
219: Is It Permissible to Continue Receiving a Salary After Leaving the Job?
220: A Woman Who Has Not Fasted for Seven Years Due to Pregnancy and Breastfeeding—Must She Make Up the Fasts or Feed the Poor?
221: Should the Moustache Be Trimmed or Shaved Completely According to the Sunnah?
222: Is the Hadith of Asmāʾ About Uncovering the Face and Hands Authentic, and Is It Wise to Promote the Permissibility of Doing So in Times of Fitnah?
223: Is Mocking the Religion or Its Symbols an Act of Disbelief, and Must the Proof Be Established Before Declaring a Specific Person a Disbeliever?
224: How Should We Assess Shaykh Nizar and Shaykh Fawaz?
226: Is Tayammum a Temporary or Permanent Form of Purification?
227: What Advice Should Be Given to a Salafi Living in Britain Whose Wife Refuses to Relocate With Him to His Home Country?
229: Is It Permissible to Work as a Refrigeration Engineer Calculating Temperatures for Commercial Fridges That Store Both Halal Products and Prohibited Items Such as Alcohol and Pork?
230: Is It Permissible for a New Muslim to Receive Savings Containing Accumulated Interest From a Bank Account Opened by His Non-Muslim Family?
231: A Methodological Response to Claims of Partisanship in Defending Shaykh Abu Iyaad and Praising Shaykh Bilāl al-Sālimī
238: Is a Person’s Repentance Accepted If They Stole Money From a Relative but Cannot Currently Repay It?
239: Does a Parent’s Unjust Supplication Against Their Child Take Effect, and Was the Child Wrong for Continuing the Obligatory Prayer?
240: Is It Permissible to Enter Another Country Illegally to Seek Islamic Knowledge, Such as Travelling to Libya?
241: Is It Permissible to Pray in a Mosque Containing a Grave and in a Cemetery With a Revered “Saint’s” Grave?
242: Is Buying a Fake High School Certificate to Gain University Admission or a Scholarship Permissible?
243: Is It Permissible to Wash the Body of a Deceased Neighbor Who Was Negligent in Prayer, and Is He to Be Treated as a Muslim Based on Evidence of His Islam?
244: Responding to Criticism of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī and Calls for Clarification Regarding His Positions on Sudan, the Shaykhs of Aden, and ʿArafāt al-Muḥammadī
245: What Should a Student of Knowledge in Jordan Do After Leaving the Followers of Ibn Hādī and Finding No Local Shaykh to Consult About the Salafi Manhaj?
246: Is It Permissible to Sell or Transfer a Government-Issued Dollar Card for Profit?
247: What Is the Ruling on Men Wearing Trousers?
248: Should the ʿIshāʾ Sunnah Prayer Be Performed in the Same Place If One Cannot Change Location or Speak Before Tarāwīḥ?
249: Do Slight Blood-Stained and Brown Vaginal Discharges Count as Menstruation, and Should a Woman Continue Praying and Fasting If They Stop Without Her Usual Menstrual Bleeding Appearing?
250: Is a Landlord Sinful If a Rented Property Has Internet or Satellite TV That the Tenant Uses for Sinful Purposes?
251: Is Abortion Permissible After Four Months When the Fetus Has Severe Congenital Abnormalities and May Threaten the Mother’s Life?
252: Is a Woman Who Wears Niqāb Required to Cover Her Hands With Gloves When Going Outside?
253: Are Prayers Valid If a Woman Prays on a Prayer Mat Contaminated by Her Child’s Feces Without Knowing or Remembering the Impurity?
254: Is a Woman Permitted to Travel From America to Saudi Arabia to Visit Her Gravely Ill Father When No Mahram Is Available?
255: Is Memorizing Hadith Required Before Studying the Science of Hadith Terminology?
256: Advice for Someone Who Frequently Takes on Debt and Misuses Money Entrusted to Him Without Permission
257: Does Committing Adultery During the Day in Ramadan Require the Major Expiation (Kaffārah)?
258: Is It Permissible to Rent Commercial Property to Companies Where Men and Women Work Together?
259: Is a Deceased Christian Who Uttered the Shahādah Before Death Considered a Muslim, and Should the Funeral Prayer Be Performed for Her?
260: How Should Debts Be Repaid When Severe Inflation Has Drastically Reduced the Currency’s Value: According to the Original Amount, Current Commodity Prices, or Gold Value?
261: Is Video Calling Over the Internet Permissible in Islam, and What Are Its Sharīʿah Guidelines?
262: Is It Permissible for a Grandfather to Give Some of His Property to His Grandchildren During His Lifetime, and How Should It Be Handled After His Death?
263: What Is the Required Justice Between Two Wives Regarding Overnight Stays, Housing, and Travel?
264: Is It Permissible to Design and Sell Women’s Underwear, Nightwear, and Revealing Clothing, Work in a Shop Selling Them, and Display Them on Full-Body Mannequins?
265: Is It Permissible to Finance a Car Through a Bank Loan With Interest, Using a Car Dealership as an Intermediary?
Is Life, Disability, Savings, and Medical Insurance Through a Bank Permissible in Islam?
266: Does Becoming Ill During Virtuous Seasons of Worship Have a Particular Meaning or Indicate That Allah Is Testing or Punishing Me?
267: What Does the Term “Thiqa Muqriʾ” Mean in the Statements of Hadith Critics About Narrators?
268: Is It Permissible to Resell Goods at a Higher Price and Use an Invoice With Altered or Missing Prices?
269: Clarification of Shaykh Fawwāz al-Madkhalī’s Statement “The Sufis of al-Bukhārī” and Whether He Described Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī as a Sufi or Innovator
270: Is It Permissible to Study Methodology and Creed Books Together, Exchange Scholarly Benefits, and Consult Scholars on Difficult Issues?
271: What Is the Origin and Ruling of the Expression “Yā Lahwī,” and Is It Derived From a Supposed Person Named Lahwī?
272: Which of the Four Madhhabs Should a Muslim Choose When Required to Select One for Online Study?
273: Does a Creditor’s Forgiveness of a Debt Remain Binding If He Later Revokes the Forgiveness?
274: Is It Permissible to Charge a Fee for Introducing Suitable Women for Marriage and an Additional Fee if the Marriage Takes Place?
275: Is It Permissible for an Engineering Consultant to Accept Gifts From Suppliers He Helps Select?
276: A New Muslim Hiding His Islam From His Christian Parents and Seeking Guidance Regarding Work and Education
277: A Woman With Prolonged Menstrual Bleeding Due to Illness—When Should She Perform Ghusl, Resume Prayer and Fasting, and Resume Intimacy With Her Husband?
278: The Difference Between Warning Against a Person and Warning Against a Specific Error
279: What Is the Correct Position Regarding Benefiting From Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Suḥaymī and Shaykh Sulaymān al-Ruḥaylī?
280: Is It Justified to Keep Supporting Someone the Ruler Has Declared a Khārijī While He Remains in an Official Government Position?
281: Guidance for a New Muslim Living With Non-Muslim Parents Regarding Food, Prayer, Work, University, and the Beard
282: Is a Nikāḥ Valid If One or Both Witnesses Commit Apparent Sins Such as Shaving the Beard or Listening to Music?
283: Should I Attend the Lessons of Preachers Who Are Closest to the Sunnah in My Area?
(Must Be Read With 284)
284: How Should One Seek Knowledge When Local Teachers Promote Controversial Figures and Criticize Salafi Scholars?
(Must Be Read With 283)
285: Is It Permissible to Use Buy-Now-Pay-Later Services Such as Tabby and Tamara?
286: Is It Advisable to Obtain a Qur’an Ijāzah With an Unbroken Chain of Transmission to the Prophet ﷺ?
287: Is It Permissible to Pray Outside the Mosque in a Permanent Shelter or Canopy Despite the Mosque Being Available?
288: Is Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl al-Shaykh Too Lenient Toward the Surūriyyah, and Is It Correct to Attribute Him to Their Methodology?
289: How Should We Respond to the Claim That Shaykh Bilāl al-Sālimī Contradicted His Earlier Praise of Shaykh Abdullah al-Bukhari by Later Warning Against Him?
290: Is It Permissible to Follow a Social Media Account Run by an Innovator Simply to View the Books They Sell?
291: Should a Person Share Beneficial Content From People of Innovation, Such as Qur’an Recitations and Tajwīd Lessons?
292: Who Qualifies as a Scholar, and How Can Scholars Be Distinguished From Students of Knowledge and Duʿāt?
293: Should Students Studying at Mixed Universities Be Included in Summer Islamic Knowledge Courses?
294–296: What Should a Woman Do If She Is Unsure Whether She Recited al-Fātiḥah in Prayer?
Is It Permissible for Women to Travel Without a Mahram From Kafr El-Sheikh to Cairo to Visit Relatives or Spend a Holiday?
Should the Qunūt Supplication in Witr Be Recited Before or After Bowing?
Is a Person Afflicted by Magic or the Evil Eye Held Accountable for Sins Committed During the Affliction?