The Practice of Head Shaving
Question: Is shaving the entire head with a razor, such that no hair remains, outside of ḥajj and ʿumrah considered an imitation of the Khawārij?
And should one object to a person who does this?
Shaykh Najeeb Ash-Shar’abi ḥafidhahullāh:
Shaving the head is a prescribed act of worship that is obligatory in ḥajj and ʿumrah, by explicit textual evidence and scholarly consensus.
It is…
What Are the Limits of What Is Permissible and Impermissible in Financial Dealings Within the Masjid?
Question: Inside the masjid, one of our brothers mentioned the issue of daily automatic deductions made by some charitable platforms. However, our brother ’Abdullāh spoke about paying bills, noting that sometimes this may occur in situations such as orders from application-based services, whether for food or other…
If You Would Reject Being Abandoned in Old Age, Why Do You Abandon Your Parents?
Sheikh Fawzān ḥafidhahullāh states:
"What can be said about what has unfortunately appeared today in some Muslim societies: when a parent grows old, he is cast into so-called charitable homes or homes for the care of the elderly. The child frees himself of his parents and places one or both of them into elderly care, as though they…
﴿یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِنَّ مِنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۡ وَأَوۡلَـٰدِكُمۡ عَدُوࣰّا لَّكُمۡ فَٱحۡذَرُوهُمۡۚ وَإِن تَعۡفُوا۟ وَتَصۡفَحُوا۟ وَتَغۡفِرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِیم﴾
"O believers! Indeed, SOME of your spouses and children are ENEMIES to you, so BEWARE of them. But if you pardon, overlook, and forgive ˹their faults˺, then Allah is truly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah At-Taghābun: 14]…
Allāh swears by Himself & by His creation
As-Suyūṭī—may Allāh have mercy on him—said, as cited in Al-Itqān (vol. 1, p. 389):
Allāh, Exalted is He, has sworn by Himself in the Qur'ān in seven places. These include the following Āyāt in which He says:
1. {قُلْ إِي وَرَبِّي}
2. {قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّي لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ}
3. {فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْ وَالشَّيَاطِينَ}
4. {فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ}
5.…
This diagram shows the order of priority of who has the strongest right to inherit from the deceased among the ʿaṣabah (male heirs).
The circle in the middle represents the deceased person. The numbers show the order of priority, from the person most entitled to inherit to the one least entitled.
This chart can also be used to show who has the strongest right to be a woman’s wali (guardian) for marriage.
Like It or Not, Your Conduct Represents Islam
Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allāh have mercy on him) said:
“…They have come to resemble those among the polytheists and the People of the Book who lived alongside some ignorant and immoral Muslims, and then cited certain instances of ignorance and injustice found among those Muslims, making them evidence for the invalidity of the religion of the Muslims—assuming…
The Danger of Reviling The Ṣaḥābah
Imām Adh-Dhahabī said, as recorded in Tārīkh Al-Islām (vol. 5, p. 251):
Al-Ḥākim said: I heard Ibn Qāniʿ in Baghdad say: I heard ʿĪsā ibn Muḥammad Aṭ-Ṭahmānī say: I heard the Amīr Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad say:
“Our father brought us a tutor who taught us rafḍ (revilement of ṣaḥābah). I fell asleep and saw the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—together with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. He…
The Mother of the Book is Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah, and The Mother of the Sunnah is The Ḥadīth of Jibrīl
Imām Abūl ʿAbbās Al-Qurṭubī said in his commentary on this ḥadīth:
Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ said: This ḥadīth encompasses all the functions of outward and inward acts of worship: the doctrines of faith, the deeds of the bodily limbs, the sincerity of inner intentions, and vigilance against the corruptions that afflict deeds.…
The Precious Pearl in the Rulings of Dress and Adornment
1. Al-Qaza‘ (Partial Head Shaving)
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/173
2. Hair Extension (Attaching Hair)
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/174
3. Combing and Styling the Hair
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/175
4. The Virtue of Gray Hair and the Ruling on Changing It Without Using Black
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/176
5. Covering the Head and Not Uncovering It
https://t.me/Menzbenefits/177
6. Letting the Beard…
“They are your brothers whom Allāh has placed under your authority. Whoever has his brother under his authority should feed him from what he eats and clothe him from what he wears. Do not burden him w
Harming slaves is haram, and freeing them is strongly encouraged.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
((مَنْ لَطَمَ مَمْلُوكَهُ أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ))
“Whoever slaps his slave or beats him, his expiation is to free him.” [Muslim 1657]
➡️ Islam made freeing slaves an act of worship and, in many cases, a means of expiation for sins, such as:
* Accidental killing
* Ẓihār
* Broken oaths
* Intercourse during…
Slavery in the West vs. Slavery in Islam
Rule: Islam is understood through the Qur'ān and the Sunnah, not Western history or experiences.
KEY DIFFERENCES
▪️Slavery in the West
🩸 People were kidnapped from Africa.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica states that slaves were captured from their villages by setting fire to the surrounding bushes. When the villagers fled into the open areas, the English would capture…
Following that note on suicide, I strongly recommend you listen to the attached audio (or read the translated summary). It serves as a crucial warning against the extremist Khawarij ideology, which tr
Remarkable Recurrences in the Life of Ibn Muqlah
It's mentioned in Al-Wāfī bi’l-Wafayāt (vol. 1, p. 488):
Among the curiosities is that the wazeer Ibn Muqlah assumed the office of minister three times; during his lifetime he travelled three times—once to Al-Mawṣil and twice in exile to Shīrāz; and after his death he was buried three times in three different locations.
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The series thus far, may Allāh facilitate…
An Unusual Parallel in the Births and Deaths of Three Scholars
Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar Al-ʿAsqalānī mentioned in his Muʿjam that the three imams—Al-ʿIrāqī, Al-Bulqīnī, and Ibn Al-Mulaqqin—were the marvel of their age at the turn of the century: the first distinguished in knowledge of ḥadīth and its disciplines; the second remarkable for the breadth of his mastery of the Shāfiʿī school; and the third notable for…
