General Fiqh Archive

The Question:
Is it prohibited to remove the hair exceeding from the eyebrows? Is it prohibited to remove the hair between the two eyebrows?
The Answer:


Publicado por Suhaib Webb 23 de Diciembre de 2008 en Traducciones Generales de Legislción, Usol al-Fiqh.  Traducido por: Aliyyah Pérez.
La Pregunta:
Asalamu alaykum,
Hace unas noches entré en una acalorada discusión con mi esposa. Durante el transcurso de la discusión ella alzó la voz, me maldijo y pronuncio una larga cadena de palabras hirientes. En el calor [...]

The Question:
If a muslim decided to leave the deen of Islam and became non-muslim. But, then after a while he regretted what he did and decided to become muslim again, what does that person have to do, and what are the steps that he has to do inorder for him to become fully and truley [...]

“When you ask for complete goodness say, “Oh Allah I beg You to make me a steady follower of Your Messenger [Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him] in words and deeds!”
Ibn ‘Ataullah al-Askandari, Taj al-‘Urus Al-Hawi li Tahdib al-Nufus Pg. 3

Assalamu alaykum Imam Suhaib,
InshaAllah hope you and your family are doing well.
How should a woman seek recompense who unnecessarily delays making ghusl
after her menstruation has ended missing some prayer etc?
The Answer:

al-Qasim ibn Muhmmad* was asked about music and said the following:
“On the day of Judgement, when Allah distinguishes between truth and falsehood, where will music be?”
The questioner: “It will be in the precincts of falsehood!”
al-Qasim: “Then, ask yourself.”
Quoted by Imam al-Muhasibi in Risalah al-Mustarshidin
* Al-Qasim bin Muhammad was the grandson of Abi Bakar al-Siddiq [May [...]

The Question:
Asalamu alaykum,
A few nights ago I got into a heated argument with my better half. During the course of the conversation she raised her voice, cursed me and said a large number of hurtful things. At the heat of the moment, I looked at my wife and said to myself, “I divorce you!” doing [...]

On Mastering Multiple Fiqh Discourses- Drops from Dr. S’ad al-Din al-Hilali*
“Many of you studied in Cairo for a number of years. If I asked you to tell me how to come to al-Azhar from al’Attabah many of you would tell me, take al-Azhar street straight to the mosque! However, what happens when you run into [...]

Dr. ‘Amir Wardani, head of the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta’s training program noted, I’m paraphrasing, the following:
In order to create true mufti’s we must revive a system that has long been forgotten. By reading books and sitting with scholars, students will gain cognition of the subject, but lack the methods and skills to employ their craft [...]