The Greatest Empire in History
Extract from a speech by Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard in September 2001: There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the...
Can the apartment of the Imam be located directly above the masjid?
Question: Can the Imam’s house be built above the...
Knowledge: Seek, process, register and implement
Knowledge of that which affects a person under all conditions holds a position similar to food, which obviously one can live without. Knowledge of matters...
Can my wife cut her hair due to persistent hair lice?
Question: My wife has lice in her hair. After months of trying different remedies and conventional medication, this problem still persists. Can she cut her...
Would it be correct to hit madrasah children in order to discipline them?
Question: Please advise me if it would be permissible to discipline a student for not following madrasah rules or for not working by slapping on...
How should I study? – A guideline for students
Knowing how to study is just as important as studying if not more important. A student spends years studying, however if his methodology is inaccurate...
Where should I study the Islamic sciences? – Advices for all those wishing to study
Question: Please advise me, I want to study Islamic knowledge. Where is the best place to...
Shaking hands with the opposite gender and the sunnah method of eating
Question: 1) Is there any difference of opinion regarding handshaking with the opposite gender in any of the four madhabs? A university professor of Cambridge...
How shall we generate funds for the masjid?
Question: How shall we generate funds for the masjid and madrasah? We intend to build a hall to facilitate shariah compliant functions. Please give us...
Is it sinful for me to keep the money loaned to me by the banks due to money taken from me by the state?
Question: I was in U.K for about 3 years, I struggled to strive there as a student and didn’t get enough working hours to save...
Do I have to change my name ‘Sana’?
Question: I have been asked to change my name as it can affect my personality. My name is Sana. In Arabic it means brightness. Most...
Is it permissible to design a website promoting another religion?
Question: I am working virtually as a web developer and I have been doing this from the last three years. Two weeks ago, a person...