Muhammad Salih - Fatawa

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: If a girl loved a boy without exposing that, would she commit a sin?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: My mother is having health problems and requested me to go to church and pray for her there that she will get better since I stopped going to church with her and my father for a few months now. When I stopped, they were very upset at first, seemingly like every single Sunday comes up, they expected highly that I would get dressed and go with them, but I never did. So, is it permissible to go to church with the intention just to make them happy, especially my mother?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: What are the scriptures of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) talks about participating in the program "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," and emphasizes that this competition is one of the new economy's tools that depends on opportunities and coincidence, which is a form of gambling.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: Why does Islam forbid the pig even though it is one of Allah's creatures, and why did Allah create the pig then?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: What is the ruling on giving all that one owns in charity?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) explains some issues related to the science of hadith terminology. He shows the difference between two phrases namely, authentic hadith vs. its chain of narrators is authentic.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) shows the prohibition of anal intercourse based on the Quranic verse: "Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish ..." and some Prophetic hadiths that refute some opinions that support its permissibility.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: If I remember while I am in prayer that the period of wiping over the slippers has passed, what should I do? Do I get out of prayer? And if I put the socks under the slippers for a state of purification, then took off the slippers, and stayed in the socks, does my ablution invalidate my ablution or did I become in a state of purity?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: What are the conditions and proofs of wiping over the socks?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: What is the nature of the socks on which we can wipe? Is it permissible to wipe over any socks, or does it have to be leather? Please answer in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: Is eating Ashura considered a heresy on the day of Ashura, and if you eat it on the day before or after it, is it heresy? What is the ruling on expanding oneself on the day of a person’s birthday, such as bringing fruit and sweets when there is no party?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: Can a husband refuse to disclose his earnings and bank details to his wife?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: Allah says, “Help you one another in Al Birr and At Taqwa (virtue, righteousness, and piety)” [al-Ma'idah:3]. How should Muslims cooperate or help one another in the light of this verse? In the absence of any organized effort, what should the person who wants to do organized work do with the circumstances and opportunities that are available to him?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: Is it permissible to eat the foods cooked by Shiites in Aashooraa? They say that these foods are made for Allah’s sake but its reward is for Al-Hussein, may Allah be pleased with him! It will be embarrassing if I do not accept this food. It may even expose me to danger, as I am in Iraq, and you know how Sunnis here are treated.

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: I know of the virtue of fasting the day of Ashoora, and that it is expiation for the year that came before. But because we use the Gregorian calendar I did not know when Ashoora is until the morning of the day itself. I had not eaten anything, so I intended to fast. Is my fast valid, and will I get the reward of this day and receive expiation for the previous year?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: I heard that fasting the day of Ashoora expiates for the past year, is this true? Does it expiate for everything, even major sins? What is the reason for venerating this day?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: I still have days to make up for Ramadan and I want to fast Ashoora. Is it permissible for me to fast Ashoora before I have made up the fasts I owe? Can I fast Ashoora and the eleventh of Muharram with the intention of making up the Ramadaan fasts, and will I get the reward for fasting Ashoora?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: How should we fast Ashura this year? Until now, we do not know when the month begins or whether Dhul-Hijjah has twenty-nine or thirty days. How can we define when Ashura is and fast it?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: I want to fast Ashoora this year, but some people told me that the Sunnah is to fast the day before as well (tasoo’a’). Is there any report that this was the teaching of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?