Fatāwa (Fatwas)

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “I work for an american company, I am the only muslim. there is no clean place or feasible place to perform wadu during the day, and there is no private place to perform salat.. Is it haram to wait until I get home to perform Duhr and Asr salat."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “With regard to a ring on which the name ‘Abd-Allah is written, is it permissible to enter the bathroom wearing it?."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “A woman came from Yemen with the intention of doing ‘Umrah, but before she reached the meeqaat she saw menstrual blood, so she went to Jeddah and stayed there for a week. Now she wants to do ‘Umrah. Should she enter ihraam from Jeddah or go to the meeqaat of Yalamlam and enter ihraam from there?."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: "His wife has a long period of menstruation up to seven days before she does ghusl. But he feels this time is too long to wait as his sexual appetite is so high. What must he do or what must she do to solve the problem?"

This is a fatwa in Vietnamese answers the question "Did Islam Exist before Prophet Muhammad?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "Why do we recite zuhr and asr prayer in low voice when it is clearly mentioned in the Quran the following?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "What is the evidence for commercial insurance being haram?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "I am living in Holland and there are two mosques in the town where I am staying. Each mosque gives times for the call to prayer that are different from the other mosque, in addition to the timings that we find on the Internet. Which one should we follow? Please note that the difference between them is many minutes. The month of Ramadan is coming, in sha Allah, and the timings for Fajr and Maghrib prayer are different in each mosque. What do you think we should do? Which of them should we follow? Please note that one of the mosques is run by Turks and the other by North Africans. Or should I follow the timings on the Internet?"

A fatwa translated into English which was answered by Sh. Saleh al-Fawzan. It says, "If Eid al-Fitr coincides with Friday, is it permissible for me to pray the Eid prayer and not to pray Jumu’ah or vice versa?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "The wives of the holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed Hajj many times after his death. Can this be taken as a daleel that a woman may perform Hajj without a mahram but with a group of women who have their Mahrams with them."

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "I would like to become a Muslim but how do I embrace Islam without being a part of a movement? I do realize all that is truly needed is to pronounce the shahada; but what about the Hajj? How do I participate in that if I do not have a signed document saying that I am a Muslim?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "A woman says: I live in the Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) because I work here. I went for Hajj last year, and there were with me two of my female colleagues, but there was no mahram with us. What is the ruling concerning that?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "For how long is it is obligatory to stay in Mina after offering the sacrifice? There is a verse concerning that which says (interpretation of the meaning): “But whosoever hastens to leave in two days, there is no sin on him and whosoever stays on, there is no sin on him, if his aim is to do good and obey Allah (fear Him), and know that you will surely be gathered unto Him.” [al-Baqarah 2:203]

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "I have enough money to perform Hajj, but I need it. Is it permissible for me to delay pilgrimage?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "Will a person be rewarded if he combines three of the six days of Shawwal with the White Days (13,14,15 from every month)?

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "Which is the beginning of the day? Is it fajr or magrib? Please tell me. Which is the middle prayer? If it is asr then, fajr is the beginning of the day. Please clarify me in detail from the Quran and the hadith."

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “When should the takbeer for Eid al-Fitr begin and when does it end?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "Before the Eid prayer, the people recite dhikr in unison. Is this an innovation or is it is prescribed in the Eid prayer? If that is regarded as an innovation, what should we do? Should we leave the prayer place until the prayer begins?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “I was not able to pay zakat al-Fitr because I was busy. Should I pay it now? Or what should I do?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “In some parts of the Scandinavian countries, the day may be much longer than the night, depending on the time of year. The night may be only three hours long, when the day is twenty-one hours. If it happens that Ramadan comes in the winter, the Muslims fast for only three hours, but if it happens that Ramadan comes in the summer, they do not fast because they are not able to, as the day is so long. Please tell us when we should have suhoor and iftaar, and on how many days of Ramadan we should fast.”