Al-Sayyid Al-Allamah Al-Hujjah Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Awad al-Mu’ayyidi May Allah preserve him

A questioner asked me: his father is ill and near death, and he has persisted in corrupt beliefs—anthropomorphizing Allah, Exalted is He, hating the People of the Household (Ahl al-Bayt) and showing enmity toward them, and showing allegiance to the...

Question: Is one who kills himself by mistake, outside of battle, washed? And likewise one killed by mistake?

Question: A man attacked another and killed him without right, though there had been quarrel and dispute between them. Is the slain person to be washed or not?

Question: Is one who is killed by mistake—or by a stray bullet—washed?

Question: If the deceased wrote in a notebook what he owed and what was owed to him—debts, injustices, claims, and deposits—clearly laying it out in his own handwriting, known to his heirs and others, but did not have witnesses—must his...

Question: Is a sick person obligated to seek medical treatment?

Question: A man prayed ẓuhr and ʿaṣr in Indonesia during Ramaḍān while fasting, then traveled by plane to Ṣanʿāʾ. He arrived in Ṣanʿāʾ after the sun’s zenith—at the time of ẓuhr—still fasting. He looked at his watch and found that...

Question: How do we answer someone who says: “Allah, Exalted is He, only commanded those legally responsible to establish the prayer without specifying five prayers; thus it suffices for the legally responsible person to perform one prayer in the day...

Question: In the northern regions of the globe, the night may become so short that the sun sets and Maghrib enters, then the sun rises before ʿIshāʾ enters and before the red twilight disappears. In that case, does the ʿIshāʾ...

Question: We often hear a hadith attributed to the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace) that says: “Whoever awakens a sleeper, it is as if he killed him,” or: “Whoever startles a sleeper, it...