Fatwas Archive

Question: A woman gave birth; after seven days the blood of nifās stopped, so she prayed and fasted for about twenty days, then she saw blood again. Are those twenty days considered nifās, or are they considered purity? And if...

Question: Is it permissible for a person in janābah or a menstruant to carry a paper inscribed with the remembrance of Allah, supplications, and Qur’ānic verses—for preservation and healing? And is it permissible to carry that into the bathroom when...

Question: A woman’s monthly habit is seven days, but before those seven days there comes a little of yellowish or brownish discharge on the two days preceding the seven; then her known habit comes, accompanied by the usual pains and...

Question: People frequently ask about irregular menstrual bleeding—that it comes in its usual time and outside its time; sometimes there is blood, and sometimes brownish (ghubrah) or yellowish (ṣufrah) discharge, whether in time or out of time. When I ask...

Question: A woman has had continuous bleeding for six months, stopping only a day or two. With Ramaḍān approaching, what should she do?

Question: It has been said that a sick person does not perform tayammum except at the end of the prayer time, and likewise one who lacks water. Is this the case or not?

Question: Is it forbidden for a person in a state of janābah (major ritual impurity) to write the Qur’an on a telephone or computer, or not?

Question: Is wuḍūʾ nullified if a man kisses his wife, or sees her private parts, or touches her private parts, or if a man sees another man’s private parts?

Question: What is your view concerning minor lying that entails no harm—such as in jest—and about lying for a benefit; and does it nullify wuḍūʾ? Also, what is the meaning of Allah’s sayings: “Rather, this—his largest—did it” [Al-Anbiyāʾ:63], “Indeed, I...

Question: If performing triple-washing (at-tathlīth) in wuḍūʾ would cause one to miss the congregational prayer or some of its rakʿahs, whereas washing the limbs of wuḍūʾ once each would enable him to catch the congregational prayer—wholly or without missing any...