Fatwas Archive

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...

Question: Is it permissible for a person to perform wuḍūʾ in a mosque, then pray with that wuḍūʾ in another mosque?

Question: Does drawing blood with a medical needle nullify wuḍūʾ?

Question: A woman used to perform wuḍūʾ for prayer, then offer as many supererogatory prayers as Allah willed; then urine would come to her, so she would urinate and cleanse herself, but not perform wuḍūʾ again, thinking that the first...

Question: If a Muslim performs wuḍūʾ and is careful to wash all his limbs, then prays and—at the end of the time—sees something like a small spot of dough or the like on his forearm, is he required to repeat...

Question: If a man performs wuḍū’ inside a “foreign-style” (flush) bathroom, is it disliked for him to mention Allah there? And if a man or woman performs ghusl in a covered and clean place, is it disliked for them to...

Question: What people commonly do today—drying off from urine in ordinary bathrooms—does it have any basis in a narration from the Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace), or from any of the...

Question: There are wide pools in many mosques in Yemen, where the people perform wuḍūʾ throughout the year. Often the odor changes due to long standing water and little rainfall, with no water for them but rainwater. Is it permissible...

Question: A man afflicted with a urinary tract illness had tubes inserted by doctors through his abdomen, so that urine flows into a pouch strapped to his thigh. What is the ruling of his prayer in such a state?