Ruling on Participating in Pigeon-Flying Competitions and Betting

Answer: haram. An example of that is: One person says to another “Come let’s compete; If your horse/camel/arrow gets ahead, I will give you so and so thing. I..

Purchasing Gold Jewellery In Exchange For A Gold Bar

Answer: haram and usurious. However, if something has been added to one item of gold, such as the pearls that are added to jewellery, there will be no ne..

Depriving Sister Of Her Share In Inheritance And Can A Woman Perform Umrah With Her Share?

Answer: Halal (lawful) and Haraam (forbidden), and you do not give women and children their rightful share of inheritance; rather, you devour their shares you..

Match Losing Party Hosting a Meal is Also Gambling

Answer: Haram upon you. He صلي الله عليه وسلم further said: Every intoxicant is ḥarām. (As-Sunan-ul-Kubra lil-Bayhaqi, Volume 10, Page 360, Dar-ul-Kutub al-‘I..

Can A Non-Alim (Layman) Declare Someone A Kafir?

Question: Islamic law say about the following: If one says a statement of kufr and the listener is quite confident that it is kufr but before telling the ruling..

The Ruling On Taking Part In Boxing

Answer: haram for several reasons: 1. It is haram to strike the face of a human without a valid shar’i reason. In fact, when Islamic courts of law sentenc..

Is It Permissible To Rent Out A Property To A Bank?

Answer: haram in itself for example the lessor knows that the rent is paid with the money acquired through usurpation, theft, bribery, or as consideration for..

How Is It to Praise a Fasiq Mu’lin (Open Sinner)?

Answer: Halal. (Faid Al-Qadeer, Vol. 1, p. 441, Publ. Dar Al-Ma’rifah, Beirut) Praising the Fasiq for something good is not included in this warning. ..

Ruling on sex-reassignment (gender-change) surgery

Answer: Haram with no difference of opinion. And, it also brings about other evils like inflicting pain upon oneself and disfiguring. There is also such sort ..

Islamic Law Concerning Tawidhat Amulets And Recitals For Cure Damm

Question: Islam: 1)What does Islamic law say regarding amulets (taʿwīdh) and performing damm (the act of blowing after reciting invocations)? 2)If it i..