By Navaid Aziz
The general meaning is: Anything besides Allah that is worshiped. Scholars differed over whether the one being worshiped had to be pleased with others worshiping him or not, and the correct opinion seems that they do. Based upon the Christians worshiping ‘Esa (AS), and he (AS) is above and beyond being called a […]

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The following information was excerpted from the appendices to the English translation of TAFSEER IBN KATHEER.The Qur’aan uses the word Kufr to denote people who cover up or hide realities. The Qur’aan uses this word to identify those who denied Allaah’s favors by not accepting His Dominion and Authority. Kufr thus is an antonym for […]

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There are many ahaadeeth which state that this is haraam, such as the hadeeth narrated from Safiyah bint Abi ‘Ubayd from one of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who narrated that he said: “Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his […]

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The ahaadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) clearly state that it is forbidden to go to soothsayers and fortunetellers.But not everyone who goes to a fortuneteller or a soothsayer is a mushrik in the sense of major shirk that puts one beyond the pale of Islam. Rather going to […]

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It is not permissible to go to soothsayers and fortune tellers, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights.” Narrated by Muslim (2230).And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) […]

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Making fun of the beard or clothes whose length etc. is in accordance with the Sunnah or other aspects of the Sunnah makes a person a kaafir, if he knows that this was proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), because he is thereby making fun of the words and […]

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Prayers should not be offered in mosques in which there are graves. The graves should be dug up and the remains transferred to the public graveyards, with each set of remains placed in an individual grave as with all other graves. It is not permissible for graves to be left in mosques, whether that is […]

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Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
“Shirk is of two types, major shirk which puts a person beyond the pale of Islam, and lesser […]

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Sheikh Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-Qannâs
Abû Hurayrah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “There are no such things as omens. A favorable auspice is the best there is.”
They asked: “So what is a favorable auspice?”
The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: “A good word that one of you hears.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (5754) […]

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Firstly:
It was not permissible to address the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) by saying “Ya Muhammad” during his lifetime, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Make not the calling of the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allahu ‘alayhi was-Sallam) among you as your calling one of another” [al-Noor 24:63].
Al-Dahhaak said, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbaas: […]

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