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Is the hadīth authentic: That a needle of iron be driven into a man’s head is better for him than that he touch a woman who is not lawful to him

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لأن يُطعَنَ فِي رَأس أحَدِكُمْ بِمخْيَطٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمَسَّ امْرَأَةً لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ شيخ ربيع “That a needle of iron be driven into a man’s head is better for him than that he touch a woman who is not lawful to him.” Authenticated by: – al-Mundhirī in…
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Prayer of the Woman is Better in her Home – Hadīth Authenticity and Explanation

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The ahādīth and their authenticity Hadīth of Ibn ‘Umar: Ibn ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: لَا تَمْنَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْمَسَاجِدَ وَبُيُوتُهُنَّ خَيْرٌ لَهُنَّ “Do not prevent your women from [going to] the mosques, though their homes are better for them.” (Abū Dāwūd 567 and others.…
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What is the Minimum and Maximum time for Menstruation? – Ibn Taymiyyah, Al-Albānī, al-Wasābī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Shaykh Zaid al-Wasābī said: “The First Opinion: There is no limit defined in days for the minimum of menstruation, nor for its maximum, and this is the position of ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī, al-Awzāʿī, and it is the choice of Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Shawkānī, and Ibn ʿUthaymīn. Mālik said: There is no limit…
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Evidence that face and hands of the woman are not awrah – part 2; Tafsīr of al-Ahzāb:59 & clarification of what’s authentic from Ibn ‘Abbās

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم For part 1 – containing ahādīth which show the women uncovering their face and hands during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ), responses to some of the doubts/objections, and the tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr verse 31 – click here: https://fawaaids.com/2025/07/12/evidence-that-the-face-hands-of-the-woman-is-not-awrah-part-1/ Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Ahzāb:59 Allāh says: يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ…
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Can one marry someone who doesn’t pray – Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم [49] If a woman marries a man who does not pray, or a man marries a woman who does not pray, what is the ruling (on this)? He answered by saying: If a woman marries a man who does not pray, or a man marries a woman who does not pray,…
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Evidence that the face & hands of the woman are not awrah – part 1: the practice of the women during the Prophet’s time & Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr:31 – REVISED

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Summary of the issue Imām Ibn Qudāmah said: “… the free woman is entirely ‘awrah except for her face and hands.” (Sharh al-‘Umdah 2/260) Ibn Rushd said: “And the majority of the scholars are of the opinion that her entire body is ‘awrah except for the face and the hands.” (Sharh…
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Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A summary Imām Al-Albānī was asked: **Questioner:** Is it correct that a menstruating woman and a person in a state of major ritual impurity (janābah) can touch the Qur’ān or to read (from) it for worship or memorisation? **Sheikh:** No, we do not find in the Book (Qur’ān) nor in the…
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Can the menstruating woman recite the Qur’an – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Hazm, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those who held the permissibility of the menstruating woman reciting Qur’ān: This is narrated from Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyib, and it was held by: Mālik—in the well-known, relied-upon position in his madhhab and Al-Shāfi’ī in the earlier of his two statements, and the Dhāhirīs, and it was narrated as a report from…
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Are wedding rings permitted in Islām? – Sh. ‘Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ Indeed, Ruqā, Tamīmah, and Tiwalah are Shirk (polytheism). (Abū Dawūd 3883. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī) Shaykh Uthaymīn said: Ruqā is the plural of Ruqyah which means incantation (recitation). Here it refers to Ruqyāh with which is not approved in the Sharī’ah (i.e.…
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