Is It Permissible For A Muslim To Vote In Elections In A Non-Muslim Country Since It Is Not A Religious Ceremony Nor Are The Candidates Promoting Any Religion by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “No, this does not have any truth to it. In fact, this view is rejected and what we say is that Islām is the source of happiness for humanity. Winning or losing elections is not going to bring about happiness for people in this life or the afterlife, …

As A Muslim Can I Work In An Electoral Polling Station In A Non-Muslim Country’s Elections by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “No, it is not permissible and it is obligatory upon the Muslims to distance themselves from that voting process. And these so-called democratic countries have brought about no benefit for the Muslims or the non-Muslims. The whole democratic process has not benefited (largely) the societies and many people …

Can A Muslim Be A Political Candidate In Elections In A Non-Muslim Country Just As Prophet Yusuf (ʿalayhi salām) Was A Governor For Pharaoh by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “The situation that was present in the time of Yūsuf (عليه السلام) was different to our situation now. The reality of political parties nowadays is that people enter them and lose their dīn in the process. Islām has nothing to do with political parties and democracy in our …

Is It Permissible To Cooperate With The LGBT Community Regarding Our Shared Objectives? by Shaykh Dr. ʿArafāt ibn Ḥasan al-Muḥammadī

Pivotal Quote “This is not permissible to cooperate with such organizations. The homosexuals are practicing something which is a filthy and despicable thing.  It’s a sin of the people of Lūṭ (عليه السلام).  When people dress up that sin and call it by other than its name, by coming up …

Is It True That There Is No Country That Rules By The Shari’ah Today? by Shaykh Dr. ʿArafāt ibn Ḥasan al-Muḥammadī

Pivotal Quote “Yes! There is The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia spreads Tawḥīd, it wages war against shirk and bid’ah, the adhān is called and all the stores are closed, and all the masājid are open and everyone goes to pray.  In this land there are …

Is It Correct That We Cannot Say Something Is From The Methodology Of The Salaf Unless There Is Consensus? by Shaykh Dr. ʿArafāt ibn Ḥasan al-Muḥammadī

Pivotal Quote “This is the speech of an ignorant person and he is walking upon the path of the people of bid’ah, and he knows nothing about the path of the scholars; in fact he has not even read the books of the scholars. When it comes to ijmā’ of …

Is Closing The Mosques Because of The COVID-19 Pandemic Considered Not Having Trust In Allāh by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “The decision that has been made by the Scholars and the doctors of our time is something that is in the best interest of the people so that they do not mix together and this disease is not spread. And so, we must return our affairs to our …

Do Salafīs Blind Follow Shaykhs Bin Bāz, Al-‘Uthaymīn and Al-Albānī by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “The ʿUlamāʾ of Islām have been in the past and continue up until now, warning against and forbidding people from blindly following any Shaykh. In fact, the aʼimmah of the four madhab themselves forbade anyone from blindly following them and they commanded their followers to follow the dalīl …