Should We Invite Our Family Over For ʿEid Ṣalāh At Our Homes In The Current State of Lockdown by Shaykh Sālim ibn ʾAbdullah Bāmiḥriz

Pivotal Quote “We advise our brothers not to go to their relatives’ home, to pray at their own homes and not to make large gatherings of people. It is for this reason, because of this pandemic that the ṣalāh has been prevented in order to avoid crowds of people. So …

Do We Still Practice The Sunnah of Eating Dates Before We Leave For The ʿEid Ṣalāh Even Though It’s Being Prayed At Home by Shaykh Sālim ibn ʾAbdullah Bāmiḥriz

Pivotal Quote “Yes, we continue to practice this Sunnah even though we are not going out for the ʿEid prayer. So after we pray Fajr at home, then we eat seven dates (or any odd number) before making the ʿEid prayer, as a sign that we are no longer fasting …

Since The Prayer Will Be At Home During The Coronavirus Lockdown Then Is It Better To Pray In The House or Outside In One’s Yard or Garden by Shaykh Sālim ibn ʾAbdullah Bāmiḥriz

Pivotal Quote “Yes, if you have a yard outside your home, you are able to pray and there is no law against praying outside of your home (you are allowed to go outside), then there is no problem with that and it is permissible.’” سؤال وجواب – عربي – ٠:٤٠ …

When and How Should We Perform The Takbeer of ʿEid Now That In The Lockdown The Ṣalāh al-ʿEid Is Being Performed At Home by Shaykh Sālim ibn ʾAbdullah Bāmiḥriz

Pivotal Quote “So in our situation, we receive the news of the moon sighting, we continue to say this in our homes, otherwise, we would say it wherever we were. Since we are at home, we continue to say this in our homes to the extent that Allāh wills throughout …

How Do We Advise Those Mosques That Defy The Corona Virus Lockdown and Insist On Opening For Ṣalāḥ, Jumuʿah etc. by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Answer “These people are differing with what is an ijmāʿ of the Muslims in our day and time. The Muslims Scholars throughout the world have advised and ruled that the masājid are to be closed to avoid the Coronavirus and that people are to pray at home instead of in …

In This Corona Virus Pandemic Can A Medical Worker Shave His Beard To Fit Into His Face Mask Properly by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “And the ḥadīth, “Whoever leaves something for the Sake of Allāh, then Allāh replaces it with something even better.” Therefore, the person should not be in a rush to cut his beard, neither by trimming it nor shaving it. Rather, he should try to find an alternative.“ سؤال …

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 …

During The COVID-19 Lockdown Can We Stockpile Food Commodities or Is That Considered Blameworthy Hoarding by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “You buy enough things to stay at home so you can minimise the number of times you have to go out and minimise your contact at the marketplace.However, going to an extreme and buying things that you do not need, just stockpiling canned foods and the likes, this …

As There Are Social Distancing Regulations Due To COVID-19, Should We Pray Individually or In Congregation At Work by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “As long as they are all there together and they have to be there and they are gathered anyway, they should go ahead and pray as a jamāʿah and they should not pray each one individually in the same workplace.” سؤال وجواب – عربي – ٠:٣٦ دقائق Question …

Even Though The Mosques Are Closed Due To COVID-19 Can We Gather Outside The Mosque or In A House To Pray In Congregation by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbdullah ibn Ṣulfīq aẓ-Ẓafīrī

Pivotal Quote “…applying the principle that we have in Islām, which was worded by the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), “There is no harm, initiating or reciprocating.” So by gathering together there is a potential harm of one person being sick and getting everyone else sick, and so we are …