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TO BE SHY FROM SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS MERELY TO BE WEAK
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TO BE SHY FROM SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS MERELY TO BE WEAK
Question:
My complaint is that a feeling of fear or dread overcomes me when I want to remove an evil or when I want to ask a question to gain knowledge. What is the cure to this condition?
Answer:
This fear and dread you speak of is from the Shaytan, so be wary of it. Be strong, and dont be shy, for Allaah Almighty is not shy of the truth. Therefore, you should be able to both ask a question to a scholar and prevent someone from doing evil without feeling the least bit of shyness. Shyness that prevents you from speaking the truth is not shyness at all, but only weakness.
The shyness that is approved by the Shariah is shyness that prevents you from falsehood and evil. It is the shyness the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) intended when he said: Al-Haya (shyness and modesty) is from faith. [1] Or, when he said: Al-Haya is good - (it is) all that is good. [2] Shyness therefore is legislated when it prevents you from perpetrating fornication, from drinking alcohol, from associating with the enemies of Islam, and from all that is evil. This is the prescribed type of shyness.
[1] Al-Bukhari no. 24 and Muslim 36 [2] Muslim no. 37
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 75
THIS IS A FORM OF CHEATING AND DECEIT
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THIS IS A FORM OF CHEATING AND DECEIT
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I am an employee in a government service. I was given special papers for a medical examination. Other than the eye test, I went through all of the tests. For the eye test, I had asked one of my relatives to take it. Ten years have passed and I am still working in my job. What should I do?
Answer:
You are not allowed to deceive or to cheat, whether it is what you did for the eye test, or for anything else. You should inform your employer about what you did. If you have been performing your job properly, then - all praise is due to Allaah - the past work is correct. But you should not return to this kind of deception, you should ask Allaah Almighty to forgive you for your cheating.
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 83
STUFFING ANIMALS AND BIRDS
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STUFFING ANIMALS AND BIRDS
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By using a technique involving cotton, salt, and other materials, some people stuff animals and then put them up for display and adornment in their sitting rooms. What is the Islamic ruling for this practice?
Answer:
This practice is not allowed because it is a waste of money, and because it leads to being attached to this stuffed animal and believing that it has powers to ward off evil, as some ignorant people believe. Also, because it leads to people hanging pictures of living creatures, reasoning that the stuffed animal is like a picture, so they can think that they are following people who have stuffed animals. The Permanent Committee for Scientific Researches and Religious Verdicts, with myself heading it and participating in this ruling, has already promulgated this ruling.
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 157
TELEVISION
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TELEVISION
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Is it permissible to take pictures using a camera, to make a home-movie, and to watch television?
Answer:
It is not allowed to take pictures of beings that have souls, a rule encompasses cameras and other instruments, with the exception of pictures that are necessary, such as a passport or identity photo. There is no ruling for television itself, but rather for how it is used. If it used for what is unlawful - such as for music, for lies, for disbelief, or for licentiousness - then it is unlawful.
If it is used for what is good - for spreading the truth, for the recitation of the Quran, explaining the truth, for calling to good and warning against evil - then it is permitted. If it is used for both, and if the evil is equal or more than the good, then also forbidden. With Allaah is the facilitation to do what is right. May Allaah send peace and blessings upon Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 175
SHAKING WITH BOTH HANDS
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SHAKING WITH BOTH HANDS
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Is it permissible to shake using both hands?
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For a Muslim male to shake his brothers hand is permissible due to what has been narrated that proves that. As for a man shaking the hand of a woman whom he is not a Mahram to, then this is not allowed. As for shaking with both hands, we are not aware of anything in that regard, rather, it should not be done. It is better that it
Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 217
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