📩 The Question:

I prayed Witr and then sat waiting for the Fajr prayer. After the adhan of Fajr was called, my menstrual bleeding began and I wasn’t able to pray Fajr. What is required of me in this situation?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by the Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him.

There is no making up upon her, because she was afflicted with menstruation before she was able to perform the prayer. It is obligatory upon her to leave off prayer and fasting, as Allah, the Majestic and Exalted, has commanded. There is no sin upon her and no negligence.

Rather, even if she delayed the prayer a little — such as being busy in her house preparing food, for example — so she delayed Ẓuhr until half of its time, for example, then the blood of menstruation came to her, there is also no making up upon her. Because it is permissible for her to pray at the beginning of the time, its middle, or its end. No negligence occurred, and there is no making up upon her, and no sin.

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Winter Has Arrived — Remember Your Displaced and Needy Brothers and Sisters in the Cold!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

A Warning Against Reciting the Qur’an at Graves: Reviving the Prophetic Sunnah in Visiting the Graveyards!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

The Righteous Wife: A Light That Lifts Darkness, A Smile That Softens Sorrow, and the Queen of the Household!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

My dear brother and sister,

Imām Aḥmad narrates in his Musnad from the ḥadīth of Ḥārithah ibn Mughirah who said: “I entered upon Khabbāb, and his shroud was brought to him. When he saw it, he wept and said: ‘But Ḥamzah was not found with a shroud except for a single cloak; if it was placed over his head, his feet were uncovered, and if it was placed over his feet, his head was uncovered. So it was spread over his head, and idhkhar grass was placed over his feet.’”

What a moment of humility and remembrance! Khabbāb wept — not for himself, but remembering a brother who died for Allah’s sake with barely a shroud to cover him. Such was the depth of their gratitude, that even at the moment of death, their eyes saw blessings where others would see loss.

When you remember the deprivation of others, the blessings of Allah shine brighter before your eyes. If your meal displeases you, remember the one who dreams of a dry piece of bread. If you are upset with your child’s grades, remember the one whose child suffers illness or loss. If you belittle your wife, recall that millions yearn for what you possess. And if you resent your job, remember the one who prays daily for a chance to work.

We are drowned in blessings, yet blinded by our ingratitude. The issue is not that we lack blessings — it is that we lack adab (refined manners) with the One who gave them.

So look around you with the eyes of thankfulness, and your heart will find rest. For gratitude magnifies every small gift, while heedlessness makes even abundance feel empty. The more you remember those deprived, the more you realise how rich you already are — and how generous your Lord has always been.

A Warning Against Reading and Believing in Horoscopes: Beware of This Modern-Day Fortune-Telling!

Shaykh Aziz Farhan Al-Anizi حفظه الله

The Magnificent Virtue of “Lā ilāha illa Allah”: Elevation in This World and Everlasting Honour in the Hereafter!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

📩 The Question:

I am a married woman, and when we eat as a family, I am required to mix and sit with my husband’s brothers. My husband’s father refuses to allow us to sit separately, and it has become very difficult for me. What is the ruling on this situation?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by our Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him:

It is obligatory upon them that the woman be screened from his brothers, for the husband’s brothers are not from the maḥārim. She must be screened from them. In the two Ṣaḥīḥs, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir — may Allah be pleased with him — that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Beware of entering upon women.” A man from the Anṣār said: O Messenger of Allah, what about the in-law (al-ḥamw)? He said: “The in-law is death.”

And al-ḥamw is the close relative of the husband — his brother, or his paternal uncle, or his maternal uncle.

His saying “the in-law is death” means: there occurs in it trials, and death is better than that — or: it should be avoided just as death is avoided — or: he should be warned of him just as one warns against death.

For carelessness may occur, and Satan may whisper, and he falls into the unlawful. So it is obligatory to screen the son’s wife from the remaining sons.

As for the matter of them gathering upon food, the women should gather together by themselves, and the men by themselves. Let the women be separate, and the men separate. And they must fear Allah, and give precedence to the Sharʿī evidences — and in that is the life of the hearts:

“O you who believe! Do not put yourselves forward before Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.” [al-Ḥujurāt 49:1]

“It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter, that they should have any option in their decision.” [al-Aḥzāb 33:36]

So the believer has no choice after the command of Allah, the Most Glorious and Exalted:

“But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muḥammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.” [al-Nisā’ 4:65]

“The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, is that they say: ‘We hear and we obey.’ And such are the successful.” [al-Nūr 24:51]

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📩 The Question:

Do the hair-grips or hair-clips that women place on their heads enter into the saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in describing the blameworthy women: “their heads are like the humps of tilted camels”?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by our Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him:

If she places it on the top of her head such that its largeness appears, then yes — they enter into the ḥadīth and into the blame. But if she places it behind her head, or on her neck at the back of the head, then it does not enter into that. And Allah knows best.

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📩 The Question:

Is a woman driving a car prohibited?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by our Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad bin Ḥizām al-Baʿdānī — may Allah preserve him:

As for prohibition, it is not said that it is prohibited. However, she exposes herself to temptations, and she exposes herself to matters that may harm her. She exposes herself to the causes of fitan. So the advice is: to leave it and stay away from that. And she will need to uncover her face, or speak with men, and draw attention to herself. And also, driving cars exposes her to the possibility that she may encounter some matters which require the strength of men — such as repairing the car, accidents, and other matters. So the advice for women is: that they stay away from that. And Allah is the One from Whom help is sought.

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The Modern Plague of Lying on Social Media: The Major Sin of Spreading Lies About the People of Knowledge!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

If Cameras Were Watching You: You’d Be Mindful of Every Action and Word — So What About Allah Who Sees and Hears Everything!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

قال الشيخ سليمان الرحيلي حفظه الله
Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli, may Allah preserve him, said:

ثلاثةُ أدعيةٍ احرصْ على المحافظةِ عليها في آخرِ صلاتك فرضاً كانت أو نفلاً، ففيها سعادةُ الأبد،
Three supplications—be keen to maintain them at the end of your prayer, whether obligatory or voluntary, for in them is everlasting happiness,

فإنَّ الله إن غفر ذنبَك، ووقاك شرورَ الفتن، وأعاذك من العذاب، وأعانك على ذكره وشكره وحسن عبادته، وهبك سعادةَ الأبد في الدنيا والآخرة:
For if Allah forgives your sin, protects you from the evils of trials, shelters you from punishment, and aids you in His remembrance, gratitude, and excellent worship, then He has granted you everlasting happiness in this world and the Hereafter:

(اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بكَ مِن عَذَابِ القَبْرِ، ومِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ، ومِنْ فِتْنَةِ المَحْيَا والمَمَاتِ، ومِنْ فِتْنَةِ المَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ)
“O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave, and from the punishment of the Fire, and from the trials of life and death, and from the trial of the False Messiah.”

(اللَّهمَّ إنِّي ظلَمتُ نَفسي ظلماً كثيراً، ولا يغفرُ الذنوبَ إلَّا أنتَ، فاغفِر لي مغفرةً من عندِكَ، وارحَمني، إنَّكَ أنتَ الغفورُ الرَّحيمُ)
“O Allah, indeed I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You, so forgive me with a forgiveness from Yourself, and have mercy upon me; indeed, You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”

(اللهمَّ أعنِّي على ذكرِك وشكرِك وحسنِ عبادَتِك)
“O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You in the best manner.”

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