Ibn ‘Abidin رحمه الله writes in his commentary on al-Durr al-Mukhtar: Khayr al-Din al-Ramli said: “If a female (under the care of her father) is (financially) independent from something like weaving and spinning yarn, her expenses are due from… Continue Reading
Question: Is hair transplantation permissible? Answer: Hair transplantation is a form of treatment for baldness. It involves taking hair follicles from parts of the body/head and attaching it to the balding area. Hair transplantation entails making use of detached solid… Continue Reading
Question Are a woman’s feet part of her ‘awrah? Do they have to be covered in ṣalāh? Answer According to the strongest opinion in the Ḥanafī madhhab, a woman’s feet are not ‘awrah and hence do not have to be… Continue Reading
Some people have the misunderstanding that the early Hanafī scholars whose books are in wide use today, like Shams al-A’immah al-Sarakhsī (d. 490 H), Malik al-‘Ulamā’ al-Kāsānī (d. 587 H) and Burhān al-Dīn al-Marghīnānī (d. 593), were unacquainted with hadīth.… Continue Reading
Bismillāhir Rahmānir Rahīm In the following, we will address a 9-page essay authored by Sheikh Hategekimana Hassan of Botswana called, “Perspective on Trimming/Shaving beard.”[1] Sheikh Hategekimana attempts to show that growing the beard is not a precept of religion or… Continue Reading
If the obligation of a non-mujtahid is only to follow, or make taqlid, of qualified mujtahids, why do scholars insist on the added obligation of restricting one’s taqlid to a single madhhab? The paper linked below addresses this question, providing… Continue Reading