Here is a non-exhaustive collection of textual evidence that Shafii jurists tend to understand to indicate a general-prohibition of depicting animate life: The Prophet ﷺ cursed those who depict living …
(As requested, here’s a collection of today’s “Fiqh for Muslim Keyboard Warriors” posts from Facebook.) Q. What is the status of accepting statements of people you like?A. A personal obligation …
Q. I understand that we are not supposed to bury more than one body in a single grave. What are we supposed to do when there are massive deaths, such …
Q. I cannot attend a janazah [Funeral Prayer] in my own city due to mandatory social distancing. I heard that you can do a janazah for someone who passed away …
A few interesting plague-related rulings from this morning’s reading. Qunut for Lifting the Plague Hanafis and Shafiis (following the official position) consider it recommended to perform the qunut supplication asking …
(n.b. The “Dear Nafs” series started on 5 February 2020. This covers everything up through 24 February 2020.) Dear Nafs: Realize that when your own teachers referred to you as …
(n.b. This article was originally written 21 years ago. It is reposted with minor corrections.) Rajab, one of the four sacrosanct months in the Islamic year, began only a matter …
Back in 2006–2008, I had a small blog called “Shari‘ah Perspectives” while I was in Cairo. I wrote most of the posts, with maybe 10% coming from a few friends. …
This article describing a pork-free “pork” mentions that the product is …gluten-free and designed for kosher and halal certification, looks strikingly similar to real pork, with its light pink hue …
The frequency that canned oversimplifications like “Islam always takes the middle position” “Truth always lies in the middle position” are now given as foundations or integral supports for arguments related …