Question: What is the ruling on someone that is on life support; is it allowed to remove a person from life support? What about DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders? Answer: Verily the praises are to Allah, and may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon prophet Muhammed. Darul Ifta, the lead scholars of the world directed [...]
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Life Support and DNR
November 28, 2011
Shaikh Sajid
Prescribing Morphine.
November 28, 2011
Shaikh Sajid
Question: Is it permissable to prescribe morphine or Pethidin for patients? Is morphine a type of intoxicant (khamr) that is forbidden as medicine? Answer: Verily the praises are to Allah, and may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon prophet Muhammed. Generally speaking, medications such as morphine, etc. are not allowed because they are intoxicants (khamr), [...]
She is asking about Dyeing the Hair
November 21, 2011
Imam Faisal
Question: As salam alaykum wa raghmatulahi wa barakatuh, I look for information about the subject of to change the colour of hair. There is hadeeth that forbiddens us to dark our hair to black, there is other that say that we will not imitate to the people kufr…in all hadeeths they name the use of [...]
Ruling on Trick-or-treating
October 31, 2011
Imam Faisal
Question: is it haram to trick or treat Answer: All praise is due to Allah. May Allah reward you young sister for your noble question. You are doing the right thing by seeking knowledge. It is always good to get closer to our Ulema and love them very much. If you seek knowledge and follow [...]
Ruling on Different Types of Lizards
October 27, 2011
Imam Faisal
Question: I was listening to the first lecture on Fiqh of Purification and you said (or I heard it that way) in the Q&A session that lizards are Halal? Are they not so impure? I am sorry, it might sound like a weird question, but it was very surprising. Also Sunan Abi Dawood 3787 mentions [...]
