Islamic Teachings: Disallowed Matters

Islamic Teachings:

Disallowed Matters

By Sheikh Muhammad Salih Al-Monajjid

Copyright S. Muhammad Salih Al-Monajjid 2004

Published by EBenShop Publishing at Smashwords

Contents

Introduction

List of prohibitions mentioned in the Qur’aan and Sunnah

Aqeedah (basic tenets of faith)

Tahaarah (cleanliness and purity)

Salaah (prayer)

The mosque

Funerals

Fasting

Hajj and udhiyah (sacrifices)

Trading and earning

Marriage

Matters pertaining to women

Matters of meat and food

Clothing and adornment

Diseases of the tongue

Etiquette of eating and drinking

Etiquette of sleeping

Miscellaneous

Introduction

Praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

We previously published a brief work entitled Muharamaat: Prohibitions that are taken too lightly, which discussed some of the various offences against Sharee’ah which may involve shirk and major and minor sins. Evidence for these things being prohibited was quoted from the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and real-life situations were described in order to explain clearly the different ways in which people may fall into committing sin.

There are many things that have been prohibited in the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and it is very important for the Muslim to know about them so that he can keep away from them and thus avoid earning the wrath and anger of Allaah or bringing about his own doom in this world and the next. So I thought of compiling this list of prohibited things, in accordance with the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): Religion is sincere advice (al-deen al-naseehah), and in the hope that it will be of benefit both to myself and to my Muslim brothers. So I have compiled what information I could from the Qur’aan and from the ahaadeeth classed as saheeh by the scholars who specialize in this field (relying mostly on the reports classed as saheeh by al-‘Allaamah Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani in his books). Topics are grouped according to the classifications used in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). I have not quoted every hadeeth in full, only the relevant parts. In most cases the reports include words which clearly indicate prohibition (such as Do not…), and I have explained the reason for the prohibition in some cases. I ask Allaah to help us to avoid sin and wrongdoing wherever it exists, visible or hidden,