Just as the book states: ‘In fact the Ummah must embrace it and proceed with it because it is the only (al-waheed) party that manifests its idea...' So ‘Al-Wahdaaniyah' (oneness/uniqueness) whilst being tied to specific attributes, I find that they are specific to Allah the Lord of the worlds and that there is no other creation that is unique beside Him. Due to this I view that the wording ‘Al-Waheed'…

 that there is one fifth of al-Rikaz, and the question is: with respect to the forms and metals that have a specific significance or express a specific view about life such as: crosses, and statues that are manufactured from ivory, is it permissible to possess them if they were from al-Rikaz? Which means: selling them, benefitting from their costs, and then extracting a percentage of fifth from them?

The controversy here in Syria regarding the banner of Rasoolullah (saw) has increased, including the disagreements. One of the questions that were directed to the Islamic Authority of al-Sham on its website titled: "Is there a specific banner for Syrians to abide?" The following was mentioned in their response: "There is no reference about the Prophet Muhammad's (saw) war banners regarding color or shape.

 if it becomes clear to the fasting person that he made a mistake in sighting the moon, what shall he do? Is that not something of severity? And some who discussed this say that the fast based on the sighting of the hilal (crescent) is not practical, simply they attempt to sight the moon but can not sight it, or they disagree in its sighting which causes a problem! What…