The prohibition on using non-Muslims’ utensils is not just because they may have been used on pork or some other forbidden substance. The Qur’an says: “O you who believe, the idolaters only are unclean.” (9:28) So Fazlullah Mumtaz advises Muslims who have to use non-Muslims’ utensils to wash them seven times first, which is also what Islamic law prescribes for using something that a dog has licked.
As for moving to non-Muslim countries only purposes of dawah, what is noteworthy is that this idea has absolutely zero presence in the immigration debate. No one would dream of trying to determine whether or not Muslim immigrants are coming to the United States in order to subjugate and Islamize it. Even considering the possibility would be “Islamophobic.” So many Muslims are here to do just that? There is simply no way to know.
“Published On Facebook, Fatwas (Religious Decrees) Issued By Afghan Islamic Scholar Dr. Fazlullah Mutaz [sic] Prohibit Afghan Muslims In The West From Integrating With Non-Muslims,” by Ahmad Ahmadi, MEMRI, August 25, 2026:
Through a series of fatwas (Islamic religious decrees) published on his Facebook wall, Aghan Islamic scholar Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz advises and regulates the lives of Afghan and other Muslims living in Western countries, such as Australia, the U.S., and Europe. A fatwa – issued in response to a query – is an Islamic legal opinion followed by Muslims. Devout Muslims obey such fatwas….
Fatwa Warning Muslim Men Against Marrying Jewish And Christian Women In The West–”The Muslim Man May Not Have Authority Over This Woman And May Be Influenced By Her Religion, Meaning That He May Be Led Toward Unbelief”
On August 14, 2026, in a Dari-language post on his Facebook page, Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz discusses the disagreement among Islamic religious scholars over whether Muslim men may marry women from the Jewish and Christian faiths. He first presents the view of the majority of the four Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence, which consider such marriages permissible under certain conditions: the woman “must genuinely adhere to Judaism or Christianity,” be chaste, and “not be in a state of war or hostility toward Muslims.”
Mumtaz then presents the opposing view attributed to Abdullah ibn Umar, Ibn Hazm al-Zahiri and some other Islamic scholars, who consider such marriages prohibited because Jews and Christians are regarded as polytheists. He also mentions a third view, attributed to Islam’s second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and some jurists, that such marriages are “makruh” (discouraged or disliked).
Mumtaz then states that many contemporary scholars view such marriages impermissible under current circumstances in European countries. He writes: “A large number of contemporary jurists do not consider this marriage permissible under the current circumstances in European countries.” He cites the Hanafi jurist Ibn Abidin as considering it “makruh tahrimi,” meaning strongly disliked and approaching prohibition, because of the potential risks to the Muslim man’s faith and family….
Fatwa Against Living In Non-Islamic Countries – “Living And Residing In Non-Islamic Countries Is Prohibited And A Major Sin For Those Who, As A Result And Consequence Of Ibahah, Fall Into The Trial Of Irreligion, Lose Their Religion”
In this Pashto-language fatwa published on August 8, 2026, Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz states that living in non-Islamic countries is prohibited for Muslims when the permissive social environment causes them or their families to lose their religion, faith, and beliefs.
He writes: “Living and residing in non-Islamic countries is prohibited and a major sin for those who, as a result and consequence of Ibahah, fall into the trial of irreligion, lose their religion, faith and beliefs, and for whom acceptance of non-Islamic countries comes at the cost of their faith.”…
Fatwa Allowing Residing n Non-Islamic Countries For Dawah (Call To Embrace Islam) – “Living And Residing In Non-Islamic Countries Is Mustahabb [Recommended] And Carries Reward, Provided That The Muslim There Has The Ability To Conduct Islamic Dawah, Spread Shari’a Rulings, And Convey Religious Messages”
In this fatwa, published on August 8, 2026, Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz argues that living in non-Islamic countries can be recommended and even become a collective religious obligation when a Muslim’s purpose is to conduct Islamic dawah (call to embrace Islam), teach shari’a rulings, and preserve and spread religious knowledge among Muslims living there….
Fatwa On Using Cooking Utensils Used By Non-Muslims – “It Is Preferable That A Muslim Does Not Use The Cups, Plates, Bowls, Pots, And Other Utensils Of Non-Muslims In Which Non-Muslims Eat And Drink”
In a fatwa published on July 24, 2026, Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz responds to a question from an Afghan living in South Australia about using public electric barbecue grills where pork and other types of meat are cooked.
Mumtaz advises Muslims to avoid using utensils and cooking equipment used by non-Muslims, stating: “It is preferable that a Muslim does not use the cups, plates, bowls, pots, and other utensils of non-Muslims in which non-Muslims eat and drink.”…
Fatwa On Women’s Beauty Salons And Providing Makeup For Unveiled Women – “Women Should Not Be Beautified In A Way That Makes Them Resemble Men; Women Should Not Imitate Non-Muslim Women In Their Appearance”
In this fatwa dated July 24, 2026, Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz responds to a question from a Muslim woman who owns a women’s beauty salon. She explains that both hijab-observing and unveiled women come to her salon, and that she is comfortable serving the hijab-observing women.
Her concern is about providing makeup, hairstyling, and haircuts to unveiled women, particularly women who work in television, media and film production, and whether she shares responsibility for the sin when those women appear in public before non-mahram men. Mumtaz gives a strict ruling against providing beauty services to unveiled women when he considers the services to contribute to immodesty or immoral activities….
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