 |
|
|
|
Session Details
|
| Guest Name |
Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi
|
| Profession |
Imam of Calgary Mosque, Canada, and Former Professor at King Saud Univ., Saudi Arabia.
|
| Subject |
Fatwas on the Last Third of Ramadan
|
| Date |
Sunday,Nov 16 ,2003
|
|
Time |
Makkah
From...
17:30...To...
19:00
GMT
From... 14:30...To...16:00
|
| |
| Name |
Host
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
.
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Brothers and sisters, the session has already started. You can submit your questions. Please, make your questions short and clear so as to help us answer all your questions.
Yours,
Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk.
|
| |
| Name |
Muslim Sister
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
I am very distressed and would appreciate it if you answer my question as soon as possible. I fear that I may be divorced. My question is, is conditional divorce valid in Islam? I already read a conditional divorce fatwa in your fatwa bank but it didn't answer my specific case. So please can you help me.
My husband and I had a terrible argument last night and both our tempers were flying high.
At one point, I told him that I was going to leave the house there. He, then, told me that if I left the house I would be divorced. I was angry at him for threatening me of divorce but I also knew that I didn't want to be divorced. So I knew I wouldn't leave the house. However, I did go to the entrance hall. I adjusted the central heating there (As the house was cold). My husband then came into the entrance hall (which is enclosed but beyond our kitchen door) and told me that I am divorced because in his mind when he issued the conditional divorce, his intention was that if I proceeded beyond the kitchen door I would be divorced.
However, this is not what I understood when he issued it. That is why I made sure that I didn't step outside the house. Please help me brother and tell me if I am divorced. My husband thinks we are based on his intention (which he did not make completely clear to me but he says he knows his intention in his head). He then left the house after that and has not returned. He told me that unfortunately he cannot live in haram and he feels we are divorced. What is Islamic guidance on this? Please advise as soon as possible.
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
There are two issues I want to explain here:
1. Most of the phrases and expressions use for threatening one’s wife using the word of divorce fall under the category of “Oath” and not divorce. People want to swear but they think it would be taken seriously if they assert it by using the word of divorce, which is completely wrong. In this case, the person is to be checked and asked if he was just swearing or saying the word of divorce seriously. If it was just an oath, then he has to pay kaffarah for breaking the oath. If it is the second case, then it is counted as divorce.
2. In your case, if he was intending to divorce you, then he is the only one that can decide whether he means by the house the entrance hall or the kitchen. If he meant that you would be divorced if you went beyond the kitchen, his word of divorce would be effective and this is counted as divorce.
If this is the first or the second time, then you still have the chance to resume your marriage before the `iddah with no marriage contract, or with a new marriage contract if the `iddah passes.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Habiba
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
I wondered whether I can communicate with a brother during my `iddah. meaning not to mention marriage just to get to know each other etc. especially as it will be only via email. Could you please tell me if there is anything wrong with that?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
If you are in the `iddah, then you can discuss the matter in general with him, but not decisive or specifically. In all of your talks, you have to avoid khalwah, or being alone with him in one place. You have to avoid any emotional conversations. Using the e-mail would be allowed if you are serious about the issue and you are using the language that is accepted by Islam and custom. Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an: “Except if they would say something that is ma’roof, or good.” (Al-Baqarah: 235)
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Lamya
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
My husband is a pious man, he is an engineer, lately he joined a company that have projects in Hurgada and Sharm El-Sheikh, the projects is always building new hotels there. I am asking is supervising the building of hotels halal or haram because there are places there that he supervise their construction as parts of the hotels like disco halls or bars where some bad behavior might happen .
My husband told me that he only builds places that good men or bad men might stay in and that it's not his fault if some wrong behavior happened their citing examples that he is building flats in Cairo also that he can't guarantee who will stay in them or what will happen in them after selling them. Yet, I am afraid that the money which is his salary might be some sort of haram because of this. he says good people also go their and say their prayers and see god's great nature without doing anything wrong, I want your opinion, knowing that before this new job we were always in sort of bad life standard. May Allah bless your efforts.
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
The Muslim should be always a tool for the good and not the other way round. We are supposed to boost and encourage goodness and discourage and avoid evil and sinfulness. If the Muslim is not sure about something, he or she should avoid it as it is a doubtful matter. But this does not mean that we should consider anything as haram on this basis. We should only leave things that we are in doubt about and focus on things we are sure about.
As for a hotel, it can be used for halal and haram purposes. One cannot give a general ruling that it is haram just because it may be used in supporting what is haram. The ruling is that it is halal until proven haram.
But as for casino and disco, they are openly for haram things and it is haram for the Muslim to start something that is plain haram.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
zainab
- United Kingdom
|
| Profession |
student
|
| Question |
As-Salam`Alaykum. I would like to know how to perform prayer during the odd numbered days in the last ten fasts. What will you be doing insha'Allah?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
You should pray the Sunnah way. Pray two Rak’ahs at a time. Focus on recitation and meaning of what you read. Also take this opportunity to increase your knowledge about Islam so you can have better understanding of the Shari’ah. Moreover, increase your du’a’ and supplications in the last ten days of Ramadan.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Ahmed
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
How can I recognize laylatul-Qadr?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
As reported from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the sun will be bright and cool. But this may be also explained as someone will feel good from inside, as guided towards goodness and feeling happy with the straight path. Anyway, the bottom line is to do our job and hope that Allah SWT will accept our deeds.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
mushtaq
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
Are we allowed to backbit non-Muslims?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Backbiting is always an evil and bad thing to do, whether with Muslims or non-Muslims. The only exception for this would be if you are trying to warn the people from a certain type of evil that the person you are backbiting is doing and you want the people to be careful. Also, if you are backbiting for the purpose of reform and achieving certain maslaha (interest), then it is also permissible. Other than this, backbiting is not allowed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The Muslim is not supposed to insult or call people names.” This ruling is general for Muslims and non-Muslims.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
saira
-
|
| Profession |
student
|
| Question |
As-salamu `alaykum. May Allah bless you for your good work in educating people about Islam. Ameen. I would like to know how you would advise a menstruating woman to observe prayer in this most holy third of Ramadan in sha’ Allah.
|
| Answer |
Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
A menstruating woman is not supposed to pray. She can do the following:
1. Read as much as she can to increase he knowledge about Islam.
2. Make du’a’ and spend time making dhikr to Allah Almighty.
3. Listen to the Qur’an or read from her memory.
4. Watch Islamic programs or shows on TV or video to educate herself about Islam.
5. Attend religious classes to be always around the committed sisters.
You can also read:
How Can a Menstruating Woman Observe Laylatul-Qadr?
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Marwan
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
What are the duties of the Muslim in the last third of Ramadan in brief?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Some of the duties may be outlined as follows:
1. Purification of one’s soul from all sins and evaluating one’s actions to be always in accordance with the teachings of Islam.
2.Exerting much effort to elevate the soul by doing a lot of good deeds.
3.Acting seriously and using every minute to gain protection from the hell-fire.
4.Developing a sense of determination in one’s soul that he or she will be always fearful and mindful of Allah and to continue with this spirit after Ramadan.
You can also read:
Duties of Muslims in the Last Third of Ramadan
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
(Ustaaz) Ahmed Fazel
- South Africa
|
| Profession |
Islamic Research Scholar and webmaster for www.fatwa.org.za
|
| Question |
Are there proofs in the hadith regarding the making of taraweeh for females?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
We do not need any proof. We need proof for the exception. The hadith says: “Whoever performs taraweeh faithfully and trying to please only Allah will be forgiven his past and present sins.” This hadith is general in stating the hukm (ruling) for both men and woman. If you are trying to prove something, you prove the exception to the general rule.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
(ustaaz) Ahmed Fazel Ebrahim
- South Africa
|
| Profession |
Ustaaz Shariah Studies
|
| Question |
The sister who asked about conditional talaq. Can you relate her case to the ahadith relating to talaq in anger which some imams do not accept as valid due to the anger and the hadith in this regard.
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Yes, but only if the anger reaches the level of ighlaq or the state when someone does not recognize what he says. In this case, he will be treated like the insane.
Also read:
Divorce in a State of Anger
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Zaki
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
Can I lead the taraweeh prayer at home with my wife only and a young child? Or should I pray at the masjid myself and leave them home?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Yes, you can pray taraweeh at home with your wife and children. But you should also go to the mosque to enjoy the spirit of the congregation of Muslims. It is also a good idea to take your wife and your child with you to the mosque.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Taiba
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Question |
As-Salamu`Alaykum. Recently I have become attracted to a man in my university. I have only spoken to him once or twice, yet I feel a connection. He is a devout Muslim, so obviously our conversations have been halal. However, as I have become attracted to him I have decided to stay away from him, since I think he feels the same way. I wanted to know if this was the right thing to do. Is it haram for me to be thinking about him bearing in mind I would never act on my thoughts?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
There is no wrong or sin in thinking about him as long as you do not act on your thoughts by doing something haram. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made it clear that Allah Almighty does not hold us accountable for the thoughts that we did not acted upon or put into effect. Be always careful of the Shaitan as you will be whispered by him to go further than thinking.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Nureyni
- United Kingdom
|
| Profession |
postman
|
| Question |
When the jama’ah (congregation) at the mosque has already started someone is late and congregation is full up to/near the doorstep and its a storey building thinking, one may get some space somewhere and does not want to meet the jama’ah one pushes himself between the congregation and walks all the way across to the steps and either moves down or up? If you are in the congregation and one passes through like this can you stop him passing you by use of your hands?
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Someone should pray at the nearest empty place he finds. He should never push people or squeeze hard to go to a specific place. If someone is praying and another person passes through, while it is away from the place he makes sujood, then he should let him pass. But if he is passing through him and he was at the place where he makes sujood, then he should try to help him not to do something haram.
Allah Almighty knows best.
|
| |
| Name |
Editor
-
|
| Profession |
|
| Answer |
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Brothers and sisters, we are so sorry for not answering all your questions because the time is over. We apologize for any inconvenience. Do keep in touch. Join us in coming sessions.
Yours,
Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk.
|
|
|
|
| All Fatwas published on this website (Islamonline.net) represent the juristic views and opinions of eminent scholars and Muftis. They do not necessarily form a juristic approach upheld by this website. Click here to read Full Disclaimer. |
|
|
|
|
|
