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Dr. Hatem Al-Haj
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Professor of Fiqh at Shari`ah Academy of America
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General Fatwa Session
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Wednesday,Aug 12 ,2009
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Makkah
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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.
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walid
- United Kingdom
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student
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Volume 8, Book 77, Number 611:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. 'O Adam! You are our father who disappointed us and turned us out of Paradise.' Then Adam said to him, 'O Moses! Allah favored you with His talk (talked to you directly) and He wrote (the Torah) for you with His Own Hand. Do you blame me for action which Allah had written in my fate forty years before my creation?' So Adam confuted Moses, Adam confuted Moses," the Prophet added, repeating the Statement three times.
Sheikh could you plz give commentary on this hadith?
May Allah save us from Hell and make us enter Paradise without punishment at all Ameen.
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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.
Qadar is not to be used as an excuse for wrong-doing, and ýthis is not how Prophet Adam (blessings and peace be upon ýhim) used it.
However, once one repented, he is not to be ýfurther blamed. Qadar may be used then not to justify the ýinfraction, but to explain the affliction, and allow those ýwho repented to move forward and not be haunted by ýtheir past mistakes. ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Ayaz
- India
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As salam alaikum
Dear scholar please answer my two questions...
1. Is salath valid in front of a mirror?
2. Can I read Qur'an on internet without wudu'?
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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.
Given that the person will be praying to Allah, Salat is valid ýin front of the mirror. Yet, it is detested since it will cause ýyou distraction. The same will apply to any cause of ýdistraction.
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You may read Qur'an on the internet without wudu'. ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Mosatafa
- United States
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Dear Dr. Hatem, could you please tell me when will Ramadan start in the USA? Also, can we follow the astronomical calculation?
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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.
Firstly, this is a controversial matter, and there are various opinions in this regard. ýIt is rather hard for Muslims without political unity (may Allah grant it to us) to agree on ýa position. It is prescribed for the Muslims as individuals and organizations to do their ýbest in minimizing the disagreement and its consequences on their respective ýcommunities. The unity within the same masjid takes precedence, then within the same ýtown…etc.ý
As for the organizations that follow the method of calculations, ISNA already ýindicated that Ramadan shall start on Saturday, the 22nd of August.
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According to the position I hold, which is to consider calculations, only when ýcertain, and only in negation, not affirmation, it is not yet possible to determine the ýbeginning of the month until the sighting is done on the eve of the 30th of Sha`ban/ 1st of ýRamadan. This is due to the following statement of the Messenger of Allah: “Fast ýwhen you see it [the new crescent] and end your fasting when you see it, ýand if it is cloudy, complete the month [of Sha'ban] to be thirty days.”ý
I would recommend you to follow with the local masjid. That is ýanother opportunity for us to connect with our local communities, for that ýis essential for all Muslims, particularly those living as minorities. ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Nura
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Respected Scholars, Assalaam alaikom wa rahmat Allah wa Barakato!
I want to know are Islamic swimsuits allowed? I've come across some websites selling them, do they meet the criteria for Muslim hijab?
Here are links to such swimsuits.
http://www.ahiida.com/index.php?a=results&subcat=65
http://www.primomoda.com/clothing-store/home.php?cat=1
Thank you so much!
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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.
In general, the woman should cover her entire body, save the hands and face (according to the majority), with a garment that is wide enough to conceal the form of her body (silhouette) and thick enough to conceal the color of the complexion. In front of women, she may need to cover her body with a similar garment except for what ordinarily appears of her at home, such as her legs (not the thighs), her arms and the head and neck as well as some of the chest.
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Can a woman get pure vaginal discharge in sleep that only breaks wudu or is every wetness she gets in sleep mani and she must perform gusl?
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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.
She should be able to tell them apart. Whatever she gets during the day without sexual excitation ýis her vaginal discharge. If she gets a similar discharge at night, she should treat it as her pure ýdischarge. According to the stronger position, the vaginal discharge is pure.ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Katarina
- France
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Dear Scholar,
I wonder if injecting insulin invalidates fasting and if it thus should be avoided. If so what can a diabetic person do to gain some of the benedictions of fasting during the month of Ramadan?
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Injecting insulin doesn't invalidate fasting. That is the position of the vast majority and the Fiqh assemblies as well, including the one belonging to the OIC.
The diabetic who is capable of fasting should observe his physician's instructions with regard to the insulin adjustments. The one who is incapable, shall not be deprived of the reward for he was willing to fats had he been capable. Al-Bukhari related the following hadeeth from the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him):
“If a person becomes sick or travels, the reward of what he used to do when he was healthy and not travelling will be recorded for him.”
He also related from him (blessings and peace be upon him) to have said, "He who intends to do a god deed, and doesn't (out of incapacity) shall have it written for him as a full good deed".
It is advisable for that patient to capitalize on all other gates of goodness in Ramadan, such as the recitation and contemplation of the book of Allah, the night prayers…etc. He will also need to feed a poor individual a meal per each day he was not able to fast. There is no make up for him, since Diabetes is a chronic disease.
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Jamal
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Assalamu-alaikum.
My question relates to the holy month of Ramadan.
It is my understanding that due to the length of the Islamic year, Ramadan appears to happen about 10 days earlier every solar year. In all places on the Earth other than the equator, this means the time we must fast each day gets shorter or longer (as sometimes Ramadan falls in the summer, sometimes in the winter etc). The greater the latitude, the greater the time difference. So for someone in Norway for example, the difference can be quite extreme. They could experience extremely long days in the summer, and extremely short days (and therefore fasting periods) in the winter. However, for someone at the equator, sunrise and sunset are at 6am/6pm every day of the year. So no matter what what time of year Ramadan falls, they will always fast for 12 hours. In addition, someone at the poles for example would experience daylight for many days in one go, or complete darkness for a few days too.
What is the consequence of this for fasting? Would a Muslim on the North Pole have to fast for days at a time? And wouldn't there be a significant difference in the length of time a Muslim in London has to fast, than someone in Mumbai for example?
I understand one of the main principles of fasting is discipline. But doesn't it go too far when someone in the UK for example must fast from 2am until 10pm in the longest days of the summer?
I am currently only 18 years old, and this is the first time in my life I have experienced Ramadan this time of year. I've never noticed fasting becoming this hard before. This year, I am worried I may begin to lack the motivation and resolve to continue as I have always done, and just give up.
I normally thoroughly enjoy Ramadan and even miss it once it has finished. However, now I find myself even dreading this time of year.
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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.
In places where there is no day or night, the Muslims will ýfast according to the times of the closest city that has day and ýnight.ý
For those who find it incapacitated by fasting during one of ýthose days with long hours, and it is truly so (Allah is the best ýobserver), they are allowed to break their fast and make that day ýup at some other time of the year, for Allah doesn't burden souls ýbeyond their capacity.ý
Allah said what means:ý
ý"Observing Sawm (fasts)] for a fixed number of days, but if ýany of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be ýmade up) from other days. And as for those who can fast with ýdifficulty, (e.g. an old man), they have (a choice either to fast ýor) to feed a Miskin (poor person) (for every day). But whoever ýdoes good of his own accord, it is better for him. And that you ýfast is better for you if only you know." [2:184-Mohsen Khan] ý
Dear brother, do your best and you will find Allah to be ýthe best helper and the most fair. ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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sonu-
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I apologize for the question in advance. One of my friends mentioned it is bad to turn and look at your own pooh in the toilet or spit on it. It will cause one to loose one's memory. Is there any basis for this?
Thanks.
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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.
For one who is interested in clarification, and keen on ýlearning, such questions are never offensive. May Allah reward ýyou.ý
There is no basis for such concept. However, I am not ýsure, why would one need to do any of that for no reasonable ýcause. The Muslim is observant of proper etiquettes, and has a ýpure heart, mind and body. The messenger of Allah said, "Allah ýis beautiful and He likes beauty; generous and He likes ýgenerosity, and Allah likes nobility and dislikes triviality." ýReported by al-Baihaqi and others with different wordings.ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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shayma
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Dear Scholar, Assalam aleikum varahmatollahi vabarakatoho. Does Islam approves it if a citizen of a country, where the government as well the majority of the population is non-Muslim, dedicates his life to serve his countrymen (who are non- Muslims) out of patriotism, while the minority Muslim community is oppressed there? I know that according to Islam, saving one life is equivalent to saving whole humanity but is his attitude fair that he's striving hard for the love of his country (or humanity, in general) while his brethren in faith are neglected in the same land and perhaps oppressed too? What if the ordinary citizens, for whom he's striving so hard, send curses on the noble companions of the Prophet? Can he dedicate his life for such people as he regards his sentiments as feelings of patriotism and humanity and nothing more than that? To be specific, can a Sunni Muslim belonging to Iran fight for freedom and human rights for his shia countrymen (we all know about the atrocities on ordinary Iranian citizens by the strict pseudo Islamic regime there) who send curses on our noble and dear Sahaba? By helping these people who send curses on Sahaba (as an act of worship) is he betraying his faith and his Muslim brotherhood? Can he dedicate his life for his country and countrymen (who curse the noble Sahaba) just for the sake of humanity? Or will he be a sinner to do so? Kindly help to solve this confusing and disturbing matter.
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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.
The Muslim gives all allegiance and deliberate love (vs. the ýnatural love one feels for family and people who are kind to ýhim) to the source, the creator of all things, which is his Lord, ýAllah. Then, based on people's distance from and proximity to ýHim, he will decide how much of his allegiance and deliberate ýlove he will allocate to each individual and group.ý
Being good to one's country is a wider manifestation of ýbeing good to one's neighbors. However, that shall never, for a ýtrue Muslim, supersede his allegiance to his Lord and His cause ýof good and justice. ý
The cursing of the Sahabah is an enormity, and there is a ývery respected position within Ahlul-Sunnah that the cursing of ýAbu Bakr and Omar and accusing them of disbelief amounts to ýmajor kufr.ý
For the sunni Muslims in Iran, it would be expected to ýsupport their country against aggression from a non-Muslim ýcountry. After all, it is a matter of measuring the distance, and a ýMuslim, is closer to you than others, even if he is an innovator.
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To work for the cause of justice and the God-sanctioned ýhuman rights in any land is working for the cause of Allah, and ýwill improve the conditions of all, including the Muslims. ý
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Hashim Rasool
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Commerce Student
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As-salam-u-alikum.
Q.1.Does our religious acts affect our worldly dealings?
FOR EXAMPLE,
One of my friends started a new business against the consent of his father. He insisted & in order to make him happy his father invested a money in business. Soon he suffered a great loss in business & the whole business ruined. Now he believes that this loss is due to disobedience to his father.
My friend's father died last year. Now my friend believes that his father died in a tender age of 40 as he used not to offer salah. So ALLAH punished him.
What does ISLAM say about it?? Is my friend right?
JAZAKALLAH.
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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.
Yes, the obedience of Allah is our way to prosperity in both lives; Allah says, "Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)." (16:97)
The Messenger of Allah said, "He who likes his provisions increased and his life extended, let him join the ties of kinship." (Agreed upon)
If your friend convinced his father, who contributed to the business, then his loss may not be related to the initial conflict. As for friend whose father died, he may have died for various reasons, but whether we live a long or short life, the blessing of that life is contingent upon our commitment to Allah. Imam An-Nawawi died at a comparable age, but no one can doubt his blessed life and great contributions.
Allah Almighty knows best.
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Aqdas Shaikh
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Business
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Salam.
Q.1. Is there any hadeeth regarding the issue that offering salah with folded trouser & sleeves invalidate the salah??
Q.2.What should we do when we have two opposing opinions regarding a religious issue?? Whom should we follow?? Should we follow that one which seems to be valid to our heart??
JAZAKALLAH.
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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.
The hadith is about the prohibition of the act of gathering and folding the hair and clothes during the salat. Al-Bukhari reported from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) to have said, "I was commanded…and not to fold the hair or garment."
The scholars agreed that it is disliked when there is no need to do that. You should not fold your clothes for the salah and let your body, hair and clothes, all prostrate with you. If you have your sleeves rolled up already before the prayer, you don't need to change that or unroll them.
The hadith doesn't talk about the invalidation of the salat.
As for the religious opinions, listen to the various arguments and seek the position that is best supported by the revelation (the Book of Allah and sunnah of His Messenger). If that is not attainable due to the complexity of the matter at hand, follow the scholars whose knowledge and religious commitment you trust the most.
Allah Almighty knows best.
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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.
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Yours,
Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk.
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