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Ask About Islam – Answering…

Maen Khalifa
05 October, 2016

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

 

We are glad to conclude this Live Session on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

 

This session was dedicated to “Ask About Islam”; Br. Maan Khalife replied to general questions about Islam.

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Saturday, Oct. 08, 2016 | 20:00 - 22:00 GMT

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Salam, please how does one compensate for salat that one did not perform for unaccounted number of years. Is he going to be performing each salat twice or how?



Salam Dear Brother,

 

Thank you for your question and for joining our live session.

 

Our colleagues at the Fatwa Desk (Ask the Scholar) published this answer a while ago in response to a question similar to yours, and the following is an extract from their answer:

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Prayer is one of the most important obligations of Islam, being one of the five pillars of Islam. A Muslim should not miss any prayer; and all prayers should be performed in their appointed times. Allah says in the Quran:

 

“Indeed the prayers are enjoined on Believers at stated times.” (An-Nisa’: 103)

 

In a hadith the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

 

“Allah has made five prayers obligatory upon His servants. So whosoever will perform them and will not miss any of them out of negligence, he has the pledge of Allah that He will enter him in Paradise. And whosoever will not perform them, Allah has no pledge with him. If He wills He may punish him, and if He wills He may forgive him.” (Reported by An-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud and Ahmad).

 

Answering your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:

 

Salah is the most important pillar of Islam. It is in fact the first religious duty prescribed on every single prophet from Adam to Muhammad, second only to testifying the Oneness of Allah. Allah says, “Salah, indeed, is a duty enjoined upon the faithful at the appointed times.” (An-Nisa’: 103).

 

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) further narrates in a hadith Qudsi: Allah said:

 

“The covenant between Us and them is Salah; so whoever establishes it establishes religion; whoever undermines it undermines religion.”

It is therefore important that we never become slack in performing salah; if we miss any salah for whatever reason, we must pray it immediately without further delay. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

 

“Whoever oversleeps and misses his prayer or forgets to do it, let him pray as soon as he remembers it.”

 

In light of these and other evidence, the vast majority of scholars and imams are of the opinion that one must make up for all of the prayers one has missed in life, no matter how many they are. So according to them, you should make up for all of these prayers.

 

One of the best ways to do this—as has been suggested by one scholar—is to pray with each fard that you perform another fard in lieu of what you missed in the past.

 

Thus, for instance, before or after praying Zuhr, pray another four rak`ahs of Zuhr as qadha’, and pray another four rak`ahs of `Asr every time you pray `Asr; you should continue to do this until such time that you can be pretty sure that you have made up for all of the missed prayers.

 

I hope this helps answer your question.

 

Salam and please keep in touch.

Salam to the people who run this extremely useful site. Thanks very much as I have learnt a lot from it. My question may sound rather foolish but I need to know about it to satisfy my curious mind. I am a Muslim female but I don't wear hijab - not yet at least. When I attend religious talks or courses I do wear it, and to be honest I've grown to like it even though previously I felt very attached to my hair because it's a significant part of my physical appearance. My question is, what are the solid proofs from the Quran and hadith that it is absolutely obligatory for women? I hear what people tell me about it but I require actual proof because I don't believe in blind faith, and also because since my hair is very dear to me it would be a massive sacrifice to cover it. Jazakallah Khair. :)



Salam Dear Sister,

 

Thank you for your question and for joining our live session.

 

We would like first of all to also thank you for your kind words about our web site, and we are glad to receive your positive feedback, and hope that what we publish can be of use for Muslims in Singapore, and elsewhere around the world.

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The issue of hijab is one of the issues which has witnessed a lot of debate in recent decades. When in doubt, or when researching a certain topic in Islam, the best approach is always to go back to the two main sources for answers: The Quran and the Sunnah (tradition of our beloved Prophet).

In the Quran, Allah (SWT) says:
{O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.} (Al-Ahzab 33:59)
In another verse, we also read what means:
{And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms.} (An-Nur 24:31)
In the Hadith, Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, said to Asma’, the daughter of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them):
“O Asma’! Once a girl reaches puberty, nothing of her body may be seen (by non-mahrams) except this and these, (he pointed to his face and hands while saying so).”” (Abu Dawud)
For further readings on this topic and related issues, you may wish to check the following: Hijab… A Must, Not a Choice

 

I hope this helps answer your question.

 

Salam and please keep in touch.

Assalamu Alaykum, I live in a non-Muslim country in which there are no Islamic banking possibilities. It seems the population is too small to warrant any of the banks here to offer Islamic banking services. Is it permissible under such circumstances to resort to taking a loan to buy a house or car? Can you please let me know if there are any rulings on this matter? Also, is it permissible to sign up for a private pension insurance again under the circumstance that there are no Islamic alternatives? I have read on some other Islamic websites opinions which recommend the Muslim to move to an Islamic country or a country where there is Islamic banking. But this is not possible for everyone. I am quite worried, I know what we should avoid any non-Shari`ah compliant banking methods and I wish to avoid committing a sin by taking such loans. Thank you very much, Jazakum Allah khayran.



Wa Alaikum Assalam Dear Brother,

 

Thank you for your question and for joining our live session.

 

This is a common question that is often addressed to our Ask the Scholar desk. Please find their reply below:

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You are to be commended for your keen desire to follow the financial rules. We pray to Allah to make it easy for you to finance yourself and your family from lawful (halal) sources, amen.

 

Muslims can live in a non-Muslim country as long as they are allowed to practice the fundamental rituals of Islam.
If renting a house is not available, you can resort to banking mortgage providing that there is no Islamic finance facility available. As for insurance, it is permissible according to takaful (Islamic insurance). If that is not available, then insurance is permissible.

 

Responding to your question, Dr. Monzer Kahf, a prominent Muslim economist and counselor, stated:

 

As for the first question, Muslims who live in the West or non-Muslim country need not to move to any other countries unless the law prevents them from practicing the fundamentals of their religion. These are circumstances, economic and otherwise, that require many Muslim families to live in Western countries and they enjoy fair laws. The prohibition of riba (usury), like all other rulings of Shari`ah, is not intended to make life difficult, but rather to prevent injustice and make social life better and fairer.

 

The issue of housing and other necessities of life was discussed in several collective meetings of Shari`ah scholars and there are several Shari`ah opinions which conclude that decent housing, being a necessity for all families, can be obtained either by buying or renting and when one needs a residence, if renting is either not available or not suitable for financial or any other reasons, resorting to conventional banking mortgage is permissible provided there is no Islamic finance facility available.

 

The principle of necessity applies to all other matters. I believe that buying a car in Austria is not necessary unless it is required for work which is the main source of income (like plumbers who go from house to house with their load of tools and equipment).

 

Also housing may not be in some countries a real necessity if renting in decent areas is available at reasonable fares. What matters is that one should make his/her own judgment keeping in mind that the Questioner (Allah) is Most Knowledgeable.

 

Allah Almighty knows best.

 

I hope this helps answer your question.

 

Salam and please keep in touch.