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Live Fatwa (General Session)

Dr. Muhammad Salama
07 April, 2017

Dear Brothers/Sisters,

Thank you very much for joining us in this Live Fatwa session. We would like also to thank our guest, Dr. Muhammad Salama, for answering the questions directed to him. You will find the answers to your questions below.

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Suicide is haram in Islam..right? during Pak-india formation..many women were gang raped and murdered, their organs were chopped off. Some women committed suicide while some mothers killed their own daughters because of this fear..is suicide still Haram in that case? I mean women were left with two options, Suicide to preserve their modesty or to get molested and face a life worst than death. Even if she tried to self-defense then she couldn't hold it for long.



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

Committing suicide is an enormous sin. Almighty Allah says, “And you shall not kill yourselves. Indeed, God is ever merciful to you.” (An-Nisaa’ 4:29)

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says, “Whoever throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be in the Hellfire falling down into it wherein he will abide forever and ever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide forever and ever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his Abdomen with it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide forever and ever.”

 

Scholars are in agreement that no matter how hard is a circumstance for a person this does not justify committing suicide.

Rape is, of course, is very hard and painful experience for a woman. But still she may not commit suicide. She has the right to defend herself by all means and fight for the last breath; and if she dies in this fighting, her death is a kind of martyrdom.

May Allah protect all Muslim women.

Almighty Allah knows best.

As-salamu alaikum Rahmatullah I have a question regarding Pregnant women as we know Ramadan is approaching , what Islam teaching says should she fast as it is obligatory or she should consider that she can make up later. Please reply me. Zajakumullah hair.



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

With regard to the obligation of fasting in Ramadan on a pregnant woman,

If she feels well and strong enough to fast without any negative consequences, neither for herself nor her embryo, then she has to observe fasting, as she has no excuse.

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If she fears of any harmful consequences that may affect her or her embryo, then she may (in cases of necessity, she has to) break fasting and then make up the missed days later on.

Almighty Allah knows best.

I'm asexual and from what I can remember Islam believes that there are lots of little sins that lead up to a big sin. For relationships surely they would be haram as they lead to kissing, hugging, phsyical contact, then fornication. As an asexual person I wouldn't be led to fornication as I don't have sexual desires nor do I want to engage in sexual activity. Would this make relationships permissable as I would never be tempted into fornication?



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

 

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

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Asexuality seems to be a very problematic term, because it is more related to feeling. There is no litmus test to determine if someone is asexual. Even scientific researchers have differed whether it could be a sexual orientation.

 

Asexuality is generally defined as the lack of sexual attraction or the lack of sexual interest. But it does not mean inability to have sex. Some asexual persons may engage in sexual activities, despite lacking sexual attraction or a desire for sex, due to a variety of reasons, such as a desire to please romantic partners or a desire to have children.

 

Some asexual persons may engage in purely romantic relationships. This means that even if an asexual person wants to have a relationship without having sex, he may have sex to please the other partner.

 

But illicit sexual contacts are not the only reasons behind the Islamic strong restrictions that regulate interactions between members of opposite sexes.

 

Islam intends to build a community based on chastity, modesty and bashfulness.

 

Therefore, Islamic teachings have laid restrictions on the interaction between marriageable men and women to block all ways to evil practices.

 

Islam takes prohibitive measures and does not wait for evil to take place. Women have been commanded to observe hijab, which is much more than a head scarf; it is a lifestyle and a way of conduct.

 

Both men and women have been commanded to lower their gazes and not to look at members of the opposite sex except for a legitimate reason.

 

Unnecessary mingling between marriageable men and women is not permissible and any contact has to be within the Islamic guidelines in this regard.

 

All evil practices between men and women are results of neglecting such teachings.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

In the Quran it states in Surah Araf that: "That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs" (S 7: A 51) which apparently means that Allah will forget the disbelievers who rejected His signs. The root word used is nasi' (meaning forget in Arabic). This same word the Quran uses to mention forgetting of things by people in many other different places also. So what does it mean in the context of Allah and how do we reconcile it with our concept of Divine Knowledge. Also in Surah Maryam the Quran states that: (The angels say:) "We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between: and thy Lord never doth forget" (S 19: A 64) So basically here it is being said that Allah does not forget. The root word used here also is the same nasi' . So how do we reconcile this apparent conflict between these two verses and also interpret the meaning of 'forgetting' in the above context?



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

 

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

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Words often have different meanings and usages. As a general principle, the intended meaning of a word is determined by the context in which it is used, since the context provides essential modifications that more help us understand the intent of the speaker.

 

The Arabic word nisyan denotes forgetting, overlooking and negligence; and it is the context that determines the intended one. Nisyan in the sense of losing remembrance can never be attributed to Allah. It is even an excuse in the Shari`ah laws. On the other hand, neglecting and overlooking Allah and His commands deserve divine punishment and in recompense deserve negligence and disregard.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Salaam Alaykum, I just wanted to know about the meaning of the following hadith: In narration by Al-Bukhari and others: “Whoever abandons the ‘Asr prayer, his deeds of worship become void.” Does this mean all our deeds are annulled? Or deeds for that specific time? How are we to understand this hadith? Jazakallah



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

 

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

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This hadith bears serious threat for those who neglect prayers, in general, and `Asr Prayer, in particular. The hadith was thus quoted in support of the juristic view that regards those who neglect prayers altogether as disbelievers, which is a controversial issue.

 

However, even scholars who do not go with this point of view, still consider the hadith as a great warning against neglecting prayers and particularly `Asr Prayer.

 

In this course, one attempt interprets the hadith to mean that only the deeds of this day in which one neglects `Asr Prayer will be abolished.

 

Another attempt interprets the hadith to mean that this `Asr payer will not be accepted even if he prays it later.

 

According to a third point of view, if one habitually neglects `Asr Prayer and never prays it, all his good deeds will be abolished; but if this happens in a particular day, only the deeds of this day will be abolished.

  

Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalam alaicoum! Is it ok for my father (widowed) to marry mother of my husband (divorced)?



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

Yes. It is permissible for your father to marry your husband’s mother. There is no reason for prohibition in this case.

Almighty Allah knows best.

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