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Live Fatwa (General Session)

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

 

Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017 | 20:00 - 22:00 GMT

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Hello Before I get to my question I would just like to let you know that I have dealt with serious waswas before, but I have always pulled though thanks to Allah.My Iman was good I was feeling closer to allah I started to read the Quran and was doing a lot of remembrance, I still got waswas but I still carried on. But suddenly I got waswas about the existence of Allah astagfuallah, I tried to ignore it but it was very strong I looked online for solutions and tried them but nothing worked I stated to feel my Iman slowly decreasing therefore, I felt like I didn't have the strength to fight back. I kept on praying I never stopped but now my prayers feel empty my heart feels empty I don't know what I can do to increase my Iman again. Even when I make dua I feel nothing at all and get this thought that Allah is not going to respond to me I try to keep my self sane my saying this is a test for all the bad things that I have done. But I don't feel close to allah anymore I have to keep reminding my self that there is Allah. I wake up in the middle of the night to feel distressed and I'm bombarded with these thoughts of doubt about Allah. I know that if you make dua you have to be sincere but I don't feel sincere. I feel my heart has been corrupted and hardened.My question is how do I get that feeling again and how does one know what if they have committed kufr .I read Quran and pray my prayers but I feel nothing, I want to believe sincerely I don't want to die in this state as I know what the outcome is. My heart is numb and I'm depressed. Please remember me in your duas and thank youPs: I am sorry if this is long and confusing. These thoughts are throughout the entire day not just when I'm praying or doing anything religious. And I used to get waswas about minor shirk and waswas about me being a hypocrite. But I feel really lost this time. Thank you



All thoughts of Waswasa are not to make you liable as long as you do not commit an act of Kufr.

 

Satan will always attack us in such ways of thought and don’t let such attacks lower your trust in yourself and in your ability to hold steadfast. My advice to you is the following:

 

1- Spend time learning the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

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2- Try not to be alone, keep companionship with friends that will remind you of worshiping Allah.

 

3- Perform as many prayers as you can in the Masjid.

 

4- Try to memorize new verses of the Quran.

 

 


AssalamuAlaykum My question are:(1a) In those following name which is correct? UTHMAN, OTHMAN, USMAN and USMAN(b) HUSSAIN, HUSSEIN, HUSAIN and HUSEIN?(2a) Dua or prayer which will help to understand anything immediately and get good pure knowledge? (b) Dua or prayer which help me to get Halal whealth immediately because i don't have enough money and i want do many thing but lack of money and jobless stoped me(3a) Dua or prayer which will help me to attract the girl whom i want fall in love with her beause even if i am talking to her she avoid me(b) Dua or prayer which will create my love on her heart and make her falling in love with me immediately because i love her too much WaAllahi.



1a- The closer to Arabic language is Othman

 

b- The closer to Arabic language is Hussain

 

2a- The verse from the Quran: “And say my Lord, increase me in knowledge.” (Taha 20:114)

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b- “O lord give us in this life Hashanah and in the Hereafter Hashanah and prevent us from Hellfire” (Al-Baqarah 2:201)

 

3a,b- There is no Dua for that. Stop reaching out to people who do not feel interested in you and look for a proper way to find another. The general Dua for that is: O Lord, to that which you have bestowed on me I am in need.” (Al-Qasas 28:24)


I plan to go to Egypt to marry and live. I am 54 yr old and a divorcee. We plan to marry the day I arrive. I have no wali guardian to stand with me so what do I do?



As an adult female or divorced or widowed, you can give the power of Wali to the Imam doing the marriage and he will marry you to your husband.


Asalam o alikum, recently I was told by my husband that he has said that he has divorced me. What his exact words were "first time in august 2015 and second time in July 2016 I said I divorce my wife (inserting my name here) in front of my girlfriend. I said this with the intention of divorcing you. My girlfriend was forcing me to divorce you and I had no choice but to say this." I wanted to ask you that am I still in his wife or have I been divorced? I mean can just saying that I divorce my wife verbally without any divorce papers and stuff leads to divorce and that too in front of some third person and only by saying this two times? What should I do? Should I leave him or is it still permissible for me to stay? Please tell me as soon as possible.



I need more information than that which was said. If he did not mean it or felt forced on it then it might not be applicable. Also, I apply the rule that a Bid`i divorce is also not applicable. Meaning if you were in your menstrual period or divorced was said after an intercourse between you and him even after few days then the divorce is not valid at all.


I enquired about emulate with a shaikh, I had seen my small niece wearing it and I was worried her mom might be sinning gravely. The shaikh said the following please let me know if its permissible. The shaikh response The use of a Ta'weez (amulet) is permissible as long as the person has the correct belief; that the Ta'weez can have no effect except with the permission of Allah Ta'aala and the actual doer is Allah.It is recorded in Mirqaat that the Sahaabah (RadhiyallaahuAnhum) placed Ta'weez on their children and Rasulullah (SallallaahuAlayhiwa Sallam did not forbid them from doing so.In Muslim it is mentioned that Rasulullah (SallallaahuAlayhiwaSallam) checked the Ta'weez of the Sahaabah and approved of it on condition that there is no Shirk in it.Bukhari and Muslim records that SayyidinaAnas (RadhiyallaahuAnhu) said that Rasulullah (SallallaahuAlayhiwa Sallam) gave permission for Ta'weez for Nazar (evil eye) and fever.Ta'weez is permissible on condition that the wordings are correct and it is free from any type of Shirk and Kufr.



Wearing Ta`weedh which includes haram things is no doubt haram and shirk.

 

Wearing Ta`weedh that has only verses from the Quran or authentic duaa’ from the prophet (peace be upon him) is of two views among scholars.

 

One view is that it is halal and nothing wrong with that as long as the person believes Allah the Almighty is the One in control of all matters.

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Second view, still haram because of the general hadiths that did not specify which is allowed or not. Also they said this will open the door for people to start including matters that are not allowed causing shirk.

 

I lean that it is better not to. My reasoning is that I feel people who are not even practicing will think that they only need to put such ones instead of themselves reading Quran making Zhikr etc.

 

In conclusion, if it is only with allowed things I cannot say it is haram but I prefer not to wear it.


My mom passed away a year ago due to chronic illness, cancer and disability. She couldn't fast and has fidya dues for some years, she did not leave any will that it be paid from her estate due to un awareness of this issue, I want to pay for her from my earnings n my siblings, though she passed away in uae I want to pay in Afghanistan her home country and calcute the rates of Afghanistan for fidya which sadaqa fitr rate of the respected countries that way it will b easy for me financially, I have inquired with a shaikh a Hanafi and he said I may do so since she did not leave a will and I can choose to pay in Afghanistan using Afghanistan sadaqafitr rate and one more issue is I have seen zakernaik say fidya can only be given in food staple not money according to authentic hadiths , I am a hanafi and in hanafi school u can money so I am confuse about this aswell . I want to know your opinions on this shaikh I have so much faith in this website n the scholars thank u please clarify for me this questions.I want to know is it permissible in my case or not and the second part can it be given in money since scholars like zakirnaik contradicts it thank you may allah bless u.all



I lean to the fiqh that incorporates real solutions especially when living in the 21st century. Imam Abu Hanifah has set real Fiqh solutions in such matter and he is one of the greatest scholars to be followed. So yes go ahead you can give it money based on the needs available.


Assalamu 'alaikum warahmatAllahuwabarakatu. In Islam, the Day of Judgement is the greatest proof that human beings and Jinn are free to decide how to conduct and carry out their lives, and they will receive verdicts on that day according to their actions in this world. With that in mind, how can we understand that Allah is testing us in this life purposefully? Does He in fact control some of the decision-making of beings on Earth? Or has He, from his infinite wisdom, set up the world in a way that the decisions of humans at any moment throughout history will cause us to go through hardships at times? JazakumAllahukhair



The purpose was set clearly in many verses of the Qur’an. Life is a test and our task as believers is to be filling into our own common sense purpose in life to serve the One Allah the Almighty whom we owe Him everything and that term is called worship.

 

To know that Allah is testing us purposely, look around you. Everything around you have a purpose to serve from wind to wood from rivers to bacteria and interestingly it all rotate around serving us humans!

 

So the question is: what is my purpose? Allah told you that the most honorable thing for you is to live a purpose not to things that were made to serve you like wealth, fame, power etc but rather to the One you owe him your existence.

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As far as to decisions, of course He the Almighty controls all matters of life including our decisions. But pay attention, that does not mean He the Almighty forces you on it but rather make it happen for you. You need God’s power and permission to do anything in life even moving your eyebrows.

 

So in short, think of you having a major store you built with shelves you made and merchandise you set. Then imagine you gave me 1000 dollars to shop. Now, anything I shop will be part of what you set in that store. I cannot shop something that you did not control and set. Now to Allah belongs the greatest example. He created this world and put good and evil in it and gave us our minds to choose. Whatever we choose is something already out there set by God, but we make the choices…


Assalamualaikum! I'm living in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. And this is a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. Muslims are in majority here and they want this place to be with Pakistan. People are fighting for their freedom with the Indian forces. Alot of youngistors have joined different Mujahideen groups. Meanwhile there are even more people who are working as police officials. As the police force is to maintain law and order in the state,they've to fight with the local people who come out in the streets pelting stones to them. Because the people here consider them as their enemies as they're working for the Indian government and fighting against the Mujahideen. Although majority of the policemen are muslims who are working with the Indian government only for their sustinence. Yesterday one of my friend(muslim policemen) was killed in a grenade attack which was carried out by the Mujahideen. And when the news came out in the social media, i saw majority of the people abusing him calling him a traitor, hell is waiting for him etc. My question is what does Islam say about this policeman taking all the situations under consideration?



In all conflicts that have to do with occupation, aggression or other forms of abuse especially that between nations and that decisions or fatwas in such matters shall incorporate bringing benefit and reducing or stopping harm, people should seek knowledge from the local trusted scholars who know the situation properly and are better equipped to answer such questions.

 

So my advice to you is to seek answer from the local trusted scholars who know better how to answer you insha Allah.


Assalam o Alaikum.... one person has put a story on his facebook timeline... In one hadith abudawood hadith no. 287..it is stated that " It is a stroke by satan".... however in science, some other explanation about menstruation has been given.... plz guide



The Hadith spoke about the special case of menstruation status of Himnah (may Allah be pleased with him) talking about the extra ordinary amount of blood and the time length of it. The prophet (peace be upon him) called that (Rakdah) of Satan. Looking at the Arabic linguistic meaning it relates to hitting firmly on the ground with feet.

 

Now Imam Khattabi considered this Hadith as a metaphor that the way Satan affected her mental status that she was confused in calculating its time and the amount and color versus the phases of the menstrual period that goes into. He said: “Satan confused the matter of faith, purity and Salat that made her forget her period and it is as is the effect of Satan in such matter was as strong one would hit the ground with feet.”

 

Some other scholars spoke about the physical ability of Satan to affect the human body and that is one of them.

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AssalamoAlaykom....Thank you for answering my question before regarding to my husband he divorced me then after a hour he touched me. I explained him about you're answer to me that he is still my husband. But he said he did touched me only cuz he likes to intimate to me , he don't have intention to get back to him as his wife. He said we do intimacy for only as his slave wife. He have no obligations or care for me. In short meaning is I have no right as a wife, I am only his Slave wife, coz he said he read a lot in Qur'an that is allowed in Islam the slave wife. Hope those scholars can give me a right explanation about my situation. That my husband treat me his slave wife, he don't give money for my food or for miscellaneous needed. He said he can give me only enjoyment in intimacy, no love or no support from him. I need an advise from those scholars understand my situation. May Allah bless and rewards for whom those read my question. Sukhran....



Slavery was never a call of Islam. Islam dealt with it as part of what was practiced around the globe. Islam made all rulings to reduce it, control it with ethical practices and see that it fades out.

 

Now, since people worldwide do not practice slavery anymore, Muslims should be pioneers in this and never practice it for it is inhumane.

 

If your husband made it clear that he does not see you as a wife and he only looks at you as a slave wife then you have the full right to go to a local judge and break the contract between you and him. A relationship between a male and female in Islam should be based on love, support, mercy, financial means not just intimate needs!

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To hate something that is evil is good. Does Allah hate his enemies? When Allah judged Shaitan, HE already gave him sentence of Jahannam in the Quran. Why would Allah do this to Shaitan unless he hates him? Allah also cursed Him. In the Quran it says that Shaitan was an unbeliever. To hate Shaitan knowing they are going to meet justice one day in my opinion is fine. What do you think? I am right or am I wrong? I know one should place more importance in one's own behavior Alhamdullilah. But Allah cursed Shaitan for his words and actions Alhamdullilah. Is it ok if I do the same thing since it is Allah's sunnah.



Allah hates anything of evil or bad things. The term hate was mentioned in the Quran in relation to the acts of hypocrites (9:46.)

 

It is His wisdom the Almighty to create Satan and make him the real test for humans to see who among us will stand next to the truth by Allah the Almighty or who will stand next to falsehood by Satan. Life is a test and our test is to keep close to the truth and stay away from evil.

 

Hating Satan, Kufr, bad deeds, evil actions or any sort of wrong doing is something normal to any Muslim. Allah the Almighty said in the Quran: “and He made Kufr, wrong doings and disobedience” 49:7. But I agree, as you said, one should focus more on how to do good deeds and be busy worshipng Allah the Almighty.

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Allah cursed Shaitan for being disobedient. He was an unbeliever. The reason I am asking is because I get a lot of Waswassa. I am schizophrenic and it is really hard to do something without these things insulting Allah, The Prophets, my family, friends etc What would you do if these things hurt you everyday. The only solution I have is to fight Allah's enemies by cursing them. I read Allah's names for example Muntaqim, Al-Qahaar, al-Adletc I also read a lot of Quran. It really helps Alhamdullilah. The reason I am asking you guys is because it goes against my nature to do these things. Allah sais in the Quran that sometimes you like a thing which is bad for you and sometimes you dislike something that is good for you. It is hard because it is the only way I can protect myself from them. Who wants to fight whole day protecting oneself whole day with Allah's consent. The biggest battles are fought by Allah's strongest soldiers mashallah and that with every difficulty their is relief. I am just very scared because of what it happening to me. I have never been a person that hates others. But Allah hates Shaitan. How else can you explain giving it a sentence of Jahannam before it's trail has evens started. Why would Allah punish Allah's enemies if hedid'nt hate them? Why would he curse Shaitan if hedid'nt hate him? What would you do, if you hardly had any peace from them? Ignoring them is futile. I hear them everyday. It's causes anxiety, depression and numbness and ones imaan gets tested everyday. What would you do to protect yourself from them? At least when I curse them, then I don't feel helpless . I defended myself Alhamdullilah.



There are all types of attacks that Satan launches on humans to deceive them from the truth. In the Quran, Allah the Almighty spoke of ways Satan pledged to do to cause people harm.  “And I shall approach them in front of them and behind them and to their right and to their left and you shall not find many of them among the grateful.” (Al-A`raf 7:17)

 

Now the best way to fight against Satan is to follow the path Allah the Almighty and His prophet (peace be upon him) taught us and none of such methods included cursing! As a matter of fact, the prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited us from cursing Satan as a way to attack him or a way to seek defense against him using foul words. In the Hadith, the prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Do not curse at Satan rather seek refuge by Allah.” Now if you are mentioning Satan and said the term (Al-La`n) which also is a form of curse that was set by God on him, it should be fine.

 

My point, instead of spending time cursing Satan even in the allowed way of saying: (La`anahu Allah), I would advise you to spend time making Zhikr, reading Quran, making Duaa’ and other forms of worship for that is most rewarding and better effective against Satan. Ibn `Abbas said: Satan is closing on the heart of a believer but when he remembers Allah, he retrieves.”

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Assalamu Alaikum I really just need some words of encouragement and support if anyone could spare. I just found out my husband has still continued to cheat on me even after family mediation. When I confronted him he denied it. Then I took his house key and told him we are done. In the days to follow he told two of my sister he doesn't want the marriage on separate occasions. After this I decided to take his belongings from the house and take it to my aunt. He was staying at his work place I was told by my family to block him and deny him entry into the house. Then a week later we had a family meeting and he said doesn't want the marriage. Since then he has said to me that he said it on all the occasions whilst he was angry and didn't mean to say that he didn't want the marriage. My parents have arranged for the divorce papers to be drawn up in my home country where we got married without our presence. My parents have insisted They are now completed.Both my and husband and I want to reconcile but my mum said if I do that I will be committing Haraam and she and my dad will disown me. She thinks my husband is just using me to stay in the country. My husband has tried talking to my family but to no avail.We have 1 year old child. I want my husband back but I don't want to sin. We have barely been married for 2 years. I feel like nothing was done to help us reconcile when he said he didn't mean the statement of not wanting the marriage. All I want to know is whether our marriage is valid?



There are two matters to be resolved in this relationship.

 

First, the validity of divorce itself, did it happen or not? Is it final with no return but with a new contract or is it Raji`i meaning he can return you without a contract. From your words, it did not say much about that and the husband must be consulted on it with a local Imam or judge. So I advise your husband to go to an Imam or Shari`ah judge and take a fatwa on exactly what to do after he explains the details of what he said.

 

If the answer was that the divorce was final and he cannot return to you but with a new contract, then you are to make the choice to do that or decide you are done with the marriage. If there was a chance to return you then advise your parents of the ruling and consult with them of how to handle that but your decision is yours free from influence from your husband or parents. Choose what is best for you and your family.

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Second, I am with keeping families together and avoiding divorce as much as we can. And after I read your words I can say that you still love and care for your husband but you are hurt from his actions.

 

My advice is the following. If the sin happened out of weakness, vulnerability or whatever other factors happening with your husband and you felt that he was sincere in repentance, willing to be with his family and take care of you and his child, then give him a chance.

 

But if he was just selling you sweet words, continuing in practicing Haram without repentance, carless about his liability, then I can see the point your parents are concerned about and may be it is better to step out from the relationship.

 

May Allah bring the best.


I am a service holder women. I gave birth my 2nd child at 19-09-2016 by emergency c section due to the less or no movement of my baby. He was born with congenital heart diseases with persistent pulmonary hypertension. Persistent pulmonary hypertension is a life threatening condition. He was in NICU for 14 days. When he became little bit better then doctor release him from hospital with advice and medicines. Doctor told me to be careful about his turning in blue colour. Me and my mother always feed him medicines. After 5 days,my mother feed him medicines,after a few minutes he cried and suddenly cried stoutly and turned to blue colour. Me,my mother and my father took him to the hospital with no delay. When he was in emergency room in hospital he was not breathing. The doctor tried and he breathed . They took him to NICU and after few minutes the doctor told us that an aspiration took place when we feed him medicines,then the cardiac arrest took place. Then again after a few minutes they told us the heart had been failed. My son is no more. After this I am suffering so much that I can express. Always I feel that it was my fault that I wasn't not careful when giving him medicines. It would not be happened if I were more careful. Losing my son is a great Greif for me and the guilty feeling is killing me. I always pray salat regularly and I always tried to be a good Muslim. What should I do? Was it my fault? How can I overcome this? I read so many hadiths about this. I listen various Islamic lectures in YouTube but many times I lose my controls and feel guilty feelings which is suffering me a lot. Please help me.



I ask Allah the Almighty to bring ease to your heart and grant you patience for the loss of your baby and insha Allah with such faith in you, Allah the Almighty will grant you higher places in heaven Ameen.

 

I would like to say two things.

 

First, the idea of blaming yourself for not being there or that medicine could have been given to him in a better way is a mere status of grieve from your conscious not a fact that it will change the Qadar or destiny set by Allah.

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No mom on earth can be with her kids 24/7. Family members like your parents, or the child siblings will always give you support like any other family. So do not blame yourself on a matter that in reality we know it is not possible.

 

The other thing, giving medicine by you or your parents is a normal procedure that has to do with the outside part of the baby’s mouth. From what I understood from your words it was the way the baby swallowed the medicine that affected his wellness and caused him to be blue. This matter neither you nor parents nor doctors hve the ability to control at all. It was his Qadar to go through such phase and ended up being with His Lord in Heaven insha Allah.

 

Second, the loss of a child is on one side very painful. The Prophet (peace be upon him) lost his child Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him) and for that he grieved, cried and felt the pain of loss. But at the same time he accepted Qadar and as a matter of fact the Prophet (peace be upon him) buried all his kids, all of them died before him young or old except for Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with him) died after him in few months.

 

At the Day of Judgment, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that kids who died under the age of puberty will go to Heaven with accountability for they are pure from sins. These kids will refuse to go unless the take the hands of their parents and enter with them to Heaven and Allah the Almighty will tell angels to allow them with their parents to Heaven.

 

I ask Allah the Almighty to grant you Heaven with all your family and give you Sabr, Ameen.


Asalam sheikhI was employed by one of my relatives in a company. Then I have stolen from them money and I kept it in an account as a saving money for future use. Then after about 4 yrs. I realised it was haram for stealing money from relatives, so I withdrew the money from the account and called the relatives, the owners of the money, and showed them openly without hiding single thing from him. And I told them this is your money that I have stolen from you. They accepted from me and they took it from me, but some amount that remained in my account and I told them to give me this remaining money so that i can use it. Its about 2000 USD and I was told its OK to take it since you returned about 7000 US Dollar. I took these 2000 and established a business. My question is: is this business halal or haram for me? Ssecondly, if its haram and I have to retuned it to the owners, should I return only 20000 or plus the profit that I gained?



If you had established the business before you told your relative about it, then yes it would be haram and that you should have told him about the business established and the income made from it and ask for forgiveness or return it to him. For stolen money used and income coming out from it is all haram.

 

But as I understood from your case, you kept the money as it was and you went and cleared your fault with him, returned some and kept some (with your relative knowledge and approval), then that money became more like a gift from him to you and it is cleared being halal insha Allah.

 

Based on that, the investment in it and making money as profit from it is Halal. And it should be fine.

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Now, I suggest, for the wellbeing of your conscious that when you save enough money to even go back and offer him the 2000 dollars one more time and that if he refuses to take them as he forgave you before and had given you the amount with clean heart, ask him to donate it for the poor and needy.


As-salamu aleykumI wanted to ask you if you know any concept in Islam like the state of "Flow" in Asian philosophies? I have researched a lot in the field of self development and came to a certain point where I thought to myself to accept me and all my flaws and strenghts. Basically, to accept what Allah gave me. Then I stumbled about the same thought in Asian philosophies which teach that the human being is happiest and most authentic when he is not constantly in his head but in state of acceptance and independence from external stuff like status, money, women, and so on. I am searching for a way to integrate this in my religiosity. I don't know if there is a concept like this in Islam (or maybe some better way to achieve this state or even a higher one?)I struggle with having fun and sharing fun with other people. I have started practicing Islam about 3 years ago without missing any prayer, fasting day or giving zakah. But still, most of the time I am in a state of sorrow because I am very bad in socializing with people. I go out a lot with friends, book clubs, the university and so on, but I still don't get the basics of communication and I tend to get into trouble with strangers. Some friends even told me that I have some kind of aura which attracts people to beat me up or pick on me. Luckily, I can defend myself from most people physically but verbally I often say nothing and have struggle speaking my mind.I kindly ask for your thoughts.Barak Allahu feek



The idea in believing in your self is a matter that was taught to our own beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) from the very beginning of revelation. When angel Gabriel told him to read three times and he was answering in the genuine status of what he thought of himself (peace be upon him): I know not how to read!” But then the angel told him what to read so he can follow in the verses.

 

When he went to his wife Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with him) and told her he was concerned about himself and what people would think of him, she (may Allah be pleased with her) told him lots of good words of support and that if there is a prophet to be sent he is the potential one.

 

The verses that were revealed later on him (peace be upon him) chapters 73 and 74 (Al-Muzzammil) enwrapped messenger and (Al-Muddathir) mantled messenger , both chapters taught the Prophet (peace be upon him) how to believe in himself and in the mission he is about to take on.

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With such examples from the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him), I can tell you, all our faith and religion is about having faith in your abilities to establish matters of goodness in our life and that is the idea of the term (Takleef) or liability in Islam is built on.

 

On another note, take for example the Hadith of the prophet (peace be upon him) that relates directly to your case: “the believer who socializes with people and handle in patience their harmful (matters) is better and closer to God than one who does not.”

 

With this being said, seeking knowledge of how to improve yourself with such skills by learning the Seerah of the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him) is a great thing to do. Also, there is nothing wrong seeking professional help from psychologists that can give you some tips on particular areas of methods of self-confidence, social skills etc.

 

Wish you the best.


Hello! My questions are below:1- If I am at school and I notice madhiy (pre-seminal fluid) on my penis and on my underwear, what do I need to do in order to be able to pray?2. Are washing machines sufficient to remove impurities from clothes?3- Is it permissible to make masah over cotton socks?Thank you!



1- Madhi is considered filthy not clean as most scholars rule. As also in the hadith by Imam Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent another Sahabi by the name of Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask the prophet (peace be upon him) about madhi and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “let him wash his penis and make Wudu.” (Al-Bukhari)

 

Based on this, you can go to the washroom in the school, wash your private area, and since you might not have an extra underwear, you will need to wash the area of the underwear itself touched by madhi and then make wudu’ and you can perform your prayer insha Allah.

 

2- Washing machines are better more cleaning methods than formal hand washing old fashion way. It does consist of water, detergent solution and long periods of cleaning movement cycles and rinsing etc. So yes it is sufficient.

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3- Wiping over socks is something the Prophet (peace be upon him) did and scholars approved in consensus but with some details in conditions.

 

The conditions are:

 

1- You must wear them after you are on wudu’.

 

2- Socks must cover all feet till over ankles. Avoid those short socks under ankle.

 

3- They should not be made of pure silk.

 

4- That they are thick and that you can walk with them (some scholars said it’s not a condition).

 

5- Finally, if you are travelling, you can do it for three days, if you are not travelling just for one day.


As'salamu Alykum Please explain the following terms: -Qiyas -Ijma` -Ijtihad



Qiyas is relating an issue with no text about it to an issue that has a text.

 

For example, Allah the Almighty said: “O you, who believe, when the call is proclaimed for the Salat on the day of Friday, come to the remembrance of Allah and leave off business” (Al-Jumu`ah 62:9)

 By Qiyas, any type of being busy is prohibited then and falls under (leave off.)

 

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Ijma`is the agreement on an issue by reliable scholars of Ijtihad at a certain time after the death of the prophet (peace be upon him).

 

All scholars agree on the consensus of the period of Sahabah before they separated into different towns and cities because many verses in the Qur’an spoke of their righteousness and they were the true recipients of the Qur’an after the Prophet (peace be upon him) and for that we, as Muslims, should accept what they agreed on.

 

The consensus after that is considered to some scholars as a point of view most likely to be the truth when compared to other points of view. Now, that does not mean that people cannot relate to individual scholars if they made a good argument in an issue against the consensus.

 

Ijtihad is the effort put by a scholar, who met the conditions of making a ruling in the Shari`ah, towards a particular matter for a ruling. It is the opposite of taqleed (imitation).