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Live Fatwa (General Session)

Dr. Muhammad Salama
10 December, 2016

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 of your questions below.

Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 | 20:00 - 22:00 GMT

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Salaam aleikum sheikh I would like to know if I can ask my husband to leave me and my children to live in peace and he can go and live somewhere else with someone else if he wants, I don't mind I just want peace.i am not asking for divorce because I don't have a place to go. He has got such a deal for his sister and said it's permitted in Islam. I want to know if this is true and what is the procedure. Shukr wa Barakallahu feek.



Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah,

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

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

Yes, sister, this is permissible; because you, thus, give up some of your rights, for the sake of the family. In such cases of marital disputes, it is preferable to reach a reconciliation that maintains family affairs as we read in the Quranic guidance, “And, if any woman fears disfavor or alienation from her husband, then there shall be no blame on the two of them if they reconcile a peaceful settlement between themselves. For reconciliation is [far] better [than kindling strife].” [4:128] So, if both of you have reached an agreement on these points, you may proceed your life like that.

May Allah set things aright between you and your husband.

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Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalamu alaikum. I have had bladder weakness for over a year now and this causes me to leak urine throughout the day and night. Sometimes it is so bad I have to wear a diaper and I don't know what to do about salah as I cannot keep wudu long enough to complete one salah and the protective pads I use protect my clothing from urine but if I remove them to do salah I risk getting urine on my clothing. I would really like your guidance as to how I can deal with this situation and complete my salah daily. Thank you.



Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

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.

 

I earnestly pray to Allah, the All-Merciful, to grant you quick recovery.

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The Islamic Shari`ah is intrinsically easy and never lays burdens on people. In cases of hardship and suffering, Shari`ah concessions and licenses always arise. A Muslim who suffers from incontinence has to wait until the time of the salah (Prayer) begins and then starts to remove najasah (ritual impurity) from his body and clothes, if possible. He needs also to use something like a diaper in order to contain the spread of the najasah. Any impurity discharged thereafter will be pardonable. Then he starts to make ablution and perform the salah.

 

Moreover, in extreme cases of incontinence when it is hard to do these steps five times for each salah, one may combine Zhur and `Asr together at the time of any of them and Maghrib and `Isha’ together at the time of any of them, according to the Hanbalites. This will reduce the number to 3 times only.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalamu Alaikum, Sheikh. I have a question to ask. I recently took Broadband Internet Connection. I ask my senior brother in college to talk with his Internet service provider (Suppose A) to give me the connection so that the monthly cost can be reduced. So he talked with his Internet service provider (A). But Internet service provider (A) told my senior that he doesn't give connection in my area. However, Internet service provider (A) told another Internet service provider (Suppose B) to give me connection.Here is the point, Internet service provider (A) told Internet service provider (B) that I am an old user of Internet service provider (A) so that monthly cost can be reduced. But this is a lie he told.So is this connection halal for me? What should I do now? Should I tell the truth to my internet provider that other provider (A) told him a lie? And if didn't mind about the lie, will it be valid a connection?



Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

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

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

 

If the cost has been reduced based on this lie, then you have to correct the situation by telling your ISP the truth. You do not have to say that the other ISP told him a lie; and if he asks you, just tell him that you do not know why he said so (I suppose you really do not know why he lied to him), or just evade direct answer. A Muslim has to be truthful and honest in all his affairs; particularly in financial transactions.

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Lying in a transaction deprives it of Allah’s blessings. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Both parties of a business transaction have the right to keep or return [goods] as long as they have not parted. If both parties have spoken the truth and described [the defects and qualities of the goods], then they would be blessed in their transaction; but if they have told lies or hidden something, then the blessings of their transaction would be blotted out.”

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Aslam alykum, I would like to know if non-Muslims are allowed to enter the mosques and sit or watch us as we observe our Salah? Is it permissible in Islam?



Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

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

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

 

Authentic hadiths tell us that the Messenger of Allah received non-Muslim individuals and delegations in his mosque. He even tied a non-Muslim captive, named Thumamah ibn Uthal, to one of the pillars of his mosque, to let him watch Muslims performing their prayers; and finally the man accepted Islam.

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Therefore, it is permissible for non-Muslims to enter mosques and Muslims should seize such opportunities to introduce Islam to them in the best way. But it is noteworthy in this context that such non-Muslims have to show respect to the mosque and to Muslims in terms of their clothes and conduct inside the mosque.

 

It is only prohibited for them to enter the Sacred Mosque in Mecca as mentioned in Surat al-Tawbah, verse 28.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

What should I say when I'm to follow an imam? When someone joins me in prayer, how should I change my intention?



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

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

 

Niyyah (intention) reposes in the heart. A Muslim should not pronounce his intention when starting an act of worship because, on the one hand, such pronouncement was not the practice of the Messenger of Allah, the best worshipper, nor did he command any of his companions to do so. On the other hand, to pronounce one’s intention when starting an act of worship sounds as unreasonable as to pronounce one’s intention when starting to eat or drink. Once you know of yourself that you are about to do something, your intention follows.

 

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Accordingly, when starting to follow the imam, you just join him in prayer with your inner intention to follow him. If the Prayer contains no loud recitation, then you have to say what you have to say when praying alone. If it contains a loud recitation, then you have to listen to his recitation. Scholars have disagreed whether those behind the imam have to recite surat al-Fatihah in this case or not.

 

When a person prays alone and then someone comes to join him to form jama`ah, once he knows of that, his intention to be the imam simply follows.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

As'salamu Alykum, Is there any significance for the month of Safar? Also, are there any special acts of worship we should do in this month as some books suggests to do?



Wa alaykum assalamu warahmatullah

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

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

There is no authentic hadith that the month of Safar has a special virtue.

Almighty Allah knows best.

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Can my wife refuse living with me in Australia because she is waiting for her USA passport approval? While she chooses to live separately in USA, can she ask for living expenses to be provided by me?



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

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

 

In principle, the marital relation between a husband and his wife should be based on mutual love and respect. But as problems and disagreement is expected in any human relationship, there has to be limits, rights and ultimate reference. From the Islamic point of view, it is the husband who is responsible for the family and thus all the members have to obey him because he is usually keen to bring benefits for them. This obedience is necessary for the stability of any organization. But in principle, “No obedience is due for a created being in disobeying the Creator”.

 

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A wife who refuses to move to her husband’s house without a valid excuse is technically called nashiz (recalcitrant). A wife with this label has no right for living expenses. Waiting for USA passport is not a valid reason to disobey a husband. Such issues, however, should be settled through mutual consent and agreement.

 

The Quranic guidance in such cases of marital disputes dictates, “As to those [wives] whose [flagrant] defiance you fear, you shall admonish them. And, [should they persist], part with them in bed. And, [should they persist] strike them [with a light hand]. But if they obey you, then do not seek [to go] against them in any way. Indeed, God is ever exalted, all great. Moreover, [as to spouses in dispute], if you [believers] fear a split between the two of them, then send for an arbitrator from his people and another arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, God will bring about harmony between the two of them. Indeed, God is ever-knowing, all-aware.” (An-Nisaa’ 4:34-35)

May Allah reconcile your affairs.

 

Allah Almighty knows best.

Assalam alaicoum! A woman is divorced (3d talaq) from her husband and during the period of Iddah she made zina with a man whom she's going to marry later. The question is: what is the ruling on her Iddah now? Should she count it starting with the day of talaq or the day of the illegitimate intercourse?



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

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

Frist, with regard to the `iddah (waiting period), there are scholarly discussions concerning the observance of `iddah for an illegitimate intercourse, on the one hand, and concerning the overlapping of waiting periods when such intercourse takes place during an existing waiting period. In my opinion, this woman needs to wait three menstrual periods after the illegitimate intercourse. If she proves pregnant after this intercourse, then her waiting period ends with the deliverance her baby.

Second, Out of His grace, Allah, the All-Merciful, has opened the gate of repentance wide for all those who repent sincerely and earnestly to Him no matter how grave their sins are. In the Qur’an we read, “Say, [O Prophet]: O My servants! Those [of you] who have committed [sins in great] excess against their own souls, never despond of the mercy of God! For, indeed, God forgives sins, one and all. Indeed, it is He [alone] who is the All-Forgiving, the Mercy-Giving.” (Az-Zumar 39:53) Sincere repentance means a) to regret what one has done, b) to quit it immediately, and c) to have strong resolve that this will never happen again.

 

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This woman has to repent sincerely to Allah as indicated above and to earnestly ask Allah for forgiveness resolving to start a new period of chastity and purity. She needs also to increase her good deeds to wipe out bad ones. After mentioning a number of grave sins and the punishment that awaits those who commit them, Allah (exalted is He) said, “Except for whoever repents, and believes, and does righteous deeds. For [the likes of] them, then, God will substitute their misdeeds with good deeds. And ever is God  all-forgiving, mercy-giving.” Al-Furqan 25:70)

 

In fact, her marriage with that man who shared this illegitimate sexual relation with her will not be valid unless they both repent sincerely to Allah.

Almighty Allah knows best.