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Fatwa Session on Prophet’s Birthday and Other Issues

Dr. Muhammad Salama
20 November, 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 of your questions below.

 

 

Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 | 13:00 - 15:00 GMT

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Does sexual intercourse before marriage prevents couple from getting married.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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

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Zina (fornication) is an enormous sin. Fornicators need to repent sincerely to Allah and to earnestly ask for forgiveness resolving to start a new period of chastity and purity. They need also to increase their good deeds to wipe out bad ones. After mentioning a number of grave sins and the punishment that awaits those who commit them, Allah Almighty said what means, “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)

 

As for their marriage, Allah Almighty says what means “A man who fornicates shall not marry anyone but a woman who fornicates or an idolatress. And [as for] the woman who fornicates, none shall marry her but a fornicator or an idolater- and such [marriage] is forbidden for the believers.” (An-Nur 24:3)

 

There are different interpretations for this verse and therefore scholars have differed over the validity of such marriage.  However, there is no disagreement among scholars over the validity of their marriage if both fornicators repent sincerely to Allah Almighty. Repentance wipes away sins and leaves a person as if born anew. But if they do not repent, the validity of their marriage will be controversial.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

AssalaamAlaikumWaRahmatullahiWaBarakatuh, I am from one of the South Asian Muslims countries. And my question is, from childhood I have been hearing that the male muslims who are not the part of Ahlal-Bayt or descent of the family of our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahualaihiwasallam cannot get married with female of Ahlal-Bayt or descent of the family of our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahualaihiwasallam due to high respect to our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahualaihiwasallam and his family.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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

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It is permissible for Muslims to have spouses from Ahl al-Bayt. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) married two of his daughters to `Uthman ibn `Affan and another one to Abu al-`Aas ibn al-Rabi`; and both did not belong to his family. Even `Ali ibn Abu Talib married his daughter Umm Kulthum to `Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with all the Companions) who also did not belong to the prophet’s family.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalamualaikum, I am a revert to Islam, having reverted only last April, alhamdulilah, and I grew up in a rural area, where venison is consumed, during the winter months to help keep the price of groceries down. I am asking only because I know as Muslim's pork is prohibited, but am uncertain about animals with cloven hooves. JazakallahKhairn



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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

 

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Yes, venison is halal and there is no reason to worry about it.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

As sallamalikum, I want ask if it permissible in islam to name ones child, Dayyan. Because i meant with one alfa which say the name dayyan belong to Almighty Allah only that no child should be called Dayyan. So I want know the fatwa with the name because that was my son name.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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

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The word dayyan denotes a person with an overpowering authority to hold people accountable, such as a king. Al-Dayyan, with the article “Al-(the)”, is one of the Names of Allah Almighty and thus no one should be given this name. But dayyan, without the definitive article, could be used as a name; though it is more preferable to find a beautiful Islamic name for your child.

Almighty Allah knows best.

Salaam I’m Muslim alhamdulilah I stayed by myself in US over 10 years. I was single most of the time finally I was with a relationship with married man he told me I loved me and he wanted to marry me. It was about two months we becoming in love, and started body contact. We were touching and kissing each other finally I was so worried I quite and I totally removed him from my self. Now I’m married and I ask allah forgiveness but I worry a lot. Please is there any advice for me thanks.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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

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This compunction is a good sign, sister. Allah Almighty knows that we have points of weakness and, out of His grace, he 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 Quran 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 Allah! For, indeed, Allah forgives sins, one and all. Indeed, it is He [alone] who is the All-Forgiving, the Mercy-Giving.” (Az-Zumar 39:53)

 

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)

 

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.

 

My advice to you is to lead a life of thankfulness to Allah, who granted you repentance.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

It's polite islamically to build the toilet inside the living bedroom?



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 guess that your question refers to the presence of jinn and Satans in toilets. However, modern houses cannot dispense with toilets, whether adjoined to bedrooms or not.

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Anyway, a Muslim can simply avoid the dangers of these creatures by closing the door of the toilet and mentioning the name of Allah while closing it, particularly before sleeping.

 

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Cover vessels and waterskins, close the doors and extinguish the lamps, for the Satan cannot not loosen the waterskin, nor open the door, nor uncover the vessels.” (Muslim)

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Is there a dua to increase the love between spouses? If there is one, can you please tell me what it is?



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.

 

There is no specific du`aa’ handed down from Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for increasing love between spouses; but still a Muslim can ask for this in his/her supplication. There are also other helpful means including:

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1- Obedience to Allah and abiding by His injunctions. Allah says what means, “And whoever fears Allah, He shall make his [difficult] matter easy for him.” (At-Taghabun 65:4)

 

2- Good manners, kind treatment, and sweet words.

 

3- Patience at times of dispute and hardship.

 

4- Avoiding causes of dispute and things that stimulate problems.

 

May Allah set your affairs aright.

Almighty Allah knows best.

Three days ago, I ate a snack that contained a component regarded as haram, called E631. [I've done my research to clarify about this, before I consulted with my mother. Apparently the snack in question was Halal certified from a Muslim country - in which my mother conviced me that it was fine. But as I prayed afterwards, I knew that something wasn't right. Usually when I want to fully focus in solat during prostration, I'd refer to Allah as the God of Mankind and then list out the names of the previous prophets, like "the God of Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, Harun, Isa and Muhammad." But for some reason, I don't feel as closely connected as I normally would. Whenever I try to think about Allah, I'd feel a gentle yet strong sensation in my head like a barrier of some sort, but my heart isn't affected by this feeling. Even so, I'm at a loss because of this and I kept away from doing solat, unfortunately.] I'm also a student who takes Usuluddin as an 'A' Level core subject; in one of the topics I've learned in Tasauf, (hadith:) Du'as aren't accepted for 40 days. I'm aware that the body takes time to remove unhealthy substances, so I've accepted this hadith easily. Should I try and continue to do solat (pray)? Currently, I've been battling out doubts and insecurities by reading the Quran and its meanings to keep my hopes up, as well as doing dhikr and the usual daily supplications I normally use. I don't feel as worse as before, but I want to know if I should try to do solat again. The hadith about the '40 days' is bothering me somewhat.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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.

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There is no reason for a Muslim to give up Salah. The hadith you might be referring to warns those who deliberately drink intoxicating drinks that their prayers will not be accepted for 40 days; nevertheless, they still have to pray the obligatory daily prayers or else they would be committing another major sin by neglecting them.

 

In your case, even if you are sure that the substance you consumed is haram, still you did not do it intentionally. It seems that the Satan seized this opportunity to take you away from the track by casting these doubts and misconceptions in your mind.

Brother, you have to continue praying immediately and to repent sincerely to Allah for neglecting prayers during this period.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalamualeikum, It’s really controversial issue that requires a clarification in light of Islamic jurisprudence. See below: A Muslim sister in a certain Islamic community got pregnant, the Islamic leaders decided to discipline her since she was not married. When the elders of the Community met her, she told them that she has stayed in the religion for years and no one is marrying her and she is getting to the age were she can't get pregnant if married. So she went and did artificial insemination since she wants a child. She provided the medical documents that showed that she has done the artificial insemination. The Sister is pregnant without committing fornication nor adultery. Not so? BUT, COULD THIS BE A SIN? What's the position of Islam on this? Abdulmumeen.



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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.

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What this sister did is an enormous sin akin to fornication. One of the reasons for the prohibition of fornication is to protect lineages against chaos caused by illicit relationships.

 

Artificial insemination outside wedlock gained the consensus of contemporary Muslim scholars on its prohibition. Even in classical fiqh literature, scholars discussed the issue of a woman inserting the semen of a man (other than her husband) inside her vagina and considered this act akin to fornication.

 

Though this may not necessitate the prescribed penalty for actual fornication, it still requires discretionary punishment.

 

Therefore, this sister needs to repent sincerely to Allah for committing such a sin. She needs also to strengthen her faith in and reliance on Allah.

 

Marriage and children are provisions granted by Allah, the All-Providing. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “The Holy-Spirit (Gabriel) inspired into my heart that no soul shall die before completing its due term of life and provision. So, fear Allah and seek [provision] in the best way. Let not your thought that a provision has delayed drive you to seek it through disobeying Allah. For what is with Allah cannot be sought except through obeying Him.”

As for the baby, it will be attributed to the mother’s family.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Assalamualaykumpls when should I did evening azkhar?



Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi 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.

 

It is recommendable to say the evening Adhkar after `Asr Prayer time up to the sunset. This can be inferred from the Quranic verses that read, “Moreover, highly exalt your Lord with [all] praise before the rising of the sun and before [its] setting “ (Qaf 50:39), “And highly exalt your Lord with [all] praise in the evenings and [in] the mornings.” (Ghafir 40:55)

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If one forgets or is too busy to say them at that recommendable time, one may say them after sunset.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.

Can we celebrate the prophet's birthday?



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.

 

At this time every year this issue comes to the forefront of Muslims’ discussion. Debates and arguments have been provided by both the proponents and opponents of this celebration in support of their positions.

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However, the ultimate reference for a Muslim is the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

 

There is nothing in the Sunnah that exhorts Muslims to celebrate the Prophet’s birthday (which we do not know for sure).

 

If there were, the Companions of the Prophet would be the first to do it.

 

There is no single report that they ever gathered on a specific day to commemorate or celebrate his birthday.

 

They did not even care for recording this day for the following generations and this gave reason for such disagreement among historians in this regard. The absence of such celebration could be traced up to the times of the founders of the famous four schools of fiqh.

 

Such celebration arose in later generations and then a number of scholars attempted to find justifications for it

 

The real love for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is to follow his guidance and abide by his Sunnah.

 

The Companions of the Prophet realized this fact and therefore they were the best generation ever brought up for humankind and Islam at their times was at the zenith of its glory.

 

We need always to recall the prophetic statement “He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam) that does not belong to it will have it rejected.”

 

Almighty Allah knows best.