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QUESTIONS
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A. The relationship is haraam. Our advice is that you
should forget this man. You don’t know even if he is married and has children.
You are extremely childish. A wrong move in this matter can ruin your life
forever. Many women have ended up in misery by marrying unknown entities from
other countries. Many have written to us about their predicament. It is
extremely unintelligent to plunge into darkness without even knowing what
dangers lie ahead in the darkness. If he is an honest Muslim, then he will and
should speak with your father. Your father will or should then know what the
next step will be. Our advice is that you should banish this unknown man from
your mind and terminate this haraam relationship which can perpetually ruin your
life. May Allah Ta’ala guide you and protect you from the snares of shaitaan
and from the evil of your own nafs.
Q. There is much controversy regarding animal gelatine. Most
of the Ulama in South Africa say that animal gelatine made by even kuffaar is
halaal. It is claimed that in the process of making gelatine, the haraam
substances undergo a total transformation, hence become halaal. Please comment.
A. While there is a principle of total transformation in the Shariah, it is
utterly baseless to claim that this principle applies to the process of
gelatine-manufacture. Gelatine which is made from animal hides used as the raw
material, is in fact the product of all the impurities which are extracted from
the haraam skins by the kuffaar. But those who have been duped into believing
that total transformation (tabdeel maahiyat) occurs, labour under the
wrong notion. The claim that most Ulama say that this filthy and impure
substance is halaal may be true. But we can state categorically that most Ulama
in South Africa are unaware of the process of gelatine-manufacture. A couple of
them have done an investigation and have come to grossly erroneous conclusions.
They have no Shar’i grounds for proclaiming gelatine halaal. The few who have
made their defective investigation, then publicised their findings and their
erroneous fatwa. Nowadays, you follow blindly the organisation to which you have
offered allegience. Regardless of the errors and blunders of the organisation,
the members, even if they are Molvis, support the official stand of the
organisation. But this should not be the attitude of Ulama. Ulama should speak
on the basis of Knowledge. But there is a great dearth of sound Shar’i
knowledge among the ranks of even the Molvis of this day. On account of the
defective knowledge, they have no option other than to fall in line with what
their chief says, whether right or wrong. In fact, these muqallideen of baatil
are unable to distinguish between right and left. The majority falls in this
category. On the otherhand, the Ulama-e-Haqq will always be a small minority
right until the Last Day. About this small minority, Rasulullah (sallallahu
alayhi wasallam) said:
“There will always be a group of my Ummah who will fight
on the Haqq. Those who oppose them and those who refrain from aiding them will
not be able to harm them. They (the Group of the Haqq) will remain dominant
until the Day of Qiyaamah....”
The criterion of the Haqq is not majority. The Haqq of the
Deen is based on Shar’i Dalaa-il. It has nothing to do with numbers and with
howling and screaming.
Q. I have been married for seven years. My husband has a
medical problem. We are therefore unable to get children. I have made lots of
sabr and make dua for guidance and strength. My husband resents himself. He has
become very distant from me. I have come to accept that this is my Taqdeer and
cannot be changed. In view of the attitude of my husband who shows no affection
towards me, I am tempted to leave him. I don’t know what else to do.
A. Creation is Allah’s prerogative. Those who are dissatisfied with Allah’s
decree are displaying traits of kufr. A Muslim is expected to accept his fate
happily. While lawful efforts may be made, it is not permissible to complain and
be frustrated when such efforts fail. Your husband is behaving irrationally and
childishly if his lack of affection for you is caused by your childless state.
It is not in your power nor in his power nor in the power of the doctors to
create children for you. Perhaps he may have other reasons for his attitude. You
should discuss the matter with him and try to ascertain what exactly causes his
attitude. If he confirms that it is because you are childless, then obviously he
will be extremely childish and irrational, especially when he has been told that
the problem lies with him. You should continue with your Sabr. Sabr which is
terminated is not true Sabr. Do not be hasty. Whatever is done in haste is
always regretted after the damage has been done. As long as a man does not think
intelligently, there is nothing that could be done about his irrational and
childish behaviour. Sabr and Dua are the best measures for this situation.
Q. I had sexual relations with my wife while she was
menstruating. I regret what I have done and have repented and asked Allah Ta’ala
to forgive me for having committed this despicable act. What else can or should
I do to compensate for this evil?
A. Taubah is the main requirement. However, it is good to give some Sadqah
as well. Sadqah and good deeds in general aid Taubah and efface sins.
Q. Is it proper for the first wife to recite wazeefas so that
the husband inclines more to her, spends less time with the second wife and
generally gives the first wife more benefits. The first wife feels that there is
nothing wrong in this because the wazeefas consist of Qur’aanic verses, not
sihr (jaadoo) or anything of that sort.
A. It is haraam to misuse the Qur’aan Majeed. If a copy of the Qur’aan
Majeed is flung at a person with the intention of hurting him, this despicable
act will be haraam. It cannot be argued that the hurt is being caused with the
Qur’aan and not with sihr, etc. The Qur’aan commands that the husband metes
out equality of treatment to both wives, i.e. he has to give both equal expenses
and spend an equal number of nights with both. Whether sihr or any lawful method
is used to harm others or to commit injustice or a sin, it will be haraam. The
method of causing the harm and sin is of no consequence. The act remains haraam.
In fact, using a lawful method, especially a sacred object like the Qur’aan
Majeed, for haraam is an aggravated haraam. If Qur’aanic verses are
used in an amal to break up a marriage or for winning in gambling or for
any other haraam act, it cannot be argued that the haraam act has become lawful
in view of the amal consisting of Qur’aanic verses. The action of the
first wife is haraam.
Q. Is human cloning permissible?
A. Human cloning is not permissible. It is a shaitaani act which comes
within the scope of the Qur’aanic aayat (No.119 Surah An-aam): “(Iblees
said): “Most assuredly I shall mislead them, give them false hopes, and I
shall command them to pierce the ears of an’aam (cattle, etc.), and assuredly,
I shall command them and they will change the khalq (creation) of Allah.”
Whoever takes shaitaan as a friend besides Allah, verily he has fallen into a
great loss.”
Taghyeer li khalqillaah (changing Allah’s creation) is
a shaitaani act which is haraam. Whether the change is externally or internally,
it remains haraam. External acts of taghyeer are filing the teeth,
tattooing the body, adding false hair to one’s hair such as wigs, etc. Inspite
of these external acts of taghyeer being reversible, they are haraam.
Cloning brings about an internal change in the personality of the person. Such taghyeer
is worse than the external taghyeer. Certain acts of taghyeer to animals,
e.g. castration, are permitted by Allah Ta’ala Himself, hence it will be
incorrect to present this as an argument to legalize taghyeer in a human
being because such taghyeer is prohibited by Allah Ta’ala. An exception made
by the Shariah cannot be cited in negation of a Shar’i law.
Q. What is the significance of kissing one’s thumbs and
rubbing it on the eyes when Rasulullah’s name is recited during the Athaan?
A. This is a bid’ah act. Some weak and fabricated narrations have been
advanced by the Ahl-e-Bid’ah to substantiate this practice. If this practice
was Sunnah as the Ahl-e-Bid’ah claim, the Fuqaha would have included it among
the Aadaab (Etiquettes) of the Athaan. But none of the authorities of the
Shariah nor their authentic works make any reference to this practice.
Q. Many people benefit from organ transplantation. Is it
permissible to bequeathe one’s organs for use in others after one’s death?
A. Organ transplantation is haraam. Regardless of the benefit, a haraam act
cannot be legalized. There is benefit in liquor, gambling and according to the
scientists and doctors of western medicine in excreta and urine as well. But
such benefit does not render these impurities halaal. Similarly, the benefits of
organ transplantation do not render this practice lawful. It is haraam to
bequeathe one’s organs. Human organs may not be used for any purpose
whatsoever.
Q. It has been claimed that the Fiqh Academy based in Jeddah
has issued the fatwa that organ transplantation and bequeathing organs are
permissible. Please comment.
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