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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sitting) after the second raka’t is Fardh which the Imaam Saheb deleted, hence all four raka’ts are Nafl. He should have repeated two raka’ts Taraaweeh in this case. Furthermore, the Qiraa’t which he had recited in the four raka’ts Nafl should be repeated otherwise the Qur’aan Khatam in Taraaweeh will remain incomplete. Q. Many Huffaaz cut and shave their beards. During Sha’baan they start growing their beards in anticipation of leading Taraaweeh. After Ramadhaan they revert to cutting and shaving their beards. Is it permissible to allow such huffaaz to lead the Taraaweeh.? A. It is haraam to allow such fussaaq who dishonour the Shariah to lead the Salaat— any Salaat. They make a mockery of the Deen. Their craving for being Imaam in Taraaweeh is also a strong reason for debarring them. If a pious Haafiz is not available, it is infinitely superior to recite the short Surahs. Q. Hajj is Fardh on a woman, but she has an infant who is dependent on breast-feeding. The baby does not feed on anything else. Is it permissible for her to postpone Hajj for next year? A. Yes, it is permissible. Q. A man has two wives. He has daughters by both. His brother wants to marry the daughter of the second wife. Is this permissible? A. Marriage is simply not valid here. The man is the paternal uncle of the daughters of his brother. How can he have such evil intentions? The question of marriage simply does not feature between a man and his nieces, whether maternal or paternal. In view of the fact that this uncle has lustful designs towards his niece, it now becomes Waajib (compulsory) for the observance of full hijaab. The nieces have to treat him as a complete stranger. He ceases to be a Shar’i mahram for them. Neither may they speak to him nor greet him nor appear in his presence without Hijaab, including niqaab. Q. A married, infertile woman became pregnant by the test-tube technique. The sperm of another man was used. Is the child legitimate? Will this child inherit in the husband’s estate? What does the Shariah say about the paternity of such a child? A. Morally the woman is guilty of zina, though not in terms of the Zaahiri Shariah. The husband who permitted this vile, immoral haraam act is a Dayyooth (immoral cuckold who puts up his wife for prostitution). Inspite of the gravity of the sin and evil, the child is legitimate since it was born to a woman in wedlock. The paternity of the child is established. He will bear the name of this Dayyooth. The child will inherit normally. It should be understood that the test-tube technique is not permissible even if the husband’s sperm is used. And, the ‘fatwas’ of modernist so-called ‘fiqh academies’ of Egypt and Saudi Arabia carry no substance in the Shariah. Q. When a Muslim departs, is it permissible to say ‘goodbye’ or something similar after making Salaam? A. It is not permissible to imitate the kuffaar. Salaam is adequate. It is haraam to say ‘goodbye’ to a Muslim when Allah Ta’ala has ordained that our greeting is ‘Assalamu Alaikum’. Two sins are committed by adding ‘goodbye’ to the Salaam: (1) Imitating non-Muslims. (2) Implying that the salutation commanded by Allah Ta’ala is inadequate. Q. In a Musjid, the trustees have made available plastic and straw topees for those musallis who come to Musjid without topees. They don the plastic topees when performing Namaaz, and when they leave they remove them. A dispute has developed among some Ulama regarding the permissibility of these topees. Please state the correct view? A. The principle is that it is not permissible to be dressed for Salaat (Namaaz) in a manner which is frowned on by the public. If one would not normally go into public or to respectable places and infront of honourable audiences in a particular type of dress, then it is not permissible to perform Salaat with such garments, e.g. one would not appear in court dressed in pyjamas or with the plastic/straw topees which the trustees have made available for such musallis who have neither understanding nor respect for Salaat. It is not permissible to perform Salaat with plastic and straw topees, the type you have mentioned and which we have already seen in some Musjids in Karachi. The Ulama who say that it is Makrooh Tahrimi are quite correct. Provision of plastic topees is not the answer for the ignorance of the people. The answer is ta’leem. The Ulama should speak on the topic repeatedly and make dua for the guidance of the errant brothers. Q. Is it permissible to apply a strong smelling oil to one’s pillow during the fast? The hakeem has prescribed this for a patient. A. It is permissible. As long as vapour is not emitted, the fast will not break. If the oil is, for example, added to hot water and the steam/vapour is inhaled, the fast will break.Q. Should qadha of Sajdah Tilaawat be made for Sajdahs which were not made years ago? A. Qadha does not apply to Sajdah Tilaawat. Entire lifetime is valid time for Sajdah Tilaawat. Although the Sajdah Tilaawat should preferably be made immediately, the time for its discharge remains valid throughout one’s lifetime. It is Waajib to make all Sajdahs which have not yet been made. If these Sajdahs are not made and Maut arrives, one will be guilty of having grieviously sinned. And, there is no fidyah compensation for Sajdah Tilaawat. Q. In the Qur’aan Shareef it is mentioned that a huge fish swallowed Hadhrat Yoonus (alayhis salaam). In a Hadith it is mentioned that while the Sahaabah were on a Jihaad expedition, the sea threw out a huge fish. The Sahaabah who had not eaten for days ate of this fish and took some for Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). He too partook of it. It is obvious that such a huge fish can be only a whale. Why then does the Hanafi Math-hab say that eating whale is haraam? A. According to the Hanafi Math-hab, of all the sea animals, only fish is halaal. All other sea animals are haraam. You should first produce Shar’i evidence to conclusively prove that the two fish mentioned in your question were whales and not fish. Do you doubt the power of Allah Ta’ala to create fish larger than the largest whales? The very fish which swallowed Nabi Yoonus (alayhis salaam), his three-day stay inside the belly of the fish, the fish gorging him out and depositing him on the shore (he did not swim to the shore), and the huge fish which the sea threw out for the Shaabah were all supernatural acts of Allah’s command. It is baseless to conclude that these fish were whales simply because of their size. Whales are mammals, not fish, hence haraam in terms of the Shar’i principle of the Hanafi Math-hab. And Allah knows best. Q. I received some cheques from the government. I gave the cheques to a friend to cash because I had no banking account. The friend swindled the money. Now after a number of years he has agreed to pay back the money. When I receive the money do I have to pay Zakaat for the past years as well? A. The money never came into your possession. The cheques are not money. Possession will be from the day you are given the money by your swindler friend. You do not have to pay Zakaat for the past years. Q. I have only one of my hind teeth left and that one is damaged. The dentist presents three options for fixing the tooth— a crown of stainless steel, gold or porcelain. The problem with stainless steel is that it can cause electrical shock. I have already experienced such a shock. The porcelain tooth will give problems later because it does not undergo the same wear as the other teeth. The best option is gold. I am a male. Is it permissible for me to have gold inserted ? A. In the circumstances it is permissible to have the tooth repaired with gold. Q. Is it permissible to invite the non-Muslim president of the country to address Muslims in the Musjid? The president may be seated on the mimbar or stand alongside the mimbar or special seating may be arranged for him by the mihraab. A. Even a Muslim president of an Islamic country may not be allowed inside the Musjid if he is in the state of janaabat (greater ritual impurity). In fact, Muslims are not allowed to enter the Musjid if they are even in the state of Hadth (lesser impurity). They have to be free of janaabat and have wudhu when entering the House of Allah Azza Wa Jal. Non-Muslims are perpetually in the state of janaabat, hence it is not permissible to allow the non-Muslim president into the Musjid. If a non-Muslim agrees to take a full ghusl, he may enter the Musjid. However, it is still not permissible to allow a non-Muslim to address Muslims from the Musjid platform. The Musjid is Allah’s House consecrated and reserved for ibaadat (worship), not for any political or other kinds of worldly talks and activities. If there is a need for the president to address Muslims, another venue should be arranged. Q. In our Musjid we perform Taraaweeh even if the sighting of the moon has not yet been confirmed. The argument is that we should perform Taraaweeh just in case the moon is sighted for Ramadhaan. If the moon is not sighted, there is no harm in having performed the Salaat which would then become Nafl. Performing it early is convenient for the people. Sometimes the news of the sighting reaches us very late. Is our argument valid? A. Your argument is utterly baseless. Your ‘taraaweeh’ is bid’ah. It is not permissible to commence an ibaadat before its time. The validity of Taraaweeh is dependent on the sighting of the Ramadhaan hilaal (crescent moon). Performance of 20 raka’ts in jamaat as your community is doing is a bid’ah. If the moon is sighted, then although your Taraaweeh will be valid, its commencement without having received confirmation of the sighting is bid’ah. People should exercise some Sabr. Q. Our Imaam is not a Haafiz. Is he restricted to the last ten Surahs during Taraaweeh Salaat? A. No, he is not restricted to the last ten Surahs. He may recite any Surahs and from anywhere of the Qur’aan Majeed. |