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Jan 14, 2019

Praying In The Dark

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Alhamdulillah..

There is nothing wrong with praying in darkness.

۩ Narrated Abu Salama. Aisha the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I used to sleep in front o Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and my legs were opposite his Qibla and in prostration he pushed my legs and I withdrew then and when he stood, I stretched them.' `Aisha added, "In those days the houses were without lights."

Sahih al Bukhari, Book of Prayers ﴾8﴿, hadith - 382.

۩ Shaykh Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr said:

“If the conditions of prayer are fulfilled and the essential parts or pillars of the prayer are completed, then the prayer is valid. Light is not an essential condition of prayer or an obligatory part of the prayer. But if the darkness is a cause of fear which disturbs a person to the point that he cannot have the necessary presence of mind and humility (khushoo’) in prayer, then it is makrooh for him to pray in the dark.”


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Jan 13, 2019

Women Wearing Rings Of Metals Other Than Gold And Silver

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Praise be to Allaah.

It is permissible for women to wear rings of gold or silver with diamonds or other precious stones such as emeralds, rubies and carnelians, or of iron if they wish, because the basic principle is that they are permissible and there is no text to suggest that any of that is not allowed. 

It is not makrooh to wear a ring of iron.

۩ Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible for women to wear jewellery of gold, silver and gemstones according to their customs and traditions, such as bangles, anklets, earrings and rings, and what they wear on their faces and on their necks, arms, feet, ears and so on. End quote.

Al-Mughni, 2/324. 

It is stipulated that there be no extravagance involved in that. 

۩ Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Our companions said: All kinds of jewellery are permissible for women; it is only permissible so long as there is no obvious extravagance involved. End quote.

 Al-Majmoo’, 5/523. 

And Allah knows best.

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Jan 5, 2019

Can Two Prayers Be Joined Because Of Sickness?

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Question:

There is a person who is sick with stomach cancer, and an opening has been left in his body at the stomach level for fluids and waste products to come out. He is asking whether it is permissible for him to join prayers.

Alhamdulillah..

Yes, it is permissible for him to join prayers, so he may join Zuhr and ‘Asr, and Maghrib and ‘Isha’, at the time of the earlier or later prayer, depending on what is easiest for him. Difficulty caused by sickness is one of the excuses which make it permissible to join prayers. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) granted a concession to the woman who suffered from istihaadah (non-menstrual bleeding), and he allowed her to join prayers. Narrated by Abu Dawood (287) and al-Tirmidhi (128);classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.

Istihaadah is a kind of sickness, and Imam Ahmad quoted as evidence for it being permissible for a sick person to join prayers the fact that sickness is worse than travel. He was treated with cupping after sunset, then he ate supper then he joined Maghrib and ‘Isha’ prayers. End quote. Kashshaaf al-Qinaa’ (2/5).

Notes:

۩ It should be noted that the sick person for whom it is permissible to join prayers should offer each prayer in full without shortening it, because shortening the prayers is only permitted for the traveller. What some people think, that if a person joins the prayers at home because of sickness he is also allowed to shorten them, is not correct.

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Jan 2, 2019

Advice Of Ibn Qayyim On Mistakes Of Scholars

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Imam Ibn ul Qayyim (d. 751 H.) said: “(It is important to) know the virtues of the scholars of Islam and their various levels and abilities and the rights due to them. (It is also important to know) that their knowledge and their virtues and their sincerity to Allah and His Messenger does not obligate us to accept everything that they say, or to accept mistakes in their fataawa about issues that the texts (from the Qur'aan and Sunnah) had not reached them, so they said what they thought was correct based on what they knew, however the truth was something different. (If that happened) it is not obligatory to throw away everything that they have ever said, nor is it obligatory to defame them or diminish them.

There are two unjust extremes (i.e. accepting everything that the shaykh says or rejecting everything that he has ever said because of a mistake) and the correct path is between them. We do not shun (him because of his mistake) nor do we regard him as infallible. Whoever has some knowledge of religion and worldly affairs knows with certainty that an honorable and respected man (i.e. a scholar who is a mujtahid or capable of deducing legal rulings from the texts of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah after through research) who has done good things for Islam is likely to have made some mistakes. However, these mistakes are not only excused for him but he is actually rewarded for his (ijtihaad) through research! Therefore it is not permissible to scrutinize him for this, nor is it permissible to destroy the respect and high position that he had in the hearts of the people.”

I’laam-ul-Muwaqqi’een (Vol. 3, pg. 295).

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Different Names - A Deviation!


Narrated Al-Harith Al-Ash'ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "And I command you with five that Allah commanded me: Listening and obeying, Jihad, Hijrah, and the Jama'ah. For indeed whoever parts from the Jama'ah the measure of a hand-span, then he has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck, unless he returns. And whoever calls with the call of Jahiliyyah then he is from the coals of Hell." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Even if he performs Salat and fasts?" So he (ﷺ) said: “Even if he performs Salat and fasts. So call with the call that Allah named you with: Muslims, believers, worshipers of Allah.”

Sunan Tirmidhi, Chapters on Parables, ﴾44﴿, hadith 2863. Classed as Hasan Sahih Gareeb by Imam Tirmidhi.

۩ Shaykh ibn Taymiyya said:

“Another case of sectarianism resulted over the Imams, causing people to classify each other in a way not ordered by Allah or His Messenger ﷺ. Like when someone is asked, “Are you Shukayki or Qarfandi?” These are false titles which Allah revealed no authority for. They are not found in the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ nor in the known reports from the salaf. So if a Muslim is asked a question lie this, then it is obligatory for him to answer, “I am neither Shukayki nor Qarfandi, rather I am a Muslim who follows the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger.”

It is reported that Mu‘awiyah bin Abi Sufyaan asked Ibn ‘Abbaas radi-Allaahu anhu, “Do you follow the millah of ‘Ali or the millah of ‘Uthmaan?” He responded, “I do not follow the millah of ‘Ali, nor do I follow the millah of ‘Uthmaan. I follow the millah of Allah's Messenger ﷺ.” All of the salaf said that these names are deviation leading to the Fire. One of them said, “It is not clear to me which of these two favors are greater for me; that Allah guided me to Islam, or that He saved me from this deviation.” In the Qur'an, Allah ﷻ called us Muslims, believers, and servants of Allah (Abdullah). We do not equate the names which Allah has given to us to invented names which people call themselves and their forefathers, since Allah did not reveal any authority to do so.”

Al Wasiyat Al Kubra by Ibn Taymiyya, Page- 75.

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