Omission of Ruku’ invalidates Salaat. He has to repeat his Salaat. He should have made Ruku’ after the Imaam’s Salaam. In an error of this kind, the muqtadi should rise into qiyaam after the Imaam’s Salaam, then make Ruku’, then make Sajdah Sahw and complete the Salaat as usual.

No one’s Salaat is valid. The Imaam and the Muqtadis have to repeat their Salaat.

Yes, it is permissible to perform Salaat on the
blanket or musalla.

The Salaat breaks. They should attend to the Imaam and perform the Salaat over.

The Salaat is valid. As long as a corrupt meaningchange has not been produced by an error in Qira’at, the Salaat remains valid, e.g. Iyyaaki, instead of iyyaaka; Rabbal Aalameen, instead of Rabbil Aalameen; Tilkal Kitaabi, instead of Tilka aayaatul Kitaabi; Thumma innakumul qiyaamati tub-athoon, instead of Thumma innakum yaumal qiyaamati tub-athoon. Change of harkaat and omission of a word which do not effect a corrupt change in the meaning do not invalidate
Salaat

It is permissible. The wall is an adequate barrier.

It is Makrooh Tahrimi (forbidden and sinful) to discard the topi even if the amaamah is worn. It is incumbent to wear a topi under the amaamah (turban) whether in or out of Salaat. It is Makrooh Tahrimi of a greater degree to perform Salaat with an amaamah under which there is no topi.

The Salaat is valid. It is sinful to intentionally invert the order of the Surahs. There is no reproach if it happens by mistake.

If the hairs are growing abnormally, then it is permissible otherwise not.

It is haraam for her to trim her eyelashes. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) invoked la’nat (curse) on such women.

This evil, filthy practice is haraam for four reasons: (1) It is tashabbuh bil kuffaar (emulating the kuffaar). (2) It is in flagrant conflict with the teaching of the Shariah which orders cutting of the nails once a week. It is haraam to retain the nails for forty days. (3) The nail-polish prevents them from performing Salaat because neither ghusl nor wudhu is valid with the nails covered with this haraam impervious coating. (4) It is a filthy practice. Such nails are a nest for filth and dirt.

It is permissible, in fact, incumbent.

Yes, the hair should be removed even now.

Imaan is valid. However, circumcision being a salient feature of Islam and an incumbent practice, the convert should have himself circumcised.

The ruling is very clear and concise which every Muslim is aware of. You are required to mete out equality of financial expenses and equality of night times between your wives. It is compulsory to spend an equal number of nights with each wife. The rule of equality does not apply to daylight hours. You may apportion out the daylight hours to your convenience. It is haraam for you to submit to the unlawful dictates of your second wife. If such submission leads to violation of the rights of your first wife, you will be guilty of a major sin. You will be inviting calamities on yourself and on the Day of Qiyaamah you will be resurrected with half your body paralysed. Allah Ta’ala has made the husband the dominant one and the ruler of his home. He is not supposed to be a cuckold and submit to the haraam commands and wishes of his wives.

On the contrary, she will gain thawaab for denying custody. It should be well understood that the Shariah’s law of Hidhaanah (Custody and Guardianship) is regulated by the welfare and interests of the child. The prime basis underlying this Law is the welfare of the child, not the emotional feelings of the guardians. In the Shariah, the first demand of ‘welfare’ is the safety and development of the Imaan and Akhlaaq of the child. If these Waajib requirements
are denied to the child as a consequence of the un-Islamic conduct (the fisq and fujoor) of the rightful guardian, the purpose of Hidhaanah is defeated and negated. Hence, if the rightful guardian, the paternal grandfather in this case, poses a threat to the Imaan and morals of the child, as he most certainly is, then it is Waajib for the mother to deny him custody. It is not permissible for the mother to sacrifice her child’s Imaan and Akhlaaq so callously by handing over the child to a reckless faasiq, faajir even if he is the legal guardian. To safeguard her child, the mother may even resort to the secular court to confirm her custody if this becomes necessary.

Neither his Nafl nor Fardh acts of ibaadat are accepted by Allah Ta’ala. This evil son is deprived from the special Rahmat of Allah Ta’ala, which settles on the entire Ummah on the auspicious Nights of Qadr and Baraa’ah. He is deprived of the special daily Rahmat of Allah Ta’ala which reaches children via the agency of their father. The la’nat (curse) and ghadhab (wrath) of Allah Ta’ala perpetually settles on this disobedient son. A variety of other calamities will descend on him right in this world. The punishment for causing heartache to parents commences in this world. It is not postponed for the Aakhirah. The barkat of his earnings is eliminated and his lifespan is shortened. And, worst of all, the danger of him dying without Imaan overhangs him. The episode of Hadhrat Alqamah (radhiyallahu anhu) who was a famous Aabid among the Sahaabah, is a fearful example of the ultimate consequence which awaits such children who cause the hearts of parents to bleed. Even if his father reprimands and abuses him without justification, then too it is haraam for the son to sever ties. It remains Waajib for him to submit in obedience to all the lawful wishes of his father. This is adequate commentary for anyone who possesses Imaan and even a degree of fear for Allah Ta’ala.

YOUR FATHER

About your father, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:

• “The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of your father, and the anger of Allah lies in the anger of your father.”
• “Verily, your father is the central gate of admission to Jannat (for his children). Therefore (O son / daughter!) destroy this central gate if you prefer, or guard it.”
• “Verily, among the best of good deeds for a man is to be kind to relatives and friends of his father, after his death.”
• To cast a gaze of affection at your father gains for you the thawaab of a Hajj.

Inspite of the abusive and sinful conduct of your father, your behaviour is worse. You have opened up the gates of Jahannum for yourself. You have no option other than to tolerate the vulgar tongue of your father. Read and reflect on the gracious statements of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) which appear above, then make your decision for your ruin or salvation.

Examine your lifestyle and eliminate actions which are in conflict with the Shariah. Offer acts of Isaal-e-Thawaab for them, e.g. Tilaawat of the Qur’aan, Sadqah and Dua for their forgiveness.

In your case, there is greater merit in paying your husband’s debts. Insha’Allah, you will gain the same thawaab or perhaps more thawaab, or perhaps the thawaab of both projects—the Maktab project and the payment of your husband’s debts. Allah Ta’ala rewards for even good intentions. Since your intention was initially the Maktab Project, you will, Insha’Allah, gain its thawaab as well.

It is not permissible.

These are nonsensical names which have no Islamic significance. When choosing names, it is necessary to select good names which were the names of pious people—Ambiya, Sahaabah and Auliya.

If you supply an address, we shall, Insha’Allah, supply you with a book full of Ahadith and other proofs of the Shariah for this prohibition.

“Ulama” who themselves devour haraam and mushtabah and whose brains have suffered spiritual tremors of derangement as a consequence of their indulgence in things and practices which are loathful in the Shariah, lack understanding of Islam’s conception of Mushtabah and its harms and dangers. To follow the misguidance of such deviated ‘ulama’ is to expose one’s Imaan to corruption.

Once Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) with a group of Sahaabah unknowingly set up camp in one such place of Athaab. Jibraeel (alayhis salaam) appeared and informed Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) of the location in which he had encamped. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) issued instructions to immediately move on. The food which was prepared with the water of that place was spilt. Those who had made wudhu with the water were later ordered to renew their wudhu. They departed from the accursed place in haste and with fear. The Hadith in Bukhaari Shareef states: “Ibn Umar narrated that when Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) passed (with a group of Sahaabah) the region of Hijr (where the inhabitants were utterly destroyed with Allah’s Athaab), he said: ’Do not enter the homes (there were still some ruins left) of those who had committed injustice to themselves, for perhaps that (punishment) which had befallen them may befall you, except (if you have to enter, then enter the place) crying.’ Then (i.e. after so saying), he covered his head and moved with speed until they had passed the valley (of Athaab).” In another Hadith Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) forbade the Sahaabah from drinking the water of the place of punishment. Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) forbade performance of Salaat in that region of Baabel (Babylon) which was destroyed by an earthquake (Allah’s Athaab). Hakimul Ummat, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, commenting on this Hadith said: There is Noor in places of obedience and ibaadat. This noor engenders obedience. In the same way there is zulmat (spiritual darkness) in places of sin, and this zulmat engenders sin. Such places are instrumental in producing qasaawat (hardness of heart), ghaflat (obliviousness) and ma’siyat (sin). The incidence of punishment is thus possible….”

It is haraam to visit and tour such accursed places for ‘enjoyment’ and ‘pleasure’. This is the actual purpose for touring these vile places. The curse and evil of these places have been augmented by the haraam holiday resorts established by the kuffaar. It is in fact negatory of Imaan for a Muslim to sit and enjoy himself/herself in the restaurants, hotels, food, pleasures, etc. which have been arranged in these accursed places which Allah Ta’ala has destroyed with His punishment. It is not permissible to drink the water and consume the food of such accursed regions of Divine Punishment.

It is haraam. The ‘extra’ he pays is interest whether he pays it before or after the loan. There is no scope for permissibility of this interest stratagem.

There is not much to comment on what the poor judge who is a layman —a non-entity in the Shariah—had said. If a learned man had made such kufr statements, the need for commenting would have arisen. But, the community abounds with modernist laymen who lack the ability to distinguish between left and right, light and darkness in matters of Shar’i import. There is, therefore, no danger of the Muslim public following the stupidities which the modernists trumpet. Even an ignorant Muslim will not be misled by the bunkum which Islamically unqualified men blurt out even if they are judges, scientists, advocates, etc., etc. If we have to squander the treasure of time to comment on the nonsense, ilhaad and baatil of every layman who tramps the streets, we shall be deprived from constructive Deeni engagement. It is best to smile off the stupidities which the aged judge has sung without understanding.

Such a woman never was a Muslim. The question is superfluous.

It is not permissible for him to accept Zakaat as long as he owns the Nisaab value which presently is about R850.

Yes, it is permissible. The Zakaat he pays will be deducted from the loan amount. In otherwords, the amount of Zakaat he pays will be regarded as a payment on the loan you gave him.

Yes, the Aqeeqah obligation is discharged.

It is a bid’ah practice. It is not permissible to participate in such public practices which have no origin in the Sunnah. As time advances, these practices develop into incorrigible bid’ah in the same way as the practices of the grave-worshippers have become bid’ah and shirk. Shaitaan is a cunning and a subtle teacher. He adorns practices with hues of ’ibaadat’ to entrap even learned men.

Lobaan-burning on these specific occasions is among the shiaar (outstanding signs) of the Ahl-e-Bid’ah. They consider such lobaan-burning to be compulsory. It is therefore not permissible to strike up a resemblance with them in acts which have no emphasis in the Shariah.

The bank’s claim is baseless. Mr. Zaid represented the partnership. The very fact that the bank had released its capital investment to Mr. Zaid belies the claim of the bank. Furthermore, even if the bank was not aware of Mr. Zaid’s involvement (which is not the case), then too its claim is baseless because it (the bank) was the dormant partner. With the full approval of the bank, the Hajj operators became the active partners conducting the day to day affairs of the business. This was with the full agreement of the bank. If Mr. Zaid was negligent in his handling of the affairs of the joint partnership, all the partners suffer. The loss cannot be imposed on only the Hajj operators. The bank has to compulsorily suffer its proportionate loss.

There is no substantiation in the Shariah for this claim. It is permissible to sweep at night.

The ‘maulana’ who exhorts women to plunge into the cauldrons of immorality in the pursuit of secular knowledge, is a shaitaan in human form. About such jaahil ‘learned’ men, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “Verily, I fear for my Ummah such aimmah (deviate and jaahil imams, maulanas and sheikhs) who will be mudhilleen (i.e. leading Muslims astray).” This ‘maulana’ is one such specimen of the materialization of this prediction of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

If it is a Jahri Salaat, i.e. the Qira’at is recited audibly, then the latecomer should not recite Thana. If it is a Sirri (Silent) Salaat, Thana should be recited.

His iqtida (following) is not valid.

It is disrespectful to do so, hence not permissible.

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The father has greater rights over his son than Ustaadhs and his Shaikh. First comes the haq of the father, then of the Ustaadh and lastly of the Shaikh. Undoubtedly, your son is disobedient and inviting the Wrath of Allah Ta’ala on himself. But, you should accept the position and not curse your son. Today, children are signs of Qiyaamah. They are closer to outsiders than to their own parents. When even so-called Aalims behave in this callous manner, what can be expected of the ignorant masses? Deeni Talaba are no longer painted with the hues of the Deen because they lack the suhbat of the Auliya. Such Suhbat is a sealed avenue in these times. We thus see students studying big kitaabs—tafseer, Fiqah and Hadith—without understanding the message of Allah and His Rasool (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) conveyed by the kutub. After Hadhrat Haaji Imdaadullah (rahmatullah alayh) had migrated to Makkah Mukarramah, Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thaanvi (rahmatullah alayh) in the company of his father went for Hajj. In Makkah Hadhrat Haaji Saheb requested Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi to remain with him. Hadhrat Thanvi was elated to be blessed with this wonderful opportunity. However, his father vetoed the idea, and Haaji Saheb instructed Hadhrat Thaanvi to return home with his father. But this understanding no longer exists today, not in students, not in their Asaatizah and not in their Shaikhs. In the foregoing pages of this issue of The Majlis, appears more naseehat for your son. Only Allah Ta’ala gives taufeeq.

It is not permissible. The committee is guilty of gross abuse of public funds. The members of the committee should reimburse the Trust Fund with their own money.

No, he is not entitled to full pay. The committee in charge should deduct from his wages.

It is not necessary to bury the bones.

On Fridays perform Zuhr Salaat after the Jumuah Salaat has ended in the Musjid.

Give the deceit the boot. Don’t allow him to fleece you in this cruel way. He is a fraud out to fleece you of money. Impostors and fakes take advantage of the natural illnesses of people to extract money from them. They attribute every illness or mental disturbance to sihr. Most of them are plain fakes who create more imaginary ailments.

It is not permissible. On your death, your wife will inherit one eighth of the house and of whatever other assets you leave, if you have children. If you have no children, she will inherit one quarter of all your assets.

His statements have rendered him a murtad (renegade). He is no longer a Muslim. You are no longer his wife. The Nikah has ended. If he sincerely repents and again embraces Islam, then a new Nikah will have to be performed before you can be his wife again.

Yes, he has to make qadha. The fidyah which he had given will become a Nafl Sadqah.

The Deen is the product of Wahi (Revelation from Allah Ta’ala), not the product of human reasoning. Castrated animals are permissible because of the Shariah’s permission. Animals without tails or with cut tails are not permissible because of the Shariah’s prohibition. Your reasoning and our reasoning are of no consequence.

Only insanity and sleep absolve a man from the effect of his utterances. As long as his aql (mind/intelligence) is intact, he is responsible and liable for his statements, regardless of the cause of the rage. Rage does alter a man’s mental equilibrium, hence he blurts out in anger words which he later regrets. But the Shariah does not absolve him from liability. Even if sihr has been diagnosed, the man, we are sure, goes about his everyday business and household affairs as a normal person. Many people fly into fits of rage without being under the influence of sihr, and utter words which they later regret. Similar will be the effect of his utterance in rage due to sihr. He remains liable. The Talaaq has taken effect. If he issued one Talaaq, it will be one Talaaq Raj’i which he can revoke and take back his wife. If he uttered three Talaaqs, the marriage is finally and irrevocably terminated.

Since he has given up his Watn-e-Asli (original home town), he will perform Qasr Salaat when he visits there without an intention of staying 15 days or more.

Both towns are Watn-e-Asli for him. He will be a muqeem (resident) on both towns. He has to perform Salaat in full in both places.

Normally it is not permissible to vote for a political party in even a Muslim country. All governments in this era are agents of kufr, shirk, immorality and oppression. All governments promulgate laws which are in total conflict with the Shariah. It is not permissible for Muslims to participate in the law-making processes of these countries. It is haraam to vote for any political party, whether in a Muslim or non-Muslim country. This is the normal and straightforward ruling of the Shariah. However, in abnormal situations, the ruling changes. If, for example, a particular political party is more amenable and sympathetic to the Muslim community and its religious requirements, and this party’s adversary is hostile towards Muslims, then it will be ermissible, and even necessary to vote for the party which pledges to safeguard the rights of the Muslim community. Recently in India, it had become almost Waajib to vote for the Congress Party in view of the fact that the Hindu verkrampte party had resolved to eliminate Islam and all its vestiges from India. Voting for the secular party therefore became imperative. While voting for such reasons will be valid, Muslims are not permitted to become part of the law-making process.

The Salaat is valid.

It is permissible. It is also permissible while passing by on the outside to make dua for all the amwaat (deceased) of the qabrustaan.

A trustee should be an uprighteous, pious male. His salient features will be: Regular performance of the daily Salaat with Jamaat; Islamic appearance—full beard and Islamic dress; adequate Deeni knowledge pertaining to the affairs of the Musjid. If he lacks adequate knowledge, he has to incumbently function after obtaining the ruling from the Ulama. It is not permissible to appoint a faasiq to any position of trust. Examples of fisq are shaving or trimming the beard; wearing the trousers below the ankles; dressing in kuffaar garb; irregular with Salaat; gambling; habitually speaking lies; indulgence in gheebat; violation of Hijaab; disobedience to parents, causing distress to them; dishonesty, and generally acting in flagrant violation of the Shariah. Those who persistently commit these kinds of misdeeds are unfit for positions of trust. It is not permissible to appoint such unqualified men.

Any abnormal hair-growth anywhere on the body may be shaved.

It is haraam to write with a gold pen.

Although every child is born on ‘fitrah’, i.e. the natural state of Imaan, technically the child born to non-Muslim parents and dying in their care, is not a Muslim. Certain laws which are applicable to the Aakhirah are not valid on earth in terms of the Shariah. A Muslim who dies under a wall which collapsed on him, dies a shaheed (martyr). However, the Shariah’s rules relating to a shaheed—one who dies on the battlefield— do not apply to the shaheed who died under a wall. Similarly, while the child is a ‘Mu’min’ in terms of the Aakhirah and sinless, he/she is not recognized as a Muslim on earth. It is for this reason that it is necessary for a non-Muslim child who had embraced Islam before puberty, to renew his/her Imaan by reciting the Kalimah after puberty. The non-Muslim child should not be given an Islamic burial. If this has already been done, there is no need to create a fuss about it. Forget about it and do not initiate a controversy.

The same practice of killing infants which was in vogue among the pre-Islam Arabs, has been introduced in another form by the western people and given legality by the laws of the land. Instead of punishing the heartless criminals, they are rewarded with immunity against criminal charges for the commission of such dastardly and barbaric acts. Muslims should accept these children and adopt them. If individuals refuse to adopt the children, it is the duty of the community to establish orphanages for the abandoned children.

Why should your husband work and why should he not enjoy himself, when you are so obliging to maintain and sustain the spineless man? You are responsible for his evil attitude. As long as you are going to feed him, you should not complain. If he, being the man refuses to work, why do you as the wife also not refuse? Inspite of it not being your duty to feed him, you work, and inspite of it being his obligation to feed you, he refuses to work. This inversion of the compulsory natural system created by Allah Ta’ala produces all the corruption you have mentioned in your letter. Be firm and refuse to work. He will have to come to his senses.

All three Talaaqs are valid notwithstanding his intoxication. Your iddat commenced immediately after the third Talaaq was issued.

Your averment that if you do not deal with these faahishah females your business will suffer, is a mammoth lie which you have gorged out without a thought of the Presence of Allah Ta’ala. Remember and understand well, that it is only Allah Azza Wa Jal Who is our Raaziq. Only He feeds and sustains you, your family and the rest of creation. Also understand well that Rizq is predetermined and sealed. And, further remember, that it is haraam to pursue your rizq in a haraam way. Haraam rizq is not restricted to haraam money or buying stolen property or dealing with interest. It is haraam for you to sit and deal with women who are so immorally clad. How can Allah’s rahmat descend on such businessmen who commit this type of zina and accept it as a lawful activity of the day’s activities? Zina of the eyes, tongue and heart have become accepted and lawful norms in the Muslim community today. The ghadhab (wrath) of Allah Azza Wa Jal is constantly hovering over this community whose Ulama too have become desensitised, and numb in the brains and the hearts. This evil state of affairs has induced them to abandon Amr Bil Ma’roof Nahy Anil Munkar. The total lack of fear for Allah Ta’ala has culminated in this sad state of audacious and flagrant transgression. Even immorality and zina have become respectable to those who proclaim to be the Believers in Tauheed. May Allah have mercy on us.

It is permissible. Masah on the khuffain (leather socks) will be valid even if ordinary socks are on the inside.

A job is not valid grounds for missing this Fardh obligation. It is indeed a terrible calamity to miss Jumuah Salaat. Those in such lamentable positions should look for other employment. If Jumuah is missed, Zuhr has to be performed. Irreparable spiritual damage is inflicted on one’s Imaan by forgoing Jumuah Salaat.

There is no valid excuse for not knowing Dua Qunoot. It is Waajib to memorize it. If the person happens to be a new Muslim, his problem is not restricted to Qunoot. It extends to Qiraa’t, Tashahhud, Durood and Dua as well. Until such time that he has not learnt these essential recitations, he should recite ‘Subhaanallaah’ several times in each position of Salaat. But he has to learn as quick as possible.

It is spiritually harmful to do so. Islamic morality is a lofty culture which disallows all demeaning acts which besmirch the golden treasures of Aql (intelligence) and Rooh (the Soul), which Allah Ta’ala bestowed to Insaan (the human being).

This woman, although having renounced Islam and becoming a murtaddah (renegade), cannot marry another man after her re-entry into Islam. She has to compulsorily marry her husband. A new Nikah has to be performed between them.

If the husband is truly insane and the wife desires to have the marriage annulled, she should approach the Ulama committee in her town and apply for annulment. After proper investigation, and following the Shariah’s procedure, the marriage will be annulled. After annulment, she has to wait for expiry of the iddat before she can marry another man.

In the first place the cell phone is not supposed to be on during Salaat. People have become grossly careless. They do not understand the importance of Salaat. They fail to understand that they are in the Presence of Allah Ta’ala when performing Salaat. The degree of their deliberate disdain for the Salaat is the fact that the ringing tone of many cell phones of musallis is haraam music. They lack the slightest vestige of shame, and are devoid of fear for Allah Ta’ala, hence they compound their haraam with more haraam. The ringing and musical chanting of the cell phones in the Musjids have become a real menace. When it is haraam to recite even the Qur’aan Majeed loudly in the Musjid, with what phrases should we slate the evil musical voices of shaitaan which frequently erupts in the Musaajid? When the phone rings, there is no option other than to switch off the confounded instrument with as minimum movement as possible. Switch off the shaitaani disturbance and continue to complete the Salaat. Thereafter, repeat the Salaat immediately if it is Zuhr, Maghrib or Isha. If it is Fajr, then repeat it after sunrise. If it is Asr,
then repeat it after the Sunnats of Maghrib. These cell phones in the Musjid are not only a nuisance, they in fact, portray the musallis’ scant respect for Allah’s House and for the highest institution of Ibaadat, viz., the Salaat.

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that at the approach of the Hour, the ignorant will refer to their ignoramus so-called molvis, muftis and sheikhs for ‘fatwas’. These juhhal issue ‘fatwas’ of jahaalat (ignorance). They will be astray and they will lead others astray into the Fire of Jahannum. The ‘fatwa’ which you have cited belongs to the ‘fatwas’ of jahaalat which the juhala of this age are adept in.

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) forbade the Sahaabah from even lingering in these places which were destroyed by the sudden and swift punishment of Allah Ta’ala. Food which was cooked with water from the accursed region was ordered to be spilt. Those who had made wudhu with water of this unfortunate region of curse, had to repeat their wudhu. Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) during his Khilaafat, forbade performance of Salaat in such regions which were effaced by the Chastisement of Allah Ta’ala. How can a Muslim ever use the accursed filth of such destroyed regions for medical or beauty treatment? ‘Ahava’ and all the accursed substances from the accursed Dead Sea region are haraam to use.

Such a stipulation invalidates the partnership. This fixed ‘salary’ is not a lawful salary in terms of the Shariah. It is ribaa. Partners, whether active or dormant, are entitled to only a share of the profit. A higher share may be fixed for the working partner.

Zakaat is not Waajib on her. She may accept Zakaat.

She may not use the interest inspite of her poverty. The interest has to be compulsorily given to other poor persons. The actual amount which her husband had contributed towards the insurance policy is part of his estate which belongs to all the heirs according to their respective inheritance shares.

Yes, it is valid. The upper floor has to be hired out and the income given to the Musjid.

In term of this logic we shall have to coin other words for Allah Ta’ala, for Musjid, for Ambiya, for Salaat, for Zakaat, for Hajj and for a myriad of things. This logic is fallacious. There is no need to abandon the term, Jamaat Khaanah.

Hair from the head and nails should neither be burnt nor flushed down the drain, nor should they be thrown away. The Shariah orders that hairs and nails be buried. Flushing down the drain like waste matter, can lead to sickness. People who practise sihr, may use the hairs for evil purposes if they find it. Islam orders burial for one’s own safety and also to honour these items which are part of the human body.

This crime even if related to Muslims who are outsiders is exceptionally evil. The consequence are dire in both this world and the Aakhirah. When related to one’s own father, there are no words to describe the villainy of such a son. The general ruling of the Shariah pertaining to this crime even regarding outsiders is mentioned as follows in Jam’ul Fawaaid: “It is not halaal for a Mu’min to sever ties with another Mu’min for more than three days. After the third day, it (is Waajib) for him to meet his brother Muslim and offer Salaam to him. If he responds, then both join in the (immense) thawaab (of joining the ruptured ties). If he does not respond to the Salaam, he becomes sinful. In one narration it is added: He who severs ties for more than three days and dies (in this period), enters Jahannum.” As far as one’s parents are concerned, it is not halaal to sever ties for even three minutes. The son who commits this heinous crime, exposes himself to the ruin of his Imaan. He can be deprived of the Kalimah at the time of Maut.

The microphone is not part of any act of ibaadat. There is absolutely no need for a loudspeaker to recite the Athaan, especially if the non-Muslim neighbours around the Musjid object. It is plain ignorance to create ill-feeling and to antagonize the non-Muslim neighbours for a practice which has no Shar’i significance. The beautiful, simple, Sunnah method is for the Muath-thin to mount the minaret and proclaim the Athaan without the mic.

You have the full permission of the Shariah to proceed with your nikah. Even without the approval and consent of your father. Your father is guilty of violating the Waajib command issued by Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)—the command in which he ordered fathers to get their daughters married at the age of buloogh. Instead of submitting to this sacred command and fulfilling your haq of Nikah, your father has opened the avenue of zina for you. As such he has lost his jurisdiction over you. Go ahead, get out of the den of vice and zina (the university), and go ahead with the Nikah. The little storm will soon blow over and subside into nothingness. Let fathers take note of their villainy.