QUESTION: Please prescribe a Wazifah for being blessed with a baby girl? ANSWER: It should be borne in mind that being blessed with a child is a great bounty of Allah Ta’ala, irrespective of the gender of the baby. One should always be pleased with the decree of Allah...
QUESTION: Can a person who completed Mishkaat Shareef in an Aalim course, be classed as an Aalim? ANSWER: Our Ulama generally give the title of ‘Aalim’ to that person who has completed the Kitaabs of Ahaadith which are taught in the final year of the Aalim course...
QUESTION: I came across a book published by an author named C J Ahmed, who argues that pornography and masturbation is not Haraam. He states that his claims are based on the Quraan and authentic Ahaadith. How should we view this individual and should his books be...
Q1. What is the ruling with regard to Dargas/shrines? A1. Fundamentally, it is not permissible from a Shari’ee jurisprudential point of view to construct monuments or shrines over a grave. Consider the following Ahadeeth: وَلِمُسْلِمٍ عَنْهُ: { نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ...
Q1. There is a restaurant and hotel in Johannesburg and, while on Safar, we stop there for food etc. We found out that it is owned by a Muslim person who also owns a cigarette company. Is it permissible to buy food from this restaurant and stay at the accommodation?...
QUESTION: It is said in Surah Nuh that seeking forgiveness is a means of opening the way to sustenance, offspring, etc. So, when a person engages in a specific Zikr, for example, Istighfaar or Durood Sharif, with the Niyyah of Allah Ta’ala making a certain matter in...
QUESTION: Please provide an Islamic perspective on the Sumud Flotilla that embarked to Palestine. Although it appears that it was based on commendable intentions, what can be said about the fact that we were incurring the wrath of Allah Ta’ala by having Muslim females...
QUESTION: A severely ill and bedridden woman does not have any children of her own. However, her husband took a second wife and had a daughter with her. This daughter had a son only. The sickly women had two brothers and three sisters. Both her brothers and one sister...