When should a Muslim start fasting six days of Shawwaal?

When should a Muslim start fasting six days of Shawwaal?

When can I start fasting six days of Shawwal, since we have annual leave right now?

Praise be to Allaah.

You can start fasting six days of Shawwaal from the second day of Shawwaal, because it is haraam to fast on the day of Eid. You can fast the six days at any time during Shawwaal, although the best of good deeds are those which are done soonest.

The standing committee received the following question:

Should fasting the six days be done immediately after Ramadaan, following the day of Eid or is it permissible to do it a few days after Eid in the month of Shawwaal or not?

They replied as follows:

These days do not have to be fasted immediately after Eid al-Fitr; it is permissible to start fasting them one or more days after Eid, and they may be done consecutively or separately during the month of Shawwaal, according to what is easier for a person. There is plenty of room for maneuver in this matter, and this is not obligatory, it is Sunnah.

And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions and grant them peace.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10/391

 

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How should we observe Laylat al-Qadr and when is it?

How should we observe Laylat al-Qadr and when is it?

How should we observe Laylat al-Qadr? Is it by praying, or by reading Qur’aan and the Prophet’s Seerah, listening to lectures and lessons and by celebrating it in the mosque?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

Firstly: 

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to strive hard in worship during the last ten days of Ramadaan as he never did at any other time, praying, reading Qur’aan and making du’aa’. Al-Bukhaari and Muslim narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that when the last ten days of Ramadaan came, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would stay up at night and would wake his family up, and would abstain from marital relations. Ahmad and Muslim narrated that he used to used to strive hard in worship during the last ten days of Ramadaan as he never did at any other time. 

Stopping one’s period during Ramadaan

Stopping one’s period during Ramadaan  

Some women take pills in Ramadaan to stop their periods. They do this so that they will not have to make up any fasts afterwards. Is this permissible and are there any restrictions on their doing this?

Praise be to Allaah.

I think that women should not do this and they should remain on the menstrual cycle that Allaah has decreed for them and for all the daughters of Adam. There is wisdom behind it and a reason for which Allaah created it, and this wisdom befits the nature of women. If a woman tries to stop this cycle, it will undoubtedly have a harmful effect on her body, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” This is besides the fact that these pills can do harm to the uterus as the doctors have stated. What I think with regard to this issue is that women should not use these pills. Praise be to Allaah for His decree and wisdom. When a woman’s period comes, she should stop fasting and praying, and when her period is over she should resume fasting and praying; when Ramadaan is over she should make up the fasts that she has missed.

Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
Source: islamqa.com

Fasting is not accepted if one doesn’t pray

Fasting is not accepted if one doesn’t pray

Is it permissible to fast without praying?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

No good deeds will be accepted from one who does not pray – no zakaah, no fasting, no Hajj or anything else. 

Al-Bukhaari (520) narrated that Buraydah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever does not pray ‘Asr, his good deeds will be annulled.” 

What is meant by “his good deeds will be annulled” is that they will be rendered invalid and will be of no benefit to him. This hadeeth indicates that Allaah will not accept any good deed from one who does not pray, so the one who does not pray will not benefit at all from his good deeds and no good deed of his will be taken up to Allaah. 

It seems from the hadeeth that there are two types of those who do not pray: those who do not pray at all, which annuls all their good deeds, and those who do not offer a particular prayer on a particular day, which annuls the good deeds of that day. So annulment of all good deeds happens to those who forsake all the prayers, and annulment of the good deeds of a particular day happens to the one who omits a particular prayer. 

The virtue of giving iftaar to one who is fasting

The virtue of giving iftaar to one who is fasting

What is the reward for giving iftaar to one who is fasting?

Praise be to Allaah.  

It was narrated that Zayd ibn Khaalid al-Juhani said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever gives iftaar to one who is fasting will have a reward like his, without that detracting from the reward of the fasting person in the slightest.”  

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 807; Ibn Maajah, 1746. Classed as saheeh by Ibn Hibaan, 8/216 and by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami, 6415. 

Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] said: What is meant by giving him iftaar is giving him enough to satisfy him. Al-Ikhtiyaaraat, p. 194 

The righteous salaf were keen to provide food for others and they thought that this was one of the best of righteous deeds. 

One of the salaf said:  For me to invite ten of my companions and feed them food that they like is dearer to me than freeing ten of the sons of Ismaa’eel from slavery. 

Many of the salaf used to give up their iftaar for others, such as ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him), Dawood al-Taa’i, Maalik ibn Dinar and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ibn ‘Umar used only to break his fast with orphans and the poor and needy. 

There were among the salaf those who used to offer food to their brothers whilst fasting, and they would sit and serve them, such as al-Hasan and Ibn al-Mubaarak. 

Abu al-Siwaar al-‘Adawi said: Men from the tribe of Banu ‘Adiyy used to pray in this mosque and not one of them would break his fast on his own; if they found someone to join them they would eat with him, otherwise they would take their food out to the mosque and eat with the people, and the people would eat with them. 

From the ‘ibaadah of providing food for people stem many other acts of worship such as creating love and friendship towards those who are given the food, which is a means of entering Paradise, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You will not enter Paradise until you truly believe, and you will not truly believe until you love one another.” Narrated by Muslim, 54. It also fosters the practice of sitting with righteous people and seeking reward by helping them to do acts of worship for which they gain strength by eating your food.

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ތަރާވީހް ނަމާދުގެ މާތްކަން

ތަރާވީހް ނަމާދުގެ މާތްކަން

 އުއްމު ޢަބްދުﷲ

ތަރާވީހް ނަމާދުގެ މާތްކަމަކީ ކޮބައިހެއްޔެވެ؟

ﷲއަށް ޙަމްދުހުއްޓެވެ.

ފުރަތަމައަށް:-

ޢިލްމުވެރިންގެ އިޖްމާޢިން އެނގޭ ގޮތުގައި ތަރާވީހް ނަމާދަކީ ސުންނަތް މުސްތަހައްބު ކަމެކެވެ. އަދި އަންނަނީ ޤިޔާމުއްލައިލްގެ(ރޭއަޅުކަމުގެ) މައުޟޫގެ ދަށުގައެވެ. ޤުރުއާނާއި ސުންނަތުގެ ހެކިތަކުގެ އަލީގައި އެކަމަށް ބާރުދީ ރޭއަޅުކަމަށް ހިތްވަރުދެއެވެ. އަދި އޭގެ މަތިވެރިކަން ބަޔާންކޮށްދެއެވެ.

ދެވަނަ ކަމަކަށް:-

ރޯދަމަހުގައި ރޭއަޅުކަމުގައި ނަމާދު ކުރުމަކީ، މިމަހުގައި މީހަކަށް އޭނާގެ ވެރި އިލާހާއި އެންމެ ބޮޑަށް ކުއްތަންވެވޭ އެންމެ މަތިވެރި އަޅުކަންތަކުގެ ތެރެއިން އެއް އަޅުކަމެވެ. އަލް-ހާފިޒް އިބްން ރަޖަބް (رحمه الله) ވިދާޅުވިއެވެ. ”ދަންނާށެވެ! ރޯދަމަހުގައި މުއުމިނު އަޅާ ދެކަމެއްގައި ނަފްސުގެ ޖިހާދުގައި ހަރަކާތްތެރިވެއެވެ. ދުވާލުގައި ރޯދަހިފުމުގެ އަދި ރޭގަނޑުގައި ރޭއަޅުކަމުގައި ނަމާދުކުރުމުގައެވެ. މި ދެ ވައްތަރުގެ ޖިހާދު އެއްކުރާ މީހަކަށް ހައްދެއްނެތި އަޖުރު ލިބޭނެއެވެ.“

April Fool

April Fool

Q:In some foreign countries – kaafir countries – there is the well-known custom of April Fool, which happens of the first day of April. Some Muslims are imitating them in this, thinking that it is permissible to tell lies on this day… what is your opinion on this belief and on this custom?

Ans:

Praise be to Allaah. 

Lying is not permissible at all, at any time. And it is not permissible to imitate the kuffaar and to be like them, on this day or on any other, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”

From the fatwaas of Shaykh Saalih Fawzaan in al-Shaqaa’iq magazine, no. 32, Safar

Zinaa – fornication and adultery

One of the aims of Islamic sharee’ah is to preserve honour and lineage, so zinaa (unlawful sexual intercourse) is forbidden. Allaah says:

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَىٰ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا ﴿٣٢﴾  سورة الإسراء ٣٢

“And come not near to unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily it is a faahishah (a great sin) and an evil way (that leads to Hell unless Allaah forgives)” [Qur’an 17:32]
Sharee’ah blocks all the ways and means that could lead to zinaa, by enjoining hijaab and lowering the gaze, and by forbidding being alone with a non-mahram woman, etc.
The married man who commits adultery deserves the worst kind of punishment, which is stoning to death, so that he may taste the results of his deeds and so that every part of his body may suffer just as every part of his body enjoyed the illicit liaison. The fornicator who was previously unmarried is to be punished with the maximum number of lashes mentioned in sharee’ah, which is 100 lashes, in addition to the scandal of this punishment being witnessed by a group of believers, and the humiliation of being banished from his city and the scene of his crime for one full year.

ޙޫރުލް ޢީނުންނާއި ބެހޭ ގޮތުން ބުނެދެއްވާށެވެ.

  ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ޢިޔާޟު ޢަބްދުއްލަތީފް ސުވާލު:
ސުވަރުގޭގައި މުސްލިމު އަންހެނުންނާއި ޙޫރުލްޢީންނުގެ ތެރެއިން ރީތިވާނީ ކޮންބައެއްތޯއެވެ؟ އަދި މާތްވެ މަތިވެރި ވާނީ ކޮންބައެއްތޯއެވެ؟ މިކަމުގއި ހުރި ދަލީލު ތަކާއި އަދި މި މައްސަލާގައި ކިޔަން ރަނގަޅު ފޮތްތަކެއް ބުނެދެވުން އެދެމެވެ. ބަރާކަތްﷲ ފީކަ ވަ ފީ ޢިލުމިކަ.

ޖަވާބު:
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم وبعد: ސުވަރުގޭގައި އެންމެ މަދުން އަނބިން ލިބޭމީހަކަށްވެސް ދެއަނބިން ލިބޭނެއެވެ. ގިނައިން ލިބޭ މީހުންވެސް ތިބެއެވެ. ވަކި ޢަދަދެއް ސުންނަތުން ޘާބިތުވަނީ ހަމައެކަނި ﷲ ގެ މަގުގައި ޖިހާދު ކުރަނިކޮށް ޝަހީދުވީ ޝަހީދުންނަށެވެ. އެމީހުންނަށް 72 ޙޫރުލް ޢީނުން ލިބޭނެކަމަށެވެ.

Gold teeth

Gold teeth

 
What is the ruling on having gold teeth fitted?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

It is not permissible for men to have gold teeth fitted unless that is essential, because it is haraam for a man to wear gold or adorn himself with it. With regard to women, if it is customary for women to adorn themselves with gold teeth, then there is nothing wrong with them doing that; a woman may plate her teeth with gold if it is customary for women to adorn themselves in this manner, and it is not extravagance, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Gold and silk have been permitted for the females of my ummah.” 

If a woman dies in this state, or if a man dies who wore a gold tooth out of necessity, then it should be removed, unless there is the fear of mutilation of the corpse, i.e., there is the fear that the gum may be split, in which case it should be left alone. That is because gold is considered to be a kind of wealth, and wealth is to be inherited by the heirs of the deceased; leaving it with the deceased and burying it is a waste of money. 

From Majmoo’ al-Fataawa by Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 18/108.

Repent before it is too late

Repent before it is too late

Question: 

Do you have any advice for young men who are indulging in worldly pleasures and who forget to prepare and strive for the Day of Resurrection?.

Praise be to Allah.   

Our advice to negligent youth is to repent before it is too late and before they come to regret not doing their duty towards Allah. For death may come suddenly; and Allah may give respite but no wrongdoer can escape His punishment, and He is Almighty and is the One Who wreaks vengeance.

Repentance wipes out whatever came before it

Repentance wipes out whatever came before it

 One might say: “I want to repent, but who can guarantee that Allaah will forgive me if I do so? I want to follow the Straight Path, but I feel very hesitant. If I knew for sure that Allaah would forgive me, I would definitely repent.”

I would say in response that these feelings of hesitation are the same as those experienced by the Sahaabah themselves. If you think seriously about the following two reports, the feelings you have will be dispelled, in sha Allaah.

The More Humble You Are Before Allah, The More Honorable You Are Before the Creation

The More Humble You Are Before Allah, The More Honorable You Are Before the Creation

"...And the slave - the more humble, needy, and subdued he is before Allah - the closer he will be to Him, and the dearer he will be to Him, and the greater in status he will be to Him. So, the happiest of the Creation is the one who is greatest in servitude to Allah.

As for the Creation, as it is said: be in need of whoever you wish, and you will be his prisoner; be sufficient from whoever you wish, and you will be his adversary; be kind to whoever you wish, and you will be his authority...

Celebrating Valentine’s Day

Celebrating Valentine’s Day

The Festival of Love was one of the festivals of the pagan Romans, when paganism was the prevalent religion of the Romans more than seventeen centuries ago. In the pagan Roman concept, it was an expression of  “spiritual love”. 

There were myths associated with this pagan festival of the Romans, which persisted with their Christian heirs. Among the most famous of these myths was the Roman belief that Romulus, the founder of Rome, was suckled one day by a she-wolf, which gave him strength and wisdom.  >> Read More

It is not permissible to elect to city councils etc those who mock the Islamic religion

It is not permissible to elect to city councils etc those who mock the Islamic religion

  Is it permissible for a Muslim to elect to city councils or any other kind of council someone who believes in communism or mocks religion or embraces nationalism and regards it as a religion?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

It is not permissible for a Muslim to elect to city councils or any other kind of council someone who is known to be a communist or to mock the Islamic religion or to believe in nationalism and regard it as a religion, because by electing him he is accepting him as his representative and helping him to be in a position where he could spread evil or cause corruption, and help those who agree with him and his beliefs. That position may enable him to harm those who differ from him and deprive them of their rights or some of them. It is also a way of encouraging him to persist in his false beliefs and implement them as much as he wants. 

From Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Ifta, 23/404.

Islam Q&A

The virtue of Friday

The virtue of Friday

 Which day of the week do you consider most holy and your sabboth?

Praise be to Allaah.

It should be noted that the entire life of a Muslim is worship of Allaah; there is no special day for worship, for the Muslim is worshipping Allaah all the time. But there is a day which Allaah has made special for this ummah (nation), the nation of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and which Allaah has favoured above all the other days of the week. That day is Friday. There are a number of hadeeths which speak of the virtue of this day, including the following:  

It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “We (Muslims) are the last (of the nations) but (we will be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection,  although the former nations were given their scriptures before us and we were given our after them. And this (Friday) is the day concerning which they disputed. So Allaah guided us (to it), tomorrow (i.e., Saturday) is for the Jews and the day after (i.e., Sunday) is for the Christians.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu’ah, 847).