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Islamic QA for North America

February 24, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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some things are better appreciated if waited for

Q: Asalamualaykum,
I am really confused and hope you can help me. I hope to marry a guy from college that I have known for more than a year. we both wish to get married and we both have told our parents. Mine and his parents are allowing our relationship but both wish for us to be more older. We are 18 and they want us to be about 24. Me and and guy wish to have a nikah without a wali because if I tell my father he will not agree to let me have a nikah done. I do not wish to do more sins with this guy and i wish to have a halal relationship with him as husband and wife. we wish to have a nikah with 2 male witness and dowry in a mosque. would this be valid?

JazakAllah

Time: Sunday February 20, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Q: Asalamualaykum,

I would like to please ask you a question and would appreciate it if you could help me.
I am a woman of 18years of age and I would like to marry a guy from college who is also 18 years of age. We both wish to get married. we have told out parents about each other, my family is accepting the relationship and so are his parents. We want to have a nikah done but our parents say its to early the would want us married at 24. i understand our parents as marriage is a big responsibility and alot should be considered but we truly feel nikah would make us feel lighter and take the guilt of doing haram away. The guy and I wish to have a nikah done without my father who will be the wali. my parents are happily accepting this guy and so are his ALHAMDULILAH, its just they are concerned about the age which is understandable. the issue is that me and the guy dont want to do haram and be in a relationship without being one with ALMIGHTY ALLAH S.W.T’s blessings.. The guy and I do not wish to do sin more and wish to have a nikah done to make our relationship halal. Later on we wish to get married officialy with our parents consent.
please tell me is this nikah valid? as we have no choice both our parents will not agree to nikah until we reach 24 and we do not wish to sin further. please keep in mind that our parents know about this relationship and have not rejected it.

Thank you,

(Name withheld)

Time: Wednesday February 23, 2011 at 2:29 pm Continue Reading →

February 22, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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best to always ask the one who said it to you, (not us)

Q: Asalamu alaykum shaykh, I heard in a lecture that Islam was always the same from prophet Adam to Muhammad(Saw), But the only difference was the Hukm. The shaykh said that as an example, “Whenever the Ummah Of Muhammad would get nijaas anywhere on their body, We simply wash it off, But the people of the past used to ‘Chop Off’ anywhere that nijaas touched theyre body, and they couldnt offer salaat anywhere except for a church, temple…etc Continue Reading →

February 19, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Milad-Un-Nabi (This question was bound to come)

Q: Assalama Alaikum Imam,
What does Islam say about milad un Nabi? Are we allowed to have special events  just for this month?Hold especial events just for this month,Isn’t celebrating the birth of our beloved Prophet (s)?
Jazakumullah Kahir.
Time: Tuesday February 15, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Q: is it a sin to eat milad food? is it a sin to attend? if i say Christ is not alive can i say he is with me at the Milad? If an imaam allos for it can we perform salah behind him? any advice to this matter would be appreciated.
Time: February 01, 2011 at 08:01 am (text) Continue Reading →

February 19, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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do i do a make if in menses

Q: Assalamalaikum Imam,
I was wondering what the ruling was a women after she done with menses, and cleanses herself. If this happens during the late afternoon so she missed fajr, and duhr does she have to make those two prayers up?

Time: Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 9:47 pm Continue Reading →

February 17, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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if what you say is true, then go for it

Q:as-salualaikum,
i am a 26 year old girl,working in a mnc,i want to marry a boy who is also muslim.i told my parents about this.but they are not even ready to ask about him,dont want to meet him.
reason is he is not of our caste,i dont know what caste they are talking about as there is no caste system in islam and the other reason is –girls should not marry with her own  choice.
We both are educated ,both are sunni and are not involved in any haram thing alhumdulillah.
I dont know what should i do now,i cant marry some one esle also.
i know my father will not attend our nikah also as they had stopped talking to me.he wont give permission over phone also.
please tell me what can be a solution for this situation.

Time: Thursday January 27, 2011 at 6:25 am Continue Reading →

February 15, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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no such as thing as ‘i think.’ Either you know or you dont, its simple as that

Q:Salam Alaikum,

It can become a little tricky in Halaqas when it comes to tafseer and hadeeth. Some end up saying: “I think…” while talking about a quranic ayah or a hadeeth. Should there be a scholar present in the Halaqa so some of us unqualified individuals do not start interpreting the quran according to our gut feelings?  How should we discuss the quran and hadeeth without falling into error? Should we just stick to reading an interpretation of the ayahs/hadeeth from a credable source? What would be a credable source?
What should we focus on in Halaqas?

Jazakumullah khairan for taking the time to answer my questions.

Time: Tuesday February 8, 2011 at 9:13 pm Continue Reading →