Know Your Deen

Islamic QA for North America

February 20, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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ghusal vs wuzu

Q. Does passing wind while I am showering break ghusal? Does one have to step out of the shower, and then come back into the shower to make a fresh ghusal?

A. If ghusal was made, and all the Fard (compulsory actions) of ghusal were complete, then all one needs to do is make a fresh wuzu. If wudu was broken whilst in the shower after the ghusal had taken place, one need not step out of it. Merely continue by making a fresh wuzu.

Passing wind, (flow of blood, urine, etc) negates wudu, it does not negate ghusal.

Had you not completed your ghusal and passed wind, then in such a situation you would have to continue with making your ghusal.

It is preferred that Wudu be made before one makes ghusal. However, wuzu would be done after the ghusal, as in the case of a person who broke their wuzu after the ghusal had taken place.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

February 20, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q. I own a furniture store, do I pay zakaat on goods owned for sale and investment.

A. Yes, you would pay zakaat on goods for resale and investment. You would pay your zakaat of these goods and investments based upon the current market value upon the passing of a year.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

February 20, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q. Is it permissible for one to forgo Witr salaat earlier in the night so that one has to wake up for Tahajjud and pray Witr then?

A. It is permissible to do so. It is preferred to do so if one knows that they can wake up to perform the tahajud prayer and thereafter the Witr Salaat .

In fulfilling this great sunnah, one must not bind hardship upon oneself. That is not what Sharia desires. The task should be challenging, not a burden in its performance, nor a hindrance to ones everyday tasks, family life, etc.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

February 18, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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if i say i’m not a muslim, am i a muslim?

Q. I was watching a movie the other day, Traitor and in one part it says you can lie about being Muslim to protect your self. Is that true? What if there was a really racist guy and you told him that you weren’t Muslim, is that bad? My father told me that there is a certain thing you have to do to make up for it. Is there?

Q: I was just joking that I am christian, is that haram. I don’t become a christian, right? Or do i??

Answer:


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Whosoever disbelieves in Allah after having believed, not the one who is compelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but the one who opens (his) heart to disbelief—on upon such participants is the wrath of Allah, and they shall have a grievous chastisement.

The Tafseer of this ayah establishes that if a person makes a claim of disbelief in a situation in which their life is threatened and the oppressed is certain they are going to be killed or apprehended with grave detrimental consequences, as a result of their faith, then under such circumstances a person can claim that they are disbelievers.

 

Under conditions that are not tragic, or if there is a possibility that one is not going to be attacked, or a possibility that a threat would not be carried out, then to make such a claim jeopardizes a person’s faith. Under such (voluntary) conditions, utterances of kufr would make a person a kaffir.

 

Making a claim of disbelief as a result of mere mockery has many serious adverse consequences. Amongst them, one becomes a kaffir, an invalidation of a person nikah takes place, producing of children in such a state would cause the child to be illegitimate; a believer cannot share inheritance to a disbeliever, etc. The solution would be for one to reaffirm their faith in the presence of Muslim witnesses.

 

One must be cautious as to the words they utter. One cannot lie about their faith. To do so would have a devastating impact of one’s belief.

 

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

p.s. The imaam sincerely apologizers for the extensive delay in responding to the above questions.

February 17, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Did Jibreel alayhis salaam Make a Mistake?

Q. Can Jibrael give the Quran to the wrong person, like Mohammad instead of Ali?

A1. It is respectful to say sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam after the name of Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam). To not do so is to be a miserly person. (Hadeeth) As with sahaba, you are welcome to say, RadiAllaahu ta’ala ‘anh . Angels would gain the title of Alay-hissalaam!

A2. Angels act according to the Will of Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala). Angles do as they told. For them to do otherwise would be an act of disobedience. Thus, shaytan is said to be from amongst a group other then Malaikah (angels).

If a mistake was made by an angel, Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) would have made the angel retract from the error. Thus, this argument is baseless and tantamount to ignorance as to the understanding and functioning’s of angels and prophets. May we be saved from such erroneous ill informed knowledge of our religion.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

February 17, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Making up Prayers

Q. If a person does not perform salah for years, how does one do a makeup? Does a person let go of sunnah salah and pray qadha salah which is outstanding? What intention must make? Can sunnah muakadah be left out for qazah?

A. As far as makeup (qadha salaah) is concerned, one has to make up for missed prayers as soon as possible. However, for many this may be a difficult task to accomplish. A person may have many years of salaah outstanding. Thus, the best method would be that for each salaah the individual missed, perform a qadha salaah with the current day’s salaah. In other words, when performing your dhuhr for a given day and time, either before  or after it, perform a qadha salaah with it.

For example, when the Dhuhr has come, before one performs the given days prayers, perform a missed prayer with the intention that ‘I am performing the last outstanding salaah of Dhuhhr,’ and thereafter start the qadha salaah. One should do this for fajr, dhuhr, ‘asr, and ‘isha; for maghrib, perform the qadha of maghrib after the maghrib salaah of the given day. As for witr, one can perform it after the witr of the given day as well.

One can forsake nafl in place of qadha salaah. Regarding the letting go of sunnah muakadah, it has been stated in Shaami that without good reason, one should not miss out sunnah muakadah in place of qadah. One should try and perform both these prayers. One can opt to leave out the nafl and continue with passed missed prayers.

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If we take stock of our time, we would notice that we waste it away doing things that are inconsequential. We can use such excess time to do makeup (qadha) and/or nafl (optional and extra) prayers.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

February 17, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Oh, Back to the Moon

Q. What is the position of the Muslims in Utah regarding the moon sighting? Do your feel that we must become scientific and follow calculations? Or do your feel the sunnah method is the best?

A. Since the issue pertains to religion, al-Islam, it would be best to follow the sunnah method regarding issues that pertain to the moon. Calculations should be used by scholars with the help of the scientific community so as to determine if people are false in their claims of having sighted the moon.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.

This question has been answered before: http://islaminaction.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/another-phase-of-the-moon

Additional links of interest:

http://www.icoproject.org/sau.html

http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/isnaresp.htm

February 15, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Marrying out…not quite like take-out

Q. I was told that Muslims should only marry Muslims. I am in a relationship with a non-Muslim. Some scholars allow for it, but our local imaam does not want to do the nikah…..can a Muslim marry a non Muslim?

A. We’ll answer this question in two parts: one for believing men, and the other for believing women.

A Muslim man can marry a true Christian or Jewish woman in an Islamic country. In non-Islamic countries it would be better that such a marriage does not place. Such relationships are frowned upon and viewed as wretched actions.

A Muslims woman cannot marry a non-Muslim man. To do so would be to live under the shameful flag of adultery. To insist upon such a relationship despite knowing that one is in a state of zina, and to justify such an illicit relationship results in kuffar. Children from such a relationship would be viewed as illegitimate. The regular rules of inheritance, etc would not apply. Such relations must be severed if complete iman is to be preserved.

This is not a whimsical occurrence in Islam. It is a ruling to preserve the religious integrity of a woman and her future family.  If you would like to know the reasoning behind it, please ask us and we’ll address the whys of the situation separately.

Allah certainly knows best.

Please also see: http://islaminaction.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/intricacies-of-inter-religious-marriage

February 15, 2009
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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excercise the mind and soul

Q. Is skiing allowed?

A. Islam advocates a healthy mind and body. As Muslims, our first choice in exercise or sports should be those exercises that are linked to sports that have been sanctioned by the religion, exercises mentioned in the Hadeeth, such as horseback riding, fencing, archery, swimming, and brisk walking. However, if one cannot take part in those activities, and skiing is the only alternative due to the area in which a person lives, (i.e., you’re in a place where it snows a lot) then to not equip oneself accordingly would also not be in the best interest of a Muslim.

By contrast, if skiing has been proven to be dangerous, then it would be best to refrain from it. However, a person skiing according to his capability, taking the appropriate classes to make themselves a good skier would be part of taking the necessary precaution. This rule would apply towards all sports that have in it an element of danger. Once the necessary precaution have been taken, and thereafter if one gets hurt, it would not be the same as a person doing a risky activity in a reckless manner.

To chose a sport that is chosen by disbelievers so as to emulate them would also make the choice of a given exercise forbidden.

Allah Certainly Knows Best.