Sects

QUESTION: My mother suspects my father still practices sihr, but I can’t verify it or speak to him peacefully. When visiting he teaches my son beliefs I reject(Shiaa). She used to tell fortunes but says she stopped. I’m worried and unsure whom to trust. Islamically, must I visit them, or may I keep my distance?

Fiqh of the family, Sects

16 Oct

ANSWER: You must make your visits with your father short and sweet so he does not have a chance to teach them wrong Shia beliefs. As for your mother, if she said she stopped then you must trust her unless there is reasonable evidence to not. Advice both of them with knowledge, wisdom, good manners, […]

QUESTION: My local barelvi mosque has a muaddhin who says “assalatu wassalamu alaika ya noorallah” and the imam has said that those who have very good deeds can ask ALLAH directly but for us, its better to ask through a wali like Abdul Qadir Jeelani. What is the ruling on praying behind them?

Prayer, Sects

09 Sep

ANSWER: Its not permissible to pray behind such imams.

QUESTION: Sheikh, how would you advise a daughter to sincerely counsel her father who is involved in Tabligh? He actively goes out for da’wah, and apart from khuruj and the kitab they commonly read, there isn’t other practices concerning. What would you advise her to say?

Sects

11 Aug

ANSWER: Try to relate him more and more to the seerah of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and his sunnah. Once he is truely attached to it, he would know that what he is doing is wrong.

QUESTION: Not interested in thableegi. Lot times jamath visit us, I try my best to respectfully tell them, “I have works, please leave me”, they insist on telling “some innovative stories/ you can’t go to jannah only you praying,…”. I say sorry, and leave, then they will leave from home saying “Allahu Akbar, Hasbunallah,.”. Now I’m facing lot of problems, may be punishment of it??

Sects

24 May

ANSWER: No, these are whispers of Satan. Ignore it and keep on making duaa and Allah will relieve you of your problems. Such people are people of innovation and you did well by not accompanying them. However, you should respectfully tell them that and not kick them out as if they are criminals!

QUESTION: Can we recite or listen a poem praises the prophet saw called Qaseeda Burdah

Sects, Shirk and its different forms, Supplications

12 May

ANSWER: No, It is not permissible as it includes shirk and exaggeration in praising the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/115502/qaseedat-al-burdah-by-al-busayri-and-an-explanation-of-what-it-contains-of-kufr-and-heresy

QUESTION: Some people light a(oil lamp)in their homes on certain days or for pious people, believing it brings blessings They also claim that Allah mentions lamps in the Qur’an and that the Prophet used lamps, Is lighting a lamp with the belief of gaining blessings or as a religious act something proven from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah? Did the Prophet or the Sahabah ever do this as an act of worship?

Innovations, Sects

08 May

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and fabricated and not from Islam! This is sinful and can mount to shirk!

QUESTION: Sheikh, I am not comfortable with a Tabligh Jamaat proposal due to strict Tabligh practices I do not agree with. My parents believe it is the best option and that I will have no pressure after marriage, but they are pressuring me despite my refusal. Please advise me.

Fiqh of Marriage, Sects

12 Apr

ANSWER: You must speak up now before the nikkah and going home with him as going home with them is consenting to such a marriage. No one can force you to someone you do not like and you must not agree to marry such a person.

QUESTION: I found a quote unquote student of knowledge that highlighted the issues of Muawiya (May Allah be pleased with him) saying He used to curse Ali or the people of time used to curse Ali and He also states that Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahmiullah) was a Sufi, and says that he called Abdullah ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) an innovator. Should knowledge be taken from such a person?

Sects

10 Feb

ANSWER: Of course not!! This guy is not a scholar, rather a deviant sufi or a Rafidah Shia, you must run away from him like you run away from the plague!

QUESTION: Sheikh my mother is alevi and if I die, she might bury me as one. What should I do?

Funerals, Sects

03 Dec

ANSWER: You must declare it in your Will and give it to local sunnah Islamic centre that you would want to be buried the sunnah way after you die.

QUESTION: My local masjids are all tablighi and sometimes people ask for money for their madrasa,so can I donate to Tablighi madrasa?

Charity, Sects

18 Oct

ANSWER: No, you must not donate to them.

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