Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Praying behind Imam Wiping over Socks

Q: I have previously been advised that, while it is not our business to find the faults of others if we know that an Imam has wiped over his socks, or that it is his practise, it renders the salah behind him – according to this position – invalid. Continue reading

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Diyyat

Q: Pls advise what is the Hanafi judgment about “diyyat” in case of man and woman separately. Continue reading

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Does wife need permission to fast?
Est-ce que l’épouse doit demander la permission pour jeûner?

Q: Does a wife have to ask permission from her husband to keep nafl fasts, for example voluntary fasting in Muharram? Taking into account the fasting is short in the winter months and we are both at work all day and do not see each other, so it does not affect marital relations.[fr]Est-ce qu’une épouse doit demander la permission à son mari pour observer des jeûnes nafl, par exemple, le jeûne volontaire du mois de Muharram?[/fr] Continue reading

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Est-ce que l’épouse doit demander la permission pour jeûner?

Hadith: forgiveness of major sins

Q: Does the hadith below cover major sins (kaba’ir)? Continue reading

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Repentance for zina and drinking

Q: Could you please advise the best method of repentance for the following: 1) Adultery; 2) Drinking alcohol[fr]Q: Could you please advise the best method of repentance for the following: 1) Adultery; 2) Drinking alcohol[/fr] Continue reading

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Planting on graves

The custom of placing flowers is a Bid’at (innovation) and is not established from the Shari’ah. Continue reading

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Eve created from Adam’s rib

According to my knowledge Hawa (Eve) was created from a rib of Adam. I always knew this to be the case however an article in a local newspaper in Pakistan, a scholar said that there is no proof of this i.e. no evidence (hadith) exists. Continue reading

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Repeat drunkards

Q: Did the Prophet call for the killing of repeat drunkards? Continue reading

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Dream: Ahl-ul-Bayt

Question: Assalamualaikum Shaykh, Forgive me for my lack in adab. I had a dream in which my maternal uncle told me that his family was an ahl-ul-bayt. And so I asked if the blood being from my mother would it … Continue reading

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Superiority of Syedna Ali al Murtaza and Syedna Abu Bakar

Question: Assalam u alayekum ! Is it permissible for a person who is in Naqshbandi Tariqah to think Syedna Ali superior than Syedna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both),yet respecting and having love for both? Answer: `Alaykum … Continue reading

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