Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Memorizing the Holy Quran

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: I am having problem in memorizing the Holy Quran well. Frequently, I forget some verses and regain it later. I want a prayer that I can perform to strengthen my memory and facilitate me to memorize it better. Continue reading →

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The Prophet’s (SAW) Family and Abdullah Ibn Abbas (R)

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: My family has written Syed with its name for generations and many of my forefathers were big Shaykhs in the Qadrya Tariqa in India (Syed has been a part of my legal name since birth and my surname is also Qadri). Continue reading →

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Khatm Quran gathering

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Is it permitted to hold a gathering to celebrate the completion of khatm of the Quran? Continue reading →

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Praying behind Imam Wiping over Socks

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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

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Repentance for zina and drinking

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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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