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Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
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
Posted in Halal & Haram, Prayer Request
Tagged `azm, adultery, desisting, determination, drinking, forgiveness, good deeds, hadd, huquq, iqla`, istighfar, legal punishment, nadama, remorse, repentance, sins, violated rights, zina
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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
Posted in Halal & Haram
Tagged `ilm al-ghayb, bida`, grave, green, innovation, khasais an-Nabi (s), misbehavior, plants, specialties of the Prophet (s), vegetation
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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
Repeat drunkards
Q: Did the Prophet call for the killing of repeat drunkards? Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram
Tagged abrogation, drunkard, flogging, recidivist
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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
Posted in Dream Interpretation, Family Issues
Tagged Ahl al-Bayt, Family of the Prophet (s), lineage, nasab
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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
Posted in Belief & Doctrine
Tagged Sayyidina `Ali (r), Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
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Dua for hardship found in Dailami
Question: As salaamu alykum My greetings to our beloved Shaykh Nazim, Sultanal-Awliya, may Allah grant him a long life and greetings to all his deputies. I must commend everyone on such a superb website, may Allah reward everyone involved. Amin … Continue reading
Combining Prayers
Q: What is the procedure for combined salat, like Salat-ud-dhur and Asr, as combined or Magrib and Isha? In winters, days are short so can we do combined salats? Continue reading
Posted in Salat - Prayer
Tagged chronic discharge, combine prayers, fear, ill, jama`ah, nursing mother, purification, reputation, sick, travel, winter, wudu
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Nikah Mutaah
Q: Please can u enlighten me and the readers about the validity of nikah mutaah? Continue reading