Saving a Holy Qur’an

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

asalam-o-alaikum respected shaykh,

When i was 15 i saw a Qur’an in my school library, and as i was young and not well educated i though i should take the Qur’an to save it and take it to a Muslim home with the intention of saving it from mistreatment.Recently i have found the Qur’an, it was a translation by Picthall in English. I have realized this and am thinking what the ruling would be on this, would this come under stealing?  I have repented for this and am thinking whether i have to return it or not? Could you please give me some advice.Please give my salaam to all our shaykhs.
jazakallah khair

Answer:

Alaykum Salam,
You can gift a new bilingual Mushaf to that library.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Wudu

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

as salam shiekh,

I would like to ask u is it essential to wash both the front and the back part during every wudu …with water every time wudu is fard on us? I follow the ahnaf .

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Allah’s Messenger (s) said: “The Salaat (prayer) of a person who does Hadath (passes urine, stool or wind) is not accepted until he performs (repeats) the Wudhu (ablution).” [Bukhari]

“O you who believe! When you intend to offer prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, lightly rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. If you are in a state of Janaba, purify yourselves (bathe your whole body).” [Surah al-Maidah: Ayat 6]

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Grave Headstone

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

Asalaamualikum,

I hope all the team at eshaykh is well and Allah makes the continuation of your good work easier.

My question is concerned with Muslim headstones. My father passed away a couple of years ago and we are still to arrange a headstone to be placed on the grave. Currently there is a simple wooden plaque identifying the grave.

Is there permission and permissibility for headstones and if there is what is the Sunnah approach – what should the headstone include or not include?

We live in the UK and although the cemetery is sectioned with two large Muslim Areas – there are ‘non-Muslim’ areas and people often come and walk there dogs / allow there dogs to roam in the area.

JzakAllah khair

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

There is no harm in placing of Headstone which may include besides the name the dates of birth and death.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Jafari Fiqh

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

I am curious about the Naqshbandi position on Jafari fiqh and those who practice it?

Answer:

If you study Ja’fari fiqh, you will find 90% of it very similar to Sunni positions. It is very interesting and may come as a surprise to you that there is more in common between Ja’fari and Hanafi fiqhs than between Hanafi and other madhhabs.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Is earrings for men haram?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

As Salamu Alaykum,

There are some traditional depictions of muslim men using earrings, in the Middle Ages, for example. The old dervish Baba Aziz in the movie of the same name is shown using a silver earring. Shaykh Abdul Rasheed Matthews also uses one. Are earrings allowed for men in Islam? Is this considered imitation of women? Are earrings necessarily feminine? Is it allowed when it is used on only one ear (e.g. on the left ear only)?

Thank you in advance. May Allah reward you for your great work and bless Shaykh Hisham and all staff.

Wa Salaam

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Earrings are considered a kind of adornment for women. Imitating women is considered unlawful in Islam.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Father passed away

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

assalaam alaikum,

My father passed away on the 8th of May, and I am writing to you regarding the issue of `idda, the morning period for widows, specifically regarding my mother. Kindly advise us as to what is the ruling. She is over 70 years of age, and even before my father died she didn’t go out unnecessarily. She only used to go out to my father’s sisters houses and to his brothers house and to her children’s houses. Once in a while she used go to the bank for important work. please advise. Thank you.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Your mom may not marry again until 4 months and 10 days have passed. She must remain at home throughout this period. Only in the case of dire necessity she is allowed to leave the house during the day.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Contact Lenses

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

ASLAAM WALKIUM
IS IT HARAM TO WEAR CONTACT LENSES.
MAY ALLAH GIVE MAWLANA SHAYKH NAZIM LONG LIFE AND SHEIKH HISHAM KABBANI.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Contact lenses are not haram. It is similar to wearing the prosthesis leg or arm.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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Being pressured to grow beard

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Question:

Assalamualaikum,

Firstly, my humblest salaam to Maulana Sheikh Nazim & Sheikh Hisham may Allah SWT blessing shower them.I need advice. I am a practicing Muslim, 33 years of age. Have a beard, trying to keep this in the sunnat way. Its no longer than a fist. Everyone telling me to cut it, even my own mother. Say no have a beard as long as me, that I wont get married if its that long. My heart telling me to keep it. I am looking to get married but none of the girls I have met like my beard..they say I have a good personality but don’t like my beard..At first I get angry but then get depressed..I love my beard. I have not kept it for show, kept it for the love of our beloved Prophet PBUH..Have done Bayt directly with MSN.. I am at a loss and feel alone..Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Make the beard short now. 90 % of Mawlana’s mureeds have no beards and even if they have it, it is close-trimmed. As long as the “sign” of the beard is there, in order to marry or find a job, it is OK to trim it.

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

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Bayah & Participation in other Sufi Orders

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Question:

If you do bayah with shaykh nazim can you be part of the mevlevi, shadhili and qadri tariqts and do their dhkir as well. for example the hadra and perform the sema?

Answer:

Yes you can, as tabarruk, blessing, but your baya` is to the Naqshbandi silsila of Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani (q).

I used to accompany Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani (q) to the Ushaqi dhikr in Turkey and Shadili dhikr in Syria; that does not change the baya`, but rather takes the barakah of other tariqahs.  Even in the Naqshbandi dhikr, we do the first part of the Khatm up to Ihda, then we do the remainder as tabarruk from other tariqahs, which is an addition to the Khatm Khawajagan added by Grandshaykh (q).

The Khatm Khawajagan that we do now is not even required for us, as it is only for those who attend the Greater Khatm. If the number of people are less than seven, they do the Lesser Khatm which most are doing today, and if more, they should do the Greater Khatm on stones, as mentioned in the Naqshbandi Sufi Way. If you do the first part without doing the second, you have completed the Naqshbandi dhikr.

We are mentioning this simply to explain that it is permissible to go to dhikr of other tariqahs.

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

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Offering prayer in t-shirt

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

Assalam u alayekum!
If a person is offering a prayer in t-shirt and during each prostration due to stretching his back is uncovered slightly, but except prostration his back remains covered (i.e uncovers for only the duration of each prostration that too slightly) will his prayer be still valid?
Shukran Syyedi.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

It is makrooh, offensive to offer a prayer in a t-shirt and another makrooh to uncover your back in any namaz position.

Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago

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