Elaborate on “dripping”

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

Salams,
In this question, Mawlana says “Then after you finish going where you are going, you can renew your wudu. However, you have to be careful. If anything drips, then you know what you have to do.”

My wife and I are very confused to what this “dripping” means. Does this mean we have to make ghusl, even if we don’t actually have intercourse or climax? There are fluids that drip out before intercourse, but we are not sure what we have to do. Please elaborate.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,
Ghusl is made obligatory by emergence of semen during orgasm (sexual gratification). If semen emerges without pleasure, only wudu‘ is made obligatory.

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

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Dream: Tawaf at Kaaba

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Imam Yassir Chadly

Dream:

Assalam u alaykum,

I was with some people looking at a global map of the east, and there was a circle in white light all around the Asian continent, and I came up and spoted that it was a plot to attack all Asian countries. Everyone was alerted.Then went straight to Kaaba where I did the tawaf. I was saying in labaikallah oumalabaik then a fountain appeared in the place of Kaaba. I turned and looked on the side and saw people drinking zam zam water.

When I woke up it was 20mins from Fajr but i felt very thirsty. I didn’t drink water, but instead I conducted by ablution, prayed Fajr prayer then went to the mosque for sobh.

Jazzakum allahu khaira

Interpretation:

a`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem:

wa`alaykum salam,
This dream can mean that you fear that the people who face east (Christianity) are plotting to make everyone to be Christian, so you ran to the Ka`bah (monotheism) and drank zam zam to make sure to never believe in more than one God. Mashallah, it is a good dream.

And Allah knows best.

Yassir Chadly

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Converts & Keeping the Peace with Family

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Ustadh Abdul Shakur Hadi

Question:

Salam aleykoum wrwb respected Shaykhs and Scholars,

My question is about Muslim converts. Since keeping family ties and good family relations are very important in Islam (I’m assuming this means the extended family as well- cousins, aunts, uncles, etc), do you have any advice for converts trying to follow their new faith yet facing opposition from their family? Many converts end up having to completely cut off from their family to protect their faith, while others must completely hide their Islam in order to keep ties. How can one find balance; making their family happy and staying close to loved ones, yet staying firmly rooted and committed to following the principles of Islam?
Baraka lawfikum

We hope to become sincere servants of Allah Almighty and Sayiddina Muhammad (s) and of our Sheikhs.

Answer:

Wa`alaykumussalam,

Family ties cannot be broken. Should you be staying with your family, respect their beliefs while you keep your faith. You are still family to them, and the only difference Islam makes you is that you’ve become a better person. Remember that Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) and his companions faced tremendous hardship and opposition, but they did not react to them but prayed to Allah for His protection and love.

Abdul Shakur

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Dream: RassoolALLAH(saw) in my House!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Imam Kamau Ayyubi

Dream:

Assalam-o-alaikum wa rehmatullahi wa barakatuhu!
May ALLAH (swt) give you and sheikh nazim a long longgg healthy life and make both of you enter Jannat-ul-firdous,Ameen!
I had a dream four years before…I saw Prophet Muhammad (saww) in my house,on his one side was standing Hazrat Umar (RA) and on the other side Hazrat Mu’assab bin umair was standing.RasoolALLAH (saww) was mashaALLAH very young at that moment..he was dressed in black with a glitter on it that was shining…A lady from RasoolALLAH (saww)’s family was introducing them to me.In the dream.Whole house was dark,yet i could see those three because they have a lot of nuur with them.After introduction RasoolALLAH (saww) looked at me and said “Switch on the lights”.I replied “RasoolALLAH (saww)! how can i do this as there is no electricity?”RasoolALLAH (saww) said”there is no need of electricity when we have a sun.”Suddenly a sun of nuur from RasoolALLAH (saww)’s head came to me and i got covered with nuur. And then my dream ended.
Please pay my salaam to maulana Sheikh Nazim! May ALLAH(swt) bless both of you,Ameen!
JazakALLAH
Fee amaanALLAH

Interpretation:

a`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem:

wa `alaykum salam,
Masha’Allah, the Prophet (saws) is honoring you and you will be on the right path here and hereafter inshallah according to the spiritual realities of the Prophet and the Sahabah. This will make you like a star in a dark night among people.

Wallahu Alam.

Kamau Ayyubi

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Dream: Sahabas (ra) in Mecca

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Imam Yassir Chadly

Dream:

Asalaam ula Kum, I had two dreams which I have been very confused about. In the first I had a dream I was in Mecca and wasn’t wearing the correct clothing to perform umrah so I wanted to go out of the city to change and the next thing I know is I am at the grave of a Sahaba (ra), and some how I hear  or read on there stone that to be protected I should come into their grave. Then I have no memory of anything but me and my friend holding either their or someone else’s coffin.

Interpretation:

a`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem:

wa `alaykum salaam,
This dream can mean that you are doing something that is not correct and you should learn how to do it from learning how the Sahaba did it, with your friend you are going to learn from their knowledge represented by holding on the coffin.

And Allah knows best.

Yassir Chadly

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Dream: Nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Imam Yassir Chadly

Dream:

Slaam ula Kum,
 1). I met a mureed at the mosque whom I have only seen once prior to this who told me he had a dream about me I had the hair Mubarak of nabi sallallahu alayhi wasallam in a trolley and was taking it down the road I let them see it but I said something along the lines of that they I have been given it and need to go with it.
2). Dream: standing over a grave in a another time in grandads garden can see golden case of grave on floor and body but all covered in mud can only make out a figure, saying to my grandad I think this is the body of a pagan and I have his or just a golden sword in my hand which I say to my grandad I will write la illah ha illah Muhammad rasulallah on it.

Interpretation:

1) This dream can mean that you are going to succeed in your project because of the hair of Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)

2) You are going to give tabligh to others with the strength of the “sword” of La ilaha illa ‘Llah.

And Allah knows best.

Yassir Chadly

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Dream: Who is he?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Imam Yassir Chadly

Dream:

assalamualykum,
I am going through some tough times since I explained about the dream about the guy I met who is wearing white and entered my home and everyone loves him and he gave me a gift and mum smiles. I do not know what it means to me, I find it so hard to get away from him in my waking life, because in reality my parents do not allow us to marry just anyone, he has to be a cousin. But I dreamt that both my cousins proposed to me and I said no. Then I dreamed of another man who I’ve probably never seen nor spoken to. He was the only one I said yes to, and all three or four who proposed to me did it on the field.
Please explain this to me. May Allah bless you all with happiness.

Interpretation:

a`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem:

wa `alaykum salam,
This dream can mean that you should marry outside the cousins who can have a blood kind that can be dangerous for the kids to come.

And Allah knows best.

Yassir Chadly

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Prayer Request: Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Dr. Abdul Karim

Request:

ASA, I have been suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis for last several years. Despite taking a lot of medication, my RA is not in control and getting worse. The disease is severely limiting my daily activities including praying. I don’t have physical strength to do any normal activity. I am asking Mawlana’s dua and any special dua/dhikr/diet that he prescribes. May ALLAH bless MSH and GrandShaikh and their families. JAK

Response:

a`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem:

wa ` alaykum salam,
Continue to seek appropriate medical care. We ask Mawlana to pray for you. You may recite this insha-Allah.

Dr. Karim

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Pleasure to Spouse

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Eshaykh Staff

Question:

Is it permissible for a husband to satisfy his wife by caressing her vagina and putting fingers until she gets aroused? Likewise is it permissible for a wife to give pleasure to her husband by just caressing his penis? Is it permissible to give pleasure to your spouses without ingesting the fluid?

Please clarify my doubt.

Answer:.

See the post Husband and Wife Relations.

Staff

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Hajj vs. Nikah

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Question:

Salam ‘alayk ya Shaykh,
I have known a guy for about 5 years. He is in the early 30s. We did not talk over the phone (just sms-ing every now and then), and meet once in a month or two, as we are trying follow the Shari’ah law in relationships. About a year ago, he told me that he has the intention to marry me. We have started saving up for marriage. However, just recently he brought up an idea of performing Haj in year 2015. At my age now (late 20s), it makes me uncomfortable.

My question is: When it comes to deciding to perform hajj versus marriage (sunnah), which one should a person choose?

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,
If you both fear committing sins while delaying marriage, you should marry right away. If your fiancee can control his sexual desires, his hajj becomes obligatory right away. There is no justification for him to delay his hajj for 2015 by prolonging marriage. If you are in a dilemma concerning which one to do first – Hajj this year first and then marriage right away.

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

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