Diet

Question:

Salaam once again respectable sheiks.
Once before I wrote to you about my and dieting after two weeks I lose
My motivation. There for you wrote back that I should read ya Shafi, ya Kaafi ya Muaffi 100 times daily and eat boiled vegetables. Since you wrote back to me I have totally lost my motivation, gained more weight..
The situation is that I am getting more and more depressed it effects my behaviour towards my family in a negative way. And another problem is both my parents have diabetes which I can get by being overweight. What should I do.
And the vegetable am I suppose to eat them Morning evening and night for 40 days. Please help..
I dont like to be depressed.
Wa.salaam and thanks for your time
May Allah bless us all

Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Just recite salat at-tibbiyya every day. When you feel strong again you can resume, no worries.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Three hundred seems to be such a small number

Question:

Assalamualykumwarahamtullahiwabarakauthuwamaghfiratuhu, Dear Noble Ones,

I read that 300 mureeds of Great Grand Shaykh will be allowed to kiss the hand of the Prophet SAW when he extends his blessed hand from the rawda mubarak after the coming of Imam Mahdi Alayhissalam. Alhamdulillah for this great honor to the three hundred. Knowing that I am completely unworthy and have wasted half my life. Now trying not to waste the rest of it – meded YaMawlana, meded ul-Haqq. Tawbatan abdin zalimin li nafsihi la yamliku li nafsihi mawtanw-wa hayatanw-wala nushura. Yet the thought of not being able to kiss the Prophet SAW’s blessed hand grieves me to no end, as if there is no purpose in life anymore. Is there anything I can do? Some good deed? Something I can recite? There must be something you can advise, something to give me hope. Please …
Please forgive me.
Thank you for your presence in my life.

Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Kiss Mawlana’s hand to that intention. Make abundant salawat. Recite the names of as-habu Badr and Fatiha for them.
Hajj Gibril Haddad

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How to manage my life and marriage?

Question:

I don´t know how to marry and how to return to the orient, because I am not able to work and I lose all my jobs because of my concentration problem and because of being slow. Now I get a therapy in Germany. It could take a half year up to one year. If it´s not succesful I could get pension from our government- I would be able to return to the orient to marry. But if it is succesful I will have to make a job training and this would take 3 or 4 or more years and I would not be able to return to the orient and not to marry and I prefer to marry in the orient. But without the pension I can´t live or marry in the orient because there I will also lose all jobs!

So what could I do?

Please pray for me!

Answer:
Follow therapy in Germany, then get a job there and ask Allah Most High to let you meet a good Muslim woman there. There are many from the Orient and the Occident in search of a good husband.
Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream: Feeding people with Grand Shaykh Bahauddin Naqshband (qs)

Dream:

I dreamt I was on a very green field. On the grass was a white cloth spread out like a table for a picnic. On it was a picnic basket and some food spread. There did not appear to be a lot of food. I was on one side and appeared to be busy serving. On the other end of the table cloth was one of our Grand Shaykhs. I think it was Shah Bahauddin Naqshband (qs). I remembered clearly which Grand Shaykh it was in the dream when I woke up but now I’m not 100% certain. I was helping HIM (qs) to feed the people. I did not see him but felt his presence. I recollect thinking that feeding people with Grand Shaykh (qs) was rather unusual but don’t know why. Kindly let me know if there is a message in this dream for me. Shukran.

Interpretation:
This dreams means that you should be generous and give sadaqa.
And Allah knows best.
Yassir Chadly

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Wudu after Ghusl

Question:

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As Salaam Alaykum!

One brother in Cyprus told me that after Ghusl it is mandatory to do Wudu, because in Ghusl the private parts are touched, that would finish the State of Ablution. Is it so? Please I humbly ask you Shuyukh about this matter.
May Allah swt. reward you for your efforts and bless Sayyid Shaykh Hisham and you all!

Wa Salaam

Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
If one performs ghusl with intention to remove impurity and to make himself ritually clean in order to perform Namaz etc. his ghusl is sufficient. But if one takes a shower or bath without the intention to be ritually clean, then wudu’ is necessary before praying.

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

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Witness for shahada

Question:

Is it okay for a man to invite a woman into Islam and be witness for her as she reads the shahadah or does it have to be women who witness?

Answer:

Qur’an states:

ـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا تَدَايَنتُم بِدَيۡنٍ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ۬ مُّسَمًّ۬ى فَٱڪۡتُبُوهُ‌ۚ وَلۡيَكۡتُب بَّيۡنَكُمۡ ڪَاتِبُۢ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ‌ۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ كَاتِبٌ أَن يَكۡتُبَ ڪَمَا عَلَّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ فَلۡيَڪۡتُبۡ وَلۡيُمۡلِلِ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُ ۥ وَلَا يَبۡخَسۡ مِنۡهُ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا‌ۚ فَإِن كَانَ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ سَفِيهًا أَوۡ ضَعِيفًا أَوۡ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُ أَن يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلۡيُمۡلِلۡ وَلِيُّهُ ۥ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ‌ۚ وَٱسۡتَشۡہِدُواْ شَہِيدَيۡنِ مِن رِّجَالِڪُمۡ‌ۖ فَإِن لَّمۡ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيۡنِ فَرَجُلٌ۬ وَٱمۡرَأَتَانِ مِمَّن تَرۡضَوۡنَ مِنَ ٱلشُّہَدَآءِ أَن تَضِلَّ إِحۡدَٮٰهُمَا فَتُذَڪِّرَ إِحۡدَٮٰهُمَا ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ‌ۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ ٱلشُّہَدَآءُ إِذَا مَا دُعُواْ‌ۚ وَلَا تَسۡـَٔمُوٓاْ أَن تَكۡتُبُوهُ صَغِيرًا أَوۡ ڪَبِيرًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلِهِۦ‌ۚ ذَٲلِكُمۡ أَقۡسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقۡوَمُ لِلشَّہَـٰدَةِ وَأَدۡنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَرۡتَابُوٓاْ‌ۖ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً حَاضِرَةً۬ تُدِيرُونَهَا بَيۡنَڪُمۡ فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَلَّا تَكۡتُبُوهَا‌ۗ وَأَشۡهِدُوٓاْ إِذَا تَبَايَعۡتُمۡ‌ۚ وَلَا يُضَآرَّ كَاتِبٌ۬ وَلَا شَهِيدٌ۬‌ۚ وَإِن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَإِنَّهُ ۥ فُسُوقُۢ بِڪُمۡ‌ۗ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ‌ۖ وَيُعَلِّمُڪُمُ ٱللَّهُ‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِڪُلِّ شَىۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ۬

{…And get two witnesses of your own men, and if there are not two men then a man and two women such as you choose for witnesses – so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her…} Surat al-Baqara 2:282

Hence, it is not only okay but necessary for a man to witness.

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

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Baraqah for employers

Question:

ASalaam Waalykum, I work for a non-Muslim company who alhamdulilah allow me to practice my prayers in the office. The company, has struggled, when one financial hardship is conquered another one starts. I humbly request if there is anything that I can read to help in it succeeding. We are all working very hard to make it succeed, but it is certain people and their selfish needs that have put us in this situation. Fortunately, this person will no longer be working but at a financial cost that will put a lot of pressure on the business. It is difficult for me to make people that do not follow a faith to give sadaqa and the principles behind it, I pray that with your duas we will get through this difficult period. May Allah swt make us worthy of being mureeds and bless you all .

Answer:
audhu billah mina ‘sh-shaytani ‘r-rajeem,
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem,
wa `alaykum salam,

Insha-Allah by you keeping your prayers, awrad and rabita to your Shaykh and through the intercession of Prophet (s), baraka is coming to your work place. Keep trying to correct yourself and blessings will come. Recite RabbunAllah HasbunAllah
100 times a day and trust that Allah is the causer of causes, and He will decide on success or failure of any endeavor.

wAllahu a`lam.

Kamau Ayyubi

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Prayer Request: For eye surgery

Request:

Asalamu Alaykum.

I will be having laser eye surgery to correct my vision in my right eye in January 2012.. Can Mawlana Shaykh Nazim & Mawlana Shaykh Hisham please pray that my surgery is a success and that I don’t suffer any complications. Please keep my name private, (my name is [private]).

Jazak Allah.

Response:
audhu billah mina ‘sh-shaytani ‘r-rajeem,
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem,
wa `alaykum salam
,
Khayr insha-Allah. Mawlana is praying for you.
Kamau Ayyubi

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Prayer Request: job

Request:

salam Shaykh
I applied for a job in surgery recently. Please Shaykh make dua for my job to be accepted and start work immediately inshallah and my son is very hyper active and not listening, hitting everyone not scared of one thing. Please make dua for him to be normal and learn things inshallah

Response:
audhu billah mina ‘sh-shaytani ‘r-rajeem,
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem,
wa `alaykum salam
,
Recite HasbunAllah wa ni`ma ‘l-wakil 100 times daily and keep prayers upon the Prophet (s).
wAllahu a`lam.
Kamau Ayyubi

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Prayer Request: Evil eye from others

Request:

I’m currently surrounded by many negative people and negativity. I’m in the process of taking my LSAT Test in order to get into a great law school, however the evil eye, jealousy and envious people have been dramatically affecting my ability to concentrate. Please pray for all these negative people and everything negative to stay away, so that I can be successful and at my best. The evil eye from these people has affected my academic and financial success. I need to be able to fully concentrate on school without worrying about financial security. Sadly, I’m surrounded by people who wish for me to fail.

Response:
audhu billah mina ‘sh-shaytani ‘r-rajeem,
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem
,

Try to spend time alone in rabita with the shuyukh on a daily basis. Sit in a quiet place. Recite shahada 3 times, Astaghfirullah al `adheem wa atubu ilayh 200 times and Madad ya Sayyidi Madad al Haqq 200 times, with breathing to calm your mind and heart. From there recite dhikr and ayat that come to the heart. Insha-Allah this will improve you and clean you from negativity.

wAllahu a`lam.

Kamau Ayyubi

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