believe

Question:

salam i just wanted to ask that since 2 months am worried about myself.i have strong believe in ALLAH ALHUMDUILLAH.since 2 months when i recite Quran with the translation ..what the translation said my mind thinks opposite of it and i know its wrong ..i want to finish these bad thoughts ..i cant explain my feelings how i feel.am fightin with myself that i know its wrong but still my mind keeps thinking wrong things about islam ..plzz help me out and give me something to read.my heart weeps that what to do with these thoughts..i pary 5 times a day ALHUMDUILLAH.plzz give me something to read so these thoughts will stop forever..want to make my believe strong ..

Answer:

Wa `alaykum salam,

Please follow the advice given in this previous post.

Staff

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URGENT QUESTION RE HAJJ TAWAF

Question:

Assalamu Alaykum,

My family have asked me an urgent question.

According to the Hanafi school of thought can the Tawaf and the Sahih done during the Hajj be done before the start of Hajj if one does this with intention of it being for Hajj? Will this be acceptable?

They are on Hajj with my brother-in-law who is Nashbandi Mujaddidi. His Shaykh is part of the group and The Shaykh has said that they are going to do this. Some group members are elderly and have health problems, they have said this to make it easier for all the group.

My family want clarification before doing this. If it was me I would have done it as they are a Pious man of Allah.

Allah know best and I ask for you quick response as I believe they will be doing this today at some point and do not want them to part and divide from group.

JazakAllah Khair

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

There are three Tawafs: Qudum (arrival), Ifada (dispersal), and Wada` (farewell). The first and last are Sunnah but the middle one is obligatory and a Rukn (integral) in all four Schools; furthermore, by definition, Ifada takes place after the Day of `Arafa and therefore cannot be performed before the start of Hajj.

Sa`y is also obligatory and has to take place directly after a Tawaf; this should be the Tawaf of Ifada, so that one obligatory ritual follow another obligatory ritual. However, to make things easier for the pilgrims, it is allowed to perform Sa`y after the Sunnah Tawaf of Qudum, i.e. early and before `Arafa.

If they already did the tawaf of qudum for `Umrah, they can first do a nafl tawaf and then do sa`y with the intention of fulfilling the requirement of Hajj. This is all acceptable in the Hanafi Madh-hab.

Source: Dr. Nur al-Din `Itr, al-Hajj wal-`Umra fil-Fiqh al-Islami (5th ed.).

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream: Praying under the Kabbah

Dream:

Aslam alykum
The past week I had a dream that I was doing hajj with my family. I saw other people circulating the Kabbah. Then it came for time to praying under the Kabbah. I have never seen this place under the Kabbah before, it was a small place and you enter it by stairs. This place was not in the Kabbah but directly under it.

Interpretation:

audhu billah mina ‘sh-shaytani ‘r-rajeem,

Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem,

wa `alaykum salam,

Your dream is pointing to the treasure under the Ka`aba, which will appear in the time of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.).

Dr. Karim Tourk

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Two seas in The Qur’an

Question:

Assalamu alaykum. Thank you for your time and effort, may Allah reward you with the best reward.

I wanted to know the meaning of “meeting of the two seas” from The Qur’an (e.g. Qur’an 18:60). I don’t have a shaykh so I’m asking here. Also if possible to explain, what is meant with “water” and “winds that bring good tidings” in The Qur’an? I hope you can answer this insha’Allah. May He bring you closer to Him. Thank you.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

And you also.

The basic explanation of the geo-physical barzakh you are asking about is that it consists of (i) inland estuaries or (ii) offshore boundaries between freshwater currents and saline surroundings.

The great Andalusian exegete of Qur’an Ibn `Atiyya (d. 546/ca. 1151) said in his commentary on the verse 25:53 {And it is He who has let loose the two seas}:

<<People have given discrepant explanations of this verse. Ibn `Abbas said, “He means the sea of clouds and the sea that is on the earth, and the wording of the verse was arranged accordingly.” Mujahid said: “The freshwater sea is the water of the rivers that pour into the salt sea. Its pouring into it is its being let loose. The barrier and the partition are a wall of which Allah [alone] knows, invisible to human beings.” Al-Zajjaj said the same. According to another group, the meaning of let loose is ‘He made one perdure inside the other,’ while according to Ibn `Abbas it means, ‘He left one on top of the other.’ There are other such views that are more or less connected to part of the wording of the verse. My own view of the verse is that its purport is to warn us of the power of Allah and how consummately He creates things, in that He has let forth sweet waters in abundance in the earth in the form of rivers, springs, and wells, putting bitter waters next to them and vice-versa. Thus you can see the sea with sweet waters embracing it on both its shores, and you can see sweet water inside islands and the like with bitter salt waters embracing them. . . and by the two seas He means all [bodies of] sweet water and all [those of] salt water.>>

In addition to the geo-physical understanding of the barzakh phenomenon, the arch-imam of exegetes Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (543-606/1148-1209) in his great commentary Mafatih al-Ghayb saw the water barzakh as a symbol for the dam between a human being’s higher and lower selves that leads—if unbroken—to the extraction of pearls and coral, in terms somewhat similar to Plato’s allegory of the charioteer of the soul (Phaedrus 253c-254e) endeavoring to steer the white horse of the spirit yoked to the black horse of animality in the direction of safety:

<<The believer, also, [has] two seas in his heart: the sea of faith and wisdom, and the sea of tyranny and lust. He [Allah], with the success that He [alone] grants, has placed between the two of them a barrier so that one will not ruin the other. One of the wise said, commenting on His saying {He let loose the two seas that meet with a barrier between them they do not break} (55:19-20): “When the barrier is not broken, {From them emerge pearl and coral} (55:22).” Thus, when there is no transgression in the heart, religion and faith emerge with gratitude.>>

The contemporary Tunisian master al-Tahir b. `Ashur (d. 1339/1973) in his commentary al-Tahrir wal-Tanwir gave another figurative exegesis (tafsir ishari) of the water barzakh as

<<an allegory (tamthil) of the state of the call to Islam in Makka at the time [i.e. when Surat al-Furqan was revealed], with the intermixing of the believers with the pagans, . . . faith being represented by the sweet and thirst-quenching and paganism by the saltish and bitter (25:53). Just as Allah Most High has set a barrier between the two seas, preserving the sweet one from being tainted by the bitter one, similarly, He has put a block between the Muslims and the pagans so that the latter cannot spread their unbelief among the Muslims. There is in this a boost for the Muslims, telling them that Allah shall bar the harm of the pagans from coming their way just as He said {They will not harm you save a trifling hurt} (3:111); there is also an oblique reference (ta`rid kina’i) to the fact that Allah helps this Religion lest paganism taint it.>>

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Khatm of Quran

Question:

Salaam ya shaykhs of this beautiful website,

My question is regarding khatm. An imam from a Hanafi background said that if you read one Quran in your lifetime then whichever gathering you go to, you can give that suwab(blessing) for that one Quran you have read to the imam who is doing that dua because it is just sawab..is this true? I thought for each khatm you need to read a full quran again and give it.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

What you thought is correct. Ihda’ al-thawab or donation of reward for acts of worship including reciting/reading Qur’an is understood as a one time thing for each act and Allah knows best. One time Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi donated the reward of reciting 70,000 “la ilaha il-Allah” to one person, and he did not mention giving the same to someone else after that. Thawab is not “just thawab” but a momentous Divine gift. One has to do more in order to give more and not sleep on one’s laurels.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Regarding energy courses

Question:

salaam

I would like to know if it’s OK to start learning an energy course like ruqyah and Sufi Islamic healing like qigong.. Please if sheikh hisham could get in touch it would be preferable.

salaam.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

You will need to meet Mawlana and take authorization from him in person. If you have not done so already, our recommendation is to begin by taking baya`.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Hajj Al-Akbar in 2012?

Question:

Asalam Alaikum,

Hajj this year seems to be falling on November 7th according to the calendar published by ISNA http://moonsighting.com/fcna-calendar.html.
ISNA uses astronomical calculations to determine the birth of the new moon,

However, next year in 2012 10 Zul Hajj is falling on October 26th which is a Friday! Could it be that Imam Mahdi (AS) would be appearing next year instead of this one since Hajj Al Akbar may possibly be next year?

I apologize for my arrogance and bad manners.

Jazak Allah Khairun

Answer:

Wa `alaykum salam,

Please see this post. You may want to listen to all the suhbats on the Mahdi Station (as) at SufiLive.com.

Staff

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dua for hairloss

Question:

salaam,

I am suffering from terrible hair loss I am only 24 ,Please suggest me some dua to stop this hair loss.

Answer:

Wa `alaykum salam,

Here is The Supplication Through the Means of the Prophet (s). Please see this previous post on Male baldness. If you are a female try Hajjah Naziha’s advice if necessary.

Staff

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Prayer Request: Losing hair at young age

Request:

Asalamualaykum wr wb, Mawlana i’m 18 years old. I started to lose my hair around the age of 16. I fear i’m going bald because i dont have as much hair as i used to. i can’t even comb my hair up anymore because i can clearly see my scalp! :(. Guys my age dont have to worry about losing hair and i’m already getting things old men get. Astaghfirullah. What should i do? i would like to keep this hair i have atleast. Please do dua i get full head of hair again, Inshallah with Khayr. I need your baraka and Dua.

Response:

Wa `alaykum salam,

Please see this previous post on Male baldness.

Staff

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Various Issues

Question:

Salam to MSH,MSN and other staff members
1.My job contract is going to end next week.Pls give zikr to find a new job as it is very urgent for me.

2.Me and my husband wants to travel to india our homecountry for couple of days. Can Shaikh give permission to us and if it is for good.

3.Please tell me wazifa(zikr and specific suras to read) to conceive.

4.I donot know why for last some days iam feeling very week from heart.i feel that no happiness is there in my life, no targets fulfilled and feel sad for small small reasons.I know that whatever happens its only from Allahs will and we dont have any control.I want to convince Allah to listen to my prayers. Pls adivse.

I am sorry for any mistakes in the above.

Jazakallah Khair.

Answer:

Wa `alaykum salam,

1) Recite Ya Razzaq, Ya Ghani 100 x each
2) Insha-Allah Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani giving permission for travel.
3) Try Grandshaykh’s Prescription for Pregnancy.
4) Start making this Dua for Depression . You may also benefit from this post.

Taher Siddiqui

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