Question:
Assalam alaykum
My dad was taught by his Hafiz Saab that if he read something on his fingers and then made a fist then when opening the fist the answer would be written on his hand. Now my dad has forgotten what he had to do Would you be able to me what to do
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Make wudu, pray two rakaats and ask Allah to give you the answer. It will come into your heart in sha Allah.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Question:
Salam alaykum. It has been said that the two-edged sword is in fact the dagger of Abu Lu’lu’ah al-Majusi. Please watch this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1X2mPQ5hsY
Is there any truth to this? Do we know what the real Zulfiqar-sword looked like?
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
As for the first question on the weapon used to kill our liegelord `Umar b. al-Khattab, may Allah be well-pleased with him:
(i) the report in Sahih al-Bukhari says the weapon used was a “sikkin dhat tarafayn” i.e. a two-sided knife.
(ii) It was extremely wieldy: “he passed no one right or left except he stabbed them until he stabbed thirteen men, seven or nine of whom died.”
(iii) The Kurdish mufassir and muhaddith Mulla Shihab al-Din Ahmad b. Isma`il al-Gurani (813-893), fourth Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Dawla, in his 11-volume commentary on Bukhari entitled al-Kawthar al-jari (6:459) said “it is called al-hajar [stone]”
(iv) It was probably a haladie dagger such as the one shown here: https://i.pinimg.com/
As for the second question on the sword Dhul-Fiqar:
(i) It is narrated that “a sword dubbed Dhul-Fiqar was among the booty that went to the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, at the battle of Badr” (Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and al-Hakim, Mustadrak, `Ilmiyya ed. 3:41, Hyderabad ed. 3:39).
(ii) The sword was taken from a mushrik called Munabbih ibn al-Hajjaj as narrated by Ishaq b. Hammad (d. 269) in Tarikat al-Nabi (saws) (p. 101)
(iii) The Prophet subsequently referred to it as his own sword (al-Hakim, Mustadrak, `Ilmiyya ed. 2:141, Hyderabad ed. 2:129).
(iv) As to the meaning of its name al-Muhibb al-Tabari said in al-Riyad al-Nadira (`Ilmiyya ed. 3:156), “it was thus named because it had [a serrated blade with] small notches, [fiqar is the plural of] faqara: the notch; Abu `Ubayd said: the mufaqqar sword is the one with jags (huzuz) in it” (كانت فيه حفر صغار, والفقرة: الحفرة التي فيها. قال أبو عبيد: والمفقر من السيوف: الذي فيه حزوز). See a good example here: http://www.oriental-arms.com/
(v) There is no mention of it ever belonging to our liegelord `Ali b. Abi Talib (Allah be well-pleased with him) in the sources.
Allah knows best.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Question:
Salaam,
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4lDwXrJ1d0
Is this method allowed?
The dua made is:
بسم الله الحي القوم لا تأخذ سنة و لا نوم
توكل يا جبرائل و يا مكائيل و يا كسفيائيل
و بينوني من هو الذي عمل السحر الى فل
Or is it shirk/haram?
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
This method invites auto-suggestion and jinn-suggestion, the du`a is gibberish, the poster is semi-illiterate, this and other videos of his feature elements of witchcraft and any one of those reasons would be enough for it to be haram to use.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Question:
I want to ask that sometimes I forgets to recite dua e kunoot in namaz so can I repeat my namaz again? And if I does any mistake in other namaz can I repeat it?
Answer:
As-Salamu ‘Alaikum,
If one forgets to recite Qunoot Du’a in the Witr Salah, then Sajdah-iSahw is necessary.
Shaykh Senad Agic
SABAH
Question:
Salaam,
If a person makes a vow to God (not knowing it was wrong), that if you give me this, I’ll give this much money & read 500 Yaseen, but they don’t get the thing, are they obligated to fulfill the vow? What happens if they cant (financially)?
Answer:
As-Salamu ‘Alaikum,
A vow is an act of worship which a morally responsible Muslim makes obligatory upon himself. For example, saying “if X happens, I will do Y” would be considered a vow.
The expiation for breaking an oath is to set free a slave, or to feed or clothe ten poor persons. Whoever cannot do any of those things should fast for three days.
Dr. Senad Agic, Imam
SABAH – Chicago
9920 Grand Ave
Franklin Park, IL 60131
Question:
Asalaamu alaykum,
Is continuous fasting allowed? I would like to try and fast for 40 days/nights before I get married. I am a sister, is fasting permissible when I can’t pray?
Thanks in advance.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Continuous fasting is allowed as long as it is not on a day of Eid and it is superior to fast every other day. Fasting is neither valid nor permissible during menses or post-partum.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Question:
Assalamualikum,
I have taken bayah in silsila qadriya in the public meeting, and i have taken another bayah in silsila chistiya in public meeting. when i ask To my heart i dont want to leave both. Can i be the mureed of the both the shaykhs rather than 1 ?
Answer:
wa alaykum salam,
As wudu over wudu is is “Noorun `alaa noor” – “Light upon light,” baya over baya is as well. You may consider one a primary, and that shaykh to whom you hold allegiance, and the other to be lil-baraka, for the blessings of that silsilah and its mashaykh.
Taher Siddiqui
Question:
Salaam Shaykh,
If we meet someone who we see as a potential partner for marriage, & our istikhara comes out good, do you think its ok to ask Allah to facilitate our nikkah to this person, or should we ask him to guide us to a husband who is best for us
Answer:
wa alaykum salam,
Since the purpose of istikhara is to guide to the best, if the answer is good, move forward.
Was-salam
Taher Siddiqui
Question:
assalam alaikum,
i am a muslim girl and in love with a hindu boy (also an alcoholic) but he does not love me back. please give me a powerful wazifa to make him fall in love with me and accept islam and come on the right path.
Answer:
wa alaykum salam,
InshaAllah Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani is praying that Allah guides him to Islam.
Recite after each daily namaz: Allahuma ‘hdihi feeman hadayt 100x with that intention.
Taher Siddiqui
Question:
Assalam alaikum.
Can I perform the daily awrad during my menses? And what if I got my menses when I did not yet complete dalayl ul khairat?
Answer:
wa alaykum salam,
See the Post: “Daily Awrad”
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