Family blindness

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Assalamu Alaikum

Respected team,

Below are the people from my family who has been suffering blindness. Is there any chance that these people can get their eye sight back?

Answer:

Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah, 

There is a guarantee they will, if they enter Paradise, which is a guarantee from Allah which the Yemeni Companion al-`Irbad b. Sariya narrated from His Prophet per the Hadith Qudsi:

إذا سلَبتُ مِن عبدي كَريمَتيْه ، وهوَ بِهما ضَنينٌ ، لَم أرضَ لهُ ثوابًا دونَ الجنَّةِ إذا هوَ حمِدَني عليهِما .

“When I have taken away from My servant his precious eyes, which he would never want to give away, I have already decreed no less than Jannah as his reward, when he himself has given Me praise regardless of them.” (Sahih Ibn Hibban)

This is why, when the Prophet (s) was asked a similar request by a blind man, he recommended trust and steadfastness. See:

https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3578

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream Of Akhira

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Salam Alaykum Shaykh
I have a dream where i walk through as-sirat with hell on my right and left side. Then i accepted to reside heaven but i see many person i know in hell. I see my Shaykh name Shining in Hell and covering many people there

Answer:

Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah. 
In sha Allah you will make shafa`a for all of them. Do your best and trust in Allah.
Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream Lead zikr Allah Hu Allah by someone

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Assalamualaikum,

I was dreaming that I was led zikr “Allah Hu Allah” by someone, but I could not see his face due to being covered by bright white light.  The Zikr started slowly but got faster and faster.

I need your kind advice.

Salam

Answer:

Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah. 

Dhikr is nur and such dreams are big encouragements to continue and ask for more. They are self-explanatory.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Police search dog urinating on my face

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

I dreamt of a police dog which was looking for a dead body urinated on my face. It was as if the dog was saying I was the killer to the police. But I did not kill anyone in the dream. I feel its a very sign and uncomfortable about the dream.

Answer:

Ignore such dreams and focus on purity and deeds.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Resting Place of Sayyida Amina bint Wahab (as)

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

In al-Abwa there is a site on top of a mountain that’s commonly accepted and visited as the resting-place of Sayyida Amina bint Wahb عليها السلام. Has this particular location been mentioned by any of the Ulama or in any texts? Especially as some of narrations mention a graveyard.
Jazakallah Khayran for your time and guidance Shaykh.

Answer:

Yes it is her grave as mentioned in the hadith to that effect. It does not matter if there is a cemetery around it or it has disappeared.

As for her grave under a dome in Medina in the time of the Ottomans, it was a maqam erected by them out of piety for people to visit and supplicate there, not her historic grave.

Wassalam,

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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non-Muslim parents and marriage

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Assalaam Alaikum Sayyidi

Sayyidi, if I were to marry a girl who is a convert but her parents are non-Muslim, do I still need the walee of her non-muslim father? Thank you so much. Also Sayyidi, if I had a money debt to my mother and she died before I could pay back, what can I do then? Thank you Sayyidi.

Answer:

Waalaykumussalam,

No. There is Quranic stipulation and agreement of the Four Schools (per the Mawsu`a Fiqhiyya Kuwaytiyya) as well as consensus (per Ibn Qudama in the Mughni) that a non-Muslim cannot be a wali of nikah for a Muslim. So a non-Muslim cannot be a wali of nikah for his Muslim daughter, granddaughter, niece, sister, mother, grandmother or aunt, nor to any Muslim woman. Either find a Muslim wali among her agnates, as distant as they might be, or else the judge can be her wali. Witnesses also cannot be non-Muslim.

As for your second question, you can repay her with a Hajj and/or Umra on her behalf, or with a sadaqa on her behalf.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Prophet Muhammad with sword and his horse

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

I dreamed of Prophet Muhammad SAW on a white horse, pointing his sword at the sky and his horse facing my right. His clothes are all white and his face shines brightly. Behind him is the sun. First the sun is covered with dust, then the dust disappears.

Answer:

Glad tidings for you in dunya and akhira in sha Allah.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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khutba

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Is there any basis for one placing the hands on the waist during the jumua khutbah whilst sitting (during the first half)? Is this a rewardable act, instead of placing hands on thighs for the entire duration? Is this practiced in the Naqshbandi tareeqa?

Answer:

Not to my knowledge.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Sayyidina Al Mahdi ('alayhi salam)

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

I want to know if the baya with the current Murshid will be broken When Sayyidina Al Mahdi will appear and a new baya will be made with Sayyidina Al Mahdi ? Sayyidina Al Mahdi will be our new Murshid ? Our current Murshid will still be our Murshid ?

Answer:

Our Murshid embodies knowledge of those things and their adab.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Does Paradise lay under the feet of the mother in all cases

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Question:

Does paradise still lay under the feet of a mother that abandoned her children when they were young? Is there different realities where the relationship is strained or broken? Who carries the responsibility? Thank you

Answer:

Allah softens hearts and mends broken ties. He only asks for righteous intentions, and for us to follow the Prophet’s advice. He said, “Keep blood ties with those who broke their blood ties with you.” At least in your heart.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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