Question:
What are the gender of jinns, the anti-Christ and shaytan? I just want to know because I’m sure many non-Muslims were thinking of that.
Answer:
Salam alaykum, and thank you for your question. Like humans, jinn can be either male or female. Dajjal has been described in the hadith as a man. In hadith and in literature such as Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets), Iblis, who eventually becomes shaytan, is also understood to be male.
Dr. Homayra Ziad
Question:
I know that one of the signs of judgement is that there are more women than men & does that make them a curse because of their growing numbers? They didn’t ask to be females so is it their fault? This hadeeth that said that women will run to the anti-christ and the men will chain them down. What kind of women are these? Are they Muslim women and non-Muslim women? Since there are more women that means there are more women that will follow when the Prophet Isa Peace Be Upon Him just as there are more women will follow the anti Christ right? I know a Muslim girl that is scared of following the enemy and wants me to kill her when the time comes of the anti Christ because there are signs that already happened; she said she rather die without accomplishment her goals /dreams than to leave Allah.
Answer:
Salam alaykum, and thank you for your question. There is a hadith in Sahih Bukhari that relates some of the signs of the coming of the Hour, and one of them is this: the number of men will decrease and the number of women will increase, so much so that for every fifty women there will be one man to look after them. Some people use this hadith to say that women themselves are a curse. If we look closely at this hadith, however, we can see that the problem is not the increase in women per se, but rather that the drastically unequal numbers of men and women mean that many women will be left on their own, unable to be supported by a caring husband. There is nothing in this hadith that suggests that women are a curse or in any way lesser beings than men. The Qur’an, and the example of our beloved Prophet (saws), is all we need to understand that men and women are equally loved by Allah and equally fit to stand before Him on the Day of Judgment.
With regards to your friend’s concerns, there are a few things I would like to say. Her concerns are serious and come from a place of sincerity. It is important that your friend seeks religious knowledge – indeed, she will protect herself through that knowledge. However, asking to be killed out of fear means having no faith in God’s mercy and guidance. Tell your friend that instead of being afraid, she should be hopeful, hold fast to God’s rope and to love of our beloved Prophet (saws), and pray that she is among the righteous. Ask her to follow the sunnah to the best of her ability, to be good to herself and her family, friends and neighbors, to work hard and be an asset to her community. The Prophet (saws) will protect those who hold fast to him and who have faith and do good deeds.
My humble opinion is that the hadith about women and Dajjal is warning us that women, as much as men, need to learn about their religion. Too many Muslims focus on the religious education of their sons and are content with keeping their daughters ignorant, despite the fact that their daughters will go on to become mothers and will be expected to pass on the right morals and attitudes to their children. If someone is kept ignorant of their religion, how can we expect that they will not fall under the influence of falsehood or false charisma? It happens every day in all corners of the Muslim world. Your friend is wrong to lose hope in God’s mercy or to doubt her own potential for goodness, but right to educate herself in religious matters. May she attain tawfiq inshallah.
And Allah knows best.
Dr. Homayra Ziad
Question:
Salam,
I fasted and read the dua on Thursday like it is written. But I did a mistake in reading the dua. I read like this ” Allahuma atif Qalba fulan [private] ibne fulana [private] ala fulana [private] binte fulana [private]. (i have used wrong names). I have used the words fulan and fulana in the dua also.
Now what should I do? Do i restart the whole process again? Like fast on Thursday again.. and make a taweez again.. or can I continue using it?
Please help me as soon as possible.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Just continue but drop the word fulan.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Question:
salam alaikum,wr. w.b.
I’m Young Muslim and I’m looking to marry to fulfill the half of my religion. I’m looking for pious lady to make the way to akhirah. I have asked Allah SWT to help me, but i don’t get any answer. Why do i feel like Allah SWT doesn’t listen to my dua’as ? What can i do so my Lord receives my dua’as and he helps me? Please, pray for me.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
In-sha-Allah, you may follow Mawlana Shaykh Hisham’s recommendation here.
Please read the answer in this post about making du`a.
Staff
Question:
Salaam Alaikum. How far is the husband responsible for his wife’s prayers and wearing hijab? If the wife doesn’t pray, will the husband be questioned in the hereafter as to why he didn’t make her pray? If the wife refused to cover properly, will the husband be responsible on the day of judgement as to why he did make her cover and make her do her salat? Will the husband be punished because of the wife didn’t pray or wear hijab?
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Husband is responsible for his flock, for his wife and children. He is to remind his Muslim wife to pray and observe hijab. If she refuses to pray then it is not permissible for him to have intercourse with her unless she starts to pray. By not praying she is kafir (non-believer). The Prophet (saws) said, “Between a man and kufr there stands his giving up prayer.”
Imam Senad Agic
American Islamic Center – Chicago
www.aicchicago.com
www.imamsenadagic.com
Question:
Asalam o walaikum
I am only 20 yrs. of age and my father has many various credit cards and loans pulled out in my name of which I have nothing to do with because he keeps all and deals with all. Also he does have access to all my information because my passports and all credentials are kept with him and only my ID I get to possess. I read somewhere that no soul will be allowed to enter heaven unless their debts are paid off and I was wondering that if my father is unable to pay off the debt under my name, then will that impact me and make that debt mine to pay off and what if i’m unable to? In general, he is under a lot of debt so please give some dua to alleviate him of it and to prevent him from attaining more.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
You should consider communicating with your father about this issue before it gets out of control. Ask for a family meeting if necessary and have a third party present like an imam, your mother, family elder, family friend.
Imam Senad Agic
American Islamic Center – Chicago
www.aicchicago.com
www.imamsenadagic.com
Question:
Asalaamu alykum. Whats the ruling on wearing pants/shalwar normally below ankles? I have seen many persons who are responsible Islamic persons wearing shalwar below ankles… does Islam allow it? Thanks
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Please refer to Shaykh Gibril’s answer in the Post “Is it haram to wear pants below the ankles.”
Staff
Question:
Salam. I read Hazrat Dawood Ki Dua on Thursday. We only have to write Surah Tubah ki ayat in the taweez??? or the other dua we have to read 30 times .. we also have to write in the taweez? Can you please clarify.
Also for the forty days can we read ”Allahuma atif qalba fulan (beloved name)…..””
Please answer.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Write only the ayah in the taweez and recite it thirty times with the dua.
As for your second question, as you like.
Staff
