Tag Archives: custom

Rejected Marriage Proposal

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Somebody proposed marriage to me however he was of a different caste. I informed my parents and expressed my wish to marry him… Continue reading →

Posted in Family Issues, Marriage/Divorce, Prayer Request, Women's Issues | Tagged Ahl al-Bayt, caste system, culture, custom, parental approval, parental permission, sayyid, syed | Comments Off

Lengthening Garments (Isbal)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

1. What does isbal mean linguistically and in its Shar’i application? (Is there an opinion that it relates to trailing as opposed to merely lengthening the garment?)… Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `ulama, `ulema, adornment, clothes, clothing, culture, custom, dragging clothes, dress, Egypt, female, folding, garments, hike up, lengthen, male, pant legs, pride, restriction, salat, scholars, short trousers, shorten, Syria, trailing, train, trousers, ugly, zina | Comments Off

Allowing non-Muslim staff to Celebrate Holidays

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

I would really ask for an opinion from Sheik Hisham as this is a very big problem for me. I live in a Buddhist country and as of yesterday… Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged 1963, alliance, anger, birth of Buddha, board, bounds, Buddhist, Buddhist Crisis, celebrate, civil unrest, civility, common welfare, company, compulsion, country, courtesy, custom, da`wah, decency, decorations, employer, fatwa, fitna, flags, gratitude, high manners, imitation, impose, incense, intolerance, Madina, majority, mature, Medina, minority, mosque, mufti, non-Muslim staff, other religions, participation, peaceful co-existence, pictures, pluralistic society, Prayers, Prophet Muhammad (s), religious beliefs, religious sentiment, reply, rights, salaf as-Salih, sedition, self -confidence, shared values, simple living, Southeast Asia, staff, symbolize, Tawheed, tawhid, thankfullness, threatened, tolerance, Trinitarian Christians, vesak lantern, Vietnam, Vietnamese Christians, wrongdoers | Comments Off

Tag Archives: custom

Rejected Marriage Proposal

Lengthening Garments (Isbal)

Allowing non-Muslim staff to Celebrate Holidays

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