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⏩ A woman’s ‘Awrah infront of other women & male relatives (Mahrams)

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

A woman’s ‘Awrah infront of other women & male relatives (Mahrams)

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

Some of the Fuqahaa (jurists) state that the ‘Awrah of a woman in front of other women is the same as that of a man in front of other men, and many of them establish that her ‘Awrah (in front of other women) is the area between the navel to the knee?

Answer:

We don’t have any (textual) evidence to compare women to men in this aspect; rather this comparison is based on Qiyaas (analogy), and without doubt the operative cause (‘illah) is unclear for Qiyaas to take effect; because Qiyaas takes effect only if the operative cause (‘illah) is explicitly stated or it is obvious in the matter.

As for the privates (front & back), then this is part of the ‘Awrah by consensus of all scholars, and whatever is beyond that; such as the thigh, leg, abdomen and chest, then the correct opinion is that there is no textual evidence, i.e. there’s no reliable Hadeeth that we can depend upon. However, one of the best conclusions is what has been expressed by some of the Shaafi’ee and Hanbali scholars; that whatever is usually exposed when women are engaged in house work around their Mahrams, this is what may be exposed in front of other (believing) women, because Allah mentioned the believing women alongside the male relatives (Mahaarim) in Surat An-Noor; so after mentioning the male relatives; namely, the brothers and nephews, Allah goes on to say:

{أَوۡ نِسَاۤىِٕهِنَّ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُنَّ}

‘…[Let them draw their veils over their chests, and not reveal their ˹hidden˺ adornments except to]…their fellow (believing) women, or the (female) slaves in their possession…’

[Surat An-Nur 31]

So whatever is usually exposed when women are engaged in house work, this much may be left exposed infront of other woman and relatives. And what’s common is that when women are engaged in house work, etc. around their male relatives, what tends to be exposed is: the arm or forearm, the shin, the neck and parts of the (upper) chest, and likewise the head; she can expose these parts infront of her male relatives as well as other believing women.

As for everything else, then the Prophet ﷺ says: ((المرأة عورة))

‘The woman (i.e. Her entire body) is ‘Awrah.’ So the origin is that all of it is part of her ‘Awrah, and Allah knows best.

So limiting the ‘Awrah to that which is between the navel to the knee is incorrect.

Translated by:

Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba Alawi

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⏩ A woman’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah – if there are non-mahram men about

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

A woman’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah – if there are non-mahram men about

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

The questioner says: Regarding the statement of the prophet ﷺ:

((لا يقبل الله صلاة حائض إلا بخمار))

‘Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman unless she is veiled’ – How is it that she’s allowed to reveal her face and her hands, yet she is commanded to cover her feet?

Answer:

Firstly, there’s a difference of opinion with regards to the authenticity of this Hadeeth; and according to those who say it is ‘Hassan’ (fairly authentic), the meaning is that she has to cover her hair and her neck when praying. Nothing should be left uncovered, except her face [and hands]. That’s if she is praying infront of her relatives.

But if she is praying infront of strange men she has to cover up completely, including her face [and hands]; because the prophet ﷺ said:

“The woman (i.e. Her entire body) is ‘Awrah, and when she goes out, Shaytan seeks to tempt her.”

So the Hadeeth (quoted in the question) refers to women inside Salaah; whether she is praying alone or infront of her relatives, she still has to cover her head; covering herself up in this way is part of beautifying herself in Salaah, so she mus’nt reveal anything except her face and hands.

As Allah said:

{یَـٰبَنِیۤ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِینَتَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٍ}

‘O Children of Adam! Dress well whenever you are at worship’

[Surat Al-A’raf 31]

However, she mus’nt uncover her and hands in the presence of strange men. When there are strange men around, she is has to cover her entire body.

Translated by:

Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba Alawi

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⏩ A woman’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

A woman’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

What’s the ‘Awrah of a woman inside Salaah, and if parts of her arms or legs become exposed, will this invalidate her Salaah? Please include the evidence.

Answer:

The ‘Awrah of a woman inside Salaah is her entire body, excluding the face and hands; this much is agreed upon.

It’s also permissible – according to the strongest opinion – for her to uncover her feet, although it’s best she keeps them covered; because the Ijmaa’ (consensus) in this regard is inconclusive. Hence, the Hanafees allow women to pray with their feet uncovered, and this was the opinion chosen by Shaykhul Islam, and they quoted the following Hadeeth as proof:

((لا يقبل الله صلاة حائض إلا بخمار))

‘Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman unless she is veiled.’

Although this hadeeth is weak, the meaning is agreed upon.

Likewise, the Prophet ﷺ said:

“The Women (i.e. Her entire body) is ‘Awrah, and when she goes out, Shaytan looks to tempt her.”

Therefore, if any part of her ‘Awrah becomes exposed accidentally, and she covers it (instantly), there’s nothing upon her. But if she leaves it uncovered; paying no attention to it, her prayer becomes invalid.

Translated by:

Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba Alawi

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⏩ Is it Permissible to Follow Social Distancing During Salah Or is it an Innovation?

Answered by Shaykh Abu Hamza Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu’ayb – may Allah preserve him –

Question:

O Shaykh, is it permissible for the attendees of the prayer to pray whilst keeping a distance of a meter, two or more? Or is it an innovation?

Answer : Yes this is from the innovations of Corona.

Translated by : Abu Ibrāhim Nāsir bin Rāshid Al-mamry

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⏩ Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allāh?

By our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him –

“Look at those who depended on their strength and manufacturing and authority, how Allāh descended his wrath upon them from where they never expected, and so made all their strength in vain, they are not able to repel from themselves what Allāh inflicted them with, the fact that they themselves say that it is a small virus, and their morale has gone, and their economy has gone, and they cannot cure their sick, their hospitals cannot accepted any new patient, and they are in horror only Allāh knows, and other than them are like them in those countries

(أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ)

“Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allāh.”

They were in safety drinking alcohol in the skies, there is not a airplane that takes off except that alcohol is served to them in it and associating partners with Allāh and corruption of all forms.”

Transcribed to Arabic and summarized by : Hamūd Ath-Thawābi (may Allah reward him with good -on the 5th, Shawwāl, 1441H)

Translated by : Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

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⏩ Clarification of the statement of Shaykh Uthaymeen regarding the salafi sect

Question:

We need a clarification from you regarding the speechof Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen in the explaination of The Forty Hadīth of Imām An Nawawi, in the explaination of the Hadith of ‘Irbāḍ where he said:

“and it is obligatory that the maḏhab of the islamic nation should be the maḏhab of as-salafu-ṣāliḥ (pious predecessors) and not bigoted partisanship to those who are called salafiyūn . So there is the way of salaf and there is a party named as salafiyūn and that which is required is following the way of salaf except that the salafi brothers are the closest sect towards the truth but the issue with them is similar to those with other than them: some of the people of these sects declare others as misguided and innovators and fāsiq , and we don’t reject this if they are worthy of it but we reject the treating of these innovations in such a way .. “

Answer:

Firstly, you should know that the scholar, no matter how much great his leadership and status reaches in Dīn, his statements are accepted and rejected as it has come in the narration: “Everyone’s statement is accepted and rejected except the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ” and the narration is on the authority of ʿIbn ʿAbbās and it is hasan.

Obligation of following the way of salaf

Secondly, as for his statement: “and it is obligatory that the maḏhab of the islamic nation should be the maḏhab of as-salafu-ṣāliḥ“, then yes this is obligatory and it’s evidences are many.

﴿ وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهَـٰجِرِینَ وَٱلۡأَنصَارِ وَٱلَّذِینَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحۡسَـٰنࣲ رَّضِیَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنۡهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتࣲ تَجۡرِی تَحۡتَهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِینَ فِیهَاۤ أَبَدࣰاۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِیمُ﴾

“And the first to embrace Islam of the Muhajirun (those who migrated from Makkah to Al-Madinah) and the Ansar (the citizens of Al-Madinah who helped and gave aid to the Muhajirun) and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allah is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.” (At-Tauba 100)

And Allah, The Most High, said :

﴿وَمَن یُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَیَتَّبِعۡ غَیۡرَ سَبِیلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ نُوَلِّهِۦ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصۡلِهِۦ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَسَاۤءَتۡ مَصِیرًا﴾

“And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers’ way. We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell – what an evil destination.” (An-Nisa 115)

The Ṣaḥāba (Companions) and those who followed them well (At-Tābiūn) and those who followed them well (Atbaʿ at-Tābiʿīn) are the first and foremost of the believers and they are the salaf. Similarly, you say in each and every Rakʿah of your prayer :

﴿ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ﴾

“Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace..” (Al-Fātiha 6-7)

And it has come in the hadith of Fatima, “How good a salaf (predecessor) I am for you!” (Bukhari 6286) – this is how the Prophet ﷺ has said.

So, it is obligatory upon the whole nation that they tread the path of salaf and the way of salaf and this madhab is not like the other schools of jurisprudence like the Shafi madhab or the Hanafi madhab or the Hanbali or Maliki madhab. So it is not a school from the schools of jurisprudence but it is the true Islam. As for the people who claim salafiyah and claim to be salafi whi

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⏩ Praying with trousers & exposing the lower back

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Praying with trousers & exposing the lower back

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

The questioner says: What is the ruling of a man’s prayer – if he prays wearing trousers, such that when he goes into prostration, the flesh just above his trousers (i.e. The lower back) becomes exposed?

Answer:

A man’s ‘Awrah is the two private parts (front & back), including the thighs. Some of the scholars said, his ‘Awrah extends from the navel to the knees. Yes, his ‘Awrah inside Salaah extends from the navel to the knees, so he is not allowed to reveal anything between this. However, if he exposes anything above this, there’s no harm.

Nonetheless, the trouser itself – defines the shape of the ‘Awrah; this type of clothing is disliked, to say the least. So one should refrain from wearing it.

If the exposed area is between the navel and the knees, like the thighs for example or more, and he noticed this but left it exposed, his prayer is invalid. If however, it is exposed accidentally and he covers it (instantly), his prayer is still valid.

Translated by:

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⏩ A man’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

A man’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

What is the extent of a man’s ‘Awrah inside Salaah, and will his prayer become invalid if his (lower) back is exposed?

Answer:

The Sharee’ah instructs men to pray wearing an Izaar (a waist sheet covering the lower half of the body, i.e. They must cover mid-section) and to place something over both shoulders. Hence, the Izaar is a sufficient covering.

It’s permissible for men to pray wearing an Izaar and to place some of the garment over both shoulders.

In other words, wearing an Izaar is sufficient – provided it covers the area between the navel and the knees. Also, if he is able to wrap something over his shoulders, (he must do so). If this much is covered, his prayer is valid. He mustn’t expose anything less than this intentionally, like exposing a thigh or the shoulders. If he does so, intentionally, without any need, his prayer becomes invalidated.

Translated by:

Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba Alawi

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⏩ Leave ‘Salafiyyah’ and shave off your beard, or else I’m divorcing your mother!

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Leave ‘Salafiyyah’ and shave off your beard, or else I’m divorcing your mother!

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

The questioner says: There’s a Salafi brother whose father hates Salafiyyah, (so much so that) his father said to him: ‘Wallaahi (by Allah), if you don’t leave Salafiyyah and stop growing your beard, I am going to divorce your mother!’ What should he do?

Answer:

He must continue upon righteousness, and if his father divorces his mother then that’s his own loss – but he mustn’t abandon piety and leave off the Sunnah. He mustn’t shave off his beard. He should leave it as it is.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

((إنما الطاعة بالمعروف))

‘Obedience is only in that which is good’

[Reported by Bukhari and Muslim from the Hadeeth of Ali ibn Abi Taalib, may Allah be pleased with him]

So it’s not permissible for his father to command him with wrongdoing, nor is it permissible for him to prevent him from piety, seeking knowledge and accompanying the pious.

Nonetheless, if he is able to use some diplomacy with his father – for example, he stays away from the Salafees temporarily, until when his father has calmed down, he returns back to them. This is fine.

Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba Alawi

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⏩ Erasing filthy posts is necessary even if your account remains inactive

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Erasing filthy posts is necessary even if your account remains inactive

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam – may Allaah preserve him – was asked the following question:

Question:

I used to have a Twitter account where I used to follow profiles of friends who would send me indecent clips. After Allah guiding me, I forgot the login details for my account. Would I still be accumulating sins due to this?

Answer:

You must seek repentance and ask Allah for forgiveness. Likewise, you must try and remember your login details in order to delete what remains on your profile, because leaving it there is not permissible; it could be a cause of misguidance for many others.

But if you can’t remember (the login details) then you are excused due to forgetfulness.

(as Allah said)

{ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا}

“Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error”

[2:286]

With repentance, Allah forgives what preceded of sins.

As Allah ﷻ said:

{إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُولَٰئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا}

“Except those who repent, and believe and do righteous deeds, for those, Allah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”

[25:70]

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Abu Ibrahim Nassir bin Rashid Al-maamry

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⏩ Spike in divorce rates and halting its rise

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Spike in divorce rates and halting its rise

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

The questioner says: We are shocked at the rise in divorce rates these days; as soon as a slight difference arises between a man and his wife, they rush to divorce. What is your advice – may Allah bless you?

Answer:

Undoubtedly, divorce is something which brings much joy to Shaytan, and he strives very hard in this cause – as Muslim reported from the Hadeeth of Jabir ibn Abdillah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet ﷺ said:

‘Iblees places his throne on the water; he then sends detachments (for creating Fitnah); the closest to him in rank are those who create the most Fitnah. One of them comes and says: “I did so and so.” And he says: “You have done nothing.” Then another one comes and says: “I did not spare him until I separated between him and his wife.” Iblees says: “You have done well,” then he embraces him.’

So this brings great joy to the devils, hence why they pursue this matter so keenly.

Therefore, the best way to prevent divorce is to drive shaytan away, and the greatest means to drive him away is to:

remember Allah frequently fulfill the obligations preserve one’s Eeman (faith) and Tawheed (monetheism) offer the five daily prayers and being regular in all the other duties of Islam being constant in the remembrance of Allah, as this protects a person from shaytan, by Allah’s permission stay away from sins, for indeed sins destroy a person – especially major sins.

So it’s incumbent that a person fears Allah with regards to his actions and stays away committing major sins; wrongdoing, oppression etc.

One must take himself to account, because these affairs are a reason for Shaytan to gain an upper hand; frequent sin and transgression are a major cause for Shaytaan’s dominance, as well as a person becoming distant from his deen and his heart becoming hard.

So we must fulfill the duties set out by Allah by fulfilling the obligations set out in our religion, and we must fear Allah and keep away from sins and wrongdoing. If we do this – then by Allah’s permission – we will be saved from many of these afflictions, including the affliction of divorce.

May Allah grant everyone success.

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⏩ Is it possible for Munkar and Nakeer to question more than one person simultaneously?

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Is it possible for Munkar and Nakeer to question more than one person simultaneously?

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

Question:

The question says: Concerning the questioning in the grave, (we know that the two angels) Munkar and Nakeer have been appointed to carry out this duty, but what if there’s several people buried at the same time, separate from one another, will Munkar and Nakeer be the only ones who will question them? And are Munkar and Nakeer individual angels or a group of angels?

Answer:

Likewise, we believe what the prophet ﷺ informed us, that:

‘There will come to him (i.e. the deceased) two angels, known as Munkar and Nakeer’

What’s apparant from this report, is that they are two angels – not a group of angels.

And with that said, Allah has given them the ability to question people at different places simultaneously

We believe in that, and Allah is capable of all things.

Translated by:

Abu Zubayr Nurein Ibn Muhammed Ba Alawi

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⏩ Is the Angel of Death one or multiple angels

بسم اللــــه الرحمـــــــــن الرحيم

The Angel(s) of Death

Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:

  Question:

The Questioner say: Is the Angel of Death one or multiple angels and how is it/they able to take multiple souls in diverse locations at the same time?

Answer:

Allah says:

{قُلْ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ٱلَّذِى وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُون}َ

Say: “The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls, then you shall be brought to your Lord.”

(As-Sajdah 32:11)

This suggests that it is one angel that Allah has given tremendous capability. We do not know how this ability was given nor how this angel was created.

What we do know is that the angels are from the greatest of the creation. The Prophet ﷺ said concerning Jibreel (may peace be upon him) as mentioned in the hadith of ibn Masoud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported by Muslim:

[رأيته له ستمائة جناح قد سد بها الأفق على هيئته التي خلقه الله عليها]

[I saw him in the form Allah created him in. He had 600 wings blocking out the entire horizon]

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said

[أذن لي أن أتحدث عن ملك قد مرقت رجلاه الأرض السابعة والعرش على منكبيه ويقول سبحانك أين تكون.]

[I have been given permission to tell others about an angel. His legs have traversed the seventh planet and the throne is upon his shoulders. He says subhanAllah wherever he is]

(Narrated by Abu Hurayrah in the Musnad of Abu Ya’laa)

This shows the greatness of the angels. Likewise in another hadith, reported by Jabir, the Prophet said ﷺ

{أذن لي أن أتحدث عن ملك من حملة العرش إن مابين عاتقه إلى شحمة أذنه مسيرة سبعمائة عام}

[I have been given permission to tell others about an angel from the angels that bear the throne. Verily, the distance between his ear lobe and his shoulder is seven hundred years.]

Recorded by Abu Dawud and they are all authentic ahaadeth.

Look at this great matter. The person cannot comprehend it upon the limited capabilities of the human being.

Upon looking at the matter, we say that Allah ﷻ has given the angel the ability to take the souls of multiple people in dispersed locations at the same time. Allah enabled it to do this.

It has also been mentioned in the hadith of Al-Barra ibn Aazib (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad, the Sunan of Abu Dawud and elsewhere:

[فإذا قبضها لم يدعوها في يده طرفة عين]

[Once the angel of death takes the soul, the assisting angels do not allow it to remain in his hand for even a blinking of an eye.]

Meaning the angels in assistance who are appointed to take the soul (from the angel of death). As soon the angel of death extracts the soul, they immediately take the soul from his hand, so it doesn’t even remain there for the blinking of an eye, until they take it to a shroud from the shrouds of Jannah or a cloth from the shrouds of the fire. The point of relevance: they do not leave it in his hand for the blinking of an eye.

Similarly, Allah explains that there are assisting angels who take the extracted soul from the angel of death, as stated in suratul An’am:

(Al-An’am 6:61)

[وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ]

[He is the Irresistible, Supreme over His slaves, and He sends guardians (angels guarding and writing all of one’s good and bad deeds) over you, until when death approaches one of you, Our Messengers (angel of death and his assistants) take his soul, and they never neglect their duty]

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⏩ The ruling on placing CCTV cameras in shops

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 20th, Sha’bān, 1441H

Question:

The questioner is asking about placing CCTV cameras in the shop?

Answer:

That is not allowed because it is pictures of animate objects, and he is to monitor customers and those who enter and exit with other than this opposition to the legislation, they used to do without these (cameras) before and everybody (was able) to preserve his wealth.

Transcribed to Arabic : By Hamūd Ath-Thawābi (may Allah reward him with good)

Translated by : Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

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⏩ Is it true that Shaykh Hammād Al-Ansāri declared Sayyid Qutb to be a disbeliever?

Note : Fatwa Dated on 5th, Dhil-Qa’dah, 1422H

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 5th, Dhil-Qa’dah, 1422H

Question:

Is it true that Shaykh Hammād Al-Ansāri declared Sayyid Qutb to be a disbeliever? And what are the statements of the people of knowledge concerning him?

Answer:

I don’t know that Shaykh Hammād Al-Ansāri declared him to be a disbeliever or not. As for the general statements of the people of knowledge whose statements are considerable concerning the men, then verily they see that Sayyid Qutb is a misguided man, takfiri (one who declares Muslims disbelievers for things which are not disbelief) hizbee, affected by the people of Hulūl (those who believe Allāh occupied a human vessel or object) as is in his tafsīr of the two Surahs Al-Hadīd and Al-Ikhlās from his book Dhilāl Al-Qurān, and he has cursing of the Prophets of Allāh Alayhim As-Salām, the Allāmah Rabee bin Hadee Al-Madkhali هداه الله clarified in his refutation of Sayyid Qutb.

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⏩ Is the sighting of the moon in a single country binding upon all countries?

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him –

Question:

Is the sighting of the moon of Ramadān in a country sufficient for all Muslim countries, or does every country have their own sightings?

Answer:

It has been established in Sahih Muslim on the authority of Kurayb Mawla Ibn Abbās that Umm Fadhl bint Al-Hārith sent him to Mu’āwiyah in Shām (Syria, Jordan, Palestine), he said: “So I arrived in Shām so I saw the moon on the night of Friday, then I arrived in Madinah at the end of the month, so Abdullah bin Abbās may Allāh be pleased with them asked me, then the cresent was mentioned, so he said: “When did you all see the moon.?” So I said: “We saw it on the night of Friday.” So he said: “You saw it?”, so I said: “Yes, and the people saw it and they fasted aswell as Mu’āwiyah.” So he said: “But we saw it on the night of Saturday, so we are still fasting until we complete 30 days or we see the new moon.” I said: “Is not the sighting of Mu’āwiyah sufficient and his fasting?” So he said: “No, this is how the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ order us.”

And Shawkāni may Allāh have mercy on him mentioned that the statement of Ibn Abbās is not raised to the Prophet ﷺ, and that it is ijtihād from him, and that the indication with his speech “this is how the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ordered us” is his statement “so we are still fasting until we complete 30 days”, and this address is for everyone who fits into this description from the Muslims, so deducing evidence with it for the compulsion of accepting the sighting of the moon of one country is more apparent than the deducing evidence upon it not being compulsory, because if a people of a country saw it, then the Muslims in general saw it, so what is binding upon them is binding upon other than them, and it has been relayed from the Mālikiyyah, he said: “And what has been said by Ibn Abdil Barr that this statement opposes the consensus, then it is not to be looked at, because they had a consensus on that the sighting is not considered from the countries after like Khurasān (current day Irān) and Andalūs (current day Spain). I say: “The speech of the Prophet ﷺ: “Fasting is on the day the people fast and breaking is on the day they break.”

[Reported by At-Tirmidhi and it is mentioned in Sahih ul-Musnad of Shaykh Al-Wādi’ē may Allāh have mercy on him]

In it is evidence for the one who says each country have their own times of appearance and setting (of the moon) that every country has their own different times of appearance and setting and their own sightings and this is what is correct and praise is to Allāh.

Translated by : Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

Original Fatwa:

الكنز الثمين في الإجابة على أسئلة طلبة العلم والزائرين (3)

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⏩ Organizing and arranging time has blessing in it, and loosing it has in it misfortune

Organizing and arranging time has blessing in it, and loosing it has in it misfortune which leads to the piling of actions and obligations

By our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him –

Shaykh Yahya may Allāh preserve him and take care of him said: “So these days are short – meaning the last ten of Ramadhān – men and women busy in it with worship from what is the affair of revising the Qurān, and people the rest of the year are going about doing research, doing other actions, maybe he doesn’t give the Qurān its due right, everyone is busied, and Ramadhān comes and how in need is he of revising the Qurān, even these lessons we consider long according to us; except that we are relaxed in them, and something we are accustomed to we dislike discontinuing from it, had it not been for that then if a person dedicated to the Qurān it would be more appropriate for that, but when it was from the meaning of revising, if it is not chattery time and late night conversating, the time in it is very short as they say, and with organizing and arranging there is blessing, and with loosing it there is misfortune in it, and every time you arrange your time more, your time expands and there is blessing, and you have grasped your intent by the permission of Allāh, and every time you disregard it, and disarranged it, and misuse it, the things to do become more, and you become bombarded with obligations, perhaps the cause of that is narrow chest, and it could lead to relapsing if narrow chest occurs, so do not become bombarded with obligations, attend to every obligation through its proper lane, every obligatory or recommended action in its proper place and it its lane so it can be light, and from success is giving everything its due right, Ramadhāns right has come, the last tens rights have come, do not be diverted to anything except that it is from this affair, as the Prophet ﷺ and his companions and the righteous folk did, entering into prayer has its rights from remembrance and supplications and reading and what is of that nature, and time for rest has its right, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said:

إِنَّ لِنَفْسِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِرَبِّكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِضَيْفِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَإِنَّ لِأَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، فَأَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ

“Verily yourself has rights upon you, and your Lord has rights upon you, and verily your family has rights upon, so give everyone their due right.”

And how good is what Shāfi’ē said may Allāh have mercy on him:

“And leniency with a small amount could be enough and extension with a large amount may not be enough.”

He is saying in what relates to ablution, that the Prophet ﷺ used to make ablution with a mudd (handful) and bathe with a sā’ (four handfuls), a mudd is enough if you made ablution with leniency and without squandering, and a sā’ is used for bathing and for this reason shāfi’ē commented with this statement, ‘yukhraq’ meaning extend in it, squander in it. So the time is short, if it is treated with leniency and put in its place it could be enough to what Allāh has made easy, and those who know the value of time, no gold or silver is like it, none knows the value of time except if they know the value of age and life, and where he is going, and he knows the importance of what he is in.

From the book of fasting by Al-Firyābi, chapter what has been relayed from the Prophet ﷺ concerning standing in Ramadhān

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⏩ Is it allowed to give zakāt to relatives from the family?

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 18th, Ramadhān, 1422H

Question: Is it allowed to give zakāt to relatives from the family?

Answer:

If the relative are eligible for zakāt not from those who it is incumbent for you to spend on; at this point the zakāt is correct. As for ones whom it is not incumbent for you to spend on like brothers, nieces and nephews, aunties, uncles and cousins; it is not incumbent upon you to spend on them, and it is permissible for a woman to give zakāt to her husband if he is poor; because it is not binding on a woman to spend on her husband, verily it is incumbent on him to spend on her due to the hadith of Mu’āwiyah bin Haydah he said:

يا رسول الله! ما حق زوجة أحدنا عليه؟! قال: أن تطعمها إذا طعمت، وأن تكسوها إذا اكتسيت، ولا تضرب الوجه ولا تقبح

“O Messenger of Allāh! What is the rights of one of us on his wife?!” He said: “To feed her when you eat, to clothe her when you clothe yourself, and to not hit her in the face and not revile her.” [Reported Abu Dāwūd and Ahmed]

And Allāh says:

“قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَة”

“Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones”

And the Prophet said:

“كلكم راع وكلكم مسئول عن رعيته “

“All of you are shepherds and all of you are responsible for his flock” [Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]

And he said:

“كفى بالمرء إثمًا من يضيع يعول “

“It is enough of a sin for a person to let his dependents go to waste” [Reported by Muslim]

As for voluntary charity then there is no problem to give charity even to one whom it is incumbent on you to spend on; due to hadith Ma’n bin Yazīd:

أن أباه أتى بصدقة ووضعها عند رجل في المسجد ليتصدق بها، فأتى ولده فأخذها، فاشتكى إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم، فقال: لك ما نويت يا يزيد، ولك ما أخذت يا معن

“That his father came with charity and placed it with a man in the masjid to give it in charity, so his son came and took it, so he complained to the Prophet, so he said: “For you is what you intended O Yazīd and for you is what you took O Ma’n.” [Reported by Bukhāri]

And Ma’n is the son of Yazīd, ya’nī: That charity that his son took he will gain the reward for it; because it fell in its proper place, so his son was eligible for that, and Zainab Ath-Thaqafiyyah said:

يا رسول الله! هل تجزئ الصدقة على أيتام في حجري وعلى زوجي.. قال: نعم، الصدقة على ذي القربى صدقة وصلة

“O Messenger of Allāh! Is giving charity to the orphans in my chamber and my husband accepted..he said: “Yes, giving charity to relatives is (rewarded as) giving charity and connecting the ties of kinship” [Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]

It is not binding upon her to spend on these orphans, verily she is donating graciously by spending up on them.

These evidences point towards that zakāt is (could be) given to one whom it is not binding to spend upon, and that voluntary charity is accepted even upon one whose spending upon is obligatory, and it is considered charity upon him and being kind:

“من أحق الناس بحسن صحابتي؟ قال : امك ثم أمك ثم أمك ثم أبوك “

“Who is the most deserving of my good companionship?” He said:” Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father.” [Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]

The Prophet said:

“أختك وأخاك ثم أدناك “

“Your sister, then your brother, then those that follow” [Reported by Ibn Hibbān and Dārqutnī and it is in Sahīh Al-Musnad]

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⏩ Worshiping Allah is a means of cure!!

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 29th, sha’baan, 1431H

Question:

We travelled to India for treatment and we don’t know how long we will be here and perhaps we will move from place to place for treatment. It is possible that we could be in this state for some months however we are unsure in regards to how long due to us not knowing when the treatment will finish.

Is it appropriate for us to establish jumu’ah in the hotel due to being prevented in going to the masjid because of corona?

Answer:

Establish your jumu’ah in the masjid.

Unless you have been prevented, as has been mentioned (in the question) due to the disease corona, and you have been prevented from praying in the masajid, and there are a number of residents in the hotel and the time of prayer kicks in: then pray in congregation, this is a good affair and if there is someone who can establish jumu’ah for them, if they are many in number, and he reminds them of Allah and they pray jumu’ah in other than the masjid, due to the excuse (then this is also good).

For verily there are people who take a specific place within their household or hotel room etc..  as a place of prayer. So whosoever condition is as such and establishes jumu’ah, due to the number of people are many in these places of residence, then the affair is broad.

For verily the people gather on the buses to travel, and likewise they gather in the trains.

For example you find the countries which have trains, they say the gatherings are prohibited however they crowd up at the doors of the trains until the train becomes full, and in them are hundreds.

And likewise they crowd up within the markets to the point that some of them said: “We go to the market and I swear by Allah you are not able to walk due to the congestion.” That which is called ‘the supermarket’.

And likewise the people gather within the houses and within general places of residencies (like flats for example) in hotels.

So why is it that this corona is only these masajid and it can’t be in these other places of gathering.

Due to this the affair is broad, pray the prayer in congregation pray jumu’ah.

And this is wallahi from the means of cure and good health. The jumu’ah and congregational prayers are from the means of good health in the bodies and strength and uprightness in imaan, for the strength of the imaan and the health of the bodies.

Verily within the obedience of allah is good and blessing for the slaves .

And preventing the people from gatherings; Gatherings are a necessity for the life of the person so make this gathering (the jumu’ah and congregational prayer) from the necessities of life. 1, 2, 3 rows within the hotel room for example.

…So they gather in the likes of this and pray if there is someone that can deliver the khutbah and lead then he does so and then they leave:

(فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَانْتَشِرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ)

Then when the (Jumu’ah) Salat (prayer) is finished, you may disperse through the land, and seek the Bounty of Allah (by working, etc.), and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.

[Surat Al-Jumu’ah:10]

The reality is, preventing the people from the hotel, from the congregational prayer….For example it is said we are a group and we stay in a social place of residence, just like the hangars that the military have, and student accommodation, so we stay in the likes of these places together, nonet

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⏩ Giving Zakatul Fitr and Zakat of Crops as Money

Answered by our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahman Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 16th, Rabī Al-Awwal, 1430H

Question:

The scholars mention that sadaqatul-fitr is not accepted as money, so how about zakāt of crops of dates and raisins… and the likes of it, and is it accepted as money? and what is the difference in that? and is any of them specified by the evidence?

Answer:

Indeed the Prophet ﷺ said:

“زكاة الفطر فرض على كل مسلم حر وعبد ذكر وأنثى من المسلمين صاع من تمر أو صاع من شعير”

“Zakātul-fitr is obligatory upon every Muslim free or slave, male or female from the Muslims a sā’ of dates or a sā’ of barley.”

[Reported by Bukhāri and Muslim]

And they used to give it from their staple food as in the hadith of Abi Saīd may Allāh have mercy on him, so giving it as money is from the newly invented matters. As for zakāt of wealth then it is given as money or giving it from the same kind is allowed.

Translated by : Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

Original Fatwa:

الكنز الثمين في الإجابة على أسئلة طلبة العلم والزائرين (3

(https://www.sh-yahia.net/show_books_38.html)

Under: كتاب الزكاة

Entitled: حكم إخراج الزكاة مالًا في زكاة الفطر، وزكاة المزروعات

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