Value of the ’Ulamā Everything in this world has some value attached to it, some greater and others less. The greater the value of the item, the more a person will cherish and treasure it. If a person owns a luxury car, he will value it and be in a perpetual state of vigilance ensuring that no damage is done to the car. He will try his level best to maintain the car in pristine condition … [Read more...]

AM I BEING WATCHED? Cruising down the national freeway, exceeding the speed limit, one almost instantaneously steps on his brakes and decelerates. Why? He catches sight of an RTI official and is well aware that HE IS BEING WATCHED! A person in a supermarket, whose intention is to steal, stops dead in his tracks. Why? He catches sight of the Close Circuit television (CCTV) and is well aware that … [Read more...]

Allah Ta’ala, through His grace and bounty, has afforded mankind numerous opportunities of gaining closeness to Him and turning to Him in repentance. These opportunities enable man to undo the wrongs which he may have committed since his last repentance. There is a famous Hadeeth in which Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that one Ramadaan to the next, and one Friday to the next are … [Read more...]

FROM THE NOBLE QUR’AAN SURAH AL-HUMAZAH (THE SLANDERER) Surah: 104 THEME: BACKBITING, SLANDERING AND AMASSING OF WEALTH In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful 1. Woe unto every backbiter and slanderer. 2. Who amasses wealth and counts it. 3. He thinks that his wealth has immortalized him 4. Never! He will definitely be thrown into the Crusher. 5. And what would make you … [Read more...]

HADEETH Hadrat Abu Hurayra Radiyallaahu anhu reported that Rasullullaah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam  mentioned about a man of the Bani Israaeel, saying, “He had asked another Isra’eeli to lend him one thousand dinars. He (the prospective lender) asked him to bring witnesses, the borrower replied, “Allah is sufficient as a witness.” The lender asked him to provide a guarantee, the … [Read more...]

Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is reported to have said: “To Allah belongs what He has given, and to Him belongs what He has taken. Everything has an appointed time by Him. Therefore adopt patience and hope for reward”. In the infinite wisdom of Allah Ta’ala, the appointed time of departure from this world for Moulana Ilyas Ahmad Bayat Shaheed (RA) was 15 Jumadas Thani 1428/ Friday … [Read more...]

(Continued from the last issue) Below is the last part of the transcript of the debate that took place between SAFM host, Jeremy Maggs on the 4th of December 2007 and a panel of guests amongst whom was Mufti Ebrahim Desai of Jamiatul Ulama (KZN). The topic was ’Blasphemy’ and it was aired live on SAFM. The following alphabets are abbreviations for the different participants: (J)- Jeremy … [Read more...]

The underlying principles by which the Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) operates is that of Islamic Brotherhood and unity. One may well take an example of the time when the Byzantine emperor made a proposal of alliance to Hadrat Mu’aawiya Radiyallaahu anhu, to assist him against Hadrat Ali Radiyallaahu anhu. Hadrat Mu’aawiya Radiyallaahu anhu’s answer can be understood as: “In your conflict with … [Read more...]

DOES THE INTENTION OF NIKAH JUSTIFY ZINA? I am a young teenage girl just out of High school. I was going steady with a Muslim boy for 2 years. I relaxed myself with him as he pledged to marry me. However, now that I am pregnant he says that he cannot marry me since his mother is not happy. What should we do? Disobey his mother or should I just forget him? Response from the Fatwa Department … [Read more...]

(Continued from the last issue …..) Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam has said, “A man is on the lifestyle of his friend so one should be wary of whom he befriends.” (Abu-Dawood) ETIQUETTE FOUR To make the friend a partner in one’s assets. Our beloved Nabi Sallallaahu alaihi wasallam has likened two brothers to the example of two hands. One hand washes the other. Rasulullah … [Read more...]