Fiqh

  Nasihah (Advice): The Importance of an Islamic Will   Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “It is not permissible for a Muslim who possesses anything to bequeath, to let two nights pass without having a will written and kept ready.” (Sahih Bukhari) ______________________________   Question and Answer:   As a solicitor, …

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 …

  Nasihah (Advice): Honesty leads to Paradise & dishonesty to Hell   Sayyiduna Abdullah Ibn Masood radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “You must be truthful. Verily, truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues to be truthful and encourages honesty until he is …

  Nasihah (Advice): The period of mourning the deceased   Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah) has narrated that Ummu ‘Atiyyah’s (radiyallahu ‘anha) son passed away. On the third day [after his demise], she requested [that] yellow dye [be brought for her to apply]. [After it was brought] She then applied it and said: …

  Nasihah (Advice): Performing Maghrib Salaah early   Sayyiduna Rafi’ bin Khadij radiyallahu anhu reported: ‘We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and then one of us would go out of the Masjid and be able to see the spot his arrow would fall at. …

  Nasihah (Advice): Pay your workers timeously Sayyiduna Abdullah Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhuma reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Pay the worker his wages before his sweat has dried.” [Sunan Ibn Majah] ______________________________   Question and Answer:   Q. I am working for a company and the company I …

  Nasihah (Advice): When the verse of Tayammum was revealed Sayyidah Aaisha radiyallahu anha said, “I borrowed a necklace from Asma’ and it was lost. So Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sent a man to search for it and he found it. Then the time of the Salaah became due …

  Nasihah (Advice): Stand shoulder to shoulder & close the gaps   Sayyiduna Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhuma reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Arrange the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be accommodating to your brothers and do not leave gaps for Shaytan. Whoever joins a …

Nasihah (Advice): The benefit in having a righteous spouse   Umar ibn Al-Khattab radiyallahu anhu said, “Nothing benefits a man, after faith in Allah, as much as a wife with good character, who is loving and fertile. Nothing harms a man, after disbelief in Allah, as much as a wife …

Question Please provide proof as to why music is haram.   Answer Proofs from Quran 1) Allah Ta’ala mentions: “There are some who purchase futile discourse to deviate from Allah’s path without knowledge and they mock it [the path of Allah, Islam]. There shall be a humiliating punishment for these …