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Question: While reading the Witr I forgot to read the
Qunoot? I made sajdah-e-sahw; do I have to repeat
the Witr?
Answer: If you have left out the Qunoot, Sajda-e-Sahw
will recompense for the error. There is no need to repeat
the Witr. (Bahishti Zewar)
Question: A person pays the money of Mahr to his
wife and afterwards took that money to buy gold for
her. Is it allowed to take the money back from the
wife?
Answer: If a husband has given Mahr money to the wife,
the money now comes in the ownership of the wife. She
can do whatever she wants with the money. If she
wishes, she may give the money to the husband as a gift
(or to buy gold for her). However, the husband cannot
demand from her to give the money back.
Question: When I am reading Qadhaa Salaat, do I also
have to read Qadhaa of Witr?
Answer: Qadhaa is made of the Witr as well. (Bahishti
Zewar)
Question: Is it allowed for a Muslim woman to pluck
her eyebrows and remove hair on the face?
Answer: A Muslim woman is not allowed to pluck her
eyebrows, The Prophet Mohammad Sallallaahu Alaihi wa
Salaam sent laanat (cursed) at this act. However, she can
remove hair from her face like the upper lips and cheeks.
Question: Can Aqeeqah be done in another country
e.g. India/Pakistan and when should it be done?
Answer: Aqeeqah is a Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallaahu
Alaihi Wasallam for those who can afford it. Aqeeqah can
be done in another country. Prophet Sallallaahu Alaihi
Wasallam has said "Every child is ransomed by his
Aqeeqah which is done for him on the seventh
day." (Tirmidhi) If it cannot be done on the 7th day, then it
should be done on the 14th or 21st day. The Aqeeqah for
a boy is slaughtering two sheep/goats and in the case of
a girl, one sheep/goat should be slaughtered.
And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
NATIONAL LOTTERY IS HARAAM
Question: The National Lottery starts next
month. Can you please state the Shar'ee position of
gambling supported by Qur’an and Hadith, so that
Muslim brothers and sisters may become aware of
the consequences of this sin?
Answer:
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Gambling falls within the category of major
sins. Verses were sent down touching upon the subject of
gambling and in each of them it was condemned until
finally it was completely forbidden by the following verse
of Surah Ma'idah: 0 you who believe! Intoxicants and
gambling, and Idols and (divination by) arrows, are an
abomination of shaytaan's work, so avoid them, so that
you may get salvation. Shaytaan's only desire is to
precipitate enmity and hatred between you b y
means of intoxicant and gambling and
bar you from the remembrance of Allah and from
prayer . Will you then not abstain? (90-91)
It is clear from this verse that gambling has in it the
following evils:
1. It creates hatred and enmity amongst gamblers.
Generally the loser will hold grudge and hatred in his
heart for the winner who has deprived him of his wealth,
which will result in feuds, killing, murder, etc. This is the
material and worldly loss.
2. It prevents the gambler from remembrance of Allah
Ta'ala and he becomes heedless of devotion to Allah
Ta'ala. This is a spiritual and religious loss. Gambling &
its Various Forms
If gambling consists of both internal and external harms, a
Mu'min will definitely abstain from it.
Allaamah Zahabi (R.A) states, “It (gambling) is a form of
devouring people‟s wealth
Unlawfully which Allah Ta'ala has prohibited in the
following verse: And do not eat up the property of one
another amongst yourselves wrongfully. (2: 188) And it
falls within the Hadith of Nabi , "Indeed those men who
interfere in the property of Allah (i.e. property of other
people) without right, for them is Jahannam." And in
Bukhari, the Messenger said, "Whoever says to his
companion, come let us gamble, and then he should give
Sadaqah." If only the statement (of gambling) establishes
the giving of Sadaqah, then what about the gravity of the
act (of gambling). (Kitaabul Kabaa'ir Page 88-89) The
Arabs in the days of ignorance had different forms of
gambling. In modern times too, there are dozens of types
of gambling of which a very common form is lottery. It is
therefore of utmost importance to abstain from such a
grave sin. May Allah save us all from those things which
brings His displeasure.
Muhammad Saleem Dhorat
Extracted from Questions & Answers column
Published in Riyadh ul Jannah (Vol. 4 No. 1)
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