Questions
asked to Shaykh Salih ibn Muhammad al-Luhaydan [May Allaah Preserve him]
Former Chief
Judge and Member of Permanent Committee of Senior Scholars
Asked in
his Masjid after Salaat al-‘Ishaa
21/10/1433-
8/9/2012
Question:
What’s the difference between يأس and قنوط (both being translated as despair)
Answer:
Both these words mean the same thing but if they are mentioned together then
they have a more specific meaning; يأسis to have no hope in something and قنوط is to totally despair in
something happening, meaning he believes something is impossible to happen.
Question:
Our manager at work is preventing us from wearing the Thobe and forcing us to
wear western clothes, so what is your advice in this?
Answer:
There is no doubt that preventing people to wear this is wrong and it’s not
permissible for him to do this, but if you are forced to wear it then there is
nothing wrong with this if he is fully covered. However, if you are able to
leave this job for the sake of Allaah, then Allaah Knows that he has given up
his job for his sake and this would be better.
Question:
In our contract with our company, it states that we can’t work for another
company. Is this condition allowed?
Answer:
It is permissible for the company to state this and especially if one agrees to
this condition then the Muslims must stick to the conditions they agree to.
Question:
I have some money left over from a Riba transaction, what should I do with the
extra money?
Answer:
The Ayah in Surah in Baqarah gives us the answer: “…but
if you repent, you shall have your capital sums. Deal not unjustly (by asking
more than your capital sums), and you shall not be dealt with unjustly (by
receiving less than your capital sums).” [Baqarah 2:279] so if anybody has money
left over from Riba then he should spend this money in an Islamic way which will
benefit others, he should no destroy the money or use it to benefit himself but
he should use it to benefit others.
Question:
Do we hold our hands below the navel in Salaah?
Answer:
The Sunnah is for the person praying to
hold the left hand with the right hand at the wrist and where he places it is a
broad scope. If he places it below or above the navel all of it is permissible,
rather he follows whatever is easy for him to practice. Some people whilst
praying focus too much on where he has placed his hands and others place their
hands so high it is just below their beard, so he doesn’t concentrate properly
during Salaah. The hadeeth that states we should place the hands above the
navel is Saheeh, the hadeeth of ‘Alee bin Abee Taalib [May Allaah be Pleased
with him].
Question:
Does Laylat al-Qadr move from date to date depending on the location?
Answer:
Laylat al-Qadr depends on the sighting of the moon and it doesn’t depend on
calculation, if it falls on the 27th night then it is on that night
and it doesn’t change from place to place, there is only one Laylat al-Qadr.
Question:
If one adopts a boy or girl, does that child become a Mahram for your wife once
they reach the age of puberty (and does the girl need to cover her hair)?
Answer:
There is a difference between adoption and being a guardian, as adoption which
includes the child taking your name is not allowed in Islaam. However, if
someone becomes a guardian of an orphan and takes care of him then there is
great reward in this and if the orphan was young and it was breastfed by their
persons wife or daughters or sisters it grows up under your care then he will
be a Mahram for them but he will not inherit from them. In times of Jaahiliyyah
they used to adopt children and they would take the family name as though he
was the actual son, and it is a well-known that Zayd bin Haarith was raised and
brought up by the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him], he was
treated like a son and when Zayd’s father came to take him home he was given a choice
to be under the guardianship of the Prophet or return to his father, Zayd chose
to be with the Prophet. The lineage of the Prophet was known, he was the son of
Abdul-Mutallib and he was from Quraysh so the Prophet came from a noble family
yet Zayd was not given that name.
Question:
I am student in the university and it says on my Iqaamah that I’m not allowed
to work, yet I have debts, so am I allowed to work during the evening when I’m
not studying?
Answer:
You must abide by these conditions and it is not permissible for you to work
during the evening. Rather in your free time you should be revising and
studying and this is what the university expects for you to do, the university
has rights to make these conditions as those who don’t study properly and then
leave the university, then they are effecting the reputation of the university.
Therefore, it is upon every student to gain as much as knowledge it can and
help the university by producing students who are knowledgeable.
Question:
My mother is old, she doesn’t have periods, and she has enough money to do Hajj
but she has no Mahram, can she travel with other women to do Hajj?
Answer:
In the Hadeeth which is in Saheeh Bukhaari that it is not permissible for a
woman, look here, the wording is general, all types of women are prevented here
whether she has menses or not, whether she is old or young. So no woman who
believes in Allaah and the Last Day to travel except if she has a Mahram with
her and the scholars have explained that for a woman to do Hajj then she must
have a Mahram, if she has no Mahram then she is considered as one of those who
don’t have the ability.
Question:
Is it permissible to love or hate someone for other than the sake of Allaah?
Answer:
Loving and hating which will be benefit you is that which is done for the sake
of Allaah, people should be loved for their piety and people hated for their
disobedience. People shouldn’t be loved or hated for worldly matters if this is
done then they will have no reward, but if someone hates someone for a worldly
matter then he has fell into sin.
Question:
My family has two options, either they return to a non-Muslim country where
they will assist their mother and a need sister or they go back to Egypt. What
advice would you give?
Answer:
It is not permissible to live in a non-Muslim country to help a person, what
the person must do is look after himself before trying to help other people. So
this person has the ability to go to a Muslim country then he must do so and
it’s not permissible to go to the non-Muslim country.
Question:
The statement of Allaah, “Did
they then feel secure against the Plan of Allah. None feels secure from the
Plan of Allah except the people who are the losers.” [A’raaf 7:99] does this
include the Kuffaar and the Muslims as well?
Answer:
Yes, it applies to Muslims and Kuffaar and this is a very dangerous matter.
There is a story mentioned in the Quraan (cf. Surah Khaf) where two people had
a garden and he felt safe from the Plan of Allaah and he found everything
destroyed, it doesn’t say that this person was a believer or not, but once he
realised he made a great mistake which was feeling safe from the Plan of Allaah
he then repented from it.
Question:
If a person is kind to his own children but he is harsh with his step-children,
what do you advise?
Answer:
Justice is required from this man in all affairs, he should become angry for no
reason and if there is a need to be angry then he must be just in this.
Question:
What is the ruling on attending the funeral of the Kuffaar?
Answer:
The Muslim is rewarded for attending the funeral of the believer; praying upon
him will mean he will have a mountain worth of reward. If he then follows the
bier to the graveyard then he will have the reward of two mountains. However,
about the Kuffaar, we are allowed to make Dua’a for them whilst they are alive
but once they have passed on then we can’t do this as their life is over and we
will no longer be with them, whether it is in this life or the hereafter. So if
a Kaafir dies then it is not permissible to pray over them as the Ayah in the
Quraan tells us.
Question:
Is it permissible to babysit children of the Kuffar in the church?
Answer:
If she is being paid for this then there is nothing wrong with this and she
should try and be a positive influence on them.
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