استفتاء نمبر (۲۸۲۹) بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم سوال: کیا فرماتے ہیں علمائے دین و مفتیان شرع متین تین طلاق اور حلالہ کے بارے میں؟ براہ کرم کتاب وسنت کی روشنی میں رہنمائی فرمائیں۔ عین کرم ہوگا۔ والسلام علیکم ورحمۃ اللہ برکاتہ سائل شمیم اختر لال کنواں، دہلی-6 جواب نمبر (۵۹۱۵) طلاق ایک مباح عمل ہے۔ اس کا ارتکاب کرنے سے عورت مرد کے نکاح سے باہر ہو جاتی ہے۔ اسلام نے اس کی اجازت شوہر یا شوہر کے وکیل…
TASTING FOOD WHILE FASTING By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Question: I have read that a fasting woman is allowed to taste the food that she cooks for her husband if he is of the type who gets very angry if the taste is not right. If this is true is it permissible for a fasting mother to taste the food she prepares for her infant? Answer: Let us first be clear about what we are talking…
SWIMMING WHILE FASTING By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Question: Is it permissible for a fasting person to have a bath or to swim in a pool or a river where there is a chance of water entering his ear or nose, etc? Answer: If you are asked to define Islamic fasting, you are likely to say that it is a deliberate abstention from eating, drinking, and sex, every day during the month of Ramadhan from dawn…
PREGANANCY AND OTHER SITUATIONS FOR FASTING By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Question: Recently my husband heard a teacher saying that a pregnant woman may avail herself of the concession not to fast in Ramadhan only if she fears for her health. If she fears for her baby and does not fast, she is required not only to compensate by fasting a day for a missed day, but also for feeding ten poor people as well. This…
INTAKE OF MEDICINE WHILE FASTING By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Question: I would like to know whether intramuscular or intravenous injection may be given to a fasting person, in normal circumstances or in emergency. Can a person who suffers from asthma use his aerosol inhaler while fasting? What is the ruling regarding the case of ear, nasal and eye drops, suppository and the drawing of blood for investigation during fasting? Answer: Injections of both types may…
CONCESSION OF NOT FASTING By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Question: At times, I get a very severe pain in my neck which needs analgesic tablets to relieve me because I suffer from cervical spondylitis. It happened once or twice in the month of Ramadhan that the pain was so severe that I could not bear it any longer and broke my fast to take the tablets. Should I still feed one poor person for breaking my…
FATAWAS FOR RAMADHAN By: Allama Abdul Aziz Ben Abdullah Ben Baz Commencing Fast in a State of Ceremonial Impurity Question: Can a person in a state of impurity (Janabat) fast, even if he delays washing his body (ghusl) until after dawn break? Is it true that a fasting person must wash his body not later than midday? Answer: If a person wakes up in the morning of a day of fasting and finds himself in the state of ceremonial…
PERPORT OF ZIKR AND DUA AT THE END OF SALAT By: Allama Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Baz QUESTION: In those Hadiths wherein motivation for remembrance (Zikr) and prayer (dua) at the completion of a Salat is found, the wordings of “Dubr” are used there. The querry: What is meant by “Dubr” and by last part of Salat”. Is it before or after turning face for the Salam? ANSWER: The word “Dubr” is sometimes applied to last part…
COLLECTIVE ZIKR By: Allama Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Baz INJUNCTIONS ON COLLECTIVE ZIKR IN SOME SPECIAL MANNER QUESTION: What are injunctions of Shariah about Collective Zikr in a special manner after observing every Faradh Salat as it is practiced by Certain people? Also is it a tradition of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) to carry out remembrance loudly or is it Masnoon (as per tradition of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) to do so slowly? ANSWER: It is a tradition…
INJUCTIONS ABOUT A MOSQUE HAVING A GRAVE By. Allama Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Baz QUESTION: How is it to observe Salat in a Mosque having a grave inside or in its courtyard in the direction of Qibla? ANSWER: It is improper to observe Salat in a mosque having any grave, whether this grave lies in front of or behind or at the right side or at the left side of the people observing Salat, as there is a…