Bringing Deen alive in the lives of people

Q: We hear in some bayans, "Allah will ask us on the day of qiyaamah, that Deen was coming out of the lives of the people, what did you do to bring Deen alive?"

1. Is this a valid statement to make?

2. Will we be questioned about whether we made efforts of Deen or not?

3. If someone does not make any effort of deen on others at all, but does practice on deen himself, will he be taken to task for this?

4. What is the ruling regarding tabligh in the current tarteeb present, is it something mustahab, or mubaah, or what?

5. What is the ruling regarding tasawwuf in the current tarteeb present of going to a shaykh etc, is it something mustahab, or mubaah, or what?

Husband and wife reconciling after obtaining a divorce from a non-Muslim court

Q: I was married to a man in Canada and lived with him for many years. Unfortunately, we had many problems and fights, until I left him and returned to my country of Bangladesh.

My husband did not want to divorce me, so I obtained a divorce from the non-Muslim court.

A few years have passed since the court issued the divorce. I now want to reconcile with my ex-husband and remarry him.

My question is whether we need to repeat the nikaah or whether the nikaah is still intact, as the divorce was issued by the kaafir court and my husband did not want to divorce me.

Whirling dervishes, long zikr programs and burying someone with a piece of the Ka'bah cloth

Q: Clarification on zikr, self hypnosis in regard to some sufi practices.

1. Are self-hypnosis techniques like whirling dervishes common during the Rumi era, haraam? Are their practices considered a bid'ah?

2. Likewise many groups hold zikr sessions which last a long time. It includes chanting, is this considered a bid'ah?

3. Many buzurgs get buried with a small part of the kiswa fabric. Is this considered a bid'ah? Is calling any of these practices openly a bid'ah, haraam?