Blowing on water and throwing it on the foundation of a new building
Q: We are building and we were told to read Surah Bakarah and blow in the water and throw on the foundation. Please can you adsice us?
Bid'ah
Not leaving the house for forty days from the time of delivery
Q: In Hyderabad, India, we have a custom that for any woman who delivers a baby, she cannot go out until 40 days from the date of delivery
are completed, like we call it as Chalis din ka chilla. Until 40 days, they cannot go out of house. How far is this true?
Saying "Ya Rasool Allah"
Q: If a man says "Ya Rasool Allah" in durood shareef, is he a mushrik?
Eid gifts
Q: I noticed that people are giving "eid gifts" in the same way as the non muslims are giving "Christmas gifts". Is this a practice of Nabee (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) or an innovation? I can not remember any such custom when we were children.
Jummah Mubaarak
Q:
- Is it Sunnah to say to someone Jummah Mubarak on a Friday?
- If it isn't Sunnah to say Jummah Mubarak then is it permissible if one says it?
Putting the hands on the chest after shaking hands
Q: Is it haram to put your hand on your chest after shaking hands?
Going to peoples houses for khatam
Q: People call me to there house for khatam. They say sit in the middle and they tell me we have done e.g. 10 katams of Qur'an, many thousands ayaat-e-karima and I do dua for the diseased then we eat. Is it permissible for me to eat? They also give money at the end. What is the Shari'ee hukm with reference?
Dua after eid khutba
Q: I have read in masaail eidain to do dua after kutbah is bidah in eid namaz it should be done after namaz. Please advise me with evidence.
Dargah ka sondhal our thel gale our peshani me lagana
Q: Mera sawal ye he ke darga ku jakar wahan ka sondhal our thel (oil) gale me our peshani mi laga the he. Kiya ye jaiz he or aise karne walon kafiron me shumar he? Agar galath he tho aisa karne walon ko kiya kabar (information) deni chahiye?
Taking Tabarruk from the Awliya and Buzurgs
Q: A sheikh of tasawwuf told his murid, who was going for four months to read salaah at a certain spot in Nizamuddeen markaz where Ml Ilyaas (Rahmatullahi Alayh) used to read tahajjud salaah, is this not bidat? Is such a action established in deen? If there is such a thing as taking barkat, will it not be restricted to Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)? Please answer in detail with relevant proofs from Quraan and Hadith.