Definition of Bid'ah
Q: I am a student of deen and I would humbly request Mufti saheb to help me in the issue of bidah. I want a ﺟﺎﻣﻊ definition of bidaah that excludes everything we doing and includes the other deviated sects.
Bid'ah
Bismillah Shareef wazifa near a mazaar
Q: Alhamdulillah I am doing bismillah sharif wazaif near a big aulia allah's mazar. After two days I saw a dream after praying fajar namaz that I am explaining down in masjid (out of ibadat gaah) all are gather to learn some Islamic knowledge. I saw a grave in masjid in front of me behind my back. I also saw a grave of aulia allah and next dream I saw a trusty of my masjid at a shop. I gave him rice. He told me to put it in a dish (dish was already full of rice ). I also invited other people to eat and some people eat the rice.
Attending a function where they will most probably make Salami
Q: I'm due to attend a function where they will most probably make Salami. Can you please advise if it would be acceptable to stand up? Alternatively please advise the best possible way forward without causing offense and without making biddah.
The ruling for "FATEHA"
Q: What is the ruling for "FATEHA"? Kindly elaborate.
Distributing sweets on the third day after the death of a person
Q: It is permissible to distribute sweet on the third day of death of a person?
Dua after Janaazah Salaah
Q: Whether One can offer Supplications (Dua) in front of Janaza after Namaz-e- Janaza, is it not Biddah, as janaza Prayer itself is a Dua?
Believing that a certain person will be able to give shifa
Q: I would like to know if it allowed to go for Shifaa in Cape Town from a sheikh that is living in Mauritius? My sister belongs to a Jaama that makes thikr and gives food. This sheikh gives shifaa and they wear a green cloth over them while thikr is being performed.She puts pictures of this sheikh on her blackberry and he have very long hair.The sheikh said that angels are in your hair if it is long so she grew her hair and says that should she have a son she will grow his hair long also.
They have been "called" to Mauritius to visit the sheikh and they go but they do not want to go to Makkah and perform their Hajj now. They receive colors of clothes for the higher there spirituality goes. They say everyone should join and ask for anything and the sheikh will ask Allah. We as muslims can ask Allah directly so should we need to go through a sheikh in Mauritius? I believe that thikr is part of the quraan and you are making Allah higher but is this all allowed in Islam to almost like worship this sheikh?
Dua after the janazah salaah
Q: What is the reason for us being prevented from making dua after the janazah salaah?If it is a bidat,then wont it be permissible for us to do it occasionally? If it is not haraam then how can we stop others from doing it? If it is because the janazah salaah is a dua itself,then what if one wishes to make more dua at that time? If the people do not regard it to be sunnat,then would it be permissible to make the dua?
المؤذن يشتغل بقراءة سورة يس جهراً قبل صلاة الجمعة
س: هنا في المسجد عندنا يوجد العادة، بأن المؤذن يشتغل بقراءة سورة يس جهراً بصوت مرتفع، في يوم الجمعة قبل صلاة الجمعة. هل يجوز لي أن أشتغل بالذكر منفرداً في تلك الوقت، بغير استماع قراءته القرآن، و أنا في المسجد؟
Fatiha Sharif or Khatam Sharif
Q:
- Is it permissible to do Fatiha Sharif or Khatam Sharif (Recite some verses from the Qur'an like 4 Quls, Surah Fatiha, beginning verses of surah Baqra, etc) in the presence of food then convey the reward to all the deceased Muslims and then make Dua) not thinking of Fatiha Sharif as compulsory. I was told that there is a hadith in Bukhari where the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) went to Anas (Radiyallhu Anhu's) house and food was presented in front of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) who recited from the Qur'an and then made Dua. Is this true?
- Will it be permissible for a person to attend Fatiha Sharif or Khatam Sharif gatherings when one is invited, not thinking of Fatiha Sharif as compulsory ?