Definition of a faasiq, greeting a faasiq and eating from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq
Q:
1. What is a faasiq?
2. Can you greet a person that is a faasiq?
3. Can you eat from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq?
Salaam & Greeting
Replying to salaam on a WhatsApp group
Q: If someone in the WhatsApp group makes salaam, does everyone in the group have to reply or if one person replys its okay?
Shaking hands with one's mother in law
Q: Is a person allowed to make salaam with his hands with his mother in law?
One person in a group replying to the salaam will be sufficient on behalf of the entire group
Q: If someone in the group makes salaam, does everyone have to reply or if one person reply's is it sufficient?
Making salaam to people who we don't know whether they are Muslim or not
Q: Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) instructed us Muslims to give salaams to those whom we know and those whom we don't know (among the Muslims). How will we know the individuals we are giving salaam to are Muslims or not since we don't know them? Do we just assume that they are Muslims by looking at their clothing, their professions (halaal butcher) or any signs that would be hint of their faith or do we just ask them before giving them salaam?
Virtues and rewards of making salaam
Q: I teach reverts and very often when we teach them the hadith on salaam they tell us that they very so often don't receive replies to their salaam from our Indian Muslims. They went to the extent of asking that should we rather not make salaam to them to save them from the sin of not replying. Please advise.
Greeting with Jumuah Mubaarak on a Friday
Q: What is the ruling on greeting people every Friday with Jumuah Mubarak? Is it permissible?
I understand that it was not part of the sunnah of our Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and his companions never practised it.
Replying to the salaam
Q: If someone gave salaam and one replied and they didn’t hear the reply or one did not reply, would the person later on have to walk up to the person and reply?
Saying insha-Allah when asked to convey the salaam to someone
Q: Whilst my father was abroad, if he asked me to give salaam to the congregants at the masjid and I said I would Insha’Allah thinking that I would approach the Imam to tell everyone but I didn’t do so and my father asked me more than once and I didn’t do so on any occasion, as my father is back now, what would I do?
Female greeting non-mahrams
Q: I wanted to know if a female can say Assalaamu alaikum to a male non mahram and vice-versa?