Q: In order for me to earn a living I have to go abroad and stay overseas for long periods of time. I have asked my wife to come with me but she refuses. I now have to go away again abroad for months on end staying on my own. She refuses to come with me. Can I give her talaaq on the basis that she refuses to come with me and that I find it hard to be on my own overseas for long periods of time?
س: مع الأسف الشديد، انتشر في كلام كثير من المسلمين الجهال التلفظ بهذه الكلمات: "أولا أنا عربي (أو التركي) و ثم ثانيا أنا مسلم." و الشيخ مصطفى صبري (أخير من شيوخ الإسلام في الدولة العثمانية) كتب بأن القول بها كفر. (أظن أنه قال به لأن تعظيم الإسلام واجب على كل مسلم بالمرتبة الأولى ؛ و الشخص عندما يقول بتلك الكلمات، فهو مثل من اعتقد أن الإسلام في المرتبة الثانية (فقط!!) في حياة المسلم؛ و أن هذا القول يؤدي إلى الإستخفاف بالدين الحق و الإستخفاف بالدين و الإستهزاء به و الإستهانة به - كفر). و لكن هؤلاء الجهال عندما يتلفظون بهذه الكلمات، فهم لا يقصدون بها الإستهزاء بالدين و لا يقصدون بها الكفر و الردة، و لا يعرفون أن تلك الألفاظ مذمومة على الأقل. هل هذا يكون كفرا عندكم؟ هل الصحيح أن يقال بأنه لا يجوز للمسلم أن يتلفظ بمثل هذه الكلمات، و أن على المسلم أن يجتنب من الكلام المؤدي إلى عدم الإحترام و التعظيم المستحق بدين الإسلام؟
س: هل هناك دعاء من الكسل في السنة الصحيحة أو الحسنة؟
Q: Please advise if it is wrong for us to greet non-Muslims with "As Salaamu Alaikum".
س: هل سب عائشة (رضي الله عنها) أو طعن في شخصيتهاأوالقول بأنهاإمرأة فاسقة(و العياذ بالله) - يكون كفراًً؟
Q: If a person makes a sajdah on a warm hat which overlaps onto his forehead, will this be correct?
Q: I have a problem of leaking of pre-coital fluid. This is not regular occurrence i.e. sometimes it happens and sometimes not. Sometimes I feel that there is something, but when I check, there's nothing. I usually check after I perform Salaah. If I was not aware that it has happened and find a stain on my underwear after Salaah, should I repeat my Salaah?
Q: A deceased is survived 2 wives and their respective children. With the first wife, the deceased fathered 2 sons and 1 daughter. With the second wife, the deceased fathered 1 daughter but the deceased and the second wife also have an orphan boy aged 6 years whom they adopted when the boy was orphaned at birth. Furthermore, the second wife also has a son from a previous marriage. How should the estate of the deceased be distributed. The Will of the deceased merely states that his estate is to be dealt with in terms of Islamic Law.
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Q: We wish to get involved in the development of private cemeteries. We will not be involved directly in burials but only in purchasing and developing it to the required standards for Council to allow burials on it. Most of the burials done here will be for non-muslims. The norm now in South Africa is for individual burial plots to be leased to the family of the deceased for approximately 10 years or so and thereafter the plots are recycled. We wish to humbly enquire whether it is permissible for us to lease the plots and then after 10 years or so, lease it again to a different family. It must be known that the Municipality has stressed that due to the large shortage of burial sites, all burial plots must be recycled after 7 to 10 years. Each individual plot will be surveyed and marked out and will be leased to burial homes in order for them to facilitate burials. Which of the following would be permissible for us to do: