Listening to lectures of Mufti Ismail Menk
Q: Can I listen to religious talks delivered by Mufti Ismail Menk of Zimbabwe? Is he an authentic Mufti who could be trusted?
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Nouman Ali Khan
Q: I have a question regarding a speaker Nouman Ali Khan.
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This a link to his video. I know videos are Haram. If you type ss before where it says YouTube, then you can download the link as an audio file and listen to it. My question is about the 3 Ahadeeth he mentions. What is their Shaan e Wurood. Second question is about what he is saying. Is he right and how is able to use such words against a Sahabhi رضي الله عنه , like jealousy.
Following the lunar calendar when calculating one's age
Q: If getting baaligh by means of age (15) do you follow the Gregorian or Hijri calendar?
Clapping the hands
Q: I would like to find out if the clapping of hands at awards ceremonies etc. are permitted?
Saying "My Allah"
Q: If someone says my Allah instead of saying our Allah, is it permissible?
Using the Islamic date
Q: Shoud we consider the crescent date before fixing the wedding date?
Building a house in the month of Safar
Q: I want to ask that is it ok to start construction of a house in the month of Safar?
Fruit from neighbours tree falling into one's yard
Q: Our neighbour has a mango tree whose branches come over our wall. Daily mangoes fall in our yard. Do these mangoes belong to us or the neighbour?
Mufti erring in a fatwa
Q: If a person refers to a Mufti for a ruling and the Mufti errs in issuing the ruling, what should one do?
Speaking in languages other than Arabic
Q: What is the ruling on people who are capable of speaking Arabic, speaking in languages other than Arabic with one another? For example, `Ulama speaking in Urdu with one another, or English, instead of Arabic? I have come across certain narration from Hadhrat Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه as well as some other Sahaabah, in which they discouraged people from speaking in a language other than Arabic. There is also a Riwaayat which states that whosoever is capable of speaking in Arabic should not speak in non-Arabic for that causes Nifaaq. It is also mentioned that Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمة الله عليه regarded it as Makrooh for a person to use non-Arabic words to describe the days and months, etc. Taking all of this into consideration, Mufti Saheb, what is the ruling on people learning and speaking languages such as Urdu, Gujarati, Farsi, English, etc. rather than Arabic? Is it permissible to do so? And if it is permissible, is there Karaahiyat in doing so?