Aqaaid

Q: What is your view on sending girls away from home to a boarding school to become Aalimah?

Q: What is the status of Taqleed (following one of the four Imaams of Fiqh) in Deen? Is it fardh, waajib, sunnah or mustahab?

Q: Is it permissible to have Muslim names (such as Muhammad) embroided on a bathing towel?

Q: I think I have a serious problem in my Iman. I am not clear of certain things and it is really important to clear it. Whenever I face some hardship or insult or Allah punishing me, I feel like it is not my fault because everything is in His hands. The towfiq of making tawba or doing something correct, everything is controlled by Him.

Allah created Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) in such a way that Jibrail (alaihis salaam) came and cleansed his mubaarak heart. It is obvious that he is the best among us and this all Allah's plan.

An evil person's circumstances are like this that if he does any good deeds then it is from Allah. If Allah doesn't give hime the towfiq to do good then why will Allah punish him? To do good or bad is fate. Can you please explain this?

Q: Is it correct to wish someone Eid meelaad?

Q: Can you please present to me the proofs from the Qur’aan and Hadith that command us to follow one of the four Imaams of Fiqh?

I believe that we are all followers of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). Hence Allah Ta’ala obligated us to follow our beloved Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) has said in his Mubaarak Hadith: “I leave behind two things; the Qur’aan and my Sunnah. As long as you hold firmly to these two; you will never go astray.”

From this Hadith, we understand that in solving our Deeni matters, we should directly refer to the Qur’aan and Hadith. Just as Ulama of the past made ijtihaad, why can't people who have knowledge of Arabic and have studied deen also make ijtihaad today and find solutions in modern day problems through referring directly to the Qur'aan and Hadith?

I do understand that if one is non-conversant in the Arabic language and thus unable to extract Shar‘i laws from the Qur’aan and Hadith, then he should refer to an Aalim of Deen. Why do people insist that every person should follow one of the four mazhabs of Fiqh?

Q: Is Ghazwa-e-hind a sign of end of times like before Qayamat or was it the one when Muhammad bin Qasim conquered India?

Q: I want to know if it possible to get to know if a person has a smoking habit through Istikhara?

Q: My mom circles money around my head and sometimes even eggs for some kind of protection. I have a feeling this practice is not Islamic so I was wondering if it it permissible in Islam.

Q: I understand that it is shirk to intend to do worship for the sake of Allah as well as someone else (that the intention should only be for Allah). Is it shirk to have both the intention to achieve something as well as to please Allah when you're doing tasks that normally are not worship?

Say for example, you are cooking, both to feed your family but also because you hope Allah will be pleased with you and reward you for feeding your family. Or, giving your mother a foot massage both to please your mother and to please Allah. Is this shirk? If not, how does it differ?