2] The green dome in Madeenah: its history and the ruling on its construction and on leaving it as it is

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The green dome in Madeenah: its history and the ruling on its
construction and on leaving it as it is.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The history of the green dome
The dome over the grave of the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allaah
be upon him) dates back to the seventh century AH. It was built during
the reignof Sultan Qalawoon, and at first it was the colour ofwood,
then it became white, then blue, then green, and it has remained green
until the present.
Professor 'Ali Haafiz (may Allaah preserve him) said:
There was no dome over the sacred chamber. Therewas in the roof of the
mosque above the chamber a waist-high enclosure of brick to
distinguish the location ofthe chamber from the restof the mosque's
roof.
Sultaan Qalawoon al-Saalihi was the first oneto build a dome over the
chamber. He did that in 678 AH. It was square at the bottom and
octagonalat the top, made of wood,and built on top of the pillars that
surrounded the chamber. Planks of wood were nailed to it, over which
plates of lead were placed, and the brickenclosure was replaced with
one made of wood.
The dome was refurbished at the time of al-Naasir Hasan ibn Muhammad
Qalawoon, then the leaden plates slipped, but they were fixed and
refurbished at the time of al-Ashraf Sha'baan ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad
in 765 AH. It fell into disrepair and wasrenovated at the time of
Sultaan Qayit Bey in 881 AH.
The chamber and dome were burned in the fire that swept through the
Prophet's mosque in 886 AH. During the reign of Sultaan Qayit Bey the
dome was rebuilt, in 887 AH, and strong pillars to support it were
built in the floor of the mosque, and they were built of bricks to the
correct height. After the dome had been built in the manner described
above, cracks appeared in its upper part. When it proved impossible
to refurbish it, the Sultaan Qayit Bey ordered that the upper part be
demolished and rebuilt strongly using white plaster. So it was built
solidly in 892 AH.
In 1253 AH, an order was issued by the Ottoman Sultan 'Abd al-Hameed
to paint the dome green. He was the first one to colourit green, and
the colour has been renewed whenever necessary until the present.
It became known as the green dome after it was painted green. It was
previously known as the white dome or the fragrant dome or the
bluedome. End quote.
Fusool min Tareekh al-Madeenah al-Munawwarah by 'Ali Haafiz (p. 127, 128).
Secondly:
Rulings thereon
The scholars, both in the past and in modern times,criticized the
building of this dome and its being given a colour. All of that is
because of what they know of sharee'ah closingmany doors for fear of
falling into shirk.
These scholars include thefollowing:
1 – al-San'aani (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Ta-theer al-I'tiqaad:
If you say: A great dome has been built over the grave of the
Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), costing a great
deal of money, I say: This is in fact great ignorance of the
situation, because thisdome was not built by him (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) or by his Sahaabah or by those who followed
them,or by those who followed the Taabi'een, or by the scholars and
imams of theummah. Rather this domewas built over his grave (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) on the orders of one of the later
kings of Egypt, namely the Sultan Qalawoon al-Saalihi who is known as
King Mansoor,in 678 AH, and was mentioned in Tahqeeq al-Nasrah bi
Talkhees Ma'aalim Dar al-Hijrah. These are things that were done on
the orders of the state and not on the basis of shar'i evidence. End
quote.
2 – The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked:
There are those who take the building of the green dome over the
Prophet's grave in the Prophet's Mosque as evidence that it is
permissible to build domes over other graves, such as those of the
righteous and others. Is this argument correct or what should our
responseto them be?
They replied:
It is not correct to quote the fact that people built a dome over the
grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as
evidence that it is permissible to build domes over the graves of the
righteous dead and others, because those people's building a dome over
his grave (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was haraam and
those who did it sinned thereby, because they went against what is
proven in a report from Abu'l-Hayaaj al-Asadi who said: 'Ali ibn Abi
Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) said to me: Shall I not send
you on the samemission as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) sent me? Do not leave any image without erasing
it or any high grave without levelling it.
And it was narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: :->

Helping someone who faints during Jumu’ah prayers

In one of the Friday prayer , a person praying besides me got fainted
and lied down unconsiously.
My question is , what should be done at this moment ? Should we alert
others and cry for help or just wait for the prayer to end .
Please provide the answerin detail.
Praise be to Allaah.
And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings.
This depends on what hashappened to this worshipper. If waiting until
you have finished the prayer will cause him harm, then you should stop
your prayer and helphim. If waiting until you finish will not cause
him harm then you can help him after you finish the prayer. And Allaah
knows best.
Fatwa of Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah al-Ghadyaan.
In such cases you should act according to what youbelieve is most
likely to be the case, with regard to whether waiting until the prayer
is finished will cause harm or not. And Allaah knows best.

APAKAH MENGKHAYAL HINGGA KELUAR MANI DAPAT MEMBATALKAN PUASA

Di salah satu negara Eropapada bulan Ramadan banyak godaan menumbuhkan
birahi seksual lewat pikiran sampai keluar air mani. Saya berkeyakinan
bahwapuasaku telah rusak dan mempengaruhi diriku hingga akhirnya saya
melakukan onani. Apakah saya harus mengqadha atau membayar kaffarah?
Alhamdulillah.
Seharusnya seorang muslim menjaga pendengaran, mata dan seluruh
anggota tubuhnya dari terjerumus apa yang diharamkan oleh Allah
Ta'ala. Asalnya puasa dapat melembutkan jiwa dan menjadi tameng bagi
pelakunya dari terjerumuske dalam syahwat. Para ulama berbeda pendapat
terkait batalnya puasa dengan keluar mani dengan mengkhayal.
Kalangan Malikiyah berpendapat batal (puasa), sedangkan mayoritas
ulama (berpendapat) tidak batal.Yang tampak, puasanya tidak batal
karena seorang hamba dalam halitu berada di luar kehendaknya,
maksunya, sesuatu yang ada dalam lintasan pikiran yang tidak mungkin
untuk ditolaknya. Sementara kalau sengaja berfikir dan meneruskannya
dengan maksud keluar (mani). Maka tidak ada perbedaan–ketika itu-
antara tindakan tersebut dengantindakan sengaja melihat (sesuatu yang
merangsang) agar keluar (mani), maka mayoritas ulama berpendapat,
puasanya batal kalau sengaja melihat sampai keluar (mani)."
Terdapat dalam kitab Al-Mausu'ah AL-Fiqhiyyah,6/267: 'Hanafiyah dan
Syafiiyyah berpendapat bahwa keluarnya mani atau madzi karena
pandangan dan pikiran tidak membatalkan puasa. Kebalikannya yang lebih
kuat dari Syafiiyyah bahwa kalau sengaja keluar (mani) dengan
pandangan atau berkali-kali memandang sampai keluar, maka puasanya
rusak. Sementara Malikiyah dan Hanabilah berpendapat, bahwa keluarnya
mani karena terus menerus memandang, membatalkan puasa. Karena keluar
(mani) dengan melakukan perbuatan yang dinikmatinya dan memungkinkan
untuk menjaga darinya. Sementara keluar (mani) karena mengkhayal,
makarusak puasanya menurut Malikiyah. Sementara menurut Hanbilah tidak
merusak karena tidak mungkin menjaga darinya." Silahkan melihat soal
jawab no. 22750 .
Kalau puasanya rusak, maka anda harus mengqadha puasa hari itu. dan
tidak diharuskan membayar kaffarah. Karena kaffaroh tidak diwajibkan
kecuali kepada orang yang rusak puasanya karena berhubungan badan.
Silahkan melihat soal jawab no. 38074 dan 712213 .
Maka yang harus anda lakukan adalah Bertaubat dari kemaksiatan
melakukan onani. Silahkan melihat –akan haramnya – di soal jawab no.
329 Mengqadhapuasa hari itu.
Wallahu'alam

Why do we pray Zuhr and ‘Asr silently?

Why do we recite zuhr and asr prayer in low voice when it is clearly
mentioned in the quran the following ?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It was decreed that recitation in Zuhr and 'Asr should be done
silently because the time of these prayers is during the day, and at
that time a person's mind may be preoccupied with a lot of thoughts,
as he is busy with his work or trade or manufacturing. If the
recitation were to be done out loud, his mind would be distracted and
he would not listen attentively to the imam's recitation; he would not
listen to it or devote his attention to it; rather other things would
come to mind and distract him. So he was commanded to recite to
himself so that his recitation will make him think and ponder. It is
well known that if people pray in congregation for Zuhr or 'Asr
prayer, they should not recite out loud, because then they would
distract one another. So both the imam and the one who is praying
behind him are enjoined to recite silently. But with regard to the
prayers thatare offered during the night, in most cases people are
free from distractions so the imam is enjoined to recite out loud, so
that others may benefit from his recitation.
With regard to the verse which you mention, it applies only to qiyaam
al-layl and tahajjud. If a person is praying and there are people
around him who are listening to his recitation and others who are
asleep, then he should not recite so loudly as not to disturb those
who are sleeping orso quietly as to cause those who are listening
tohim to miss out on any benefit; rather he should recite at a
moderate volume, enough to be heard but not so loud as to disturb
those who are asleep. It also states in theverse that the Messenger
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to recite out loud and
the mushrikeen heard him and reviled the Qur'aan and the one who had
bought it, so he was forbidden to recite out loud and he began to
recite silently, but then the members of his household and those
whowere listening to him missed out on the benefit,so he was enjoined
to recite at a moderate volume.
Shaykh 'Abd-Allah ibn Jibreen (may Allah have mercy on him).