Ramadan 2012, The 12th Day

The believers are brothers, so make peace between your brothers and
have fear of Allah so that hopefully you will gain mercy. (Surat
al-Hujurat, 10)
Do not envy each other, donot bid against each other,do not hate each
other, do not turn your backs on each other, and let none ofyou sell
upon the sale of another. Be slaves of Allah,brothers. A Muslim is the
brother of a Muslim, he does not wrong him, fail to assist him, lie to
him nor despise him. (Imam an-Nawawi, The Complete Forty Hadith, p.
122)
Many Muslims fail to attachsufficient important to the global reign of
Islam. It really is amazing. They genuinely attach importance to
prayer, and the hajj, but not to the global reign of the faith. They
do not even consider it important for the faith to spread in the
regions where they live. Nor among their own families. Yet this is the
greatest religious obligation. The Qur'an talks about this from start
to finish. (A9 TV, March 6, 2012)
Muslims Who Desire The Oppression In The World To End Should Seek For
The Islamic Union With All Their Hearts
Unity, cooperation, solidarity, friendship, self-sacrifice, support,
and similar other qualities are some of the beautiful attributes which
are the underlying foundation of the Qur'anic morality. This is stated
in many sayings of Our Prophet (saas). One of them reads:
'Believers are like the different parts of a building, each one
supporting the other.' Then he demonstrated what he meant by
interlocking his fingers. (Hadith of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, Words of
the Prophet Muhammad, p. 67)
Allah in many verses of theQur'an states that believers are guardians
of each other. The word"guardian [wali]" means friend, protector,
helper and supporter. According to this, fellow Muslims are obligated
to acquire each other as friends, defend each other and support each
other, because this is a command of Allah to them.
In a verse from Allah, the believers are required to guard one another:
Your friend is only Allah and His Messenger and those who believe:
those who perform prayer and give the alms, and bow. (Surat al-Ma'ida,
55)
In the next verse, Allah reveals that the believers befriending and
guarding each other would definitely be victorious in the intellectual
struggle they wage against the unbelievers:
As for those who make Allah their friend, and His Messenger and those
who believe: it is the party of Allah who are victorious! (Surat
al-Ma'ida, 56)
From this verse and many more verses of the Qur'an it is understood
that whenbelievers love and befriendone another, support each other,
they will surely end all evil that the unbelievers have been
implementing on believersand will establish good morality on earth
ordainedby Allah. Obviously, in order to stop injustices, oppressions
and wrongdoings against all Muslims in many parts of the world today,
they must embrace each other, eliminating the distance between them
and form the Islamic Union as soon as possible. Allah informs us in a
verse of the environment which will occur when believers do not unite:
Those who disbelieve are the friends and protectors of one another. If
you do not act in this way there will be turmoil in the land and great
corruption. (Surat al-Anfal, 73)
There is no doubt that no conscientious Muslim fearing Allah would
want to undertake the responsibility for the disorder and the
oppression that result from their turning their backs on their
brothers and sisters and not uniting. However, everyone who does not
strive for the unification ofMuslims will be responsible for the pain,
suffering, oppression and injustice they witness.
Our brothers and sisters who want to stop the persecution should pray
as"O Lord, bring about the Islamic Union soon"
All Muslims who love Allah,our Prophet (saas), and their Muslim
brothers and sisters, should feel the responsibility and want the
Islamic world to be in unity in order to bring peace and security to
the millions living in captivity, oppressed, persecuted, subjected to
torture, driven from their homes and forced to live in poverty around
the globe. In fact, the shortest, the most efficient and accurateway
to save our brothers and sisters is to ensure theIslamic Union.
Our brothers and sisters who want the Islamic Union in order to save
the Muslim world should pray as "O Lord, bring about theIslamic Union
soon," "establish the Islamic Union now." Allah answersbelievers'
prayers. Our brothers and sisters who pray this beautiful prayer will
soon see that their prayers come true inshaAllah. Persistently engaged
in this prayer andacting accordingly, believers will no doubt be
greatly rewarded.
Sectarian fighting must end; the differences shouldnot be seen as
justificationfor separation.

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The Sunnah is to hasten to break one’s fast

I would like to know if breaking fast (iftar) is fard (obligatory)or?
When a person apporching to the Masjid for Salatul Maghrib, during the
time of iftar, should he/she break the fast and join in the prayer or
pray first and then break the fast. I hope my question is clear
enough. Please, answer me in details and may Allah blessyou with His
mercy.
The Sunnah is to hasten to break one's fast. This is what is indicated
by the ahaadeeth. It was narratedfrom Sahl ibn Sa'd that the Messenger
of Allaah (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The people
will still be fine so long as they hasten to break their fast."
(Narratedby al-Bukhaari, 1821; Muslim, 1838)
What one should do is to hasten to break the fast byeating small
morsels that will calm one's hunger, then get up to pray, then ifone
wishes, one may comeback and eat more.
This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to do. It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: "The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to break his fast
before praying by eating fresh dates, and if there were no fresh dates
he would eat dried dates; if there were no dried dates, he would have
a few sips of water." (al-Sawm, 632; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani
in Saheeh Abi Dawood, no. 560)
Al-Mubaarakfoori said in his commentary on the hadeeth: "This
indicates the lengths to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) in order to hasten to break his fast."

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He divorced his wife irrevocably then died during her ‘iddah

There is a man who divorced his wife irrevocably and he died during
her 'iddah. What is her 'iddah? Does she inherit from him?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If a man divorced his wife irrevocably when he was healthy, then he
died during her 'iddah, she should complete the 'iddah of divorce, not
the 'iddah of one whose husband has died. She does not inherit from
him and she should not observe mourning for him.
For more details of that, please see the answer to question no. 111905
. See also al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 29/325
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim) was asked: If the
husband dies, having divorced his wife irrevocably, during the time of
the 'iddah, should she observe mourning for him?
He replied: The correct view is that she should observe the 'iddah of
her divorce, not the 'iddah of one whose husband has died, and she
should not observe mourning for him.
If the divorce occurred during his final illness but he died, then she
inherits from him, but she should not observe mourning for him,
because her inheritance in this case is not because she was his wife,
but because he wanted to deprive her of it, so he is to be punished by
having his plan thwarted. Hence if she died during the 'iddah, he does
not inherit from her.

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Is it permissible for a group of girls to stay overnight in the mosque (“sleepover”)?

I live in Denmark, we have a kinda of musalah or a majid in a lokal
town and my question is about,can girls overnight in the majid without
a muhram. The reason these girls are overnighting in majid is, to
spend time with each other and to speak about islamic things and
benefit each other. Though they are sleeping there without a muhram
they have permission from their parents/muhrams. And this
majid/musalah is saparated from the mens majid but they are still
close.(so they can be heard if they are to load or they can be seen of
themen just come in their side on purpose).
Praise be to Allaah.
Islam does not stipulate that a woman should have a mahram with her
except in the case of travel. If she wants to go to the mosque or the
marketplace or to visit a neighbour or relative, andthe place is
nearby and the one who goes there isnot regarded as being a traveller,
then there is nothing wrong with her going there on her own without a
mahram. But it is stipulated that the place should be safe, so the
route should be safe with no danger to her as she comes and goes.
If the route is safe and thegirl can reach the mosque,there is nothing
wrong with her meeting with her sisters to do some communal actions
such asseeking knowledge, or individual actions such as reading
Qur'aan and praying. As for staying overnight in the mosque with her
friends and sisters, it is permissible in principle if the women's
prayer space is secure andsafe from men entering it or from the
foolish trying to overstep the mark withthem. That is a matter to be
weighed up by the people in charge of the mosque, namely the
administration, the imam and the committee that looks after it, as
well as parents. Every environment has its own rulings. The most
important thing is that the girls should be safe from men entering
upon them and the foolish trying to overstep the mark with them. It is
preferable for there to be someone who can take charge and take care
of them, such as a woman who is a seeker of knowledge (taalibat 'ilm),
so that no fitnah will result from their gathering and so as to make
sure they behave themselves in accordance with Islamic guidelines and
do not waste their time.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim)
said: Women may observe i'tikaaf so long as no fitnah results from
their doing so. If it will result in fitnah, then they should not be
allowed to do that, because if something that is mustahabb will result
in something that is forbidden, it must be prevented, just as if
something that is permitted will result in something that is
forbidden, it must be prevented…
… But it may be said: Howcan (a woman) observe i'tikaaf in a mosque in
which prayers in congregation are not held? Is that not a source of
fitnah?
The response is that it may or may not be so. This mosque may be safe
and secure, and no one enters it, so there is no fear of fitnah for
the women if they observe i'tikaaf there. Or it may bethe opposite.
The point is that if fitnah will occur, the women should not beallowed
to observe i'tikaaf, no matter which mosque it is.
End quote from ash-Sharhal-Mumti' Zaad al-Mustaqni', 6/510, 511
It is not permissible for women to raise their voices to the extent
that they may be heard by men. If women are forbidden to say tasbeeh
("Subhaan Allah") to alert the imam if he makes a mistake in the
prayer, andthey are forbidden to givethe adhaan (call to prayer), lead
the prayer and deliver the khutbah (sermon), all of which involve
dhikr or remembrance of Allah, then it is more appropriate that they
be forbidden to raise their voices in other kinds of speech.
Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) Women are forbidden to say
tasbeeh (to alert the imam to a mistake in the prayer) because they
are enjoined to lower their voices in prayer in general, because of
the fear of temptation (fitnah).
End quote from Fath al-Baari, 3/77. See also theanswers to questions
no. 9279 and 39186
This is as far as the shar'i ruling is concerned. However we do not
advise staying over in the mosque for the purpose mentioned; we think
that it is sufficient for the girls to spend the day there, whether
that is studying together or worshipping together, then they should go
back to their homes at night.
We ask Allah to protect them, take care of them and help them to do
that which pleases Him.And Allah knows best.

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