Prove Your Love Daily

Whats the point of trying to impress the women of the world and send
them gifts with messages, emails, phonecalls, cards, roses etc when
the wife you chose and the "Queen" who bore your children is ignored.
She deserves all that and more!
How can one day be set aside for love when the year has 365+ days? Its
a cheap way to run away from responsibilty and abuse women. A daily
sacrifice is required… to prove love and the sweetest of statements
which should be reflected in our behaviour should be routinely
repeated – but to those who really deserve them!
The most deserving of our kindness, love and affection throughout
ourlives are our spouses, children, parents, siblings& family before
everyoneelse. Don't jump the gun by going further at the expense of
those closer.
Did you know that many homes are broken on Valentines over a rose!
Where did it comes from, why was it sent, why wasit not sent etc. What
a great deception.
Blessed are those who are conscious of their Maker for indeed a true
believer is transparent & avoids all sinful hidden private secret
relations that only add stress in lifeafter the short excitement.
Let's not be from those who "Fought-in February"

Mufti Ismail Menk

Mufti Ismail Menk of Zimbabwe commenced hifz at the tender age of nine
years and completed at the age of twelve. He studied Arabic, Urdu and
the Hanafi Mazhab from a young age with his father Maulana Musa Menk
who graduated in Mazahirul Uloom Shahjahanpur under Hazrat Shaikh
Maulana Zakaria (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) in the late 1950's.
Having studied the Hanafi Mazhab he then went on to study at the
Islamic University of Madinah where he completed a degree in Shariah
on the four Mazhabs. Thereafter he joined the Iftah (Mufti) department
of Darul Uloom Kantaria in Gujarat, India where he graduated under
Mufti Ismail Barkodrah at the end of 1999.
Ever since he has been actively engaged in teaching, lecturing country
wide, running ofIslamic educational institutes for the under
privileged as well as the orphans, construction of Masajid and
Madaris, relief work and coordinated dawaah country wide.
Currently he is the Imaamof the largest Musjid in Harare.
May Allah reward Mufti Ismail Menk for his humble efforts towards the
upliftment of the Deen of Almighty Allah, Ameen. Please visit the
Mufti Menk website for audio recordings of his inspirational talks.

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What should the person who is praying behind the imam do if the imamis silent for a long time after reciting al-Faatihah?

If the person who is praying behind the imam finishes reciting
al-Faatihah during a prayer in which Qur'aan is recited out loud, but
the imam does not start to recite after al-Faatihah, what shouldhe do
in this situation?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The answer to that is that we would say to theimam first of all: You
should not remain silent for this long time between reciting
al-Faatihah and reciting what comes after it. What is prescribed is
for the Imam to remain quiet briefly between al-Faatihah and the
soorah that comes after it so as to distinguish between the obligatory
recitation and the mustahabb recitation. During this silent pause it
is prescribed for the one who is praying behind the Imam to recite
al-Faatihah and complete the recitation, even if the imam recited it.
But as for the imam falling silent for a long time, this is contrary
to the Sunnah. Moreover, even if we assume that the imam did that and
remained silent for a long time, if the person praying behind him
recited al-Faatihah and completed it, he may recite a soorah after
thatuntil the imam begins to recite the soorah that comes after
al-Faatihah, at which point he shouldstop reciting, because it is not
permissible for theperson praying behind the imam to recite whenthe
imam is reciting, except with regard to reciting al-Faatihah only.End
quote.
Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen (15/109)

Ruling on following the imam’s recitation in a book in which there is a translation of the meanings of the Qur’aan

A group of brothers were getting together topray Qiyam during the
month of Ramadan, and they are mostly converts.Is it wrong for the
Imam to lead the prayer from the (arabic) Mushaf, and for them to join
him in prayer, while following with the English translation? They say
that when they do this, they can follow along and get a greater
khushu' by following along and getting the meaning.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Following the recitation of the imam in the Mushaf is contrary to
theSunnah and is to some extent makrooh. This hasbeen explained
previously in the answers to questions nos. 52876 and 10067 .
Secondly:
With regard to followingthe imam's recitation in a book in which there
is a translation of the meanings of the Qur'aan, this requires further
discussion:
1.
If he says something from the book whilst following the imam's
recitation [i.e., moving his lips whilst reading], then his prayer is
invalid, because the translation of the meaning of the Qur'aan is
regarded as a commentary on it (tafseer), and it is not Qur'aan
according to theconsensus of the scholars and it does not come under
the same rulings as Qur'aan, so these words invalidate the prayer.
See: Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Ifta', 4/165
2.
If it is limited to following the words by looking and thinking
without speaking, then the prayer is valid even though it is makrooh.
al-Nawawi said: "If he turns the pages sometimes during his prayer, it
is not invalidated, and if he looks at a book other than the Qur'aan
and reads that in his mind, it does not invalidate his prayer, even if
it is done for a long time, but it is makrooh.
End quote from al-Majmoo', 4/95
Al-Mardaawi said: Prayerdoes not become invalidated by looking for a
long time in a bookif he reads it in his mind,if he does not actually
utter the words, according to the correct view. ... It was narrated
from Imam Ahmad that he did that. And it was said that it does
invalidate the prayer.
End quote from al-Insaaf, 2/98
Something similar to thiswas said in Fath al-Qadeer, 1/403
Following the recitation by looking in the book and pondering the
meaning is permissible, although it is makrooh, but this description
of it being makrooh does notapply if there is a need for that, because
the basic principle accordingto the fuqaha' is that that which is
makrooh becomes permissible if there is a need.
Seeking to focus properly in prayer and understand the meaningof what
the imam is reciting is a kind of needthat makes this no longer
makrooh, because understanding the meaning of the verses is something
that is important for the person praying behind the imam, so that he
may ponder them and think of their meanings.
Something similar to thiswas stated in a fatwa by Shaykh Ibn Baaz,
that it is permissible for the person praying qiyaam al-layl behind
the imam to hold a Mushaf in which there is tafseer, and if he does
not understand a word he may look at its meaning. This was mentioned
in the answer to question number 9505 .
But what is better than that is to strive to learn Arabic and learn
the HolyQur'aan and its meanings, so that it will be easy for you to
ponder it and focus properly in prayer, and you will not need to carry
this book and look at it whilst praying.
And Allah knows best.