Ruling on one who says “Harramt (she is haraam to me)” but does not intend to divorce

I hope that you can advise me about one who says "Harramt (she is
haraam to me)" but does not intend it as divorce.
I know some Sudanese people who say "Harramt (she is haraam to me)",
intending divorce thereby. I am not Sudanese, but I live with them and
I have picked up some of their culture. One day, I was having
anargument witha friend of mine from the Sudan, and he said to me: You
will never let any Sudanese ride in your car after today. Without
thinking, I said: "Harramt (she is haraam to me)", meaning Yes indeed;
I had no intention whatsoever of divorce or anything of that nature –
Allah forbid. I did my marriage contract two months ago and have not
yet consummated the marriage.
Since that day I have been very worried. I have read some of the
fatwas on the Islamweb and Tareeq al-Islam websites, and according to
the fatwas, this phrase depends on the intention at the time it was
spoken; some of them said that it is regarded as an oath andthe
expiation for it is thesame as the expiation for breaking an oath
(kafaarat yameen).
I have asked Allah a great deal for forgiveness and I have promised
Allah that I willnot do it again. I also fasted for three days as the
expiation for breaking an oath. But I wanted to write to you and
explain to you what happened so that you could put my mind at rest.
Praise be to Allaah.
What you have mentioned about uttering the word "Harramt" is subject
to further discussion:
1 - If you said this word without thinking and without intending what
it means, then you do not have to do anything.
2- If you meant what you said, then there is a difference of opinion
among the fuqaha' concerning this word. Some of them regarded it as
zihaar (a jaahili form of divorce in whicha man said to his wife: You
are to me as my mother's back), and some of them regarded it as
talaaq.
The most correct opinionconcerning this matter is: if he intended it
as talaaq, zihaar or an oath, then it is as he intended. If he did not
intend anything, then hehas to offer expiation for breaking an oath.
This is the view of Imam ash-Shaafa'i (may Allah have mercy on him).
See also the answer to question 81984
So long as you did not intend talaaq (divorce) or zihaar, then
expiationeither is or is not required; as you have offered expiation
for your oath, you do not have to do anything elsenow.
And Allah knows best.

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HOW THE DAJJAL WILL BE EXPOSED ?

1. Dajjal will be Kaanaa (one-eyed) person.
2. He will make Dawaa (claim) to be Allah Ta'ala.
3. On his head, the letters "K, F, R" (Kaaf, Feh, Reh)will be written,
meaning "Kaafir" (infidel), and this will be read by all Muslims, but
it will not be seen by the Kaafirs.
4. He will travel very fast. In forty days he will travel the entire
world except Haramain Sharifain (the two HolyMosques in Makkah and
Madinah).
5. Within these forty days, the first day will be the length of one
year, the second day will be the length of one month, the third will
be the length of one week and the rest will each be twenty-four hours
long.
6. His mischief will be very strong. He will have with him one garden
and one place of fire. He will call these Jannat and Dozakh and
wherever he goes he will take them with him. His Jannat will really be
fire and his Dozakh will really be a place for rest. He will order
people to believe him to be the lord. Whoever believes him as the
lord, he will put them into his Jannat, and whoever rejects him, he
will throw them into his Dozakh.
7. He will bring back to life the dead. He will make rainfall. He will
command the land andit will grow crops. He will go into areas of
desolation. The treasures of these areas will be with him like bees
are with flowers. He will show all kinds of miracles like these, which
reallywill be nothing but magic and illusions. In reality, there will
be nothing with him and that is why when he disappears everything will
disappear with him and people with have nothing.
8. When he will wish to enter Haramain Sharifain, the Angels will
force his face to another direction.
9. He will have a whole army of Jews with him.
10. There will be three earthquakes in Madinatul Munawwarah. The
reason for this is that there will be people there behaving like
Muslims but they will be Kufaar and Munafiqeen and through fear of the
earthquakes they willleave Madinatul Munawwarah and join the army of
Dajjal.

The Coming of Qiyamat and Some Signs

One day the entire world, humans, animals, Jinns, Angels, earth,
skiesand whatever that is in them will come to an end or perish. There
will be nothing left except for Allah Ta'ala. This is known as the
coming of Qiyamat. Before the coming of Qiyamat, there will be some
signs that will appear, out of which, we write some ofthem here:
1. Khasf meaning that there will be three places where the earthwill
open up and men will be buried alive. One will be in the west,one in
the east and one in Arabia.
2. The knowledge of religion will disappear,meaning the Ulema
(scholars of religion) will be taken away.
3. There will be a large exploitation of illiteracy.
4. There will be great useof alcohol and adulteryto such a shameful
extent that it will be ascommon as donkeys eating grass.
5. There will be fewer males and more females. The ratio will be fifty
women compared to one man.
6. There will be a lot of goods.
7. In Arabia, there will be green scenery such as green crops, parks
andstreams. The streams will open its treasures and there will be
mountains of gold.
8. Men will listen to their women and not their parents. They will
stay in close contact with their friends and stay away from their
parents.
9. There will be great useof music.
10. People will curse their ancestors and speak ill of them.
11. The wrongdoers and non-capable will be made leaders.
12. Degraded people, who could not find cheap clothing, will own large mansions.
13. People will scream and shout in Mosques.
14. To stay in Islam will be so difficult as it is difficult to hold
hot ash in the hand. Up till the extent that a person will go the
cemetery and wish that they were in thatgrave.
15. There will be no quality in time. A yearwill be like a month.
Amonth will be like a week. A week will be like a day. A day will be
like as if an item has caught fire and quickly turns into ash,meaning
time will go very fast.
16. Savage animals will speak to humans. Thepoint of a whip and the
heel of a shoe willspeak and will informyou of what has happened in
the home. In fact, a person's thigh will speak and inform himof
things.
17. The sun will rise from the west. At this point, the doors of
repentance will close.One can no longer bring faith into Islam.
18. Except for the big "Dajjal" (impostor), there will be thirty other
impostors who will all claim to be Prophets whereas in fact Prophecy
has finished. There will be no other Prophet after our Prophet Hazrat
Muhammad Mustapha (sallal laahualaihi wasallam). Out of these
impostors, there have already been some, for example, Mussailamma
Kazzab, Taleeha Bin Khuwild, Asood Ansi, Mirza Ali Muhammad Baab,
Mirza Ali Hussain Baha'ullah, Mirza Gulam Ahmed Qadyani, etc. and
those that are left willcertainly come.

Ch 12: Isabella’s Prayer

Evening came after anxious waiting and Isabella started for the garden
of Cordova well in time. On the way she met Michael's daughter,
Mirano, who also accompanied her and herother two friends, who had
listened to the talk atMichael's house, also joined them in the
garden.
Mirano: Isabella, there is great sorrow on your face. Why? You have to
part some day from your relatives.
Isabella: I was in great plight after I parted from you. But luckily
my mother, being engaged in other things, could notcome to me,
otherwise Heaven knows what trouble she would have caused. But now by
Allah's Grace I am not worried but prepared to bear all troubles for
the sake of truth.
Mirano: But, sister, you were wonderful today, you gave such crushing
replies to priests that they were flabbergasted and could not reply,
and moreover whatever you argued was from the Bible.
Mertha (the other friend):But what is strange is that despite being
silenced they do not confess.
Mirano: They may not confess by mouth but their hearts do believe.
After you left my father Michael said to Peter: It istrue that the
divinity of Christ is not proved by the Bible, but anyway wehave to
abide by the judgment of the Church. Father Peter was convinced of the
weight of your arguments and said that your arguments were not weak.
Mertha: But today's discussion proved that Islam is a true and firm
religion while in Christianity there is nothing but misguidance.
Mirano (to Isabella): Would you like to leave your parents, brothers,
sisters and relatives, and the life of ease and comfort? And what will
you do if your father is strict on you and gives you up to the
Inquisition?
Isabella: I have now freedmy mind from all these worries. Allah Who
has conferred on me the boon of Islam will also help me in future and
will not discard my good cause. I find great solace in the verse of
the Quran which says: "Whosoever has fear of Allah in him, then Allah
will provide for him the means to findthe path of salvation and give
him sustenance fromquite unexpected quarters."
Mirano: Well, when shall we go to meet Ziad b. Umar and his company?
Isabella : We have to go there a little early so as tobenefit by the
company of respected Ziad as much as possible and return home in time.
Mirano: Will you report torespected Ziad the eventsof today?
Isabella : Why not? But letus go now so that we may reach there at the
time of isha (early night prayer) and return after staying there for
an hour.
Coming out of the gardenof Cordova Isabella, accompanied by her
friends, took her way to the' great Mosque of Cordova and on the way
Isabella informed her friends that, although in her heart she has
becomea Muslim , she has not been formally converted. She would now
take the pledge at the blessed hands of Ziad b. Umar, so that Allah
may grant her more courage and firmness and take in her heart the full
measure of Allah's help. All her friends congratulated heron her good
intention and expressed their pleasure also.
Half an hour after this, the girls entered the inner part of Umar
Lahmi's house, which adjoined the house of Ziad b. Umar, who had
already been informed oftheir visit by Umar Lahmi.So after isha prayer
divines, devotees, traditionists, poets, men of letters, academicians
and eminent scholars assembled there. After formal talk Umar Lahmi
asked Ziad b. Umar's permission to bring the girls to his presence,
and on getting permission the girls were called fromUmar Lahmi's
house.
As soon as the girls arrived Ziad asked about their welfare. Isabella
narrated to him the happenings of the last two days with her
father,the head priest, and other priests and also thetalk she had had
with Michael and Peter on different subjects and also the arguments
which she had put beforethem. The learned men present there applauded
her achievement and greatly encouraged her. All were impressed by
theprofound knowledge of Isabella.
Isabella (to Ziad b. Umar):Respected sir, this has all passed and
whatever comes after will be seen, but now my request is that you
formally convertme to Islam and include me in the universal
brotherhood of the believers of one God. So Ziad b. Umar formally
converted her and all those present prayed sincerely for her firmness.
Ziad b. Umar: Daughter Isabella, now that you have formally embraced
Islam, you should put a veil on your face as Islam enjoins concealment
of the woman's face. In future you should always be veiled. At the
same time five times of prayer are incumbent on you and see that it is
never missed as this is the only door to felicity. Well, are these
girls with you the same whom you had mentioned ?
Isabella: Yes, one of them is the daughter of Michael, whose name is
Mirano, and the other two are my friends and confidantes. Their names
are Mertha and Hanana.
Ziad: Have they any doubt about Islam?
Isabella: They have no doubt about the truth of Islam and, like me,
they believe in it and when Allah wishes they will formally declare
their Islam, yet Mirano has some doubts which my spiritual father,
Umar Lahmi, will resolve. She will come here some timeand present her
doubts and have satisfaction.
Umar Lahmi: It appears from your father's attitude that he will be
strict with you and it will not be surprising if he secretly hands you
over to the Inquisition. By the morning Michael and Peter will report
to him the details of your debate after which he is sure to antagonise
you. Now, what remedy have you thought of it ?
Isabella: Allah knows better what is going to happen in future. I have
submitted my case to Allah. Yet I have resolved that if he is more
oppressive I will come over to your house.
Umar Lahmi: You may do this whenever you like; anyway you have to do
this sometime, for Christians are not so broadminded as not to oppress
you and leave you free when they find that you have accepted Islam.
Isabella (to Zia'd b. Umar): Respected sir, you pray for me that Allah
may grant me endurance and firmness. Now permit us to leave.
Ziad b. Umar and others present said goodbye to the girls and, after
leaving the place, Isabellaand her three friends gotto their
respective homes.
Isabella slept in a corner of her house and, long before dawn, when
she woke up, she could not leave her bed. While still in bed the voice
of Allah-o-Akbar reached her earsand made her quite restless, while
the idea ofGlory and Grandeur of Allah and His Awe and Might filled
her eyes and tears began to fall from them. Getting some solace after
weeping she fell in prostration and with all humbleness prayed to the
Creator of the earths and heavens: "O Allah! grant me Thy love and Thy
most loved one. O Allah ! fill my heartwith the light of Islam and
Tauhid (Unity) and make the obedience of Thy Apostle my fate in life.
O Allah! I am so grateful to Thee for conferring on me the honour of
following the Mercy of the Worlds.O Allah! grant my parents, my
relatives and all Christians and the misguided ones the blessings of
Islam and let us all live and die on Islam. O my Lord! just grant this
humble prayer of the oppressed one, forThou art the hearer and the
seer."
After concluding this prayer Isabella felt that her soul had got
solace and a great load had been lifted from her mind. She found that
a treasure-house of endurance, firmness and elation had been installed
into her heart. She was very happy as she had secured a great wealth
like Islam. She was now fearless and bold, for the Tauhid had cast off
from her all fears except the fear of Allah.
Isabella's mother was in an unusual great rage. It appeared that Peter
and others had conveyed all their talk to her parents and convinced
them that she had become an apostate and all the doors of persuasion
had closed on her.
Isabella – A girl of Islamic Spain

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