Dought & clear - , She covered her face during ‘Umrah due to lack of knowledge; whatdoes she have to do?.

For the first time in 'Umrah my wife uncovered her face in Makkah, as
they were saying that it is not permissible to wear niqaab, and we did
not know. So my wife took off the niqaab and we completed 'umrah,
tawaaf and sa'i. After wegot back to our own country, we found out
that she should have covered her face with the shaylah (headscarf). My
question is: is there any expiation or is her 'umrah not accepted? I
hope that you can adviseus.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly: the woman in ihram is not allowed to wear the niqaab because
the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "The
woman in ihram should not wear niqaab or gloves."
This has been discussed previously in the answerto question no. 12516 .
Secondly: the prohibition on a womanwearing niqaab whilst in ihram
does not mean that she should leave herface uncovered in the presence
of non-mahram men; rather she must cover her face with something other
than the niqaab orburqa'.
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did not
instruct the woman in ihram to uncover her face; rather he told her
not to wear the niqaab. There is a difference between the two matters;
she should not wear the niqaab but she should cover her face with
something other than the niqaab, such as the scarf.
It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
The riders used to pass us when we were with the Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in ihram. When they drew
close to us, one of us would let down her jilbaab from her head over
her face, and when they had passed us we would uncover it again.
Narrated by Ahmad, 23501; Abu Dawood, 1833; classed as hasan byal-Albaani.
Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said: She may cover her face and her
hands, but without wearing the garment that is made to fit that part,
just as a man is not allowed to wear trousersbut he may wear the izaar
(waist wrapper).
End quote. Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 22/120
This issue has been discussed previously in the answer to question no. 120377
Thirdly: even though it was a mistake to uncover the face after
entering ihram, the 'umrah is not affected bya woman uncovering her
face after entering ihram or whilst circumambulating the Ka'bah
(tawaaf) or going between as-Safa and al-Marwah (sa'i). The 'umrah is
valid and we hope that it will be accepted in sha Allah, especially
since your wife uncovered her face due to lack of knowledge of the
Islamic ruling.
And Allah knows best.

Dought & clear - , Is treating people equally unfairly justice?.

There is a saying that treating people equally unfairly is justice;
some people attribute this to the Messenger (blessingsand peace of
Allah be upon him) and some regard it as if it is a basicprinciple
that cannot be changed. What is the Islamic ruling or how sound is
this saying?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The saying that some people say, "treating people equally unfairly is
justice" is false and is as far removed from the laws and religion of
Allah as the East is from the West. Allah forbid that the Messenger of
Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) should utter such
words. Rather what the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said, in the hadeethqudsi, was that Allah, may He be blessed and
exalted, said: "O My slaves, I have forbidden zulm (injustice,
wrongdoing, unfairness)to Myself and I have made it haraam among you,
so do not wrong one another." Narrated by Muslim, 2577
The mutawaatir texts that warn against injustice and highlight its
negative consequences are too many to quote here.
If this false and unjust saying refers to those who have power and
authority over people, it could be said to them: If you wrong anyone
who is under your authority, and you take his wealth or beat him or
imprison him, then do not limit it to this person only; rather make
your injustice reach all the people under your authority, so that you
will be being fair in distributing your injustice among them! Such a
thing is not fit to be said by anyone but tyrants and those who
transgress against people's rights!
What justice can there be in that, when Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning): "Verily, Allah enjoins Al-Adl (i.e.
justiceand worshipping none but Allah Alone - Islamic Monotheism) and
Al-Ihsan (i.e. to be patient in performing your duties to Allah,
totally for Allahs sake and in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways)
of the Prophet SAW in a perfect manner), and giving (help) to kith and
kin (i.e. all that Allah has ordered you to give them e.g., wealth,
visiting, looking after them, or any other kind of help, etc.): and
forbidsAl-Fahsha (i.e all evil deeds, e.g. illegal sexual acts,
disobedience of parents, polytheism, to tell lies, to give false
witness, to kill a life without right, etc.), and Al-Munkar (i.e all
that is prohibited by Islamic law: polytheism of every kind, disbelief
and everykind of evil deeds, etc.), and Al-Baghy (i.e. all kinds of
oppression), He admonishes you, that you may take heed" [an-Nahl
16:90].
Treating people equally unjustly is injustice uponinjustice!
Instead of meeting his Lord having wronged just one man or
transgressed against him, such a person will be meeting Him having
wronged everyone he could, for the sake of treating them equally in
that regard.
Is this not more like what the mushrikeen do, when they want to commit
wrong actions and immoral deeds, thenthey claim that this is from
Allah and that He has enjoined it and prescribed it? Allah, may He be
exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And when they commit a Fahisha (evil deed, going round the Kabah in
naked state, every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse, etc.), they
say: "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has commanded us of
it." Say: "Nay, Allah never commands of Fahisha. Do you say of Allah
what you know not?
Say (O Muhammad SAW): My Lord has commandedjustice and (said) that you
should face Him only(i.e. worship none but Allah and face the Qiblah,
i.e. the Kabah at Makkah during prayers) in each and every place of
worship, in prayers (and not to face other false deities and idols),
and invoke Him only making your religion sincere to Him by not joining
in worship any partner to Him and with the intention that you are
doing your deeds forAllahs sake only. As He brought you (into being)in
the beginning, so shall you be brought into being (on the Day
ofResurrection) (in two groups, one as a blessed one (believers), and
the other as a wretched one (disbelievers)).
A group He has guided, and a group deserved tobe in error; (because)
surely they took the Shayatin (devils) as Auliya (protectors and
helpers) instead of Allah,and consider that they are guided."
[al-A'raaf 7:28-30].
Justice means giving each person who has rights his rights and putting
everything in its proper place; what has this to do with injustice or
treating people equally in that regard?
And Allah knows best.

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Islamic Stories - , The Triple Filter test

During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in Baghdad, the
capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold
knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great
scholar and said,"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," the scholar replied. "Before telling me anything
I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter
Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," the scholar continued."Before you talk to me about my
friend it mightbe a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're
going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first
filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about
to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said,"actually I just heard about it and..."
"All right," said the scholar. "So you don't really know if it's true
ornot. Now let's try the second filter, the filter ofGoodness. Is what
you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" "No, on the
contrary......"
"So," the scholar continued, "you want to tell me something bad about
him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test
though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is
what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really."
"Well," concluded the scholar, "if what you want to tell me is
neithertrue nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
"O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may
be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women
laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the
(former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each
other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming isa name connoting
wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those whodo
not desist are (indeed) doing wrong." [Surah al-Hujurat 49.012]

Islamic Stories - , The two wolves inside of us

An old Indian Grandfather said to his grandson who came to him with
anger at a friend who had done him an injustice........
"Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for
those thathave taken so much, with no sorrow for whatthey do. But hate
wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy.
It is like taking poison and wishing your enemywould die. I have
struggled with these feelings many times."
He continued......
"It is as if there are two wolves inside me;
One is good and does noharm. He lives in harmony with all round him
and does not take offense when no offensewas intended. He will only
fight when it is right to do so, and in theright way. He saves all his
energy for the right fight.
But the other wolf, ahhh!
He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of
temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason.
He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is
helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both
of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked...
"Which one wins, Grandfather?"
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said......
"The one I feed."

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