Fathwa, - Offering the prayer whileputting lard on one's body

Question
Is it permissible to seek alleviation by dressing the body with lard?
Does it affect the purity or validity of the prayer?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
Seeking remedy in impure things like lard is prohibited except in the
case of necessity based on his saying : " Do nottreat yourselves with
what is unlawful. " [Abu Daawood]. Whether it is a sort of food, drink
or dressing.
Dressing one's body with an impure thing does notnullify his ablution.
However, his prayer is not valid until he washes the place dressed
with this impurity.
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Fathwa, - Close your restaurant during the time of the Jumu‘ah sermon and prayer

Question
Can I take a loan from myfather to start a business?Please note that
one yearago he made a partnership with a chef in a restaurant which
opens during the Jumu'ah prayer time. In fact, I discussed the matter
with the chef but he refused to close the restaurant during the prayer
time under the pretext of not embarrassing customers while they are
eating. The same words were repeatedly mentioned bymy father who
added: "Leave him be, he is the one who is working during this time
(and not us)." He also says that he will speak to him concerning it at
a later time but the days keep passing by.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
There is nothing wrong with taking a loan from your father to start a
business unless the money itself is generatedfrom unlawful sources.
Asfor the chef working during the Jumu'ah prayer and sermon time, it
is a major sin and he must be admonished. Theclaim that he cannot
embarrass the customers is rejected under the Sharee'ah. Rather, he
must order those who are obliged to pray Jumu'ah to go out (to pray).
Moreover, he has to make sign with such a meaning as well as avoid
receiving customers whenever the time of theJumu'ah prayer and sermon
draws near. Besides, he must adopt all possible means to fulfill this
purpose. Let him know that any deal he makes after the second Athaan
of the Jumu'ah prayer is void based on the verse (whatmeans): { O you
who havebelieved, when [the Athaan] is called for the prayer on the
day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allaah and
leave trade. That is better for you, if you onlyknew. } [Quran 62: 9].
Youshould not give up advising him.
May Allaah The Exalted Grant you success, Support and Reward you with good.
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Fathwa, - The calendar does not count if it contradicts thecorrect Athaan time

Question
I am from Morocco and inour country there is a united Athaan for the
Fajr prayer according to the astronomical system without considering
the differences in sighting. Is it permissible for me to pray alone so
as to offer my prayer in the due time? Or am I obliged to pray with
the congregation despite thefact that they offer their prayer before
the due time? May Allaah The Exalted Reward you.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
If you are well acquainted with the due times of prayers, do not pray
before the due time.Hence, the calendar should not be relied upon if
it contradicts the due time because offering the prayer after the
beginning of its due time is a condition for its validity. Hence, no
prayeris due unless such a condition is fulfilled. Those in charge of
the calendar should correct this mistake through recognizing the
regional differences of time. Marking the times of prayer is a trust
for which they are responsible in front of Allaah The Exalted. To
clear their consciences, atthe very minimum, they should write proper
statements so as to notifythe people to recognize the differences in
terms of prayer times. Otherwise, the Muslims have to recognize such
differences out of their own responsibility.
Dear brother, adhere to gentleness in terms of advising people in your
mosque so that they delay the prayer to its due time. Allaah The
Exalted Says (what means): { Invite to the way of your Lord with
wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is
best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His
way,and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. } [Quran 16:
125].
However, if they do not respond to you, do not offer the prayer before
the due time even if you would offer it alone in your house.
But if you are not well acquainted with the due times of prayers, so
that your saying of the Athaanof Fajr being before the due time is
based on assumption, something heard from others or just claims with
no clear proofs, then you have to join the congregational prayer and
avoid causingdisorder for a matter youare not aware of. Allaah The
Exalted Says (what means): { And do not pursue that of which you have
no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all
those [one] will be questioned } [Quran 17: 36 ]
Allaah Knows best.

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Explanation of soorah Quraysh

The verses:
In the name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
Almighty Allaah Says (what means): "For the accustomed security of the
Quraysh – Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and
summer – Let them worship the Lord of thisHouse, Who has fed them,
[savingthem] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear."
[Quran: 106: 1-4]
Explanation:
Muhammad Ibn Is-haaq and `Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Zayd Ibn Aslam said that
this Quranicchapter is connected to the previous one, Al-Feel (The
Elephant), because they both assert that Allaah the Exalted protected
Makkah from the elephant and destroyed the People of the Elephant for
the accustomed security of Quraysh (the main Makkan tribe) and
theircommunity in their city, in safety.
It was also said that they were accustomed to travelling in caravans
to Yemen in winter and to Syria in summer for trade and other
purposes, and that they would return to their city in safety without
hindrance becauseof their privileged status as the custodians of the
Sacred House ofAllaah, and that whoever recognised them would respect
them and travel with them in order to protect them. This was their
situation, both in winter and in summer.
According to Imaam Ibn Jareer the correct explanation of this verse is
that Allaah is saying, in other words: "Be amazed at the taming of
Quraysh and My Blessings upon them," because the consensus of Muslim
opinion is that they are two separate Soorahs (Quranic chapters),
independent of each other. Then Allaah indicates to them the
obligation of expressing thanks and gratitude to Him by worshipping
Him Alone, Saying (what means): "Let them worshipthe Lord of this
House." [Quran 106: 1-3]
That is, worship the One True Deity, Who has made their lives and
their city safe and inviolate, as in the Words of Him, the Most High,
which mean: " …I [Muhammad] have only been commanded to worship the
Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all
things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those whosubmit
to Allaah]." [Quran27:91]
"Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger…" [Meaning of the first
part of verse 4 of the chapter] That is, He is the Lord of the House
and it is He who has fed them against hunger.
"…And made them safe, [saving them] from fear." [Meaning of thesecond
part of verse 4] Meaning that He has preferred them over other
communities by granting them safety from fear, so let them then
worship Him alone, without associating any partners with Him, without
worshipping graven images or setting up equals to Him; and whoever
responds positively to this command, Allaah will grant him the best
in this life and in the Hereafter, while whoever disobeys Him will
receive neither, as Allaah the Exalted Says (what means): " And Allaah
presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure,
its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it
denied the favours of Allaah. So Allaah made it taste the envelopment
of hunger and fear for what they had been doing. And there had
certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they
denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers."
[Quran 16: 112-113]
Asmaa' Bint Yazeed said: "I heard the Messenger of Allaah say: "Woe to
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