Fathwa, - 'Aqeeqah meat may be kept and served later

Question
As salaam o alaikom. Thanks for answering myprevious question. I am
presently pregnant Alhamdulillah and would like to do the aqiqah of my
child on the seventhth day Insha allah. Can the meat be preserved and
used for giving a feast after a couple of weeks, as I will not be able
to attend to guest due to ill health? It is a practice in our family
to give gifts to newborn irrespective of the fact that the aqeeqah is
performed or not. So they inquire if aqeeqah will be done or not. If
done they bring gifts along with them in the invitation and if not
done they come and giveanyday. So I will not be able to stop them
bringing gifts. Can the gifts be accepted for the fact that it is
given out of love and not as an exchange of aqeeqahs invitation?
Please answeras soon as possible as there is only a month left for my
delivery. Jazak Allah Khair.
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
isHis slave and Messenger.
It is permissible, Allaah willing, to slaughter an 'Aqeeqah on the
seventh day after the birth of the child and serve it at a Waleemah
(banquet) on another day; the matter in this regard is flexible. It
should be noted that it is permissible to distribute the 'Aqeeqah as
meat, and it is also permissible to cook the meat and invite the
people to it. Ibn Qudaamah said: " If one cooks it [the 'Aqeeqah] and
calls his (Muslim) brothers to it, then this is good. "
On the other hand, it is permissible for you to accept the gifts on
the occasion of the birth of the newborn whether or not the 'Aqeeqah
is held, as the teachings of Islam urged people to accept gifts and to
recompense for them. Abu Hurayrah said the Prophet said: " Exchange
gifts, as this removes the spite from your hearts towardsone another;
and a Muslim woman should not look down upon the gift sent by her
she-neighbor even if it were the trotters of the sheep ."
[At-Tirmithi]
Allaah Knows best.

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Fathwa, - This method of reading Soorah Yaa Seen is Bid'ah

Question
Someone told me to readSurah Yaseen after 2 rakhas of Sunah prayer in
fajr in such a manner i.e " start yaseen and read till 1st mobeen,
thenstart again and read till 2nd mobeen...so on till the 7th mobeen"
after this pray 2 rakhas of fard prayer of fajr. Do this for 7 days
and whatever need we have from Allah swt it will be fullfilled. Plz.
let me know if above mentioned way of reading is correct.
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
isHis slave and Messenger.
The method which you mentioned in the question is an innovationwhich
has no basis in the Sharee'ah, so you must not do it as the Prophet
said: " Whoever introduces into this matter of ours (Islam) that which
is not a part of it; it will be rejected. " [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Imaam Muslim narrated this Hadeeth with the following wording: "
Whoever performs an act which is not in accordance with ours [our
religion], it will be rejected from him. " [Muslim]
Imaam An-Nawawi said in his interpretation of Saheeh Muslim: " One
should learn this Hadeethand use it in invalidating evil
[innovations], and one should spread the information about using this
Hadeeth as evidence….. "
Whoever worships Allaahwith anything other thanwhat Allaah has
legislated, his act of worship will be rejected from him and Allaah
will not accept it from him. Furthermore, as far as weknow, neither
the Quran, nor the Sunnah nor the acts of the Companions support this
method, so you should be keen onasking the scholars aboutanything
which you do not know and not take knowledge from any oneyou like.
Allaah Knows best.

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Fathwa, - Inheritance of father andtwo wives

Question
Assalaamu 'Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the
following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are
entitledto inherit: (A father) -Does the deceased have female
relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A wife) Number 2
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 the deceased did not have any heirs except those mentioned, then
his two wives will get one-fourth of inheritance, to be divided
equally between them, because the deceased has no children. Allaah The
Exalted says (what means): { And for the wives is one fourth if
youleave no child } [Quran 4:12].
The remainder of the inheritance will be given to his father by
Ta'seeb (by virtue of having a parental relation with the deceased and
not having an allotted share, so he gets what is left after the
allotted shares have been distributed) asthe Prophet , said: " Give
the prescribed shares to their due recipients and what remains would
be for thenearest male relative. " [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Based on that, the estate should be divided into 8 shares, one-fourth
(2 shares) of which should be given to the two wives; one each, and
the rest (6 shares) will be given to the father.
Allaah Knows best.

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*Belief in the Angels

* Every Muslim must believe in angels. We know from the Quran (that
which means): "…Whoever disbelieves in Allaah, His angels, His books,
His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray."
[Quran: 4:136] In the Hadeeth (narrative) of the angel Jibreel when he
came to the Prophet and asked him aboutIslaam, Eemaan (belief), and
Ihsaan (sincere and true faith in Allaah), the Messenger of Allaah
said about Eemaan: "Eeman isto believe in Allaah, His angels, His
books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in the Divine
decree, [both] the good and the bad thereof." [Muslim]
The angels have been present throughout all the stages of our
creation, performing some duty. When we were in our mothers' wombs, an
angel was there, breathing a soul into us. They arethere everyday
reporting to Allaah our deeds. They are there every second recording
what we whisper and speak. When the time of our death comes, they are
ready to take our souls. Whenthe Day of Judgement commences, an angel
will blow the Horn that will mark the commencement of the Day of
Judgement.
Allaah has created the angels from light. The Prophet said: "The
angels were created from Noor (light), the jinn were created from fire
and man was created from what has been described to you."
Angels are honourable slaves of Allaah; they obey Him and execute His
commands. Allaah describes them with what means: "They do not disobey
Allaah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded."
[Quran: 66:6]
Allaah created them to worship Him, and only Allaah knows how many
they number. Among them are:
Jibreel, who is charged with delivering Divine revelations to the
Prophets and Messengers of Allaah, may Allaah exalt their mention.
Meekaa'eel, who is charged with the delivering of the rain and
subsistence (provision, etc.).
The angel of death, who is charged with extracting human souls,
The bearers of the Throne of Allaah.
The guards of Paradise and Hell.
Besides these, there are angels who guard humans, others who record
people's deeds and utterances and still others who are charged with
various other duties and tasks.
They do not eat or drink; they arecharacterised by neither femininenor
masculine attributes, and they never tire. Some spend their entire
existence in Rukoo' (bowing) and others in Sujood (prostration). When
Judgement will be called, they will raise theirheads and say: 'Glory
be to You, our Lord! We did not worship Youin a way befitting Your
Majesty.' They are a creation of Allaah, a creation that took place
before the creation of our father Aadam .
The Messenger of Allaah told us about their characteristics andduties.
Amongst these characteristics are the following:
Firstly: They are huge in size. The Prophet said: "I saw Jibreel in
the fashion that he was originallycreated in. He had six-hundred (600)
wings, with each wing filling the (entire) horizon (i.e., the east to
the west – as far as the eye can see)." This event was mentioned in
the Quran where Allaah says what means: "And he [i.e., Muhammad ] has
alreadyseen him [i.e., Jibreel] in the clear horizon [to the east]."
[Quran: 81-23]
Secondly: They have the ability to change their shape, as we know in
the story of Maryam, may Allaah exalt her mention, and in this Hadeeth
of Jibreel when all the Companions saw him wearing an intensely white
garment and having intensely black hair.
Thirdly: They live in the heavens, from there they descend to carry
out their appointed duties. Allaahthe Exalted says what means: "The
heavens almost break up from above [by the Grandeur of Allaah above
them], and the angels exalt [Allaah] with praise of their Lord…"
[Quran: 42:5]

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