Looking at events from the future

A believer's awareness that he is being tested leads him to look at
events from the future. But what does "looking at events from the
future" actually mean?
However great the troubles and difficulties confronting a person may
be, the situation is definitely only temporary. Someone may be falsely
accused of a crime and subjected to injustice, for example. Yet there
will definitely come a time when the truth emerges. Even if the
suffering of a person does not come to an end in this world, those
responsible for that injustice will receive due retribution on the Day
of Judgement. In the same way, the person who suffered injustice can
hope for a splendid reward for his patience on that day. Time passes
very quickly and, like everything else, this state of affairs will
come to an end in the mere blink of an eye. In addition, the Qur'an
reveals that hardship comes with ease for Muslims:
For truly with hardship comes ease; truly with hardship comes ease.
(Surat Al-Inshirah, 5-6)
A believer trusts in our Lord's infinite justice, expects the ease
that will follow hardship, and never falls into despair in the face of
any situation. He remembers that the difficulties he experiences will
re-appear before him as delights in this world and in the next.
A Muslim knows that he is watching the destiny. One delightful
aspect of this secret is that he watches everything in spirit of
trusting Allah, submission and resignation.
We must not forget that this is a state of mind unique to true
believers in God, one that only those who are completely submitted to
destiny can fully experience. People who are heedless of religion, on
the other hand, fall prey to despair, fear and stress because of their
failure to submit to destiny, and imagine that there is no way out for
them. Since they have no hopes or expectation for the Hereafter, they
are always restless and troubled. The state of mind of such people is
described as follows in another verse:
When Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his breast to Islam.
When He desires to misguide someone, He makes his breast narrow and
constricted as if he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah
defiles those who do not believe. (Surat al-An'am, 125)
This troubled state of mind described in the verse is a self-inflicted
wound that stems from these people's failure to submit to the destiny
created by God. The fact that God, the Omniscient and Almighty,
directs a person's destiny and rules all things is a great blessing
for a believer. However, people whose faith is weak or who have no
faith at all are unable to comprehend the value of that blessing. They
are therefore unable to resign themselves to destiny and are troubled
at every moment of their lives. This condition is actually a spiritual
reward for lack of trust in Allah imposed in the life of this world.
These people merely wrong themselves.
Allah does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people who wrong
themselves. (Surah Yunus, 44)

Fathwa, - It is safer to clean urine drops with water than with a dry tissue

Question
asslam u alikum sometimes while using bathroom ,small urine drops get
on the edge of the commode which i clean with dry tissue.after istinja
my wet thigh touches the same spot which i have cleaned with dry
tissue. plz tell me if my thigh is pure.this thing is causing me to
worry.thanks
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.
Muslim scholars hold different opinions regarding the purity of the
smooth surfaces with wiping. Some of them view that it will be pure
and that opinion was adopted byShaykh Ibn Taymiyyah. According to that
opinion, when you wipe the commode with dry tissue, this is enough to
purify it.
Other scholars view that it cannot be purified with that and this is
the opinion of the majority of scholars. According to them, the
commode will not be purified by just wiping it with a dry tissue,
rather water should be poured on the place affected by urine drops.
So, if that impure place touches a wet or moist thing, that thing
becomes impure according to many scholars. But, if you wish to follow
those who adopt the first opinion which states that the purification
has been done, then there is no blame on you.
However, what you should do is to pour water on the place you know
that urine drops affected or wash the parts of your body that touched
it while it is wet to be on the safe side and be certain of
purification. That is if you are certain that urine has already
affected that place and that your body has already touched it while it
was wet. But if you only have doubt about that, then do not pay any
attention to that doubt because caring about such doubts may cause
Waswasah )obsessive whispers(. Moreover, the basic principle is that
things are pure until they are certainty proven otherwise.
Allaah Knows best.

Fathwa, - His wife's bleeding resumed after he had intercourse with her

Question
Assalamu Alaikkum, My wife had bleeding)its like menustration( very
earlier than )14 days( her period time and after two days its stopped
and she did bath same day evening we had intercourse night but
unfortunately bleeding started next day now we are worrying is it sin
we did sex with out waiting more days ? if its sin what is the
compensation for this in islam.
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
Muhammadis His slave and Messenger.
Since you had sexual intercourse with your wife after the bleeding had
totally stopped, and after she had performed Ghusl, then you are both
not sinful even if she had bleeding again because when you had
intercourse with her she was pure, and you both were not obligated to
wait for more days. Rather, whenever a woman sees purity and performs
Ghusl, it becomes permissible for her husband to have intercourse with
her.
Besides, this bleeding that your wife saw is ruled to be menstruation
if it is within the time-period that can be considered as
menstruation, like if 13 days or more have expired between seeing it
and the interruption of bleeding prior to it, then it would be
considered as a second menstruation. But if less than 13 days have
expired between this bleeding and the interruption of the bleeding
before it, then if this bleeding is added to the previous bleeding
along with the period of purity between them and their totality do not
exceed 15 days, then it is also menstruation, otherwise, it is
bleeding outside the monthly period.Allaah Knows best.

Fathwa, - Wife is sinful for using contraceptives without husband's permission

Question
if the woman using birth control without husband permitting, one year
age she used plaster on her arm to, when I see it she lied and say is
just head pain, then after had argument with her she stopped using
that method and was sorry then since last year to date I was trying to
have baby and last week told me she is used pregnant pills I was very
upset for lie after lie, could you tell me how big is sins for using
pills not once twice and lying to me and what should she do for doing
thing against your husband
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
Muhammadis His slave and Messenger.
Having children is the right of both husband and wife, and it is not
permissible for one of them to prevent the other from this right
without his/her permission as we clarified in Fatwa 87376.
Therefore, if your wife had used contraceptive pills without your
permission then she has made a mistake, and if she did so while
knowing its ruling, then she is sinful. Moreover, lying to her husband
in order to prevent him from his right is another sin. So, she must
repent to Allaah and seek the pardon of her husband.For more benefit
about the conditions of sincere repentance, she must obey her husband
and not take these pills without his permission.
Allaah Knows best.