Fathwa, - The Sunnah way of bidding farewell to a traveler

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Assalamalekum, In my family, if any family member is going out for any thing, usually elder member they read some surah and blow on the people who are going out. This is basically for the safe journey. Is it a right practice?
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.
It is more appropriate in this regard to apply the Sunnah in bidding farewell to a traveler as this is a means of protecting him/her from evil. Ibn ‘Umarnarrated that when the Prophetwas to bid farewell to a man, he would hold his hand and he would not leave it until the man himself dropped the Prophet’s hand, and he would say to him: “Astawdi’u Allaaha deenaka, wa amaanatika, wa khawaateema A’malika.” ‘I place your religion, your faithfulness and the ends of your deeds in the trust of Allaah.’ ]Ahmad, At-Tirmithi, An-Nasaa’ee and Ibn Maajah[
Also, in another Hadeeth narrated by Ibn ‘Umaras well, the Prophetsaid: “When Allaah is entrusted with something, He would preserve it.” ]Ahmad[
As regards what is mentioned in the question, it appears - Allaah Knows best – that it is permissible to do it without believing that it is a Sunnah to do it.
Allah Knows best.- PUBLISHERNajimudeeN M

Fathwa, - Position of hands during dua and if it is sunna to recite Al-Faatihah when commencing a circle of knowledge

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Bismillahi rahmani raheem, Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I would like to ask you the following questions regarding a custome I witnessed in a womens doroos circle in my city in a european country. When they start their circle one of the women )they take turns to include everyone in this custom( recites al fatiha- whilst reciting all the women present put their hands as in dua but keeps their hands in their lap- after reciting everyone wipes their faces and then the dars begins. Im familiar with a lot of the benefits of al-fatiha, alhamdulillah- as this was one of the arguments used when I confronted them about this. Another argument I was presented from them is this fatwa http://www.islamweb.ne t/emainpage /index.php?page=showfa twa&Option=FatwaId& Id=82584 . I dont doubt their intentions to do good. But my question is if doing this is known from the sunnah? Do you hold it to be permissible?
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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.
The scholars of the Salaf )righteous predecessors( were not used to reciting Chapter Al-Faatihah when commencing a circle of knowledge. Therefore, doing this regularly turns this act into )what is called( an added innovation. In principle, reciting the Quran is permissible but specifying a given Chapter at a given time that is not specified in the Sharee’ah )Islamic law( is something that should not be done. ‘Aa’ishahnarrated that the Prophetsaid: “Whoever introduces into this matter of ours )Islam( that which is not part of it, it will be rejected." ]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
As regards the Fatwa which you referred to in the question, it is about concluding a supplication with Takbeer )saying Allaahu Akbar( and we clarified that this is also a religious innovation. We have also clarified in this Fatwa –and probably this is what you mean –the matter of wiping the face with the hands after supplicating and we mentioned that this is permissible and we stated the evidence. Some scholars –like Ibn Hajar–classified the Hadeeth about wiping the face after supplicating as Hasan ]good[. Therefore, this is one issue and what you mentioned in the question is another completely different issue.
Allah Knows best.

- PUBLISHERNajimudeeN M

Fathwa, - Assigning a supplication to every daily obligatory prayer

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Assalamu 'alaikum I read in a book about specific dua after each prayer of fajr,dhuhr,asr etc.,but I havenot come across such dua anywhere,so please tell me if it is correct to say these duas after each prayer and if the Prophet)peace be upon him( said these.If we do what was not taught by the Prophet,it would be rejected,right?pls answer.May Allah 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 Muhammadis His slave and Messenger.
There is nothing reported from the Prophetwith this meaning, and it is not permissible to say these supplications as they are included in the secondary innovations )i.e. the innovations where the basis of worship is permitted but there is some change with regard to its reason, type, amount, manner, time and place(, but if the meaning of these supplications is good, and a praying person says them sometimes without believing that they are a Sunnah, then this is permissible because the supplication after performing obligatory prayers is, in principle, among the legislated matters.
Allah Knows best.

As'salamu Alaikum - Saturday, January 11, 2014 Rabee' Al-Awwal 9, 1435/- - - - -