Fathwa, - They experienced racial abuse in the mosque

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Assalamu alaikum, May Allah continue to bless and increase you in knowledge for your good works. I am a black African living in a Muslim country in south-east Asia with my husband on professional contract. I love Ramadhan and i never missed Taraweeh prayers until i came here. The issue is that, whenever i go to the mosque during Ramadhan i feel i am treated like a leper. People don't want to stand beside me during prayers, and if they mistakenly do they move away as soon as they realise its me. My husband also receives the same treatment at the male side. They openly laugh and point at me. I have asked if i did something wrong but nothing was said..I have stayed away from some rituals performed at the mosque during Eid because i am not familiar with them...beacuse i know eid as consisting of 2 rak'ats and sermon from the Imam, and no chanting afterwards.I don't know if my absence at such chanting has hurt peoples feelings but i meant no disrespect..i just politely declined to join the chanting. My feeling are very hurt by such treatment from fellow Muslims, i feel like i am being racially profiled. I am not asking for any special treatment, but just some respect as a fellow Muslim worshiper. I stayed away from Taraweeh prayers last year )but both my husband and i prayed at home( because of this issue, but i plan to go this year Insha Allah. Please, was i wrong to have stayed away from the mosque because this treatment? Masalaam
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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 Muhammad, is His slave and Messenger.
We have already explained in Fatwa 84769that Islam has prohibited racism and treating people on the basis of race, color, and so on, and that it fought this and considered it as a reprehensible act. Islam considers faith and piety as the basis for a person being better than another, so please refer to the above Fatwa. When the Muslims applied this in the early times, they conquered and ruled, and when they ignored these principles, they became weak and humiliated.
Therefore, if those sisters are treating you in the manner which you mentioned in the question, and those brothers are treating your husband the same way you are treated, then those sisters and brothers are very wrong. Hence, one should advise them in a wise manner and good admonition, hoping that they would return to the way of right conduct.
As regards the Taraaweeh prayer, it is a Sunnah and not an obligation. Besides, the woman's prayer in her own home is better than her praying in the mosque as the Prophetsaid: "…And their homes are better for them." ]Abu Daawood[ Therefore, you are not wrong by not performing the Taraaweeh prayer in the mosque.
With regard to the ‘Eed prayer, it is a confirmed Sunnah, so it is recommended that all the Muslims go out for it including the women, even the menstruating women, who should witness the good and the gathering of the Muslims but they should not perform the prayer )as they are not pure(.
It was reported thatUmm ‘Atiyyahsaid:“The Prophetordered us to take out for ‘Eed Al-Fitr and ‘Eed Al-Adhha prayers, the adolescent girls, the women in seclusion and the menstruating women, but ordered the menstruating women to keep away from the Musalla )the place of the prayer(.”]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
Nonetheless, a woman is not sinful for not attending the ‘Eed prayer. However, if you can overlook the misconduct of those sisters and attend the ‘Eed prayer, then this is better.
Finally, we do not know what you mean by the chanting that takes place after the ‘Eed prayer; if this chanting is Islamic songs and the like as a way of celebrating this day, then this is permissible, but if this is a kind of Thikr )mention of Allaah( that is done as an act of worship, then there is no basis for it in Islam; rather, it is a kind of innovation and it is not permissible to attend it.
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Fathwa, - Racism must be denounced even if it comes from parents

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my family )my parents and my brother( are racist and always think little about my husband who is from another culture )eventhough he is a Muslim also(. They didn't stop me when I married him, they agreed with the marriage and everything. But ever since afterthe marriage, they show so much racism and they put him down. My husband is a great husband and he is a wonderful father to my baby. He is a very pious man and prays 5 times and he fears Allah. He feels very hurt with the way my family treats him and I feel so hurt too. When my mom visited me after I delivered a baby )we stayed in another city from my parents(, she quickly ran back to her home because she was not able to live with our lifestyle )because we are poor( and she didn't like my husband, leaving me alone with a newborn baby. And I visited to their city and their home twice since after my baby was born )now he is 1 yr old(, and every time my husband was at their home, they were very unhappy with him even though my husband was so kind to him and didn't do anything wrong. My parents love me and they helped us a lot even financially. My parents were like watching his every move and always finding faults in him and said bad things about him to me and made me cry. And my brother doesn't like my baby because I gave my baby an Arabic name that he doesn't like and he started to call my baby some random names and I told him to only call the name I gave. That angered him so much and he told me never to come back to my parents home and never bring my baby and husband there. He said we are nothing but trouble to our parents. I feel very hurt by it. My parents are on my brother's side as always and always think I m always at fault. I would like to ask question that, if I disobey my parents in this way )by being against racism and injustice(, will I go to hell since Jannah is under my mom's feet?
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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 Muhammad, is His Slave and Messenger.
Racism is a form of the fanaticism of the Pre-Islamic era that Islam dispraises and calls for fighting it. The people are fromAadam, andAadamis from dust and there is no superiority of anyone over another except in terms of Taqwa )piety and righteousness(. Allaah The Almighty says )what means(: }O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allaah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allaah is Knowing and Acquainted.{]Quran 49: 13[
For more benefit about racism, kindly refer to Fataawa 84769and 86205.
Having known that racism is something evil, it is obligatory to denounce it whether it comes from the parents or from anyone else. Denouncing evil has nothing to do with being undutiful to one’s parents, but kindness, leniency, wisdom and good instruction should be adopted while doing that. Also, it is not permissible to make the bad treatment of the parents an excuse to treat them badly for the children's duty to be dutiful to them and to treat them in a good way can never be waived. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 86982.
On the other hand, your brother has no right to call your son a name other than what you have called him. Also, he has no right to prevent you from visiting your family; rather, this is a call for severing ties of kinship. You should maintain ties with your kinship, even if your brother does not accept that. There is no blame on you if you take your husband and son along with you, even if your brother does not accept that. Anyway, he should be advised to fear Allaah The Almighty and renounce such hateful manners.
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Dought & clear, - The basic principle is that zina is a greater sin than gambling and drinking alcohol

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I would like to know which sin is greater and more serious: zina, drinking alcohol or gambling?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The texts of the Qur'aan and Sunnah indicate that zina, alcohol and gambling are major sins. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al‑Ansaab (stone altars for sacrifices to idols etc) and Al‑Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful”
[al-Maa’idah 5:90]
“And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its limits: a great sin), and an evil way that leads one to hell unless Allaah forgives him”
[al-Isra’ 17:32].
Al-Bukhaari narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “No adulterer is a believer at the time when he is committing adultery; no thief is a believer at the time when he is stealing; no drinker of wine is a believer at the time when he is drinking it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5578) and Muslim (57).
Allah has made avoiding these evil deeds a condition of expiation of bad deeds and rising in status. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“If you avoid the great sinswhich you are forbidden to do, We shall expiate from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise)”
[al-Nisa’ 4:31].
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to say: “The five daily prayers, from one Jumu’ah to the next, and from one Ramadaan to the next, are an expiation for whatever (sins) come in between, so long as one avoids major sins.” Narrated by Muslim (233).
Secondly:
The most serious of these three major sins is zina, because Allah mentioned it alongside worshipping idols and murder. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with Allaah, nor kill such person as Allaah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse”
[al-Furqaan 25:68].
And because, in addition to its being a major sin and transgression against the rights of Allah, it is also a transgression against the dearest and noblest thing that a person can possess, which is his honour, in addition to the serious negative consequences, evils and shame that result from it, which may last for a long time and affect generation after generation -- Allah forbid.
Al-Mundhiri (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is true that when the one who persisted in drinking alcohol dies, he will meet Allah like one who worshipped idols, and there is no doubt that zina is worse and more serious before Allah than drinking alcohol. End quote.
Al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 3/190.
Al-Safaareeni (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Zina is the most serious of major sins after shirk and murder. End quote.
Ghidha’ al-Albaab, 2/305
Hence the hadd punishment for zina is more severe than that for drinking alcohol, especially if the person is married.
And drinking alcohol is worse than gambling. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) cursed ten with regard to alcohol: the one who squeezes it (the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who drinks it, the one who carries it, the one to whom it is carried, the one who pours it, the one who sells it, the one who consumes its price, the one who buys it and the one for whom it is bought.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1259; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
It leads to all evil and bad attitudes, and it is the mother of all evils.
But the matter may vary, according to the evils and corruption that result from it. A man may commit zina once and then never repeat it; a man may drink alcohol and become addicted to it, so his attitude becomes bad and he commits a lot of immoral deeds, forsakes his family and does not spend on his children; his love of alcohol may tempt him to steal and keep company with bad people, and other things that some of these people may fall into. So in that case, his situation is worse and his sin is greater than the one who commits zina once and then gives up zina.
Al-Nasaa’i (5666) narrated that ‘Uthmaan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Avoid alcohol for it is the mother of all evils. There was a man among the people who came before you who was a devoted worshipper. A seductive woman fell in love with him, and she sent her slave-woman to him to call him to bear witness. He went with the slave-woman, and every time they passed through a door, she locked it behind them, until he reached a beautiful woman with whom was a child and a vessel of wine. She said, ‘I did not call you to bear witness, rather I called you either to have intercourse with me, or to drink a cup of this wine, or to kill this child.’ He said, ‘Pour me some of this wine.’ So she poured him a cup, then he said, ‘Give me more,’ and he did not stop until he had has intercourse with her and killed the child. So avoid alcohol, for by Allaah faith and addiction to wine cannot be combined except soon one of them will be expelled.”
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh al-Nasaa’i.
al-Saawi said in his commentary onal-Sharh al-Sagheer(4/500) about drinking alcohol:
Its evil consequences are worse than the evil consequences of zina because it is very common, because drinking it may lead to zina, stealing and murder, hence it was narrated that it is the mother of evils. End quote.
So the basic principle is that zina is the worst of the three, then alcohol, then gambling. But it may vary according to the evil consequences that result from it. What is required is to keep away from all of that and similar major sins and haraam actions. The one who has a problem with any of these evils at any time should conceal himself with the concealment of Allah and hasten to repent before it is too late and before a seal is placed on his heart as the result of continuing evil actions and sins.
Allah says -- after mentioning a number of major sins and immoral actions, such as associating others with Allah, murder, zina and other major sins (interpretation of the meaning):
“And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with Allaah, nor kill such person as Allaah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse __and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.
69. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace;
70. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allaah is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful
71. And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds; then verily, he repents towards Allaah with true repentance”
[al-Furqaan 25:68-71]
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