Dought & clear - Pilgrim doing ‘umrah in Ramadan not fasting if he has come from far away.

If a family does 'Umrah in the month of Ramadan, is it permissible for
them notto fast during their stay in Makkah al-Mukarramah, or should
they stop eating as soon as they arrive in Makkah?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If the pilgrim doing 'Umrah in Ramadan comes from a far land such as
Najd or elsewhere, then he is a traveller and he may break the fast on
the road, whether he is coming from Riyadh or al-Qaseem or Haa'il or
Madeenah. He may break the fast on the road and in Makkah. But if he
has decided to stay for more than four days, then when he reaches
Makkah, to be on the safe side he should fast and it is better to
fast, because the majority of scholars are of the view that if he has
made a firm decision to stay for more than four days, then he must
offer the prayers in full and not break the fast.
But if he has decided to stay for two or three or four days and no
more, then he may break the fast or he may fast, he may shorten the
four-rak'ah prayers to two rak'ahs, or he may offer the prayers in
full with the people. If he is alone, he should pray with the
congregation, but if there are other people with him, he has the
choice: if he wishes he may pray two rak'ahswith the people who
arewith him, or if they wish they may pray four rak'ahs with the
people in congregation. If their stay is more than four days, then
they should fast and offer the prayers in full, accordingto the
majority of scholars. End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah havemercy on him).
Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb, 3/1231

Spiritual Stories for Children: Do not Do Evil toanyoneWhat Goes Around Comes Around

There was a man in Isfahan who used to beathis wife but unfortunately
she succumbed to his beatingthough he had not intended to kill her.
But when she was dead he became fearful of her relatives. In a state
of anxiety he came out of his house and met an acquaintance to whom he
posed his problem.
The friend told him to invite a young man to hishouse and behead him
and put the severed headnext to the wife's corpse. Then he would tell
the wife's relatives that he had found them togetherin bed and was
unable tocontrol his ire, and slew them both. The man likedthe idea
and sat at the doorway in anticipation of a young man. After sometime
a handsome youth passed by his house. He invited him inside and
beheaded him.
Then he summoned the wife's relatives and told them the fictitious
story. They were satisfied but the person who had devised this plan
had a teenage son who did not reach home that day. Theman was worried
and when the son failed to turn up he came to the house of the one
whom he had offered evil advice and asked him if he carried out the
plan suggested by him. Yes, said he and took him near the dead bodies.
He was shocked when he saw that the youth he had killed was his own
son.
His evil advice caused thedeath of his own son.
The moral of this story is that one who digs a pit for others falls
into it himself. History is replete with such incidents.
According to Tafserul Mizan the following saying was common among the
Arabs: One who digs a hole for his brother; Allah throws himheadlong
into it. A similarproverb is present in Persian also: Do not do evil
to anyone the same evil will turn towards you.
Reference: Greater Sins Vol. 3 (English) by Ayatullah Dastagaub Shirazi

Spiritual Stories for Children: Don't be SelfishWhat Goes Around ComesAround

A couple, whom we shall call John and Mary, had a nice home and two
lovelychildren, a boy and a girl.John had a good job and had just been
asked to go on a business trip to another city and would be gone for
several days. It was decided that Mary needed an outing and would go
along too. Theyhired a reliable woman to care for the children and
made the trip, returning home a little earlier than they had planned.
As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they
noticed smoke, and they went offtheir usual route to see what it was.
They found a home in flames. Mary said, "Oh well it isn't our fire,
let's go home."
But John drove closer and exclaimed, "That home belongs to Fred Jones
who works at the plant. He wouldn't be off work yet, maybe there is
something we could do." "It has nothing to do with us." Protested
Mary. "You have your good clothes on lets not get any closer."
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror stricken to
see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics
screaming, "The children!Get the children!" John grabbed her by the
shoulder saying, "Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the
children are!" "In the basement," sobbed the woman, "down the hall and
to the left."
In spite of Mary's protestsJohn grabbed the water hose and soaked his
clothes, put his wet handkerchief on his headand bolted for the
basement which was full of smoke and scorching hot. He found the door
and grabbed two children, holding one under each arm like the football
player he was. Ashe left he could hear some more whimpering. He
delivered the two badly frightened and nearly suffocated children into
waiting arms and filled his lungs with fresh air and startedback
asking how many more children were down there. They told him two more
and Mary grabbed his arm and screamed, "John! Don't go back! It's
suicide! That house will cave in any second!"
But he shook her off and went back by feeling his way down the smoke
filled hallway and into the room. It seemed an eternity before he
found both children and startedback. They were all three coughing and
he stoopedlow to get what availableair he could. As he stumbled up the
endless steps the thought went through his mind that there was
something strangely familiar about the little bodies clinging to him,
and at last when they came out into the sunlight and fresh air, he
found that he had just rescued his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

Fathwa - Who should wife obey, her husband or her mother?

Question
Respected Sholar, I wouldlike to get an answer for the below question
as soon as possible. I am a working lady and motherof two kids (health
condition not that good).All my earnings of these many years is given
to myhusband who take cares of us and love us but spend a lot on his
family. Now my mother is really upset with all these especially when
she sees me working with poor health with no savings for me and kids.
My mother insists me to request my husband to give me half the share
of his house which is under his name. But his parents,sisters
(frequently), brother, brother's wife and kids all stays in this home
that he don't want to keep the share in my name. Moreover, his family
is much concernedfor his money than us. Because of which my mother
insist me to do this. Please let me know what I should do? Either
Ishould listen to my mother which will make my husband angry or listen
to my husband which will make my mother curse me. I am scare of Allah
and don't want to make my god angry. Please suggest what I should do?
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
MuhammadisHis slave and Messenger.
First of all, may Allaah reward you for helping your husband and there
is no doubt that this strengthens the marital relations and love
between you and him.
If the mentioned house isthe property of your husband while you have
no share in it, then you have no right to ask your husband for
anything from this house and your mother has no right to order you to
do so.
If we presume that you have a share in it, then you are not obliged to
obey your mother as on one hand she has no benefit in this matter, and
on the other hand, you might be harmed by raising this issue with your
husband. Obedienceto parents is not an obligation in such matters. For
more benefiton the limits of obedience to parents, please refer to
Fatwa 131695.
Hence, we advise you to try to please your motherand to avoid her
anger asmuch as possible. In the future, it is better not to inform
your mother of your spending on your husband, and you may save some of
your moneyso that your mother will be comforted by you having some
money.
Allaah Knows best.