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QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH DR SHAROF
Questioner: How should this hadeeth “Every servant would be raised (in the very state) in which he dies” be understood?
Dr Sharof: This hadeeth means that your resurrection will be good if you die upon goodness, that is, Islaam, (while) your resurrection will be unpleasant if you die upon disbelief or hypocrisy. Na’am!
[Source: Majmoo’al-Fataawa Dr Sharof]
Transcribed by Aboo Aaishah Al Odeomeey
Questioner: Assalaamu ‘alaykum
Dr Sharof: Wa’alaykumu ssalaam
Dr Sharof: It is not good, it is not good; one should rather be from the party of Allaah. (Allaah says), “…Unquestionably, the party of Allaah, they are the successful.” [Soorah al-Mujaadilah (58):22] One should join the party of Allaah and not Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United. What for? What do we need it for? If you join one of these (clubs), your blood pressure may rise unnecessarily. I hope you are also aware. For instance, if you attach the sticker ‘up Chelsea/up blues’ to your car and Allaah makes your club to be beaten 7-0 by Man United, and you have forgotten that the sticker is on your car, so a person drives past you and says “Up Man U, up Man U” and you remember that the sticker on your car is “Up blues”, your blood pressure will rise and then you will place a curse upon the person. Why bother? They are displaying insanity over there while you are imitating them here. Does it concern you? Who cares if they are beaten 100-0? Why bother? Iro lasan! That’s it.
Source: Majmoo’al-Fataawa of Dr Sharof Gbadebo Raaji (may Allaah lengthen his life upon goodness)
Questioner: A brother and a sister have agreed to marry each other, but it later became clear to the sister that the brother is not upon an authentic ‘aqeedah. Can she annul the agreement?
Dr Sharof: All praise is for Allaah alone. They wish to marry each other and they have agreed to marry, but it later became clear that the brother’s ‘aqeedah is not authentic, for example, he is an Ahmadee. Should they still carry on?
Why will you marry a disbeliever? You must not marry him. A Muslim must not marry a disbeliever. Such thing happened in a village and in this case they have married (each other). The brother pretended as if he was a Muslim upon the Sunnah. He had married the sister before it became clear that he was an Ahmadee. In fact, he is one of the people propagating Ahmadiyyah in that village. So the people who were upon Sunnah were asking how to resolve the issue because she had already bore him two children. We responded that the marriage is null and void from the day it became clear that he was an Ahmadee because Allaah does not permit a believing woman to marry a disbelieving man. This is because the Ahmadees are disbelievers. They believe that there is another Prophet after Prophet Muhammad (sollaLloohu ‘alayhi wa sallam), and whosoever believes this (assertion) is a disbeliever. There is no more marriage between them. This is regarding the people who had married let alone a person who is yet to get married. When we were asked about what they could do, we advised that one of them should marry her as a second or third wife, (but) they were reluctant about it. So I interrogated them as to how they will aid the Muslims if they cannot take the pain to do something like this. Na’am. That is it.
[Source: Q&A session of the tape, “The virtues of Aaishah”]
Transcribed by Aboo Aaishah Al Odeomeey
Questioner: If one has a marriage contract with a young girl who is not yet fit for copulation, and she disagrees with the contract when she becomes matured, what can one do?
Dr Sharof: You do not need to wait till she becomes matured. A person had a marriage contract with a young girl with the permission of her father, if she disagrees with the contract when she becomes matured, what can the person do? Since you agreed to marry her at the age of seven for example, she has to be brought to you when she becomes about ten years of age. What do you expect a ten years old girl to understand regarding this affair? She may view you as a man she lives with, but with time she will later know you as her husband. Na’am! That’s it. Continue reading “MARRIAGE WITH A YOUNG GIRL WHO IS NOT YET FIT FOR COPULATION”
Questioner: Assalaamu ‘alaykum
Dr Sharof: Wa’alaykumu ssalaam
Questioner: My question is; if one’s parents depend on selling alcohol as a means of livelihood…and the money they derive from it is what they use to make food for the family. Can one eat such food? They also use this money to sponsor one’s education.
Dr Sharof: Ah! You shouldn’t have asked this question. Do you understand? Na’am! Continue reading “DO NOT ASK ABOUT THAT WHICH WILL DISTRESS YOU”
Questioner: Is it from the ‘aqeedah of the Ahlus-Sunnah to ascribe Nafs (mind) to Allaah?
Dr Sharof: Yes, the Qur’aan mentioned it. On the Day of Qiyaamah, Nabiyy ‘Eesa (‘alayhi ssalaam) will say to Allaah, ‘…You know what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in Your mind. Verily, it is You who is the Knower of the unseen.’ [Soorah al-Maa’idah (5):116] Allaah ascribed it to himself and there is no other interpretation for ‘Nafs’ other than mind.
Continue reading “ASCRIBING ‘NAFS’ TO ALLAAH IS FROM THE ‘AQEEDAH OF THE AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL JAMAA’AH”
Questioner: It happened due to forgetfulness that a person praying behind the Imaam did the first prostration with the Imaam but was still at the position when the Imaam did the second prostration, how should one compensate for such mistake?
Dr Sharof: A person out of forgetfulness did the first prostration with the Imaam but remained on the prostration till the Imaam left the position and did the second prostration; did he pass out at the position or why did he remain at that position? If he did not pass out why was he at the same position when the Imaam finished the first prostration and did the second prostration, and till the Imaam stood up for the next unit of the prayer? It was asked that how will he compensate for the mistake. That Rak’ah is invalid; he should make up for it after the Imaam’s salutation of peace. That is the reward for being heedless. Continue reading “HE COULD NOT MEET UP WITH THE TWO PROSTRATIONS BEHIND THE IMAAM…HOW WILL HE COMPENSATE FOR SUCH MISTAKE?”
Questioner: …If one enters the Masjid and one discovers that all the people on a row are standing towards the right instead of starting the row from the middle behind the Imaam, and one stays at the middle as one joins the prayer, what is the ruling on (the prayer of) such person?
Dr Sharof: One enters the Masjid and discovers that the people standing on the row one joins are ignoramuses, so they all align themselves towards the right, and there is no one at the centre where the row is supposed to be started; and since one knows that the row is to be started from the middle so one stays at the middle and one finishes one’s prayer at that position, what is the ruling on such prayer? Your prayer is valid. This is because; firstly, you are not the only one standing alone on the row, there are other people on the row but the only problem is that there is a space in between you and them, and the reason for the space is their ignorance. We hope Allaah forgives them for their ignorance. That is it; your prayer is valid. When your prayer will be regarded as invalid is when you are standing alone on the row. That is what is regarded as “Al-Munfaridu khal fa Ssoff” (the one praying individually on a row). Continue reading “FROM THE ISSUES OF PRAYER”
Questioner: Is it from the Sunnah to say ‘In shaa Allaah’ (if Allaah wills) after ablution?
Dr Sharof: (You can say it) if you are discussing with someone. As for the supplication after ablution, we all know it. Ash-hadu anlaa ilaaha illaLlaah wahdahu laa shareekalah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rosuuluh (I bear witness that there is no deity worthy to be worshipped but Allaah (alone), and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger)! There is a narration in Bukhaareey and Muslim which states that if one recites the supplication (after performing ablution) the eight gates of Al-Jannah will be opened for one and one may enter through any gate one wishes. There is a narration which states that one of the gates is as wide as the distance between Makkah and San’aa. Makkah to San’aa which is the capital of Yaman, this is not comparable with the gates of this world. The eight gates will be opened for you to enter via anyone you like. This is a great bounty for the Muslims. For this reason, do not die except as a Muslim. Continue reading “SAYING “IN SHAA ALLAAH” AFTER ABLUTION IS NOT FROM THE SUNNAH”
Questioner: Is it permissible to invite a scholar during ‘Aqeeqah so that the people may derive benefits from his sermon?
Dr Sharof: What benefit do they want to derive? Are they not contented with the religious discourse they hear every day? In addition you invited the people to dine with you, is it an invitation for a lecture? How does Waleemah become transformed to Muhaadoroh? Are they similar? The one who wants to listen to a lecture should go to where such is held. This can even make some people say, “The day I did my Waleemah the discussion was lengthy while it was light during yours because of ‘so and so’”. Iro lasan! May Allaah look after our children!” Continue reading “IS SERMON FROM THE OBLIGATIONS OF ‘AQEEQAH”
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