“And if you decide to change one wife for another wife (i.e. divorce a wife to marry another woman), and you had already given one of them abundant wealth (by way of gifts), then do not take back from her anything. What! Do you repossess it by way of usurpation and flagrant transgression? And how…
Shares | What are they?
Sometime ago we were informed that a senior Aalim had opined that a public company could be regarded as a valid shirkat (partnership) undertaking. The grounds for this opinion of the respected Mufti Saheb were given as, follows: • The concept of the independent legal’ existence of the company is a fiction of law. •…
Older Bayans
Bayans by Moulana Ahmad Saadiq Desai If the online player starts to play automatically & you prefer to download then, Right click on File to download Click on “Save link as” Then “Save” Majlis of Maulana Ahmad Saadiq Desai 4 October 2016 (10mb/MP3) Majlis of Maulana AS Desai Monday 26 Sep 2016 (full file 71 mb/MP3)…
Copyrights – Restraining the Word of Allah
Allah Ta’ala says in the Qur’aan Shareef: “They purchase with the aayaat of Allah a cheap (miserable) price. Thus they prevented from the Path of Allah….” “And they prevent you from the thikr of Allah and from Salaat. What, will you (not) desist (from preventing from the thikr of Allah)?” “They spend their wealth so…
Colour-Coded
QUR’AAN A new fad called ‘Colour Coded Qur’aan’ has been introduced in some quarters. Looking at a copy of such a colour-Qur’aan, one is appalled at the degree of defilement of the sacred Qur’aanic text. The whole Qur’aan is messed with a variety of colours in which different words have been shaded. The misguided inventors…
The Question of Wages for a Partner
Question: The Majlis has always held the view that it is not permissible to stipulate a salary for a partner in addition to his profit-share. A Mufti Saheb holds the opposite view, namely, that in addition to a working partner’s fixed profit-share, a salary may also be fixed for him. The Mufti Saheb has referred…
Kufr is the Dividing Line
The Qur’aan Majeed says: “O People of Imaan! Do not take as friends your fathers and your brothers if they love kufr over Imaan.” In another aayat, the Qur’aan states: “We have created you. Among you are kaafir and among you are Mu’min.” According to Islam, there are only two divisions in mankind: Mu’mineen and…
Incumbency of Taqleed
Taqleed in the Shariah, as opposed to Admut Taqleed, means to follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah as understood, interpreted, practised and transmitted to the Ummah by the Sahabah (Companions) of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Taqleed which literally means to be fettered; to be tied and to follow, refers to a special and specific type…
“Islamic Banks and Riba”
Question The Al-Baraka Islamic Bank charges a ’penalty’ on late payment of instalments. Is this not like the interest which non-Muslim banks charge when an instalment is not met on due date? Al-Baraka claims that Mufti Taqi Usmani of Karachi Darul Uloom, Pakistan has given the okay for this ’penalty’. Please comment. Answer The ‘penalty’…
Are They Islamic Radios?
Respected Ulama As Salaamu Alaikum RE: RADIO STATIONS AND THEIR ISLAMIC CONTENT I desperately require guidance in the following matter and seek the same from your esteemed selves. The powerful effect of the media on the masses is self evident. Historically Muslims in this country were completely marginalised from the use of the mass media….
Reviving the Dead Janaazah Sunnah
R a s u l u l l a h (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “Whoever holds on firmly to my Sunnah at the time of the corruptiono f my Ummah, for him there is the reward of a hundred shuhadaa (martyrs).” Among the Masnoon acts of the Janaazah (Burial) service is that the Janaazah be…
RAJM – Stoning the Adulterors
Recently there has been intense comment on the Islamic injunction of Rajm or stoning to death the adulterers. If adultery -zina– committed by married persons is proven on the basis of Shar’i evidence, the Hadd (prescribed punishment) of Rajm is applied. The validity of Rajm is based on all the Sources of Islamic Law (the…
Donating Blood
A Muslim professor made the astonishing claim that to donate blood is Fardh-e-Kifaayah. It is clear that the brother has no understanding of the principles of the Shariah or the meaning of Shar’i terminology. An obligation which is collectively incumbent on the community is termed Fardh-e-Kifaayah. If a few persons in the community discharge such…