YOUR ISLAMIC OBLIGATION CLOSE YOUR FNB ACCOUNT!!! Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “The Muslimoon are like one man. If the eye pains, the whole body is affected, and if the head pains, the whole body is affected.” The First National Bank (FNB) has closed the account of Al-Aqsa Foundation which is an organization providing aid…
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THE MYTH OF ‘ISLAMIC’ BANKING ‘ISLAMIC’ BANKING IS FRAUD AND DECEPTION
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 16 Muharram 1434 – 30 November 2012 THE MYTH OF ‘ISLAMIC’ BANKING ‘ISLAMIC’ BANKING IS FRAUD AND DECEPTION by R Jagannathan Nov 23, 2012 Extracts from an article by a non-Muslim Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao has done well to reject the idea of Islamic banking in India. Though he has left a…
A RESPONSE TO A MUFTI’S QUERY THE ‘END PRODUCTS’ OF THE CARRION CHICKEN PLANTS AND THE RIBA SYSTEM OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
12 Muharram 1433 – 25 November 2012 A RESPONSE TO A MUFTI’S QUERY THE ‘END PRODUCTS’ OF THE CARRION CHICKEN PLANTS AND THE RIBA SYSTEM OF TRADE AND COMMERCE A brother posed the following question to a Mufti: “I would like to know if the products produced by producers who use funding which attracts interest…
STUDY AT SAUDI UNIVERSITIES?
THE MAJLIS muftis@themajlis.co.za 7 Muharram 1434 (21 November 2012) STUDY AT SAUDI UNIVERSITIES? QUESTION The Saudi Embassy in South Africa is advertising the availability of “80 places for South Africans to study in various universities in Saudi Arabia.” Is it advisable for Muslims to study Islamic education at Saudi universities? ANSWER Regarding Islamic education, the …
Bukhaari Jalsah
BUKHAARI JALSAH QUESTION: What is the significance of the annual Bukhaari Jalsah which the Darul Ulooms organize? To me there appears much extravagance and show accompanying these gatherings. Please comment. ANSWER It is best for our Headquarters, Daarul Uloom Deoband to comment on the customary Bukhaari Jalsahs. We reproduce here the Fatwa of Daarul Uloom…
WOMEN’S TABLIGH JAMAAT AND THE FATWA OF THE HEADQUARTERS
muftis@themajlis.co.za 7 Muharram 1434 (20 November 2012) WOMEN’S TABLIGH JAMAAT AND THE FATWA OF THE HEADQUARTERS QUESTION PROPONENTS OF THE TABLIGH JAMAAT’S WOMEN’S WING ARE CRITICIZING, ALBEIT INDIRECTLY, THE FATWA ISSUED AGAINST WOMEN’S TABLIGH JAMAAT BY DARUL IFTA OF DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND. THEY HAVE CITED SEVERAL SENIOR ULAMA’S PRO-WOMEN’S TABLIGH VIEWS. WHAT IS THE RESPONSE…
UNHOLY DESTRUCTION BY THE SAUDIS
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 25 Zil Hajj 1433 – 10 November 2012 UNHOLY DESTRUCTION BY THE SAUDIS Q. The Saudis plan to build over the Mubaarak Grave of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) with the excuse that the Musjid requires additional space. Why don’t they demolish the Zionist hotel establishment that they have allowed into Madinah Munawwarah? The…
AL HAQ BULLETIN-THE SYRIAN CONFLAGRATION
THE SYRIAN CONFLAGRATION Question What is happening in Syria? Please comment on the Syrian scenario in the light of the Shariah. COMMENT: Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), commenting on the upheavals of Fitnah which will overwhelm people in the ages in proximity of Qiyaamah, said: “Al-qaatilo wal maqtool fin naar” (Both the killer and the killed…
SAUDI ARABIA AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF HAJJ AND UMRAH
26 Zil Hajj 1433 – 11 November 2012 SAUDI ARABIA AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF HAJJ AND UMRAH THE HARAMAIN SHAREEFAIN BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HOLIDAY RESORTS – SULLIED AND FILTHIED Q. In Mina and even in Arafaat, western-type urinals have been installed. Males in ihraam stand and urinate most lewdly with part of their aurah…
THE MINARA GALA PARTY OF FISQ AND FUJOOR
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 24 Zil Hajj 1433 – 9 November 2012 THE MINARA GALA PARTY OF FISQ AND FUJOOR A GROSSLY MISLEADING HARAAM GALA FUNCTION IN THE NAME OF ISLAM The Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) mentions that during the era of Fitan (mischief, vice, immorality and obscenity), in close proximity to Qiyaamah, one of…
WARNING FOR THE COWARDLY GROUP OF CARRION-HALAALIZERS SLINKING IN THE SHADOWS
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 24 Zil Hajj 1433 – 9 November 2012 WARNING FOR THE COWARDLY GROUP OF CARRION -HALAALIZERS SLINKING IN THE SHADOWS A GROUP OF MISERABLE COWARDS CONSISTING OF SOME DISGRUNTLED ULAMA-E-SOO’ (EVIL MOLVIS), HAS BEEN PLOTTING TO OPERATE ITS CARRION-HALAALIZATION BUSINESS IN A MOST DISGRACEFUL MANNER OF DECEPTION TO HOODWINK MUSLIMS INTO CONSUMING THE…
‘HEROES’ ARE MORONS – “SMALL ACTS” ?
9 Zil Hajj 1433 – 25 October 2012 ‘HEROES’ ARE MORONS “SMALL ACTS” ? On the issue of the cricketer being applauded as a ‘hero’, someone wrote: “Considering the cricketer is a figure that many people Are constantly looking at, the following small actions of his surely have some weight in terms of the…
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF DISRUPTING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 7 Zil Hajj 1433 – 23 October 2012 THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF DISRUPTING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE The monthly menstrual cycle is a creation of Allah Azza Wa Jal designed to expel injurious and harmful filth, impurities and poisons from the female human body. Any interference to disrupt this natural cycle is fraught with…
POST-SLAUGHTER STUNNING
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 2 Zil Hajj 1433 – 18 October 2012 POST-SLAUGHTER STUNNING Question The SPCA is proposing post-slaughter stunning of animals for adoption by Muslims. After the animal is slaughtered, then whilst it is still alive, it will be shot/stunned in the head to immediately kill and immobilize it. Is this kind of post-slaughter shooting…
Rights Of Animals
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 29 Zul Qa’dh 1433 – 16 October 2012 THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS THE GALLING HYPOCRISY OF THE MJC In horrendous hypocritical style on the issue of the rights of animals Islam bestows to animals, the MJC has echoed almost verbatim what The Majlis had been proclaiming persistently over the years. In a statement…