April Fool's Day?

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

April fool’s day?!

Playing pranks?!

Lying to have fun?!

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه said: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “He is not from us who deceives us.” [Sunan Abu Dawood (3452) and Sunan Ibn Maajah (2224) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Mu’aawiyah ibn Haydah رضي الله عنه said: I heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say: “Woe to the one who talks to make the people laugh and tells lies, woe to him, woe to him.” [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2315) and Sunan Abu Dawood (4990) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee].

Narrated `Abdullaah ibn as-Saa’ib ibn Yazeed رضي الله عنه: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “None of you should take the property of his brother in amusement (i.e. jest), nor in earnest. If anyone takes the staff of his brother, he should return it.” [Sunan Abu Dawood (5003) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Narrated `Abdul Rahmaan ibn Abu Layla: The Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us that they were travelling with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. A man among them went to sleep, and another one of them went to the rope which he had with him. He took it, by which he (the one who was sleeping) got frightened. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “It is not lawful for a Muslim that he frightens a Muslim.” [Sunan Abu Dawood (5004) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Ruling on those who try to breakup the families:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Ruling on those who try to breakup the families, either it be between husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter etc.:

Question: Is it permissible for the husband to prevent his wife from maintaining bonds with her kinship, especially her mother and father?

Answer: Maintaining ties of kinship is Waajib (an obligatory act), and it is not permissible for the husband to prevent his wife from doing so; because severing bonds of kinship is from the major sins. And it is not permissible for the wife to obey her husband in this regards, because there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator. Rather she should maintain ties of kinship through her personal wealth, correspondences and visits to them; except when such visits would be damaging the rights of the husband. If the husband fears that her close relatives would instigate her against him, then he has the rights to prevent her from visiting them. So in this case she should maintain her ties of kinship without visiting them.

[Shaikh Saleh al-Fawzaan – فتاوى علماء البلد الحرام ص 1397]

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Question: What is the ruling on someone who tries to provoke the spouses against each other, if they are from among the wife's relatives?

Answer: It is Haraam to provoke a wife or turn her against her husband, whether the one who does this is a relative or not. It was related by Al-Nasa'y, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Hibban on the authority of Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Anyone who incites a woman against her husband or a slave against his master is not one of us.”* This is the wording of Abu Dawood.

May Allaah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.

Member - Shaikh `Abdullaah al-Ghudayyaan

Deputy Chairman – Shaikh `Abdul Razzaaq `Afifiy

Chairman – Shaikh `Abdul `Azeez ibn `Abdullaah Ibn Baaz.

[Fataawa Lajnah (10726)]

*[Sunan Abu Dawood (2175 and 5170) and graded as Saheeh by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (324, 325)]

A Kaafir upon his death has two rulings:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Question: O Noble Shaikh! You said in one of your monthly meetings regarding a woman that had died: “she has died as a Kaafir, but we will not judge her to be in the fire”. Kindly clarify this issue, Jazaakum Allaahu khairaa?

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله answered: A Kaafir has two rulings: 1) a ruling in this world and 2) a ruling in the Hereafter. If in this world he died on the Kufr that he was upon, then he is as a Kaafir. It should not be said: “Perhaps he may have embraced Islaam when he realized that he is about to leave this world.” We say: “he (died) on what he was upon initially.” ^[1] We do not wash him, nor do we shroud him, nor do we offer prayer for him, nor do invoke Allaah’s mercy for him or forgiveness, nor do we bury him in the graveyard of the Muslims.

When emotions flare up:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

When one lacks proper knowledge, emotions kick in; and when one gets high with emotions, accepting the truth becomes difficult. (A trend which became a common sight during the "PEACEFUL" protests and the BLOODY springs).

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said in Khutbatul Haajah:

وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَسَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا

“We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds” [reported in all the 4 Sunan and it is “Saheeh”]

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله commented:

وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا

“We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our own souls”

العوذ means seeking Allaah’s refuge/shelter; i.e. seeking Allaah’s refuge from the evil of our own souls.

Question: Are our souls evil?

The two guarantees of Allaah تعالى:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَى * وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَىٰ﴾

{Then if there comes to you guidance from Me, then whoever follows My Guidance shall neither go astray, nor fall into distress and misery. But whosoever turns away from My Reminder verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.} [Surah Taahaa (20): 123-124]

Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما said: “Allaah تعالى has guaranteed - to the one who RECITES the Qur’aan and ACTS upon its teachings  – that he will not go astray in this world nor will he fall into distress on the Day of Judgment” and then he recited these verses. [Majmoo` al-Fataawa (3/127)]

Importance of refuting the mistakes:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

If a teacher at the school teaches your child:

1+1=11

2+2=22

Would you still say: let’s take the good from him/her and leave the error?

or would you say: let’s wait till the principal takes some action?

No one would wait! Why? Because the education of the child – from the fundamentals of this Dunya - is at risk. No parent would keep silent once they knew the errors of the teacher. Some would even go as far as to have the teacher removed from the school.

But when the fundamentals of the Aakhirah (from the matters of the Deen and `Aqeedah (Creed)) are concerned, some of the people maintain double standards. They say: take the good and ignore the error.

REFUTING INDIVIDUALS IS FOR THE SCHOLARS TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT CORRECTING THE MISTAKE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL – THOSE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE TRUTH FROM FALSEHOOD.

*Correcting mistakes is from enjoining good and forbidding evil:

{And when you see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses by mocking at them, stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Shaitaan causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of those people who are the Zalimoon (wrong-doers). Those who fear Allah, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil are not responsible for them in any case, but (the Believer’s duty) is to remind them, that they may avoid that.} [Surah al-An`aam (6): 68-69]

*Remaining silent is enjoining evil and preventing good. Rather, remaining silent is like participating in that error:

{And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Quran) that when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them…} [Surah al-Nisaa’ (4): 140]