Be good to your grandmothers!
The questioner asks: A relative of mine has children and those children neither sit with their grandmother nor do they visit her except occasionally, and the excuse they give is that she is harsh towards them. Her son is the only one who sits with her, so is this (behaviour of her grandchildren) permissible? Answer: […]
Will my supplication for my uncle benefit him after he has passed away, even though i am not his son?
The questioner asks: The prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam): ‘’When a person dies, all his deeds cease three: Sadaqah Jaariyah (ongoing charity), beneficial knowledge (he left behind), or a righteous child who supplicates for him.’’ So will my supplication for my uncle (rahimahullaah) benefit him after his death because I love him dearly but I am not one […]
You expose yourself to a great danger by being disrespectful to parents
The questioner asks: Indeed he (i.e. this person) had a disagreement with his father about some wealth and this led him to hate his father, shouted at him and refused to sit with him; so is he sinful for boycotting his father, who is now very old and ill? Answer: What this son has done […]
Neighbours are three type and they have different rights
Question: The questioner asks: What are the rights of a neighbour? Answer: The rights of a neighbour are great and many. Indeed many ahaadeeth have been narrated regarding the rights of a neighbour and among them is the hadeeth narrated by Abdullaah Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) that the Messenger of Allaah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: Jibreel did not […]
Be good to your relatives even if they are bad to you!
Question: The questioner asks: We have blood relations who revile us, so is it obligatory that we have to visit them and maintain the ties of kinship? Answer: Maintaining the ties of kinship is from the best of deeds due to the saying of the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam): Whoever would like his provision to be increased […]
The great reward for those who exercise patience
Question: The questioner asks: What is the status of patience and what is the reward for those who exercise patience? Answer: Patience has a great status in the sight of Allah (The Most High). The Eemaan of a slave (i.e. a male or female Muslim) cannot be perfect without patience. Patience is from the best […]
How does Sakeenah (tranquillity) descend upon the believers?
Question: The questioner asks: What is Sakeenah (tranquillity) and how does it descend upon the believers? Answer: Sakeenah (tranquillity) is the calmness, relaxation and happiness a person feels inside his heart, and from the means of (experiencing) this Sakeenah and happiness in the heart is when one is constant in the remembrance of Allaah. Allaah (Glorified […]
The people of the Qur’aan and Allaah’s closest friends
Question: The female questioner asks: Who are the people of Allaah and those closest to Him, and how can a person be from them as occurs in the hadeeth of the Messenger ( sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam)? Answer: The hadeeth was transmitted from Anas Ibn Maalik (radiyallaahu-anhu) by Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) and Imaam Ibn Maajah (rahimahullaah) and it […]
Reading the Qur’aan and suddenly getting preoccupied with something else
Question: The questioner asks: If a person holds the Mushaf to read but then he gets preoccupied with another affair; so he returns after a while to (continue) reading. Is there anything (wrong) with that? Answer: There is nothing (wrong) with that because this (deed) is a supererogation act of worship. The performer of […]
Reward for the one prevented from performing an optional act of worship due to sickness, travel or a legislated shariah excuse
Question: Does a person become sinful due to failing to fulfill acts of obedience (to Allaah)? And what is obligated on a person if he (or she) misses an act of worship which he (or she) is determined to perform, even though he (or she) was prevented from performing it due to illness or a legislated […]
