If a servant strives against himself until he does not care about life and the praise and commendation of people and dedicates all his worship to Allaah The Almighty, he will be one of the people of sincerity whose every action, word, love and hatred is for the sake of Allaah The Almighty alone. The […]
Does the elderly woman mourn and what is the ruling concerning that?
Question: A man died and his wife was elderly, over seventy years old, with little ability to think and no servant. He died while she was still married to him. Does she have to go through the mourning period like others? What is the wisdom behind such an act if someone is old like her? […]
What is the mourning period of the pregnant widow?
Question: The questioner states that his father’s wife is pregnant. Is her mourning period due to his father’s death four months and ten days or is it until she gives birth? Response: The conclusion of the study of the Committee is that her mourning period is until she delivers. And with Allaah lies all success […]
Ruling concerning wearing a watch during the mourning period.
Question: Is it allowed for a woman to wear a watch to know what time it is and not for the sake of beautification during her mourning period? Response: Yes. That is allowed for her due to he intention. However, if she even avoids that, that would be best because it does resemble jewellery. And […]
What must the mourning widow abide by?
Question: What are the laws by which the widow whose husband had just died must abide by? Response: The Hadeeth states what a mourning widow is prohibited from doing and what she is requested to do. First, she must remain in her house in which she was living when her husband died. She remains therein
The legislated period of mourning.
Question: Is it prohibited for a woman who is in her legislated period of mourning to drink coffee with saffron (mixed) in it and other than that? Response: The woman in her legislated period of mourning is prohibited from a number of things, and they are: i) Applying the eye liner (kohl);
Completing the period of mourning in other than the marital home.
Question: A woman’s husband has died and she has no children from this marriage. Additionally, there is no-one from her relatives in the land [where she resided with her] husband, so is it permissible for her to travel from the land [where she resided with her] husband to the land where her legal guardian is […]
Husband died and she wants to continue her studies.
Question: Her husband has died and she is required to complete the period of mourning. [Considering] she is a student at school, is it permissible for her to continue her studies or not? Response: It is obligatory for the wife whose husband has died to complete the mourning period in the marital home and no […]
The Earth’s Atmosphere.
By the sky which returns.” (Quran 86:11) “[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling…” (Quran 2:22) In the first verse God swears by the sky[1] and its function of ‘returning’ without specifying what it ‘returns.’ In Islamic doctrine, a divine oath signifies the magnitude of importance of a […]
The payment of Zakaatul-Fitr in money.
Question: Is it permissible to discharge the obligation of Zakaatul-Fitr on the first day of Ramadhaan? And is it permissible to distribute it in money? *Please appropriately reference this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!* Response: As for the discharging of it on the first day of Ramadhaan – there is Ikhtilaaf (difference of opinion among the […]