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Source Taken from: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpuri Question If an oath is broken because the act for which the oath was taken was unlawful, is expiation (kaffārah) still required? Answer Regardless of the reason for breaking an oath, expiation (kaffārah) becomes...

Source Taken from: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpuri Question What is the Sharʿī status of visiting shrines and practicing murāqabah (spiritual meditation) there? Answer Exaggeration in venerating graves has given rise to many doctrinal and moral tribulations. Polytheistic...

Source Taken from: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpuri Question What is the ruling on taking an oath over an unlawful act, and what is the ruling regarding fulfilling it? Answer Taking an oath over an unlawful act is itself unlawful. However, if such an oath has already...

✿ Source This excerpt is taken from the book Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿinda al-Rukūʿ wa Baʿdahu fī al-Ṣalāh by Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Ḥāfiẓ Zubair ʿAlī Zaʾī رحمه الله. ✔ Sayyidunā Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq رضي الله عنه and Rafʿ al-Yadayn in Prayer الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: What is the ruling regarding a person who has the habit of swearing oaths repeatedly in everyday speech? ✿ Answer: The oath of a person for whom swearing has become a habitual expression carries no legal weight. Such...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri Question: Does expiation (kaffārah) become obligatory for taking a false oath regarding a past matter? Answer: Taking a false oath regarding a past matter does not make expiation obligatory. However, such a person is sinful. For...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri Question: What is the ruling on taking an oath by other than Allah? Answer: Taking an oath by anyone other than Allah Almighty—besides His Names and Attributes—is ḥarām, whether the oath is taken by the Prophet ﷺ, the Kaʿbah, a...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri Question: What is the ruling on taking an oath with the words “In shā’ Allāh”? Answer: If a person says “In shā’ Allāh” immediately after taking an oath, then the oath becomes ineffective. If he later does not fulfill that oath...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri Question: Is it necessary to fulfill an oath? Answer: If a person takes an oath regarding a matter and later realizes that another course of action is better, then he should carry out the better action and offer the expiation...

Source: Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿinda al-Rukūʿ wa Baʿdahu fī al-Ṣalāh — by Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ʿAlī Zaʾī رحمه الله Ḥadīth of Abandoning Rafʿ al-Yadayn and the Criticism of the Muḥaddithīn [This article was written in response to Fayṣal Khān Barelwī’s book: “Rafʿ...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri Question: What is the ruling on taking an oath by the Noble Qur’an? Answer: Taking an oath by the Noble Qur’an is permissible, because the Noble Qur’an is the Speech of Allah Almighty and is not created. ❀ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: Can the financial status—whether prosperity or poverty—of a man be taken into consideration at the time of marriage? ✿ Answer: It is permissible to consider the poverty or prosperity of the man with whom a marriage is...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: If a husband is unable to pay the mahr (dower) due to poverty, can he be granted time? ✿ Answer: He should be granted time. ❀ The Command of Allah Almighty: ﴿وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ﴾...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: Is maintenance (nafaqah) obligatory in the case of an invalid marriage (nikāḥ bāṭil)? ✿ Answer: An invalid marriage (nikāḥ bāṭil) does not legally take place; therefore, maintenance is not obligatory in such a case...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: What amount of maintenance (nafaqah) is obligatory upon the husband? ✿ Answer: No specific amount of maintenance has been fixed by the Sharīʿah. Rather, maintenance is obligatory according to the financial capacity of...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: Can a father-in-law prevent his son-in-law from contracting a second marriage? ✿ Answer: A man possesses the right to a second marriage. No individual nor any man-made law can bind or prevent him from this. This...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: Is the maintenance (nafaqah) of elderly parents obligatory upon their children? ✿ Answer: When parents reach old age and become financially and physically dependent, it becomes obligatory upon the children to serve...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri ❖ Question: If a woman has been given the third divorce and she is still in her ʿiddah, is her maintenance (nafaqah) obligatory upon the husband during the ʿiddah period or not? ✿ Answer: Maintenance is obligatory upon the...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī Question Is a woman entitled to maintenance (nafaqah) during the waiting period (ʿiddah) after the death of her husband? Answer If a woman observing the ʿiddah due to the death of her husband is pregnant, then she is entitled to...

Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī Question Is it the husband’s responsibility to provide maintenance (nafaqah) for his wife? Answer Providing for the wife’s basic expenses and living arrangements is the responsibility of the husband. ❀ Allah Almighty says...