Question:1 What is the opinion of jurists2 in the following matter: A Sharīf3 converted a non-muslim cobbler-woman to Islam, married her and brought her home. When his kin came to know about this [and deeming that the] Sharīf has tarnished the name of a family of Qadiri4 Sayyids and keeps a cobbler-woman covered (in ĥijāb)5 at home, [they were enraged]. This woman has been a widow for the past two years. ...
Read MoreQuestion:* Speech makers who sermonize in a Masjid or outside of it are given offerings in cash or kind by the listeners; some of them merely recite poems and odes [naat] – Is it permissible to give such offerings in a mosque or out of the mosque? – Is such an income permissible for the speaker? – Are they included in the description of the verse: ‘These are a people who have bought this ...
Read MoreQuestion: Concerning the following: In certain parts of Bengal, certain literate people* are invited to gatherings, to recite the Qur’ān or recite litanies, and its reward is donated to deceased Muslims. These people are then paid for their services, following a visit to the graveyard. Even though an amount is not agreed upon beforehand, it is a tacit agreement that something has to be paid for this service and that such ...
Read More
Sadru’sh Sharīáh Mawlānā Muĥammad Amjad Álī Aáżamī was born in 1296 (1878) in the town of Ghosi, Azamgarh District in North India. He was the son of Mawlānā Ĥakīm Jamāluddīn ibn Mawlānā Khudā Bakhsh ibn Mawlānā Khayruddīn. Both his father and grandfather were prominent scholars and experts in medicine. Mawlānā Amjad Álī received his primary education from his grandfather; later, he was tutored by his elder brother, Mawlānā Muĥammad Şiddīq [the ...
Read More
Muşţafā! you are the best of creation Our benefactor in both worlds For the sake of your good ones, Maintain us, the bad ones Who then will we belong to - If you do not own us – do not care for us The sinners laugh (heedlessly) – but you, for them - Weep and sob the whole night The depraved, unrighteous commit crimes But you say: ‘May good fortune befall them’ We are the ones with ugly faces And you ...
Read More
Our elders were wary of argument and refutation. But these days everyone seems to find it easy and plunges in it, without a second thought.
Read More