Folks,
Am I in a hole here? Exactly this date last year, please see discussion I had with the deceased.....Now, I am in tears...
Yero.
There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!
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Subject: RE: How does backbiting,telling lies affects one's fasting?
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:56:25 -0500
http://www.gainako.com/news/news/2009/09/06/do-sins-like-backbiting-telling-lies-and-looking-lustfully-at-women-during-ramadan-invalidate-one’s-fast.html
Thanks Bro Musa, we will do our best ...inshallahu. May Allah swt reward you in kind..
please find links before, and its courtesy given as you instructed...
Regards,
yj
There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:20:27 +0100
Subject: Re: FW
: How does backbiting,telling lies affects one's fasting?
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Brother Yero,
Thanks for your email.The pieces I sent to you was not written by me but by Sheikh Muhammad Salih AL-Munajjid,a Senior Lecturer In Islamic studies In Saudi Arabia who spends all his available time now educating the Ummah on the nitty-gritty of Islam.So yes,it is ok to publish it as long as you credit the author by stating that "written by ............."He has no objection or copyright on his writings.I have been following his writings for the past 25 years,he is indeed an erudite Scholar.When you have time you can visit his web site on
http://www.islamqa.com
This is a goldmine on Islamic knowledge and you can freely published his articles on a weekly basis in your newspaper,thereby bringing Dawah to the masses.
May Allah reward you for your good intentions
Salam and best wishes,
Musa.
Ps.Newspapers through West Africa uses this valuable resource to educate the masses on Islam.
2009/9/5 Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
Hi Bro Musa,
Greetings for the fasting month. May Almighty Allah swt bless us all and guide in the siratul mustaqima.
please accept my appreciation of your well written pieces. Inshallahu, we will carry the pieces for our readers at www.gainako.com
and please feel free to send us your islamic commentaries at [log in to unmask] we have a very diverse readership and your contribution will go a long way educating folks on islamic basic knowledge. If you want to pick up a column with us, you are welcome....weekly/bi etc...
Please confirm that it is ok to publish it.
Salam,
yj
There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 18:40:30 +0100
Subject: How does backbiting,telling lies affects one's fasting?
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Q:Do sins like backbiting, telling lies, and looking lustfully at women during Ramadan invalidate one’s fast?
Fasting is an act of worship that aims at purifying the soul, reviving the conscience, strengthening faith and making a Muslim more pious. Allah, Exalted be He, says, (O ye who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off evil). (Al-Baqarah 2:183). Therefore, the fasting Muslim has to avoid anything that would break or even impair his/her fasting.
Answering the question in point, the eminent Muslim scholar, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, states:
Valid fasting is that which purifies one’s soul and imbues goodness and righteousness into one’s heart, so that one may ward off evil, as conveyed in the words of Allah, Exalted be He, Who says: (O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil))(Al-Baqarah 2:183)
Thus, whoever fasts in Ramadan is obliged to refrain from saying or doing anything that is contradictory to the elevated manners expected from a fasting Muslim so as not to lose Allah’s reward for fasting and gain nothing but hunger, thirst, and deprivation, as explained in the Hadith, “Fasting is a kind of protection. So, when anyone of you gets up in the morning in the state of fasting, he should neither use obscene language nor do any act of ignorance. And if anyone insults him or quarrels with him, he should say, ‘I am fasting, I am fasting.’” (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said, “Many a one who fasts obtains nothing from his fasting but hunger and thirst, and many a one who prays during the night obtains nothing from his night prayers but wakefulness.” (Reported by Al Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, and Al-Hakim, and is said to be authentic on the condition of Al-Bukhari.)
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is also reported to have said, “Whoever does not give up false speech (telling lies and the like) and acting upon it, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting).” (Reported by Al-Bukhari, Ahmad, and others.)
Ibn Al-`Arabi maintains: This Hadith indicates that whoever does not abandon such evil deeds will not be rewarded for his fasting, i.e. false speech (telling lies and the like) and acting upon it are blameworthy to an extent that exceeds all limits. Ibn Hazm is of the opinion that committing such sins invalidates one’s fasting, in the same way that the act of eating and drinking deliberately do. This was held by some of the Prophet’s Companions and followers.
Actually, I do not agree with Ibn Hazm. I believe that committing such sins during Ramadan renders one’s fasting useless, as it defeats the point of prescribing fasting. That is why early righteous Muslims abandoned idle talk and obscene language while fasting, the same way they abstained from food and drink.
`Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Fasting is not only to quit food and drink, but also to refrain from telling lies, falsehood, and idle talk.” `Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) was reported as having the same point of view. Jabir `Abdullah Al-Ansari also said: “When you fast, your eyes, ears, and tongue should abstain from falsehood and sins. You should avoid hurting your servant. Refrain from anything demoralizing, and portray a picture of tranquility while fasting for the day, your behavior on the day you are fasting should be better than other days.” Taliq ibn Qais reported that Abu Dharr said: “When you are fasting you should be on your guard (against wrong actions) as much as you can.” Then Taliq observed, he used to stay home and not to go out except for performing prayer. Abu Hurairah and his friends also used to stay in the mosque while fasting saying, “Let us keep our fasting pure.” It is narrated on the authority of Maimun ibn Mahran that quitting food and drink is the easiest task required for valid fast.
To put it briefly, when one commits sins while fasting, one is to be rewarded for fasting, and punished for the sins he committed, according to the following verse, (And everything with Him is measured.) (Ar-Ra`d 13:8) So, one is held accountable for each of his deeds separately, as is explained in another verse, (My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth.) (Taha 20:52)
Let us reflect on the following Hadith concerning Allah’s reckoning His servants on the Day of Judgment in order to find the proper answer for this and the two preceding questions. At-Tirmidhi and Ahmad narrate on the authority of `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that one of the Prophet’s Companions came and when he sat down in front of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) he said: “Messenger of Allah, I have slaves who lie to me, deceive me and disobey me, and I revile and beat them. What do you think is my ruling as regards them?” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: “On the Day of Resurrection account will be taken of the extent of their deceit, disobedience and lying to you, and of the punishment you inflicted on them.
Does anaesthetic break the fast. I was given injection into my gum during the day in Ramadan?
Local anaesthetic does not break the fast, because it is not food or drink, and is not equivalent to them. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: With regard to anaesthetic which is applied to a tooth during the day in Ramadaan – do I have to make up that day if I have this anaesthetic?
He replied: No, because anaesthesia does not break the fast. A local anaesthetic only affects the place where it is given, it does not reach the stomach. So if a person is given an anaesthetic when he is observing a naafil or obligatory fast, his fast is still valid. But if it is a general anaesthetic that leads to unconsciousness that lasts all day, then the fast must be made up.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: If a person loses consciousness for the entire day and does not wake up for any part of it, then his fast is not valid. This is the view of our imam and of al-Shaafa’i.
Then he said: “If the one who lost consciousness wakes up for part of the day, then his fast is valid, whether it was at the beginning or the end of the day.” Based on this, if the fasting person is given an anaesthetic whilst fasting, then his fast is valid and it is not invalidated by that. But if he was given the anaesthetic before Fajr, and he remained asleep under the influence of the anaesthetic until the sun set, then his fast on that day is not valid.
By Musa Amadou Pembo
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