09.28.07

Swallowing food that was between one’s teeths teeth

Posted in Saum Q&A at 10:22 am by PakNik

السؤال: هل يفطر الصائمُ بما ينـزل جوفه من بقايا الطعام بين أسنانه ؟

الجواب : إن جرى الطعامُ من بين أسنانه ولم يمكنه تمييزُه وإخراجه حال جريانه فلا يفطر ؛ لأنه معذور . أما إن أمكنه تمييزه وإخراجه فقصَّر بطل صومه ، ولذا يتأكدُ للصائم تخليل أسنانه ليلاً كما تجد التصريح بذلك كله في “التحفة” وحواشيها .

If some food has passed through one’s teeth and he wasn’t able to distinguish it and get it out before it went down his throat, his fast has not been broken, for he is excused.

However, if he was able to distinguish it and get it out, and he didn’t, then his fast is broken. For this reason, a fasting person should clean between his teeth at night, as is stated in the Tuhfa and its super-commentaries.

Shaykh Amjad Rasheed 

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

Is it permissible for one fasting to chew on gum?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 10:20 am by PakNik

 

السؤال : هل يجوز للصائم مضغُ العلك ؟

الجواب : إن كان ينفصل عن العلك عينٌ تخالط الريق فتصل إلى الجوف فهو حرامٌ مبطلٌ للصوم ، أما إن كان مجردَ مضغ لا يصل منه عينٌ إلى الجوف فهو جائز لكنه مكروه لأنه يعطش ولأن بعضهم قال: إنه مفطر ، كما أشار إليه في “التحفة” (3/425) .

If a substance separates from the gum such that it mixes with the saliva and reaches the body cavity, then it is haram and it invalidates the fast.

However, if it is merely chewing it and no substances reaches the body cavity, then it is permissible but disliked, because it makes one thirsty, and because some have said that it invalidates the fast, as it was indicated in the Tuhfa of Ibn Hajar, (3:425).

Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

If a fasting person sleeps all day, is his fast valid?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 9:41 am by PakNik

السؤال: إذا نام الصائم جميع النهار هل يصح صومه ؟

الجواب : نعم يصح صومُه ؛ قال في “المنهاج” مع “التحفة” :” ( ولا يضر النوم المستغرق ) لجميع النهار ( على الصحيح ) لبقاء أهلية الخطاب فيه “. اهـ

 

Yes, his fast is valid. It says in the Minhaj with the Tuhfa, “Sleeping the whole day does not affect the fast according to the sound position, because the individual remains fit for legal responsibility.”

Amjad Rasheed

Saying Salawat after every 2 rakaah of tarawih

Posted in Salat Q&A at 9:38 am by PakNik

It is not a reprehensible innovation because sending peace and blessings on the Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, is one of the best forms of dhikr. Doing this frequently is a confirmed recommendation, without specification of time….read more

09.27.07

Shafi’i Fiqh Q & A in Malay

Posted in Blogroll at 2:44 am by PakNik

Please go here if you prefer to read in Malay…. Soal Jawab Fekah

09.21.07

My Say

Posted in Blogroll at 5:24 am by PakNik

I’ve only just started writing this blog last month, about the madhhab of my Imam, Nasir al Sunnah Imam Muhammad bin Idris al Shafi’i, the 2nd Mujaddid.

In the mean time, most Q&As are from the excellent site SunniPath! I will try to gather Q&A from other sites and if I have the time, try and translate answers from well known Shafi’i madhhab books, insha Allah. :-)

Some of Shafi’i madhhab books read in Malay archipelago

Posted in Blogroll at 5:15 am by PakNik

These are some of the kutub read by Malays in the Malay archipelago ( Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand-especially the southern part, Indonesia, Kampuchea and the Philippines-Sulu, Mindanao and southern islands )

  1. Muniyyah al-Musalli – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Daud bin Abdullah al Fatani
  2. Fath al Muin – by al ‘Allamah Zain al Din al Malibari ( in Arabic )
  3. Sabil al Muhtadin – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Muhammad Arshad al Banjari
  4. Faridah al Fara’id – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Daud bin Abdullah al Fatani
  5. Hidayah al Salikin – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Abd al Samad al Falimbani
  6. ‘Aqidah al Najin – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Wan Zainal Abidin al Fatani, better known as Tuan Minal
  7. Sirr al Salikin – by al ‘Allamah Shaykh Abd al Samad al Falimbani

Safinah al Naja

Posted in Blogroll at 4:17 am by PakNik

A small kitab which is widely used in the Malay archipelago. Small but nevertheless very informative and valuable. Written by al ‘Allamah al-Shaykh Abdullah bin Sa’ad bin Sumair al Hadrami al Shafi’i

A brother has translated the kitab into English and you can look it up at Majmu’. The content covers all the basic tenets of Islam as follows

  1. Pillars of Islam
  2. Pillars of Iman
  3. Hukm Shar’i (Legal Rulings)
  4. Meaning of “There is no god but Allah”
  5. Book of Purification ( Tahara )
  6. Book of Prayer ( Salat )
  7. Book of Fasting ( Sawm )
  8. Book of Obligatory Charity ( Zakat )
  9. Book of Hajj
  10. Extra Notes on Hajj and Visiting the Prophet (SAW)

09.19.07

Do lying, backbiting and tale-telling invalidate one’s fast?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 2:10 pm by PakNik

السؤال: هل الكذبُ والغيبةُ والنميمةُ تُبطل الصوم ؟

الجواب : الغيبةُ والنميمةُ والكذبُ ونحوها من المعاصي تُبطل ثوابَ الصوم لا نفسَ الصوم ؛ فمن فعل شيئاً من ذلك لم يبطل صومُه لكن يفوته ثوابه كما في الحديث :” ربَّ صائمٍ ليس له من صومه إلا الجوع والعطش “.

فلذا يتأكدُ على كل صائم اجتناب المعاصي زيادةً على تأكده في غير الصوم ، وفي الحديث :” مَن لم يدعْ قولَ الزور والعملَ به ، فليس لله حاجة في أن يدع طعامه وشرابه “. فبينَ أنّ المقصودَ الأعظمَ من الصوم يتحقق في تهذيب النفس وصونها عن المعاصي لا بمجرد ترك الطعام والشراب فإن هذا يطيقه البر والفاجر ، وإلى هذا أشار الحقُّ تعالى في آيات الصيام حيث قال : ( لعلكم تتقون ) .

أما ما يروى :” خمسٌ يفطرن الصائم : الغيبة والنميمة :والكذب والقبلة واليمين الفاجرة “. فهو حديثٌ باطلٌ كما قال الإمام النووي في “المجموع” ، ولو صحَّ لكان المرادُ منه بطلان الثواب كما قال الإمام الماوردي ، ونقله ابنُ حجر في “التحفة” (3/424)

Lying, backbiting and tale-telling and others such sins that take away the reward of fasting, but do not invalidate the fast itself. Whoever does such a thing, his fast is not broken, but he loses the reward of it, as has come in the hadith, “How many may fast but get nothing from their fast except hunger and thirst.”

For this reason, a fasting person should avoid these things even more than a person who is not fasting, for it has come in a hadith, “Whoever does not leave speaking ill and acting by it, then Allah has no need to give him food and drink.”

It is clear that the great purpose of fasting is to try controlling the nafs (ego), and keeping it from disobedience, not just by leaving food and drink, because this is done by the pious and the sinners, alike. The Real, Most High (Allah) has indicated this in His verses of fasting, where He has said, “….so that you may have taqwa”.

As for what was related from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that, “Five things invalidate one’s fast, backbiting, tale-telling, lying, kissing and the false oath”, this hadith is false, as Imam al-Nawawi said in the Majmu`. If it was authentic, the meaning of it would have been loss of reward, as Imam al-Mawardi has said; Ibn Hajar related it in the Tuhfa (3:424).

Amjad Rasheed

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

Is it permissible for a person to rinse out his mouth to reduce the dryness of his mouth, especially in hot countries?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 2:08 pm by PakNik

السؤال : هل يجوز للصائم أن يتمضمضَ لتقليل جفاف فمه خصوصاً في البلاد الحارة ؟

الجواب : نعم يجوز له ذلك ، لكن ليتنبه من وصول شيء من ماء المضمضة إلى الجوف فإنه مبطلٌ للصوم ولو لم يبالغ في المضمضة ؛ لأنها أمرٌ غير مطلوب .

Yes, it is permissible. But, he should be careful about any water reaching his body cavity, for that would break his fast, even if he doesn’t exaggerate in his rinsing, because this is an action that is not required.

Amjad Rasheed

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

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