Ref. No. 1204/42-506

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

‘Mubahala’ means cursing each other. Two people or two groups who consider themselves to be right, both plead with each other to the God and want God Almighty to curse the liar so that it becomes clear to everyone which one is on the right path. The incident of Mubahala has been narrated in Surah Al-Imran of the Holy Qur'an that the Prophet of Allah (saws) sent a decree to the Christians of ‘Najran’ in which three things were mentioned in order as follows: (1) embrace Islam (2) pay the jizya (tax) (3) or get ready for war.

The Christians, in consultation with each other, sent Shurahbeel, Abdullah ibn Shurahbeel, and Jabbar ibn Qais to the Prophet of Allah (saws). They came and discussed religious matters until they had a heated argument in proving the divinity of Jesus. At the same time, this verse was revealed about Mubahala. The Prophet of Allah (saws) invited the Christians for Mubahala and they accepted the invitation at that time. But later, they avoided coming to Mubahala because they saw that the prophet of Allah (saws) had brought his closest people, his daughter Fatima Zahra, his son-in-law Imam Ali, his grandchildren Hassan and Hussain etc.

So Shurahbeel said to his two companions, "You know that this is Allah’s apostle. If we argue with the prophet of Allah (saws) then certainly it will destruct and ruin us. So find another way of salvation. Finally, they accepted the offer of peace and thus the prophet's legitimacy was revealed to all. (Maariful Quran: 2/85)

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Ref. No. 41/1001

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

A woman in period is not allowed to enter the Masjidul Haram. Hence she should do all rituals and abstain from doing tawaf being in period. When she gets pure, she will have to do tawaf even after 12 Dil-Hajj. And there shall be no penalty on her for this delay.

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Ref. No. 1205/42-504

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful]

The answer to your question is as follows:

There maybe two ways to seek help from anyone other than Allah. (1) Believing that he has the absolute power to do whatever he wants. This is polytheism and disbelief. In the same way, in the case of non-God, if it is believed that God has given him all the authority and he can do whatever he wants then this is also shirk which is unlawful and haram. Only Allah Almighty has the power to fulfill all needs of a person. He is the one and only who can ease the difficulty and grant the desires of all creatures.

(2) Seeking help from the people in the affairs that can normally be fulfilled by human beings. There is nothing wrong in the same.

Nevertheless saying ‘Ya Ghaus-al-Madad or Ya Ali-al-Madad’ is shirk. It must be avoided.

Ref. no. 831/41-0000

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

One must know that standing (Qiyam), bowing (Ruku) and prostration (Sajdah) are pillars (Arkan) of Namaz. None of these integral parts can be missed without a genuine reason. If a person is not able to do Qiyam, but he can do Ruku and Sajdah, then he must perform namaz with ruku and sajda while sitting on the ground. If he offers namaz sitting on a chair, his namaz will not be valid. Nevertheless, if he is not able to do Ruku and Sajdah too, then he is allowed to offer namaz sitting on a chair, though it is better to sit on the ground in this case too. Note that the rear legs of the chair should be placed in line with the row throughout the prayer in all cases.

  المشقۃ تجلب  التیسیر (الاشباہ والنظائر 1/75) ۔

علامہ شامی لکھتے ہیں : اراد بالتعذر التعذر الحقیقی بحیث لوقام سقط او الحکمی بان خاف زیادتہ او بطء برئہ بقیامہ او دوران راسہ او وجد لقیامہ الما شدیدا صلی قاعدا۔ (درمختار وردالمحتار 2/9)

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Ref. No. 41/0000

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

Naming ‘Gul’ as mentioned in the question is not permissible.  People should avoid using such guls. Nevertheless if a person has used it, he/she must not throw the gul packets containing mention of Allah's name on the ground or in dirty places. So that it will not lead to disrespect the name of Allah.

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Ref. No. 1207/42-505

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

ان بنی اسرائیل تفرقت علی ثنتین وسبعین ملۃ وتفترق امتی علی ثلاث وسبعین ملۃ کلھم فی النار الا ملۃ واحدۃ قالوا من ھی یا رسول اللہ ﷺ قال ماانا علیہ واصحابی۔۔

This hadith is saheeh. In order to avail salvation in the Akhirat, it is necessary to follow the way of the companions of the Prophet (saws) in belief, deeds and words. And those who have deviated from this way, such as Shiites, Kharijites, Qadriyas, Jabriyas, Mu'tazilites, etc are included in 72 sects who have gone astray. Therefore, it is not correct for the questioner to say that I am only a Muslim, not a Shia or a Sunni. Instead, he should try to enter the only sect which is destined to have salvation as promised in hadith.

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Ref. No. 1333/42-849

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

Sorcery and black magic should be treated by a pious Aamil. Moreover, if a pious Aamil treats and cures the black magic with the help of the Qur'an and Hadith and asks you to bury the amulet in the soil of the graveyard or he asks you to burn the Agarbatti of dua at home, it can be done.

۔ عن عوف بن مالک الاشجعی قال کنا نرقی فی الجاھلیۃ فقلنا یا رسول اللہ کیف تری فی ذلک؟فقال اعرضو علی رقاکم لاباس بالرقی مالم یکن فیہ شرک (صحیح مسلم ، حدیث نمبر5732)

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Ref. No. 41/1041

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

A Musafir Muqtadi behind a Muqeem Imam will complete his namaz just as a Muqeem Masbooq does. He is obliged to offer full namaz and must do Qirat (Fatiha cum Surah) in the first two rakats of the missed rakats. Qirat is not mandatory in more than two of missed rakats.  

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Ref. No. 37 / 1115

الجواب وباللہ التوفیق                                                                                                                                                        

بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم: زکوۃ صاحب نصاب پر واجب ہے، اور نصاب پر پورے ایک سال کا گزرنا بھی شرط ہے۔ جب آپ کے پاس سالانہ کوئی سیونگ نہیں ہے تو آپ پر زکوۃ بھی فرض نہیں ہے۔ سالانہ بچت اگر نصاب تک پہونچ جائے اور پھر اس پر سال گزرجائے تو زکوۃ واجب ہوگی ورنہ نہیں۔  واللہ اعلم بالصواب

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Ref. No. 1329/42-704

There is nothing wrong seeking help from one another in worldly things, as the world system cannot function without it. However, the things which are specific to Allah Almighty are not in the power of anyone other than Him. So, seeking help in such matters from a man be it alive or dead considering him all-powerful and absolute granter is polytheism and haram (prohibited).  

Elaborating on the explanation of the above-mentioned verse in Tafsir Ma'arif-ul-Quran (Kandhalvi) the commentator wrote: the rule about such a matter is that if a person seeks help from a human considering him all-powerful and all-granter, it is undoubtedly polytheism. If he does not consider a thing all-powerful but treats him as all-powerful, then too it is unlawful and haraam. And in some cases there is a fear of polytheism. So, if he does not treat him as all-powerful but does something that possibly leads people to thinking its absoluteness, it is unlawful, too.

The author further writes that the consumable things which fall under the power of humanity and connected with worldly life and nobody thinks them all-powerful such as – in order to remove hunger, seeking help from bread and to remove thirst, seeking help from water –, this help-seeking from other than Allah is permissible provided that the faith should be in Allah alone and the other should be considered merely a means and medium and manifestation of Divine help. As a tap is just a way for water to come out, the means are the ways of Divine favours, the actual giver is only He and a polytheist thinks that this tap itself is giving me water. Hence, he asks tap itself for water and flatters tap itself. To take an example, if a person considers medicine just a means and a doctor just a treatment provider, there is no problem, but if he considers medicine a real performer and a doctor a real healer, it is shirk (polytheism).

It should be noted that the Shari'ah things are the same as the consumable things. The only difference is that the consumable things being means were learned from consumption and the Shariah things being means were learned from Shari'ah. Therefore, as seeking help from consumable things is allowed, seeking help from Shari'ah things such as supplication and dua, patience and prayer is also allowed. For further detail, refer to Tafseer e Maariful Quran.

(Tafseer Maariful Quran (Kandhlavi): 1/5)

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