Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
Q. What is the meaning of the names Nakhshida and Ouzaima?
A. Nakhshida is a meaningless word. It is not proper to keep this as a name. We have not heard nor read of the name, Ouzaimah. Is this also a name? What is its origin? If anyone has named their child Ouzaimah, from where have they sourced the name?
Q. What is the procedure of giving Talaaq-e-Baain? How does it work?
A. Firstly understand that the effect of Talaaq-e- Baain is that the marriage terminates and the wife begins her iddat. If one or two Baain Talaaqs were issued then the couple can remarry, even during the wife’s iddat. The formal method of issuing Talaaq-e- Baain is to tell the wife, “I hereby issue one Talaaq-e -Baain to you (if the wife is addressed)” or “to my wife”.
Q. What is the Shariah Law regarding working in the insurance industry, more specifically for an insurance company?
A. The insurance industry thrives on riba (interest) and qimaar (gambling). Taking up employment in this industry is aiding and abetting in haraam. It is therefore not permissible to work for an insurance company.
Q. I was driving and the sound of the seat-belt came on, because I was not wearing it. The sound eventually stops after a while. Convinced I would reach a certain junction before the sound stopped, I foolishly set a challenge in my mind, and thought if I do not reach that junction before the sound stops I have definitely become a kaafir. I did not reach the junction and the sound stopped. I began to make taubah in my heart and was overcome with fear that I had committed kufr and invalidated my nikaah. Would this be kufr?
A. Never gamble with your Imaan. Imaan is to be treated with exceptional care and caution. Nevertheless, your thought of becoming a kaafir in failing to reach the junction before the seat-belt warning signal stops does not render you a kaafir. Failure to reach the junction before the stopping of the sound was not an act of kufr. Your thought of becoming a kaafir in that case was erroneous. You were correct in making taubah. The need for taubah was occasioned by your foolishness.
Q. As I exited the toilet in to the carpeted bedroom, I could not recall whether I entered with my slippers or not. There is the potential for napaaki (impurity) to be on the toilet floor. I then walked bare feet in the carpeted bedroom. In such a scenario, where I have regular doubts of a similar kind, is the carpeted bedroom to be regarded as paak (pure and clean) to walk on with wet feet and to perform Salaah on?
A. Ignore the doubts. The carpet of the bedroom will be considered paak unless proven otherwise.
Q. Could you kindly assist me in letting me know if it will be permissible for me to go for Umrah with my mother-in-law and father-in-law? My husband’s grandparents and my ten month-old son will also be accompanying us. My husband cannot join us on this trip and I was wondering if my father-in-law or grand father-in-law can serve as my mahram?
A. The father-in-law is not an adequate mahram for a woman to travel with, particularly for such a distant and uncertain journey as the Umrah. It is, therefore, not permissible for you to go for Umrah without your husband. ————————–
