Q And A – We Had To Break Open The Mayyits Safe
Question: If the mayyits safe keys could not be obtained and there upon a lock smit was called to open the safe, can the lock smith be paid for with the funds of the mayyit?
Answer: Yes the lock smith must be payed from the assets of the mayyit. This falls under expenses incurred by the deceased.
Question: Does The Mayyits Rooh Come To The House? If You Say No, Then Why Does The Deceased Come In Dreams?
Answer: The deceased’s rooh is in a different realm and the living beings are in a different realm. seeing a person in a dream does not mean that they come to the house. If you dream of someone who lives far away, does it mean that he came to your house?
Fataawa Darul Uloom, Vol 1 pg325
Question: What Should Be Done With The Clothes And Belonging Sof The Deceased Which Are Not Cash And Jewellery?
Answer: Everything should be valued individually; every single item. You must distinguish the value of it as second hand. After all the items are valued till the last pin, lots will be made in accordance to the amount of shares in the estate between the heirs. Equal lots will be made and the heirs will be given there lot or lots. For example if there are seven shares then seven lots will be made up with the items in equal value, thereafter distributed to the heirs.
Question: Zaid Died And Left Behind His Wife, Mother, 2 Daughters, 2 Sons Daughters And 3 Sisters. How Should The Estate Be Divided?
Answer: The estate will be divided into 24 shares as follows: wife=1/8 or 3/24 mother=1/6 or 4/24 2 daughters=1/2 or 12/24 2 sons daughters=1/6 or 4/24 3 sisters=balance to be shared equally or 1/24
Q: I would like to know are we allowed to keep dogs as pets?
A: Muslims are not allowed to keep dogs as pets. Dogs may be kept as security, if there is no other means practical or available, but they should not be brought into the home.
Question: At what age should children be dressed Islamically?
Answer: Moulana Maseehullah Rahmatullahi alayh once rebuked a mother for dressing her four year old daughter with a half sleeve dress. The Akhlaaq of a child is moulded in large part by what they wear.
Q. Can I ask a brother who did me down, to tell me what he did for him to ask for maaf (forgiveness)? He just asks for maaf but refuses to tell me what he did. I am not prepared to accept his request unless he states what he did to me.
A. It is best not to ask what wrong the brother did. This will save you great anxiety and the wrong will not linger in your thoughts, wreck your peace of mind and disrupt your Ibaadat and Zikrullah. However, you are permitted in the Shariah to ask him.
Q. Is eating with fork and knife haraam?
A. It is not permissible to eat with fork and knife. It is the practice of kuffaar. Emulating the salient customs and practices of the kuffaar is haraam.
Q. A person gave three talaaqs to his wife and then with the blessing of a Mufti made nikaah with her. What is the position of this nikaah?
A. After administering three talaaqs the process of halaalah is incumbent. The ex-wife will have to marry another man and after consummation of the marriage and talaaq then only can she return to her former husband. If this process is not adopted, then the two live in the state of fornication in view of their second nikaah not being valid. The ‘mufti’ has paved the way for the ruin of his and the couple’s Aakhirat.
Question. What is the punishment for a woman who doesn’t complete her iddat period and remarries?
Answer:If the woman in question has remarried her ex-husband who had issued her with one or two talaaqs, then this nikaah is valid even during her iddat. If she contracts with another man however, then this ‘nikaah’ is not valid in her iddat. The couple will be living in a state of haraam and zina. The punishment for zina is the Fire of Jahannam.
