So…about those ads…

Assalaamu’Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh,

The Imam has informed us that he has been getting a lot of complaints lately about the ads that show up on the posts to this site. We’d like to take the time to clear up some minor bits of contention:

‘Why do muslim prophets not inherit?’

Q: Why do  muslim prophets not inherit?

kissing and whudhu

Q: At the U I sent you a written question. I gew up shafee and in Utah I am getting all these people that make up laws and it is really confusing me. I did send you and email and you never got back to me. But I really need to know. I feel my prayers are being affected. My husband and I and both shafee. He says that if he kissed me without touching me our whudu would not break. Is this correct? Does the answer differ between muhrim and ghair muhrim. Shafee answer.

halaalah

Q: I need a sharie hila. A way out of a situation. We got divroeced 5 years ago. I was 19 when we married. She was 15. Long story. It happened in (xxxxx) (overseas.) She never married. She did have offers.  I had some issues back then. She is really pious. I have never found a person like her in my 5 years. I regret my divorce. I asked her father if she would marry me. After 1 year they agreed. I went for therapy. They asked me before they said yes if the my therapy was recored and they could contact the therapist. I did say yes. Record of the therapy was sent to her family. they dont want to get hurt again. me too. She had me talk to her brothers. I have changed my ways. How can we do halalah without being cursed by doing it. this is the only thing her father is asking. and i also do not want to get cured by and have my marriage cursed. You get my point? She too has agreed to this email with her parents’ approval.

skinny dipping?!

Q: on my honeymoon wud going with my husband skinny dipping be allowed?

If you talking about being president of the nation, then lets talk

Q: do you have advice for the next MSA president. (xxx) wants to run for it. They (this person) respect your advice. We want to become active and sorry2 say we  had bad 2 years. fighting, gossiping, slandering. we divided on everything.  Imaam can u giv advice on how2make it positive for muslims and guets. (email)

But the imaam doesn’t like me! (or does he?)

Q: Assalamualaikum: Can we pray behind an Imam who you feel does not like you or makes you uncomfortable? The reason why I ask is I went to a mosque near my work for Dhuhr prayer and the Imam of the mosque gives me a uncomfortable feeling when I see him. This is not the only time I felt this way, last ramadan I felt the same way when I would make eye contact with him after Jummah. My father has told me I shouldn’t pray behind someone if he makes you feel uncomfortable or if he doesn’t like you. So stopped going to that mosque. Recently, I have been trying to pray my five daily salahs so decided that I will go there Monday-Thursday. So I when I saw him today for Dhuhr I got that same feeling again. I know he has had some issues with my family in the past, but I feel like he is keeping a grudge against me due to that. All I want is to pray my salah and the mosque is the most convenient and best place to do that of course. Any advice will help. May Allah bless you and your family. Thank you. Also, please keep my name private.

Time: Thursday February 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm

A: Wa’Alaykum Salaam,

Leave your personal feelings aside. Generally, they are from the naafs and shaytan. As a male, your duty is to perform salah with jamaat (group.) Do that at the musjid that is closest to you and move on with your tasks of the day once this is accomplished. There was no need for you to make eye contact with anyone. Eye contact is not the purpose of you going to the musjid. Eye contact, handshakes etc. are generally by-the-way actions. Sadly, they appear to be becoming the central action of your worship. Go pray and then leave. The more you allow eye contact and handshake matters to come in the way, the more shaytan will inspire you with negativity (handshake was weak, handshake was not as smooth, handshake was not coupled with eye contact, etc!). These are all distractions from shaytan. You must learn the virtue of salah with jamat, perform it and move on with duties that would make you a better person.

Allah Certainly Knows Best. (dictated and published by admin as per imaam)

‘million dollar question; on voting

Q: salam,

the million dollar question which i guess nobody seems to ask is what do muslims do at this state for one Islam 2 how do we deal with the current elections.

experimenting is fine *between spouses*, breaking your cherished values is not

Q: I just wanted to ask when a man and women are married in islam is it allowed for a husband to experiment with sex on his wife? For example they

mehr and kula are seperate issues

Q assalam alaikum,
my sister-inlaw took khula from my brother and is refusing to return the mehr.

Out of town

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Many of you might be aware by now that the Imaam will be abroad for a couple of weeks. As such, he needs you to please not text his phone while he is away. You are still welcome to email him via his gmail or yahoo accounts, and he will respond as best he can, inshAllah.

To students who have requested letters of recommendation: the Imaam wants you to know that you will be receiving them via email, inshaAllah.

Jazakumullah khair.

و السلام