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Roses have thorns! The Haqq too SUBSCRIPTION RATES (2018) has thorns! TWELVE ISSUES “We strike South Africa ................…...................... R30 ….......................... baatil with the Neighbouring States $15 All Other Countries .............................. $20 Haqq. Then it crushes the brains of baatil.” (Qur’aan) “Your deeds are your rulers” (Hadith) Salaatul Istisqa’ has to be drought nor a prevailing situ- their ‘istisqa’ and acquit of municipal proclamations performed only when there is ation of water-shortage or themselves like the clowns in of water-shortage. The requi- a drought. A true shortage of suffering. Salaatul Istisqa’ at a circus, patting themselves site for justification of Sa- water bringing suffering to a time when the shortage is on their backs in the belief laatul Istisqa’ is drought, not people and animals justifies imaginary or expected in the that they have performed a falling dam levels. In the past Salaatul Istisqa’ . Frequently future, is in conflict with the wondrous act. This display of despite municipal proclama- in our times municipalities Sunnah and not permissible. mockery is not the Salaatul tions based on a materialistic proclaim a water-shortage, Such an ‘Istisqa’ supplication Istisqa' which the Sunnah has and atheistic ideology, and increase the price of water is uncalled for. ordained. rapidly falling dam-levels no and implement water re- Furthermore, the attitude of The validity of acts of ibaadat one ever suffered. Water was strictions. In the light of the people who organize ‘istisqa' is dependent on essential con- always plentifully available Shariah the artificial water- during a time of imagined ditions which are explained for drinking, cooking, wash- shortage proclaimed by the shortage created by a non- elsewhere in kitaabs. If it is ing clothes and bathing. municipality does not justify Muslim authority which is in not Subh Saadiq, Fajr Salaat One important fact which Salaatul Istisqa’. entirety bereft of spiritual is not valid. If the sun has not should not be overlooked, is Despite the ‘shortage’ procla- perception and belief in the set, Maghrib Salaat is not the fundamental cause of mation, water is available in Providence of Azza Wa Jal, valid. Similarly, if there is no droughts. Man’s flagrant abundance. Open any of the makes the 'istisqa‘ a farcical real drought, Istisqa’ is not transgression, perverse rebel- dozen taps in any home, and show. The manner in which valid. If an act of ibaadat is lion and immorality are the water flows freely. Water is they go about performing Sa- not rendered in accordance primary causes of droughts. plentiful for drinking, cook- laatul Istisqa' is a charade. A with the Sunnah, it is reject- Rather than organizing a ing and washing. Industry mockery of the Deen is made ed and struck from the heav- superficial facade of ‘Istisqa’, utilises millions of litres of by the ostentatious way in ens into the face of the per- Muslims are required to en- water daily despite the pro- which they execute their un- former. Similarly, an Istisqa' gage in Taubah and Is- claimed water-shortage. Veg- justified charade of ‘istisqa’. which does not conform to tighfaar. The validity of this etation continues growing. Dressed in Christmas attire, the Sunnah is mardood act of ibaadat is based on Greenery is seen all over the riding in luxury vehicles, ac- (rejected and buffeted from abandonment of sin and show. There are no discerna- companied by non-Muslim the heavens). There is no Di- transgression. From the Is- ble effects or even any signs press reporters and photog- vine Acceptance ( Maq- lamic perspective, there is no of water-shortage. The imag- raphers to record, advertise booliyat ) for the shows, cha- conundrum for the natural ined shortage is the munici- and broadcast the mockery rades and mockeries which disaster of drought. pality's fear for the future – a perpetrated under guise of pretenders and seekers of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi fear based on the falling lev- the Deen, bereft of the essen- some cheap glory offer in the wasallam) linked droughts to els of the water-dams. tial requisites of khushu and name of the Deen. the evil that our hands perpe- Fear of a possible water- khudhoo’ (fear, humility and Salaatul Istisqa’ may not be trate. The answer to the dis- shortage in the future is not a remorse), they proceed for performed as a consequence aster of drought is Inaabat ilallaah – turning to Allah in of Allah Ta’ala) pervades the repentance and abstaining world. The effects of that from fisq, fujoor, bidah, baatil Hadhrat Mahmood Shah not so long ago, said: “In eve- Name become manifest on and kufr in which Muslims (Rahmatullah alayh), who ry age one of the Asmaaul all. All affairs of the world today excel. was a Wali of Allah Ta’ala Husna (The Beautiful Names are influenced by the pervad- ing effects of that Name. This explains the deviance In the present age, Allah’s of even genuine senior Ulama Name, Mudhiel (The One who who due to short-sightedness “Nowadays people suffer ing for a new name, they leads astray whomever He and failure to apply their from a lamentable insanity named the council of their wills) Jalle Jalaalahu, per- minds in reflection, commit regarding names. When they Ulama with the epithet of vades the world. It is for this the grave error of laying the embark on a project, they ‘Nadwah’. reason that the Ahl-e-Kamaal foundations for future acts desire a new and a unique Nadwah was the designation (genuine Ulama and Sulaha) of bid’ah. The Ahl-e-Kamaal name. By virtue of this insani- of the organization of the due to the effects manifested mentioned by Hadhrat ty, Nadwah (i.e. Nadwatul chief of the juhhaal by this Name are not devoid Mahmood Shah Ulama in Lucknow) commit- (ignoramuses), the enemy of of subtle evils and prohibi- (Rahmatullah alayh) refer to ted a serious blunder. Search- (Continued on page 6) tions.” (Continued on page 10) Vol. 24 no. 10 The Majlis Page 2 THE MAJLIS Q & A P.O. BOX 3393 PORT ELIZABETH SOUTH AFRICA 6056 Q. Is it permissible to pursue Q. A truck overturned and the Islamic studies at universities? goods were scattered all over A. It is not permissible to the show. A mob of people loot- study Islam under kuffaar su- ed the goods. What is the status Q. Some Imams make numer- their oppression against the pervision. In fact it is not per- of the goods? ous movements in the Sa- Muslims. We are forced to lis- missible to pursue even secu- A. It is most certainly theft laat. Because of the position ten to the high pitched loud lar education at these evil and robbery to take anything of the microphone in some speakers and to endure the brothel-type universities. from the overturned truck. masaajid, some imams -may oppression. Please comment. Q. I have arranged to buy a The goods remain in the own- Allah grant them correctness- A. The problem of the property. The purchase price ership of the owner. make numerous movements haraam microphone contin- has been paid into the lawyer’s Q. Is it permissible to build during the Salaat. ues because the musallis con- trust account and will be paid mausolea on the graves of the Many of them move away done it. If the musallis are to the seller on transfer of the Ambiya and Auliya? from it whilst making ruku', averse to it, they will object property. Meanwhile the prop- A. It is not permissible to sajdah and standing back up and apply pressure on the erty is accruing rental. Who is build structures on the graves and may even make the tak- imams and the trustees to entitled to the income? of the Ambiya and Auliya. beer to move from one posi- eliminate the instruments of A. Since the money is in trust, Q. The custom among my rela- tion to the next before or after the devil. A group of musallis you have not as yet acquired tives when making Aqeeqah is its proper place. should take up the matter ownership of the property. to ensure that bones of the This is in addition to the with the imam and trustees. The current owner is entitled slaughtered animal are not fact of annoying the people If there are sufficient musal- to the income yielded by the broken, and that they are bur- because of the volume of their lis objecting, then they will property. ied. The mother of the newborn voices as a result of their have to comply. Q. Is it permissible to perform is not allowed to partake of the mouths being so close to the Furthermore, the worm- Tahyatul Musjid and Tahyatul Aqeeqah meat. Is this custom microphone. Despite this, they like performance of the Wudhu during the prohibited correct? don't give this issue the im- imams invalidate the Salaat. times? A. The practices of your rela- portance it deserves and they These silly and ludicrous A. It is not permissible to per- tives regarding the Aqeeqah might not even acknowledge it movements nullify the Salaat. form Tahyatul Musjid, as described by you are bid’ah at all. Musallis caught up in such Tahyatul Wudhu and any oth- and not permissible. The The zulm of the micro- evil situations, should repeat er Salaat during the prohibit- Aqeeqah animal/meat is ex- phone goes so far, yet these their Salaat. ed times of Zawwaal, sunrise actly the same as Qur’baani Imams continue to perpetrate and sunset. Also, these and meat. Nafl Salaat may not be per- Q. Is it permissible for husband satanism.