DARUL IFTAA 2019 | 1440 REPORT BY: MUFTI EBRAHIM DESAI (HAFIDHAHULLAH) WWW.DARULIFTAA.NET | WWW.ASKIMAM.ORG | WWW.IDEALWOMAN.ORG 1 THE DARUL IFTAA REPORT 2019 | 1440 In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful. اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﻟﻠﻪ وﻛﻔﻰ واﻟﺼﻼة واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﲆ ﻋﺒﺎده اﻟﺬﻳﻦ اﺻﻄﻔﻰ Most Respected Muiyaan, Ulama, and Honourable Guests, Assalaamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, Alhamdulillah, it is the grace of Almighty Allah Ta’ala that He has granted us Tawfeeq to engage in the service of Deen. We make Dua that Allah Ta’ala forgive our short- comings. We make Dua that Allah Ta’ala grant us Ikhlas in whatever we do. We make Dua that Allah keep us engaged in the service of Deen till the end. Aameen. Alhamdulillah, this year, we have 18 Ulama qualifying as Muis. ey will be receiv- ing certicates for completing the two-year Iaa course. ey will also receive certi- cates for completing the Islamic Finance Economics course. GRADUATING STUDENTS e sequence of the names are according to the age of the students. e names are not called out based on merit. e graduating students are: 2 THE DARUL IFTAA REPORT 2019 | 1440 1. Mui Mahomed Yasser Mahomed Iunus Mahomed Hussen Mozambique Graduated from - Darul Uloom Newcastle 2. Mui Anas Ullah Sharie India Graduated from - Darul Uloom Deoband 3. Mui Faizal Dhada United Kingdom Graduated from - Al Kawthar Academy. He also completed his degree in law. 4. Mui Hussein Muhammad Tanzania Graduated from - Madrasah In'aamiyyah, Camperdown 5. Mui Muhammad Shabbir Patel Zambia Graduated from - Darul Uloom Azaadville 6. Mui Tahmid Chowdhury USA Graduated from - Darul Uloom Azaadville 3 THE DARUL IFTAA REPORT 2019 | 1440 7. Mui Mirza Mahmood Baig Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Graduated from - Darul Uloom Zakariyya 8. Mui Rabiul Islam USA Graduated from - Darul Uloom NY 9. Mui Mizanur Rahman United Kingdom Graduated from - Jamiatul ilm wal Huda 10. Mui Tareque Ahmed USA Graduated from - Darul Uloom New York 11. Mui Lut Alam USA Graduated from - Darul Uloom New York 12. Mui Mehrazur Rahman USA Graduated from - Darul Uloom Azaadville 4 THE DARUL IFTAA REPORT 2019 | 1440 e Q&A of Cii is also under the administration of the Darul Iaa. is position has 13. Mui Aboobakr Siddeeq Mohammad. e son of Muhtaram been taken upon the request of many senior Ulama and aer consulting with Hadhrat Mui Amjad Saheb (Daamat Barakatuhum) Mui Ahmed Khanpuri Saheb and Hadhrat Maulana Sulaiman Choksi Saheb. e Azaadville, JHB Q&A forum is used only as an educational forum. We humbly request, you the Ulama Graduated from - Darul Uloom Azaadville to forward us questions that require educating the public through Cii. 14. Mui Muajul Islam Chowdhury Darul Iaa Mahmudiyyah Workshops: USA We wish to place on record the following organizations for their assistance in the Graduated from - Darul Uloom Azaadville Respected guests, practical training of our students. e written questions received by the Darul Iaa are from the Ask Imam website. ere are approximately 50,000 Ask Imam Fatawas posted on the Ask Imam website 15. Mui Muhammad Yusuf bin Maulana Abdur Rahim 1) e Jamiatul Ulama KZN for permitting our students to take part in the Judicial sittings of Jamiatul and other websites. Unfortunately, many Fatawa got lost due to transferring informa- Khan. Son of Muhtaram Ulama KZN tion. We hope to retrieve the lost Fatawa and place them back on the website. We had Maulana Abdur Rahim Khan Saheb. Principal of Darul 2) e IPCI for training our students in comparative religions and debates. Uloom Numaniyyah. many requests to revamp and upgrade the Ask Imam website and search engine. 3) To Mui (Advocate) Emran Vawda for conducting a course on mediation and arbitration. is course Alhamdulillah, the website is revamped. e search engine has also been modied. was useful as Mui Emran also has legal backgroung together with his knowledge of Shari’ah. 16. Mui Muhammed Al-Ameen bin Maulana Ismail Akoo 4) e Muslim Prison Board, headed by Maulana Shabbir Asmal Saheb, for training our students on A separate section pertaining to Ahadith have been created for easy reference. Saheb. Son of Muhtaram dealing with prisoners and prison related issues. Maulana also facilitated a visit for our students to the West- We also eld questions from our Ideal Woman website, a website that deals specical- Maulana Ismail Akoo Saheb. ville prison. ly with feminine and social related issues. Most of the Fatawa received through the Principal of Darul Uloom New Castle. 5) e Hilal Committee of Jamiatul Ulama KZN headed by Maulana Shabbir Asmal for the training on Ideal Woman website are not posted due to request of condentiality from women or various issues pertaining to Hilal. due to the sensitive/personal nature of the questions. 17. Mui Abdullah bin Syed Sajid. Son of Muhtaram Syed 6) e Archer Archery Academy, Br. Zaid Kajee for training our students on archery, a great Sunnah of Sajid Saheb. Principal of Darul Huda, Texas. USA Rasulullah . Graduated from - Darul Uloom New York 7) e Darul Ihsan Humanitarian Centre (Muhtaram Mui Zubair Bayat Saheb) for conducting a work- shop on marriage counselling for our students. 8) e Public Speaking and Leadership Academy, Mohammed Vahed and Idris Khamisa on Public Each qualifying student is required to present a thesis on some contemporary issues. One Humanity: We also thank you for your continued support and Duas. May Allah Ta’ala reward you speech training. Alhamdulillah, each student qualifying today has presented their thesis which will be abundantly. Aameen. You may get further information from: www.one-humani- 9) We thank Mui Shafeeq Jakura Saheb for making a presentation on Islamic Finance. uploaded on the Darul Iaa website. ty.net. We also thank Ebrahim Desai (Accountant) for conducting practicals on Kafn and Dafn (shrouding and e Darul Iaa operates the One Humanity Foundation. burial). SHARIAH COMPLIANT INVESTMENT SCHEMES: e motivation of One Humanity is to restore dignity and honor in the underprivi- Mediation and Arbitration: 10) We thank the Al- Imdaad Foundation (Maulana Ahmed Chohan, Yaqub Vahed, Qari Ziyad Patel, and e Darul Iaa has been inundated with queries pertaining to the Al- Mabroor leged people. Alhamdulillah, the Darul Iaa also provides the services of commercial mediation Maulana Muhammad Motala) for conducting a workshop with our students on various aspects of welfare, investment scheme. e Darul Iaa only guarantees the Shariah compliancy of the and arbitration. In the past two years, we have successfully mediated and arbitrated crisis and disaster management. scheme. Alhamdulillah through your generous donations, One Humanity Foundation was many commercial related disputes worth many millions of Rands. Most of our inter- 10) A special thanks and Shukriyah to Muhtaram Mui Amjad Saheb for taking out time and preparing able to assist hundreds of Muslims families during the winter with blankets and food ventions are resolved through mediation. the anthem (tarana) for the Darul Iaa. May Allah reward all of you for your sacrices and contributions. Whilst we do understand that Al- Mabroor has been performing well and has passed packs in Malawi. We also assisted families during Ramadhan and Eid through Iar We humbly advise our business community to resolve their business disputes accord- the Billion Rand mark, we only undertake to guarantee the Shariah compliancy of Al- distribution, food hampers, and Eid packs. ing to Shariah and avoid referring the disputes to the courts. is is a wastage of Mabroor products. Distribution of food hampers and Iar was also done in Gaza and Jordan/Syria. money and resources. Besides that, the ruling of the courts are not according to the Alhamdulillah, the Darul Iaa has published the English commentary of Qaseedah Your Qurbani was also distributed to hundreds of families across various villages in Shariah. Burdah. Insha’Allah, this will be available soon. Whoever wishes to invest in it, may do so at their own risk. e Darul Iaa does not Malawi. take any credit for the prots earned or responsibility for any possible losses. Alhamdulillah, in the past two years, there were discourses on the Chapter of Eco- e Darul Iaa has also been requested by the management of the HBZ Islamic Alhamdulillah, thus far many water-wells and boreholes have also been constructed. Shukriyah: nomics of Bukhari Shareef at the Mallinson Road Masjid. e talks are branch to supervise and audit their contracts and transactions. Alhamdulillah, all the One Humanity Foundation is focusing on renovating existing Masajid in rural areas We live in this inter dependent world. We cannot do everything by ourselves. We only being transcribed and we hope to publish it. Insh’Allah the compilation will serve as a contracts of HBZ have been checked by us and we conduct audits on their transac- of Malawi. e aim is to inhabit the Masajid through Makatibs and have adult Da’wah rely on the support and assistance of our near and dear ones. ere are many silent useful commentary for of Bukhari Shareef. tions. We have to acknowledge that Islamic banking working within a conventional programs. Alhamdulillah, thus far, some Masajid have been renovated and Maktabs and sincere soldiers behind the services of the Darul Iaa. If we were to name them, e Darul Iaa has compiled 2 volumes of Ideal Woman Fatawa which will be pub- environment does face great challenges. Our endeavor is to promote Islamic Finance have been established. is project is personally supervised on the ground by the the list will be too long. ey are the donors, doctors, food outlets, plumbers, electri- lished soon. to the best of our ability. e Darul Iaa has also certied the Islamic model of Mettle personnel of Darul Iaa in Malawi.