النص المفهرس

FATĀWĀ DĀR AL-‘ULŪM
ZAKARĪYYĀ
VOLUME ONE
Hadrat Maulānā Muftī Rada' al-Haq
Sāhib

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Foreword.
17
Compiler's Note
19
A Bird's Eye View of Dar al-'Ulum Zakarīyya.
21
Departments at Dār al-'Ulūm Zakarīyyā
21
The Book of Īman and Beliefs
22
Chapter One: Allah Ta'ālā
22
Honorific titles with the name of Allah
22
Saying: Allah Sahib
26
Is Allāh in The Heavens?
27
Referring to someone other than Allah as "Maulānā"
32
Chapter Two: Rasūlullah
35
It is not proven that Rasulullah went to the 'Arsh on the occasion
of Mi'rāj
35
The location of Sarīf al-Aqlam
39
Jibra'il abstaining from going beyond Sidratul Muntaha
41
Rasūlullah sitting on the 'Arsh
43
The narration of Mujahid as regards Rasulullah sitting on the
'Arsh
50
Rasūlullāh's shadow
52
The 'aqīqah of Rasūlullah
57
Seeing Rasūlullah in a state of wakefulness
59
A misgiving with regard to seeing Rasūlullah in a state of
wakefulness
61
The names of Rasūlullah
63
Applying the words "Nur 'Arshihi" to Rasūlullah
66
Conveying salām at the grave of Rasūlullah
68
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Referring to Rasūlullāh as "Yā Sahib az-Zamān"
70
Is Jibra'īl a teacher of Rasūlullah?
71
Rasūlullah bringing the dead to life
74
Applying the word "Sayyiduna" to Rasūlullah
77
Chapter Three: The Prophets
82
Hadrat Idris ascending to the heavens
82
Divine revelation to Hadrat 'Isa after his second coming .
84
Hadrat 'Īsa's marriage
86
Hadrat 'Īsa - a mujtahid
88
Where did Hadrat Adam descend?
92
The Paradise of Hadrat Adam
95
Hadrat Mūsā's wish to be included in the ummah of Rasūlullah .. 98
Chapter Four: The Sahabah
102
The reason for addressing Abu Bakr as Siddīq
102
Unanimity as regards the khilafah of Abū Bakr
104
Giving a bath to certain Sahabah
106
Umm Hakim's second marriage
108
A verse which makes reference to Umm Salamah
111
The birth of Hadrat 'Ali in the Ka'bah
111
Those who believe in the prophet-hood of Hadrat 'Alī
115
The reason for saying Zahra' when referring to Hadrat Fatimah
116
Rabī'atur Ra'y criticizing a Sahābī
118
Did Hadrat 'Alī carry the gate of Khaybar?
120
Did Hadrat 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas call Hadrat Mu'awiyah a donkey?
123
Attributing taqīyyah to Hadrat Ibn 'Abbas
125
A narration with reference to Hadrat Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
126
Walīd ibn 'Uqbah accused of fisq
132
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Hadrat Walīd ibn 'Uqbah was a Sahābī.
142
A Hadith with reference to Hadrat Mu'awiyah
144
Hadrat Khalid ibn Walid consumes poison
146
Did Hadrat 'Umar bury his daughter alive during Jahiliyyah
147
The meaning of Mu'awiyah
148
A Sahābī being cast into a fire
150
Hadrat 'Umar promulgating the penal code on his son.
153
Chapter Five: Unbelief, Apostasy and Deviated Sects
157
Maintaining contact with an apostate
157
My doe-eyed damsels will have to wait for me
159
Considering the usury of the Qur'an to be lawful
161
The reasons for different groups within the ummah.
164
Displaying pictures of Khomeini outside the masjid
167
The masajid or Imam Bara of the Shi'ahs
167
The imamat of people with corrupt beliefs
168
What to do in the above situation
168
Beliefs of the Isma'ilī sect
168
Belief in the transmigration of souls
171
Paying respects to a statue
174
Chapter Six: Taqlīd and Ijtihad
176
There is no difference between taqlīd and ittiba'
176
The definitional and general usage of the word taqlīd
177
Reliable books on the topic of taqlīd
178
Choosing a different madh-hab for certain subsidiary matters .. 179
The link between the literal and definitional meaning of taqlīd 181
Answers to 54 questions posed by a ghayr muqallid.
....
183
Chapter Seven: Refutation of Bid'ah
237
An explanation of bid'ah.
237
Calling out the name of Rasūlullah after his demise
248
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Saying "Ya Muhammadāhu"
252
Observing a moment's silence to express one's grief.
256
Holding a mīlād gathering
.257
Standing up in a mīlād assembly
260
Insisting on mustahab actions
264
A structure and a dome over the blessed grave of Rasūlullah
267
Taking Rasūlullah as a wasīlah
272
An examination of 'Uthman ibn Hunayf's incident with regard to
tawassul
278
Quoting a story of the Jews in the issue of tawassul.
291
Supplicating at the grave of a pious person.
294
People of the unseen
296
Conveying rewards to the people of the unseen
298
Chapter Eight: Biographies and History
300
The appearance of Mahdī
300
Saying "'alayhis salam" with the name of Hadrat Mahdi
302
The birth of Hadrat Hawwa.
303
The cover of the Ka'bah
306
Where was Pharaoh drowned?
308
Abū Tālib's religion
309
A cure in the soil of Madinah Munawwarah
310
When were the couplets: Tala'al Badru 'Alayna sung?
313
The palm trunk after the construction of Rasulullah's pulpit ..... 315
The location of Sakhrah-e-Bayt al-Maqdis and its virtue.
317
The author of Nahj al-Balaghah ..
319
The army of Sa'd ibn Abī Waqqas walks over a river
320
In which battle was "Ya Muhammadahu" used as a slogan by the
Sahābah?
322
The Book of Tafsir and Tajwid
325
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The reasons for Isra'īlī narrations in tafāsīr
325
Ta'awwudh and tasmiyah when reading Tafsir Jalalayn.
328
Tafsīr bi ar-ra'y .
329
Is Sūrah al-Falaq a Makkan or Madīnan sūrah?
334
Stopping at a point before a meaning is completed
336
اصبروا وصابروا ورابطوا The correct tafsir of
337
The qurra' reading the takbir from Sūrah ad-Duha downwards 338
The meaning of ayat-e-himsīyyah.
............... 340
ولو انهم اذ ظلموا أنفسهم :The story of a Bedouin related to the verse
....
.342
.. وجعل القمر فيهن :Tafsir of the verse
...
....
.......
.344
........................ ولقد علمنا المستقدمين منكم The correct tafsir of
349
Reading Bismillah when commencing recitation in the middle of a
sūrah
351
The Mu'tazilah's claim that the Qur'an is hadith
353
Rasūlullāh's knowledge of mutashābihāt verses
355
358 .... ولقد آتيناك سبعا من المثاني ... :The correct application of the verse
The sequence of the Qur'an.
.......
....
.360
The wisdom behind the arrangement of the Qur'an being
different from the sequence of revelation
.362
أفلا يتدبرون القرآن :A reply to a misgiving about the verse
.363
سبعة أحرف A clear explanation of
365
Dividing the Qur'an into parts and ahzab
372
The Book on Hadith and Athar
376
Wasting wudu' water
376
The virtue of wearing yellow shoes
378
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The correct meaning of the Hadith: If you do not sin, Allah will
destroy you .....
379
O the First of the first and the Last of the last!
381
Narrations which make reference to being resurrected in a state
of nakedness
383
Passing away on a Friday
385
Commencing a task on a Wednesday
389
Performing 40 salāhs in Madinah
392
Read the Qur'an and do not be deceived by.
396
Reference to the Euphrates River
399
This is Mahdī, the khalifah of Allah
401
The one who builds more than what is sufficient
402
A nation which has a woman as its leader will never succeed .... 404
Mention of the Sahabah in the Hadith of Durud Sharif.
412
The one who spends extra on his family on the day of 'Ashura' 415
Reading ... وما قدرو الله at the time of a journey
418
I was a Prophet when Adam was still between water and clay ... 420
My light was the first thing which Allah created
422
The name of the angel of death
424
There is no salah for him
427
Allah sent me as a source of guidance and a mercy to the worlds
427
Passing the thumbs over the eyes
428
Reward for salah while in Allah's path
429
Are the accepted pebbles at the Jamarat raised to the heavens? 433
I made sehrī with Rasūlullah during the day
435
Placing the hands below the navel
437
Placing the hands on the chest.
439
Placing the hands on the throat
444
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The one who revives my Sunnah when my ummah is corrupt ... 445
............... حم لا ينصرون :An investigation of
448
Had I wanted to name them.
464
Ransom after the Battle of Badr
466
The sultan is Allah's shadow on earth
468
Salah performed while wearing a turban is superior to 70 salāhs
.470
Rasulullah did not pass away without first reading and writing 471
امصص بظر اللات :Abu Bakr's statement
475
You must use your intelligence
...........
....
.........
477
478 .. لا عدوى ولا طيرة ولا هامة ولا صفر :An investigation of the Hadith
Prompting the deceased
.479
Shi'ah objections against Hadrat 'Umar with regard to Hadith-e-
Qirtās
481
Dogs bark at Hadrat 'A'ishah at Hau'ab
489
We have returned from a lesser jihad to a greater jihad
493
Had you not been the Amir al-Mu'minin.
495
Were it not for Mu'adh, 'Umar would have been destroyed
.497
The one who increases in knowledge but not in guidance
502
The Hadith which makes reference to Abdal
504
The land of Mina is like the womb of a mother
506
The dowry cannot be less than ten dirhams
507
Saying: تقبل الله منا ومنكم on the occasion of the two 'Ids
,510
The one who performs a walking hajj
513
Had Ibrahim lived, he would have been a truthful one and a
Prophet.
515
Passing wet hands over socks
519
The sound of Hadrat Bilal's footsteps were heard in Paradise
.... 523
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An angel hears the durud of the entire creation at the grave of
Rasūlullāh
526
The virtue of a mu'adhdhin
529
The mu'adhdhins shall have the longest necks.
532
It would have been better if he left a gap between them
534
Listening to music is haram and taking enjoyment from it is kufr
536
537 ...... سبوح قدوس رب الملائكة والروح :An investigation of the words
اللُّهُمَّ إني أعيذها بك وذريتها من الشيطان :An investigation of the words
.............. الرجيم
538
اللُّهُمَّ رب السموات السبع والأرضين السبع :An investigation of the words
................... وما أقللن
539
The Hadith related to the Jauniyah woman.
540
Placing the hand on the forehead after salah and supplicating .542
When you are confused about matters, seek help from the grave-
dwellers
543
The virtue of reading Sūrah al-Ikhlas 11 times
545
Islam will be dominant until 12 caliphs
548
Do not fast during these days
553
The one who has no love has no īman
557
Glory to the One who beautified men with beards
558
Paradise lies at the feet of mothers
560
Scattering dates on the occasion of a marriage
562
A doe-eye damsel of Paradise known as Lu'bah
564
The three most beloved things.
566
Counting the tasbīhat with both hands
569
The prohibition to do cupping on a Wednesday
572
Your actions decide your rulers
575
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Establishing a belief through khabar wahid
,576
I am elegant and my brother, Yusuf, is handsome
579
The Book on Sufism
581
Chapter One: Bay'ah
581
The reality of bay'ah
581
Pledging bay'ah to a second shaykh after having pledged to the
first one
583
Pledging bay'ah by spreading a sheet
585
Chapter Two: Forms of Dhikr
589
Loud dhikr
589
591
Durūd-e-Tāj
Du'ā'-e-Jamīlah
593
Reading Dalā'il al-Khayrat as a wazīfah
596
Reading Sūrahs al-Baqarah and Al 'Imran in a new house
596
The reason for not being protected against evil despite reading
du'a's for this purpose
.599
A weekly assembly of durūd and du'a'
601
Collective du'a' at the conclusion of an assembly
604
Using pits as counters
607
Chapter Three: Da'wah and Tabligh.
613
Multiplied rewards in the path of Allah.
613
An answer to an objection made against Tablīghīs
616
Is a person committing a major crime for not participating in
Tabligh?
618
Going from house to house for the sake of Tabligh
621
Walking in pairs on the right side of the road
624
Answers to few questions on Tabligh.
626
Women travelling for the sake of Tabligh.
627
An objection to women undertaking Tablighī journeys
.. 634
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The acceptance of supplications of those who go out in Allah's
cause
636
Applying Qur'anic verses and Ahadith on jihad to the work of
Tablīgh
638
Tablīghīs do not prohibit evil
642
Rejecting the means
647
Miscellaneous Principles
655
Two conflicting principles
655
Issuing a fatwa on conflicting rulings .
659
The Book on Purity.
661
Chapter One: Wudu' and Ghusl
661
Forgetting to say Bismillah
661
Performing wudū' while standing
662
Performing wudū' while sitting
664
The correct way of passing wet fingers through the beard in
wudū'
665
Taking help from a person when performing wudū'
666
Khilāl of the fingers
667
Performing wudu' with contact lenses
668
Wudu' and ghusl while having nail polish
669
Performing wudū' in swimming pools
670
Wudu' with water in which milk has been added
671
Making masah of partial parts in wudū'
671
Masah for a cancer patient
672
A woman whose nose and ears are pierced
673
Wudu' and ghusl with gold teeth
674
Supplications when washing wudū' parts
675
Reading Bismillah and other du'a's in an attached bathroom.
680
Using a towel after wudū'
682
A person having four hands
684
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Reading a book while bathing
.686
Facing the qiblah while bathing naked.
687
Performing a wajib ghusl while having capped teeth or braces .688
The status of ghusl when there is a patch on any part of the body
689
Performing ghusl after giving ghusl to a deceased
690
Using toothpaste in place of a miswak when performing wudu'692
The correct way of masah of the head
694
The correct way of masah of the ears
696
Masah of the nape
698
Masah of the nape according to Shafi'īs
701
Chapter Two: The Breakers of Wudu' and Ghusl
703
Blood which emerges after an injection
703
Vomit which is accompanied with blood
703
Liquid which emerges from painful eyes
704
Blood is a breaker of wudū'
705
Extracting blood via an injection
707
The status of wudu' when traces of blood are seen in saliva
708
Falling asleep while sitting on a seat
709
Falling asleep while sitting cross-legged
710
Falling asleep while in prostration
710
Liquid which emanates from a woman's breast
711
Semen which emanates after ghusl
712
When husband and wife touch each other
714
Inserting a finger in the private part
715
Liquid which emanates from a woman's private part.
716
Chapter Three: Tayammum
718
Experiencing major impurity in a masjid.
718
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Performing tayammum solely to enter a masjid or to read the
Qur'an
718
Performing salah with tayammum despite being promised water
719
Tayammum for a person who cannot perform wudū'
720
Inability to use water
721
Tayammum for a palsy or stroke patient
722
A person in major impurity performing tayammum in the
absence of privacy
724
Performing tayammum on a bus wall
725
Tayammum to read Hadith
725
Chapter Four: Masah on Khuffayn and Jaurabayn
728
Masah with fabric socks which have leather soles
728
Masah on cotton jurmūq ..
729
Using both hands when making masah on leather socks.
730
Masah on jaurabayn
731
The prerequisite of "thick" when making masah on jaurabayn.737
Masah on "Reef" socks
740
Chapter Five: Hayd and Nifās
743
Reward for the inconvenience of menses
743
Disposal of used sanitary pads
744
An important ruling on menses according to Imam Muhammad
745
Imam Muhammad's view on menses
747
A menstruating woman sitting near a deceased person
748
Taking medicines to stop menses
749
Engaging in conjugal relations wittingly during menses
750
Turbid or muddy blood after the normal period
751
Saffron-coloured spots after the normal cycle.
752
Bleeding for three months after child-birth.
753
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An important ruling with regard to menses
754
Reading and touching a tafsir during menses
755
Bleeding more than the norm
756
Bleeding after premature delivery of a child.
756
Bleeding for 11 days after the completion of nifās
757
Menopause
758
Menses immediately after the completion of 40-days' nifās
759
Bleeding during the beginning and end of nifās
.....
760
A woman aborts in the fourth month and the second child is in
the womb
761
A woman in menses replying to the adhan
761
A person in major impurity reading and writing the Qur'an
.762
Clipping nails during menses and nifās
766
Istinjā' for a mustahādah
766
Chapter Six: Purification From Impurities
768
Purifying an impure carpet
768
Purifying an impure hand-pump
769
Clothes which are dry-cleaned
769
An impure floor which has dried
771
Chapter Seven: Miscellaneous Issues Related to Purity
773
The status of water after immersing a hand in it ..
773
Covering one's head before entering a toilet.
774
Looking at one's urine and excreta.
775
Using spirits to clean a watch
776
Reading only Bismillah before wudu' or before entering the toilet
778
Clipping nails while in a state of major impurity
780
The urine and droppings of a frog
780
An unbeliever in major impurity entering a masjid.
781
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Steam which emanates from impure water
782
Chapter Eight: Masjid Rules
784
Rules related to a masjid and a jamā'at khanah
784
Accepting the donation of a non-Muslim for a masjid
786
Announcing a lost item in the masjid
786
Utilizing the income from qurbanī skins for a masjid
788
Using zakāh for a masjid through a Shar'ī ruse
791
Bringing rocks of the Ka'bah as a source of blessings
792
Taking masjid or madrasah water to one's house.
793
Providing heaters or hot water with masjid money.
795
Appointing the imam or madrasah teacher as a trustee
796
Renting out the upper storey and making the lower storey waqf
797
Renting out masjid shoe cubicles
799
Selling masjid properties which are waqf
800
Constructing a room above the masjid and a toilet below
802
Qualities which a masjid and madrasah trustee ought to possess
.803
Paying madrasah teachers with funds collected for the masjid .804
Changing the masjid name and preconditioning membership with
a donation.
805
Dismissing an imam because of a personal dispute
807
Converting an old 'id gah into a masjid and madrasah
809
Selling unnecessary items of a masjid ..........
810
Demolishing a damaged masjid and rebuilding it
811
Few questions related to masajid.
812
Taking a waqf Qur'an out of the masjid
814
Fruits of a fruit-bearing tree in a graveyard or masjid.
815
The method of appointing a trustee.
817
Appointing a life-trustee
818
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Informing the public of the trust's decisions
819
When the public distrusts the committee
819
Spending qawwalī money for a masjid.
821
A masjid which was constructed with haram wealth.
821
Teaching children in the masjid and taking a salary for it
823
History of the masjid mihrab
825
The number of steps in Rasūlullah's pulpit
829
Translator's Note
831
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Foreword
This insignificant servant has been occupied in the Ifta' Department of
Dār al-'Ulūm Zakarīyya for the past 26 years. Before this I was also
affiliated to the Dar al-Ifta' of Jami'ah Binnaurī Town, Karachi. In the
beginning I used to write the fatawa myself or give answers verbally
and telephonically (all praise is due to Allah ta'ala, this practice
continues to this day). Subsequently, a few graduates of Dar al-'Ulūm
Zakarīyya used to come to me and practise the writing of fatawa under
my supervision. Since quite some time, I have been giving questions to
the students and also handing over questions which I receive
periodically. The students would then write the answers together with
full references. If I felt that a certain answer was incorrect, I would ask
them to rewrite it. If they could not find the references despite
searching for them, I would show them where to find them. There
were occasions when I used to reject their answers several times so
that they are directed towards the correct answers. Anyway, they
continued obtaining most of the references and a considerable amount
of material was gathered over a period of time. Some fatawa were also
lost or mislaid. One of our graduates who specialized in fiqh - Maulana
Muftī 'Abd al-Barī Sahib the son of Shaykh-e-Tarīqat Hadrat Maulānā
Hājī Muhammad Faruq Sahib rahimahullah - had been telling me that
the fatawa ought to be collated so that they are not lost, but this task
was always deferred until when he came from Sukkur, Pakistan in 2005
and stayed over for three weeks during which period he arranged the
material for one volume. Subsequently, Muftī Muhammad Ilyās
Shaykh undertook to remove duplicate fatawa and to systemize the
book. This was done is 2007.
The following points are presented with regard to these fatawa:
1. Lengthy references from some of the fatawa were removed
and we sufficed with the essential references.
2. This task was done in a rush. There is therefore the possibility
of mistakes in the references and the answers. We request the
reader to certainly inform us if he comes across any glaring
mistake.
3. Bearing in mind the importance of some of the fatawa, I felt
that they should be written in detail but I did not get the
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opportunity to do it. If I am given the life and inspiration from
Allāh ta'ālā, this task will probably be undertaken in the future.
4. Due to the importance of certain fatawa, the writings of some
senior contemporary 'ulama' have been included. These are
referenced wherever they occur.
5. The references have - by and large - been obtained by the
students. I did very little of this because of my other
occupations and my weak eyesight. In fact, searching for and
extracting references is part of their fatawa practice.
6. Corrections to the Urdu - in fact, presenting the fatawa in a
new Urdu form - were done by Maulana Muftī 'Abd al-Bārī
Sāhib and Muftī Muhammad Ilyās Shaykh.
7. Many students belonging to other juridical schools - especially
the Shafi'ī madh-hab - study at Dar al-'Ulūm Zakarīyya. This is
why some answers have been written according to the Shafi'ī
fiqh. These answers are for Shafi'īs alone.
(Hadrat Muftī) Rada' al-Haq (Sahib - may Allāh ta'ālā protect him)
Servant at Dār al-'Ulūm Zakarīyyā
Lenasia, South Africa
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Compiler's Note
The first volume of Fatāwā Dār al-'Ulum Zakarīyyā is in your hands. This
collection is one spark of the academic excellences - which cannot be
encompassed on pen and paper - of my respected teacher, Shaykh al-
Hadīth Hadrat Muftī Rada' al-Haq Sahib mudda zilluhul 'alī. Allah ta'ālā
made him an embodiment of many qualities and excellences. Despite
being on a lofty pedestal of knowledge and virtue, intelligence,
farsightedness and juridical acumen, he is overwhelmed by abstinence,
piety, servitude, humility and simplicity. Since quite some time,
students of madaris and approved academic circles had been insisting
that Hadrat Mufti Sahib's academic pearls be brought into the public
domain so that every strata of society can easily benefit from them. I
myself was included among those who persisted but Hadrat Muftī
Sahib - due to his humility - continually refused. The matter continued
to be deferred.
All praise is due to Allah ta'ala, after obtaining Hadrat Muftī Sahib's
permission and consent, the first part of this valuable treasure is now
before us. As the reader studies this collection, he will be continually
irrigating his heart and mind with the investigative acumen, fine
vision, farsightedness and rare deductions of Hadrat Muftī Sahib.
Dār al-'Ulūm Zakarīyya is my alma mater where I had the opportunity
of specializing in figh and practising the issuing of fatawa under the
supervision of Hadrat Muftī Sahib for one year. In the course of my
studies, I observed his unique investigative acumen and the vast
treasure of his fatawa. On seeing them, I repeatedly felt that this great
academic treasure should be published. Now that Allah ta'ālā has
enabled us to witness this blessed day, I feel it appropriate to present a
few points with regard to this collection so that it may be easier for
the reader to benefit from it and to understand its style.
1. A considerable portion of the fatawa which is to be found at
the Dar al-'Ulum was personally written by Hadrat Muftī
Sahib. It has been included in this collection at the appropriate
places.
2. Due to Hadrat Muftī Sahib's many engagements, weak
eyesight, and subsequent to the establishment of the
Department of Specialization in Figh at the Dar al-'Ulum, the
students in this department have been undertaking this task.
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3. The fatawa which the students wrote for the purpose of fatawa
practice were written in the light of Hadrat Muftī Sahib's
investigations and guidelines. I myself experienced many
times in the course of my studies how Hadrat Muftī Sahib's
supervision and guidance were with us when searching for
rulings. It will be correct for me to say that the investigation
was undertaken by Hadrat Muftī Sahib while the fatawa were
written by the students.
4. It was considered unnecessary to include the name of the
person who posed the question. Bearing in mind that this
entire work was done under Hadrat Muftī Sahib's supervision
and in the light of his teachings, the names of those who wrote
the answers have not been written separately.
5. The answers to questions were not given immediately. Instead,
each answer was given after a full investigation. This is why
the reader may find some of the fatawa to be lengthy. At the
same time, some of the very long fatawa have been shortened.
Final request: I am fully aware of my ignorance and lack of knowledge.
I am certainly not qualified for this task. Bearing in mind that I am
devoid of righteousness and capabilities, it is certainly not possible to
fulfil the right of the arrangement of these fatawa. I apologize to the
reader for my audacity and at the same time request to attribute any
shortcoming, mistake or defect which he comes across to the compiler
because these can only be a result of my ignorance. As far as possible,
efforts were made to correct the references and texts, but the
possibility of errors in the arrangement and printing remains. If the
reader comes across any clear error, he must certainly inform me so
that it can be rectified in future editions. I will be highly indebted to
the person.
Finally I make an earnest supplication to Allah ta'ālā to make this
collection most beneficial and to make this small effort of mine a
source of peace and tranquillity to the soul of my respected father,
Shafīq al-Ummat Shah Muhammad Fārūq Sahib rahimahullāh (who had
a lot of faith, confidence and love for Hadrat Muftī Sahib in his heart). I
beg Allah ta'ālā to bless this effort with acceptance in His court. Āmīn.
(Muftī) 'Abd al-Bārī, may Allah pardon him.
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