Fiqh - Al Jumuah Magazine

Rulings Regarding Zakat Al-Fitr: A Cleansing and Enriching Obligatory Charity (part 1)

THE SCOPE OF worship in Islam is universal, in the literal sense. For the Quran tells us that each and every constituent of creation— near or far, seen or unseen, animate or inanimate—worships the true and only Allah, Indeed, every being in…

The Big Bad Beard | part 2

"Many times, it happens that it's the job which requires shaving the beard, and that he would lose his job if he does not shave. Usually in most cases it's peer pressure and the office environment --but then again at times the…

The Big Bad Beard | part 1

BEARDS HAVE BEEN around for quite a long time. How long you ask? Since the time Adam set foot on this planet. Exactly, that’s how long since the beard has been around. Since the very beginning beards have been a thing that…

Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?

THE USE OF DNA fingerprinting, or genetic print, in criminal investigations is a novel legal usage (nâzilah) about which Muslim scholar-jurists (fuqahâ’) are divided in their opinion. The fuqahâ’ differ as to the kinds of cases in which a genetic print may stand…

Da‘wah in Complex Settings (3) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

PART (1) AND (2) discussed the first and second situations in which dâʿîs may find themselves today, according to Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him. Here we discuss his third of three. (3) Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong:…

Da’wah in Complex Settings (2) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

PART (1) DISCUSSED the first situation—a position of powerlessness—in which dâʿîs may find themselves today, according to Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him. Here we discuss his second of three. (2) Leaving off a Commendable Act for the…

Da’wah in Complex Settings (1) | Ra’d ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz

THERE IS NO question that there are few or no serious fiqhi (legal) problems connected with the Muslim individual’s living in a society where Islamic principles and teachings reign supreme. Difficulties, however, crop up when this society distances itself from Islam—and the…

Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying a Person Who was Previously an Adulterer or an Adulteress (2) | Mahmoud Rizq

PART (1) DISCUSSED an âyah (24:3) which apparently prohibits a Muslim from marrying a person involved in adultery or fornication. Scholars differ as to the meaning of yankiḥ, whether it means ‘to marry’ or ‘to copulate. Each side of the controversy can…

Shari‘ah Ruling on Marrying A Person Who Was Previously an Adulterer Or An Adulteress (1) | Mahmoud Rizq

ALLAH SAYS IN Sûrat Al-Nûr: A man who fornicates shall not marry anyone but a woman who fornicates or an idolatress. And as for the woman who fornicates, none shall she marry but a fornicator or an idolater—and such marriage is forbidden…

Why Scholars Disagree (3) | Shaykh Ibn Uthaimin

WE CONTINUE FROM Part 2 with issues related to the weighing of evidence received by scholars. Three categories of reasons for a scholar not following a [known] hadith Ibn Taymiyyah said: “It is an established fact that none of the known and…