Thursday, 22 March 2012

Her husband had intercourse with her and he did not know that she was menstruating

What does my husband have to do in repentance if he has intercourse with me and I discovered aftter we were finished that my period had come ?

Praise be to Allaah.

If a man has intercourse with his wife and does not know that she is menstruating, then there is no blame on him. It says in a hadeeth narrated from Abu Dharr al-Ghifaari that the Messenger of Allaah SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Allaah will forgive my ummah for their mistakes, what they forget and what they are forced to do.” (Narrated by Ibn Maajah, al-Talaaq, 2033; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Ibn Maajah, 1662).

But the wife should tell him of her situation and let him know that she is bleeding in menstruation, because a man may not realize that and he may have intercourse with her whilst she is menstruating, which is haraam according to sharee’ah. In that case the sin is on her. Menstrual blood is something that is well known to women, and when it starts the woman is considered to be menstruating.

If what happened happened without either party knowing, then they are not sinners, because they did not know and they did not do it deliberately. And Allaah knows best.

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Rulings on sins committed against other people before being guided

A person was ignorant, then Allaah blessed him with Islam. Before that, he used to commit some sins. He says, “I heard a hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), ‘Whoever has wronged his brother with regard to his honour or anything else, let him ask him for forgiveness today before there is no dinar and no dirham.’ What do you advise me to do?”

Allaah has enjoined repentance upon His slaves, as He says (interpretation of the meanings):

“And all of you beg Allaah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful”

[al-Noor 24:31]

“O you who believe! Turn to Allaah with sincere repentance!”

[al-Tahreem 66:8]

“And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death)”

[Ta-Ha 20:82]

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who repents from sin is like one who has never sinned.”

Whoever commits any sin must repent, regret what he has done, give it up, keep away from it and resolve not to go back to it. Allaah accepts the repentance of those who repent.

When a person sincerely repents by regretting what he has done and resolving not to repeat it, and he gives it up out of respect and fear of Allaah, then Allaah accepts his repentance and wipes out his past sins by His grace and kindness.

But if the sin involved wrongdoing against someone else, then the sinner has to do what he is obliged to do by repenting from what has happened, regretting it, giving it up and resolving not to do it again. He must also restore the rights of the one whom he wronged, or seek his forgiveness , such as saying, Please forgive me,” etc. Or he should give him his dues, because of the hadeeth quoted in the question, or other ahaadeeth and aayahs. The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever has done some wrong to his brother, let him seek his forgiveness today before there is no dinar or dirham, when if he has some righteous deeds (to his credit), some of his hasanaat (good deeds) will be taken in proportion to his wrongdoing, and if he has no hasanaat some of the sayi’aat (bad deeds) of the one whom he wronged will be taken and added to his burden.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh). So the believer should strive to put things right and restore his brother’s rights. So he should either give him his dues or ask him for his forgiveness. If it has to do with his honour then he has to ask for his forgiveness if he can. If he cannot, or he fears the consequences of telling him or that telling him about what he said will cause more trouble, then he should pray for forgiveness for him and make du’aa’ for him, and mention his good points that he knows of , to compensate for saying bad things, aiming to wash away something bad with something good. So he should speak of his good points that he knows of and spread good words about him to counteract the bad things which he said before, and he should pray for forgiveness for him and make du’aa’ for him. In this way the problem will be solved.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Should he give his wife control over her own wealth as he does not handle money well?

My question is about my father who used to have a lot of wealth, and we lived a good life, but now he does not own anything but two apartments that he registered in my mother’s name. Now he has become irresponsible – unfortunately – and he still thinks that he is wealthy and he never thinks of getting a job. He is 55 years old and unfortunately, despite my objections to my mother, she has given him control of the two apartments even though she knows how my father is. When I asked her why she did that, she said: “It is his property and he is free to dispose of it.” What should I do? Should I confront him when everyone in his family and others confronted him and opposed him and have given up on him because he lost a lot of wealth? What will he say about me? 
She is right, he was good and was never stingy towards her and never withheld anything from her, but she says “If I did not do it he would divorce me.” How can I confront him when he is bad-tempered and it is difficult to communicate with him? 
What is your opinion – is my mother in the right? Should she get a job and not rely on him, even though she does not want to do that, and she says that he will begin to rely on her? Now he has sold one of the apartments and has spent the money right and left on other people, and he forgets that he has nine children, and even though she reminded him that he lives in one city and we live in another, he remembers for a moment then he forgets his worries and goes back to his dreams. What do you advise us to do before he sells the other apartment and we regret it? She and my father are now having serious arguments because of his careless behaviour, and it may lead to divorce. I want to know whether my father is mentally ill, or what is going on? How should I deal with him? I am confused; please help me for the family is being torn apart.

Praise be to Allaah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade wasting money and spending it on things that are of no benefit.  
It was narrated that al-Mugheerah ibn Shu’bah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Allaah dislikes three things for you: gossip, wasting money and asking too much.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1407) and Muslim (593).  
The scholars regarded bad handling of wealth to be a kind of mischief (fasaad). Imam al-Bukhaari named a chapter on this basis as he said: Chapter: What is forbidden of wasting money and the words of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted: “and Allaah likes not mischief” [al-Baqarah 2:205]. 
Fath al-Baari (5/68). 
A person may be clever but he does not handle money well, rather he wastes it and spends it on things that are of no benefit. Such a person is described by the scholars as safeeh (foolish), and it is not permissible to give him money, rather he should be prevented from handling it, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 
“And give not unto the foolish your property which Allaah has made a means of support for you”
[al-Nisa’ 4:5] 
al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This verse indicates that it is permissible to withhold wealth from the one who is foolish, because Allaah enjoins that in the words “And give not unto the foolish your property” and He says: “But if the debtor is of poor understanding [safeeh], or weak” [al-Baqarah 2:282]. So a guardian is to be appointed for the foolish one just as for the weak one. The word “weak” applies to a minor whereas the word “foolish” applies to an adult. End quote. 
Tafseer al-Qurtubi (5/30). 
Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
With regard to the words of Allaah “And give not unto the foolish your property…”, al-Tabari said, after quoting the views of the mufassireen on what was meant by al-sufaha’ (the foolish): The correct view in our opinion is that it is general in meaning and applies to everyone who is foolish, whether he is a minor or an adult, male or female. The foolish one is the one who wastes wealth and mishandles it. End quote. 
He also said: 
Withholding in sharee’ah means preventing him from disposing of the wealth, which is sometimes in the interests of the person and sometimes in the interests of the wealth. The majority of scholars are of the view that it is permissible to prevent an adult from disposing of wealth (in such cases). End quote. 
Fath al-Baari (5/68). 
If your father does not handle money well, rather he wastes it on things that are of no benefit, then he must be prevented from handling it and it is not permissible to give him control of any wealth. Your mother should cancel the power of attorney or control that she gave to him, so as to protect your property from being lost, because you need it. 
You have to advise him and bring him back to his senses by reminding him with kind words and exhortation that will make him regret what he has lost of his wealth, and make him be careful with what he has left. 
Remind him of the ahaadeeth which will rebuke him for wasting money, and remind him that Allaah has entrusted him with taking care of you, as it says in the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “It is sufficient sin for a man to neglect those for whom he is responsible.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (1692) and classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1965). 
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeem Abaadi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:  
Al-Khattaabi said: This means the ones for whom he is obliged to provide food, meaning that the one who wants to give in charity should not give in charity if he does not have anything surplus to the needs of those whom he is responsible to feed, seeking reward thereby, lest that incur sin for neglecting those for whom he is responsible instead of earning reward. 
‘Awn al-Ma’bood (5/76). 
If this applies in the case of one who is giving charity, then what about the one who wastes money on things that are of no benefit? 
And Allaah knows best.

It is essential to adhere to the method specified by the donor in distributing charity

There is some charity that has been sent to someone to distribute it to some people in a specific manner (one family should take 200 pounds and another family should not take anything). This person thinks that it should be distributed differently so that it may be given to the greatest number of needy people. Is it permissible for him to dispose of it as he sees fit? Please note that the one who sent the charity does not know who is most deserving of it, and he refuses to let it be distributed in any other way.

Praise be to Allaah.
The person who has been appointed to distribute the charity must adhere to the method specified by the donor, because the deputy is entrusted with doing the job that he is meant to do, and he is the deputy of the one who appointed him. He may only dispose of that for which he has been given permission. If this person thinks that another way of distributing it will be more beneficial, he may explain that to the donor but if he insists on his position then he must adhere to what the giver of the money has stipulated and chosen.  
The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked: During Ramadaan, a good person gave me some money and said: Distribute it to the poor because you know more about them than me. I distributed some of it to them, but with the rest I bought some food in the market and distributed it to them instead of giving them the money, because they were unable to buy it from the marketplace themselves, and also because there may be someone in the family who would take the money without the approval of his needy family. Do I have the right to handle the money in this way or not?  
They replied: What you must do is do what the one who appointed you told you to do, by distributing the money to the poor and not buying anything for them with it, because you were not asked to do it in that way. You should pay back what you disposed of and give it to the poor, in accordance with the donor’s instructions and so that you will have discharged your duty, and in sha Allaah you will have the reward for what you spent. 
End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (14/272). 
This indicates that you should limit yourself to the method of distribution stipulated by the donor. 
And Allaah knows best.

Is it permissible for the da’wah office to take what is left over from a program to buy and distribute to the poor?

We are working in an office of da’wah, inviting different communities to Islam. We thought of making an investing da’wah project. We would like to give you an image about this project so that you tell us your opinion and the Islamic rulings on this, asking Allah to greaten your reward.
The project is about the following: the office will make a contract with one of the associations or the national factories to make cold juices available free for the pilgrims (visiting the Ka’bah). One carton of juice will cost the office for example 70 (halalah) and then we will offer them for who wants to share in this charity for one riyal, and the difference of this price will be considered support for the office. We will write in the advertisement that the profit of this project will be for the da’wah work of the office.
What is the Islamic ruling on this matter? How should we avoid any prohibited matter?

Praise be to Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with you doing the program mentioned in the question, so long as you write in the advert “Profits raised by this project will go to support the work of the da’wah office”. Thus donors will be aware of the situation and will understand that you are going to make a profit from this program, and that this profit will support the work of the da’wah office. 
You do not have to tell donors exactly how much the profit that you are going to make will be, because the one who is taking part in this program is doing so with the intention of giving a charitable donation, not with the intention of entering into a business transaction, and it is known that charitable donations are usually based on tolerance and not on competition.  
We ask Allaah to bless your efforts and benefit others through them. 
And Allaah knows best.

His boss gave him the job of following up on some technical drawings, and he managed to save some money on that

I work for an engineering company. The boss gave my colleague the job of following up on the preparation of some technical drawings outside the Kingdom, and my colleague agreed with him on the fees that would be paid to the engineers who prepared the drawings. I was not present with my colleague and the boss did not inform me. But when I found out from my colleague, I suggested to him that I could help him and introduce him to some engineers inside the Kingdom for a lower price than outside. In return for what I did of contacting them and setting up appointments and following up with that, my colleague offered me 1500 riyals in return for what I did. But the boss does not know anything about that. When I asked my colleague, “Does the boss know that you have got the job done for a lower price than you told him before?” He said to me, “The boss has nothing to do with it.” He asked him (my colleague) to get the job done in return for a certain amount of money, and he got the job done for a lower amount, and the rest is for him to give to me (the questioner), namely 1500 riyals. Should I accept it or not? I would like to confirm that I am not certain about what happened between them. The boss does not know that I had anything to do with the matter. If there is anything wrong with the way my colleague arranged the matter, does that mean that my taking the money in return for what I did is wrong too? What is my duty towards my colleague if the money he took was haraam? What is my duty towards the boss?.

Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly: 
The ruling in this case depends on knowing the nature of the agreement that was made between the boss and your colleague. If the agreement between them was that your colleague would look for someone to do these drawings, and he agreed with the boss on the money to be paid for that job, then he was to find someone who would do the job for whatever amount they agreed, then if any of that money is left over, it belongs to him, and if the cost was greater, then he is to pay the extra. This is permissible and there is nothing wrong with you taking the money that your colleague gave you. In this case your colleague is like a contractor who takes on the job, then assigns it to the one who will do it.  
But you stated that the agreement was based on the idea that he was going to work with the engineers abroad, and that you told your colleague about local engineers. There is nothing wrong with that, so long as the boss does not care who does the work, rather what he cares about is that the work should be done to the required specifications only. 
But if the boss wanted the work to be done with a specific office or engineer, or he specified that the work should be done outside the Kingdom so that company secrets would not be divulged and cause some problems and the like, then it is essential to fulfil what was agreed, and it is not permissible to go against it. 
If the agreement between them is that your colleague was just the middleman between the boss and the engineers, and was not to make any profit from this work, then he is acting as the agent of the boss, and the agent does not have the right to make money from the one who appointed him except with his knowledge. In that case, your colleague has to tell the boss what really happened, and that those who are going to do the work are engineers inside the Kingdom, not abroad, and he has to return to him the surplus money. 
Secondly: 
If the work that your colleague is doing is haraam, in the way mentioned above, it is not permissible for you to help him, either by telling him about engineers or any other kind of help. Rather you should advise him to fulfil the trust and to avoid consuming that which is not permissible for him. 
With regard to what you did of phone calls, following up and making appointments, if you did that with the intention of going back to your colleague and asking for the usual payment for such work, then you may do that. But if you did it voluntarily, you do not have the right to ask for anything, but if he gives you something in this case willingly, we do not think that you should take it, unless he has cleared the matter with the boss and he has let him keep the money saved. 
And Allah knows best.

He was asked to sell the product for a specific price but he is selling it for more and keeping the difference

I work for a businessman as a commercial manager and consultant. He gives me a product to sell and sets the price for me, but I have found people who will take it for a little more than that, so I sell it to them and keep the extra amount for myself without telling him. Is this money halaal?.

Praise be to Allaah.
If a person delegates someone else to sell or buy a product, the agent does not have the right to make a profit on it, because he has been entrusted with a task. Rather any profits, losses or gifts are for the owner of the wealth. 
If the owner of the wealth says: Sell the product for such and such an amount, and he specifies the price, then the agent sells it for more, the additional amount belongs to the owner of the wealth, unless he gives the agent permission, such as saying: Sell it for such and such a price, and anything more than that is yours. 
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked: There is a man who sells another man’s product for him, i.e., he gives him his product to sell it for him with his knowledge. This man increases the price and keeps the extra amount. Is this regarded as riba, and what is the ruling on the one who does that? 
They replied: 
The one who sells the product is regarded as an agent of the owner of the product, who has been entrusted with it and its price. If he takes anything of the price without the owner of the product knowing, then he is betraying the trust and whatever he takes is haraam for him. End quote. Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (14/274). 
It also says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (14/273): 
The one who delegated you to sell the product for him and set the price for which it was to be sold, but you sold it for a higher price than that which had been set for you, is more entitled to the extra money, unless he agrees to that and allows you to take it. If he gives permission to you to keep this money, then it is halaal for you. End quote. 
Based on that, if you sold the product for more than your boss told you to, then the extra amount belongs to him, unless he gives you permission to keep it.  
It is permissible for you to make an agreement with him that you will sell it in this manner, and that you will keep the extra amount. But taking it without his knowledge and permission comes under the heading of consuming people’s wealth unlawfully. 
And Allaah knows best.