Doa before and after adhaan and iqomah

I would like to know what say(doa) before adhaan and iqomah and after adhaan and iqomah.

Praise be to Allaah.

1 – With regard to du’aa’ before the adhaan, there is no du’aa’ to be recited before the adhaan as far as I know. If that time is singled out for any type of du’aa’, this is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah). But if it is done by coincidence and accidentally then there is nothing wrong with it.

2 – With regard to before the iqaamah, when the muezzin is about to start the iqaamah, we know of no specific words to be recited at this time. Doing so when there is no solid shar’i evidence is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah).

3 – With regard to the time between the adhaan and iqaamah, du’aa’ is encouraged at this time and it is mustahabb.

The reason why the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married ‘Aa’ishah despite the age difference

A Christian colleague of mine asked me why the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) when she was nine years old and he was nearly sixty, and was he intimate with her at that age or what? In fact I do not know how to respond to that.

Praise be to Allaah.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) after he married Sawdah bint Zam’ah (may Allaah be pleased with her). She – ‘Aa’ishah – was the only virgin whom he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married. And he consummated the marriage with her when she was nine years old.

Doubts about the obligation to let the beard grow and answers to them

A number of Muslim scholars have issued fatwas stating that letting the beard grow is obligatory for every Muslim, and that the reason for that is so that they will not resemble the kuffaar, as is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in more than one hadeeth.
But everyone can see on television that many of the Jews let their beards grow, so doesn’t that contradict the reason for letting the beard grow, and may alter the ruling and make it Sunnah only?
Similarly, wasn’t the command to be different from the kuffaar by letting the beard grow due to the Muslims mixing with them at the time of the Islamic conquests, so the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to make us distinct from them. This no longer applies because Islam has prevailed over the Arab lands, praise be to Allaah. Does this also make it only Sunnah?.

Ruling on organ donation

In Islam is it allowed to donate your organs to people that need it, when the die?.

Praise be to Allaah.
In the answer to question no. 49711 we stated that the (scholarly) view that it is permissible to donate organs is most likely to be the correct view, so long as the donation will not lead to the death of the donor.

Here we will quote resolutions of the Islamic Fiqh Council of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which support the fatwa mentioned above. These resolutions were issued after lengthy discussions among a number of fuqaha’, doctors and specialists. We will quote them here in full because of the medical and shar’i information they contain.

Ruling on making fun of the hijab

What is the ruling on one who makes fun of a woman who wears the correct Islamic hijaab and covers her face and hands?

Praise be to Allaah.

Whoever makes fun of a Muslim man or woman for adhering to the Islamic sharee’ah is a kaafir, whether he is mocking a Muslim woman for observing correct Islamic hijaab or for some other reason. ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) narrated that during the campaign of Tabook a man said: “I have never seen anything like these Qur’aan readers of ours. They have the biggest bellies, the most lying tongues and they are the most cowardly when meeting the enemy.” Another man said, “You are lying, and you are a hypocrite. I will most certainly tell the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) [what you have said].”

Do the bad things that happen in this universe happen by the will of Allaah

Does everything that happens in this universe happen by the will of Allaah? If that is the case then how can things that Allaah does not like happen under Allaah’s sovereignty and by His will?

Praise be to Allaah.

Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah and his family and companions.

You should understand, may Allaah bless you, that some people have been misguided with regard to the issue of al-qadar (the divine will and decree), because they think that if Allaah decrees that an action should happen, that means that He likes that thing,

The difference between taking the kaafirs as friends and seeking their help

What is the difference between taking the kaafirs as friends (muwaalaah) and seeking their help?

Praise be to Allaah.

Taking the kaafirs as friends (muwaalaah) means supporting them and helping them in matters of kufr, such as the Muslims fighting alongside the kuffaar, such as when the kaafirs launch an assault against a Muslim country and a Muslim befriends them and supports them and helps them in fighting against that country, whether that is with weapons or by supplying them with anything that will help them to fight the Muslims. This is muwaalaah, or a type of friendship that is haraam,

Should he take a riba-based loan in order to buy a house

We are Palestinians living in the land that was occupied in 1948. We take out mortgages from the housing ministry for a 25-year period, part of which is a gift and the other part is to be paid off in monthly installments with interest (riba). If the borrower delays paying back for one year, the ministry is entitled to take the house and sell it to someone else. There is another condition in the loan contract which states that in the event of the death of one of the spouses who signed the loan, the other is let off from paying installments and the ministry has no right to demand repayment of the loan; the house will belong fully to him or her without any further debt. What is the Islamic ruling on such loans, knowing that if a person builds a house without taking such a loan he will be asked too many questions about where he got the cash from.

Ruling on taking an interest-based loan for an urgent need

What is the ruling on taking an interest-based loan from the bank for an urgent need such as continuing university studies, or buying a car for one who has a family, or buying a house for a family, knowing that the person who is taking the loan cannot find anyone to lend him money without interest?

Buying a car from the car company via the company’s bank

I live in Germany. Every car company has its own bank, Mercedes for example has a Mercedes bank, BMW has its own bank as well and so on. Selling in instalments happens via the company’s bank. What is the ruling on buying a car in instalments from such companies? Bear in mind that there is no third side in the selling process.

Taking a loan in order to buy shares

What is your opinion of someone who takes a loan in order to buy shares?.

Praise be to Allaah.

A person should not get too deeply involved in taking loans, rather he should only take out loans for things that are necessary or essential.

Ruling on short-term mudaarabah (buying and selling) in mixed and haraam shares

What is the ruling on short-term mudaarabah (buying and selling) in mixed and haraam companies in the stock market?.

The true nature of insurance and the rulings concerning it

What are the rulings on commercial insurance which is widespread nowadays?

Praise be to Allaah.

1) All kinds of commercial insurance are clearly and undoubtedly ribaa (interest/usury).

Ruling on buying insurance that is compulsory for the individual and optional for his family

I am studying in Australia, and they require everyone who comes here to buy compulsory insurance for the individual but they do not require it for his family. Some young men buy insurance for themselves and their families, because they save money by doing so. Is that permissible?.

Life insurance

Is it permissible to take out life insurance so as to ensure that my family are provided for after I die? Please supply the evidence (daleel) for your response.

Evidence for the prohibition on commercial insurance

What is the evidence for commercial insurance being haraam?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Commercial insurance which is offered by most insurance companies is a kind of haraam contract, whether it is insurance covering one's life or possessions or anything else. The fact that it is haraam is indicated by a number of texts and shar’i principles, such as: