Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Salam. What is the dominant view on shellac? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. To consume shellac is prohibited according to Islamic jurisprudence. Shellac is an insect produced content (resin secreted by…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: One of our close relatives have a surrogate baby. What is the ruling regarding this? How will I behave with them? Is it OK to congratulate my relative and respond positively when I see WhatsApp or other social media posting about their baby? They are so close that it…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a wife asked her husband during a disagreement, “Give me divorce!” and to that, he responded, “Take it from me.” Thereafter, later on the same day in the evening, the wife said, “I have counted what you said this morning as one ṭalāq.” To that, the husband responded,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My father said that he did not understand what he was saying at the times that he said ‘ṭalāq’ to my mother. He was mentally ill at the time. Could you please confirm the validity of the divorce and provide us with the fatwā. Answer: In the Name of…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If one is travelling by flight from the west such as Canada, to Saudi Arabia for an ‘Umrah trip and visit to Madīnah, however, they land in Jeddah and go directly to Madīnah. Do they need to be in the state of iḥrām, because Jeddah falls inside the miqāt…
Answered Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A question came to mind and I think it was about the consequence if someone said the Prophet (peace be upon him) lied and I may have been thinking about if someone said this about all the prophets. The question may have been if they said that the Prophet (peace…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A brother in Islam suggested that there is no evidence from the Qur’ān or sunnah that the Qur’ān abrogated the former scriptures. He said the Qur’ān only has inter-abrogation. Is this true, or is there evidence that suggests otherwise? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Does losing hope in our success, due to spending a long time in failure result in shirk or kufr? My mindset changes from time to time, and I can very quickly lose hope. It is like a sudden wave of depression or if not depression then sadness. Does this…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I write in regards to seeking some clarification in relation to words and phrases used by a husband to his wife and possible connotations [if any] this may have on the marriage. A wife had been on the receiving end of psychological and emotional abuse from in laws and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the position of the Ḥanafī madhab about tabarruj. Someone who practices this, is there a sanction, do they expose themselves to penalties? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Tabarruj refers…