Q.) I have read your statement that it is makrooh to make second jama'at in the masjid and the reason you gave that Prophet , had left the Masjid when he came late out of the town. My point is that he did not say anything and he might have left for some other reasons. There is a hadith in which Prophet said that if you are two, establish jama'at. In the whole of Saudi Arabia this practice is going on. In Canada also all Saudis who are here always establish second jama'at on the same musalla. Please comment with some solid hadith. [Ahsan Hameed]

A.) Before answering your questions, I think it would be necessary to clarify our standpoint on the matter. If Salat has been performed in a masjid which has an imam, then it is makrooh tahrimi to make a second jama'at of the same Salat inside the masjid proper. It is permissible to perform it in jama'at outside the masjid.

As for a musalla or a masjid that does not have an Imam, then it is permissible to perform more than one jama'at in such a masjid.

Q:) Can you give me a list of animals that are Halal and Haram according to the Hanafi School?


In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

A:) Islam is a religion of mercy and compassion. It only commands and prohibits that which is in the best interests of the human being. The human mind however, due to it being very limited and restricted, may not be able to understand the logic behind every ruling. It may not be able to comprehend properly why a particular ruling is given, but Allah Most High- the Merciful and All-Knowing- is the best to decide what is beneficial and harmful for us, for He is the one who created us.

Allah Most High blessed humanity with His beloved Messenger (Allah bless him & give him peace), as a light and light-giving. The Sacred Law (Shariah) of Islam that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) came with from Allah differentiated between a living and a dead animal. Dead animals were declared unlawful (haram). Certain animals that were harmful to the welfare of humans were also prohibited, such as pigs, dogs, cats and wild animals. Thus, the animals that have been prohibited for consumption by Shariah is due to the fact that they are harmful for human consumption, whether we realize and understand this or otherwise.

After understanding the above, it should be noted that each of the four Sunni Schools of Islamic law (madhhabs) have their own principles (based on the guidelines of the Qur’an & Sunnah) with regards to which animals are lawful (halal) and which are unlawful (haram) for consumption.

Below are the basic principles of permissibility and impermissibility in the Hanafi School with regards to animal consumption, as mentioned in the classical books of Hanafi jurisprudence. (Culled from: al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, 5/289-291, Bada’i al-Sana’i, 5/35-39 and Radd al-Muhtar, 304-308)

1) Animals that have been clearly and explicitly prohibited in the Qur’an or Sunnah are without doubt Haram, such as a swine, donkey, etc.

CONGRATULATING AN ATHEIST:

Normally, when I meet an atheist, the first thing I like to do is to congratulate him and say, " My special congratulations to you", because most of the people who believe in God are doing blind belief - he is a Christian, because his father is a Christian; he is a Hindu, because his father is a Hindu; the majority of the people in the world are blindly following the religion of their fathers. An atheist, on the other hand, even though he may belong to a religious family, uses his intellect to deny the existence of God; what ever concept or qualities of God he may have learnt in his religion may not seem to be logical to him.

My Muslim brothers may question me, "Zakir, why are you congratulating an atheist?" The reason that I am congratulating an atheist is because he agrees with the first part of the Shahada i.e. the Islamic Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is no God’. So half my job is already done; now the only part left is ‘il lallah’ i.e. ‘BUT ALLAH’ which I shall do Insha Allah. With others (who are not atheists) I have to first remove from their minds the wrong concept of God they may have and then put the correct concept of one true God.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadianis skriverier er gjennomsyret av kufr (vantro), og det grenser til flere tusener av tilfeller der hans kufr er unektelig. Dette er en av grunnene til at ‘allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri pleide å si: Musailamah ul-Kazzaab (han var en falsk profet som hevdet å motta åpenbaringer allerede i Profetens livstid) og Musailamah ul-Punjab (dvs Mirza Qadiani) var begge større kuffar  enn Fir’aun.
Vi skal se nærmere på disse emnene, hver av dem vil være supplert med Mirza Qadianis egne sitater:

1. Fornektelse av profetskapets segl
2. Påstand om profetverdighet
3. Påstand om  å ha mottatt åpenbaringer
4. Vanærelse av profeten ‘Isa (Jesus)
5. Vanærelse av profeten Muhammed, fred være med ham
6. Erklæring om at alle muslimer (som ikke anser ham som messias) er vantroende