Look out for Outdated Fatwas

⚘️It's Friday again. May Allah swt bless and give us goodness in this world and in the hereafter, and grant us Jannathul Firdous.🤲

On the day of Judgement the Prophet will lodge the following complaint.

"Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."

May Allah swt protect us from this and enable us to read, understand and follow the Quran only.

God says He only accept' إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ
"The Religion before Allah is Islam"

What it means simply follow what God says, not what others say or did.

I will give an example to show this.

What is Figh?

Fiqh in Islam, also known as Islamic jurisprudence, is a discipline that deals with practical regulations and rules derived from the Qur'an and sunnah. Complying with these teachings are seen as following God's guidance,

Really?

The idea of piety towards God has always been desired, but it is actually a construct created by certain rules and adherence. A false one step more 'to reach' God. 

Scholars claiming that not following certain rules will make our prayers unacceptable is like playing God. However, God does not require this [piety] from us.

53:32
"They avoid major sins and immorality, except for minor offences. Your Lord is with vast forgiveness. He has been fully aware of you since He initiated you from the earth, and while you were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. Therefore, do not ascribe purity to yourselves; He is fully aware of the righteous."

Three decades ago, "figh" books contained instructions on cleansing oneself before prayer. Scholars insist that not following these instructions means prayers won't be accepted. Those articles are still considered authoritative, and not following them is seen as not following the religion.

However  with regard to defecation the Quran says this.

5:6
"or you have excreted feces,"

" and you cannot find water, then you shall select from the clean soil; you shall wipe your faces and your hands with it. God does not want to place any hardship on you, but He wants to purify you and to complete His blessings upon you that you may be thankful."

The cleaning method is not specified, but water should be used. If water is not available, clean soil can be used to wipe face and hands. Cleaning after defecating is not addressed.

A false wrong step is taken and written as edicts in the pursuit of piety. As mentioned God does not require piety from us. Re 53:32. However, a good deed should be carried out only for the sake of God and not in the pursuit of piety.

Scholars have emphasized the religious obligation of cleaning after defecation, despite the Quran not specifying the method.

In today's time we find bidet will do a cleaner job. You just sit and it will do the job.

In other words, the old figh edicts on how to cleanse after defecating are just garbage in today's context. Perhaps this is the reason Quran did not address cleaning after defecating.

"God does not burden a soul except with what it can bear"- 2: 286

It is suggested that religious fatwas should make it mandatory to install bidets in households for better cleansing, while also criticizing outdated practices that should be abolished.

Gazzali BN Maidin

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26 th Jan 2024

What is the solution for Gaza chaos?

⚘️It' Friday again. May Allah swt bless and give us goodness in this world and in the hereafter, and grant us Jannathul Firdous.🤲

On the day of Judgement the Prophet will lodge the following complaint.

"Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."

May Allah swt protect us from this and enable us to read, understand and follow the Quran only.

We have seen the apparent suffering, death and torture of Palestinians in Gaza via many social media. It is understood from contemporary scholars that the only thing and the least we can do as Muslims is to :

1. Pray for palestinians safety and security
2. Incessant production of the suffering through social media for the rest to become aware of the conditions of Palestinians
3. Donate

And they propogate that re sending those videos considered as highest good deed. There is no Authority for such doing and this could instigate the general sentiments among Muslims.

The chaos in Gaza is not religious. It is a perenial political problem not resolved due to their own pursuit of right and wrong.

The conflict is not a religious one and this is worth emphasising. Moreover, this foolish adherence is not part of our religion at all.

The Quranic solution for such mess is in 4:97
"Those whose lives are terminated by the angels, while they had wronged themselves; they said: "What  thesituation were you in?" They said: "We were oppressed on the earth." They said: "Was the earth of God not wide enough that you could emigrate in it?" To these their abode will be Hell; what a miserable destiny!"

You cannot take a reason to sin and do wrong to others even if you're oppressed without first exploring into migration. If you do, you will be punished in the hereafter. Be wary!

Why scholars not citing this as a solution : migrate. Why the palestinians not taking this advice from the Quran?

Whenever we displace the Quran we get into serious trouble. Its recommendations and instructions have to be applied in our daily lives.

For us not to give an impression of being educated fools, blindly following third party edicts and fatwas instead of following Quran and God alone.


Gazzali BN Maidin
12 Jan 2024
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How much to give?

⚘️It' Friday again. May Allah swt bless and give us goodness in this world and in the hereafter, and grant us Jannathul Firdous.🤲

On the day of Judgement the Prophet will lodge the following complaint.

"Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."

May Allah swt protect us from this and enable us to read, understand and follow the Quran only.

Are you aware Prophet Nuh lived for 950 years according to Quran :

28:14 - And We had sent Noah to his people, so he stayed with them one thousand years, less fifty calendar years. Then the flood took them while they were wicked.

Do you think that lifespan can be achieved in today modern time? Not without the Mercy of God.

Therefore, it is essential we follow God's Guidance- Quran. Inorder for us to attract God's blessings.

One such good deed is doing charity. This is a very straightforward guidance where many people failed to follow. Hence, sweeping away the blessings of God that result from performing this act.

The charity you follow is from a third party source which is wrong.

According to 8:41 , 0.2 of any profit is be given as charity which is the recognized amount mentioned in Quran :
“And in their wealth is a recognized right. For the (needy) who asks and the one who is deprived.”  (Quran, 70:24-25)

And in their money was a portion for the beggar and the needy.( Quran, 51:19)

And if you stack or consume 0.2 which also considered as excess shall add on as 'increases' termed as 'riba'. 

Gazzali BN Maidin
5th Jan 2024