Category: Islamic Lifestyle

Men and women Free mixing

Praise be to Allaah.
The meeting together, mixing, and intermingling of men and women in one place, the crowding of them together, and the revealing and exposure of women to men are prohibited by the Law of Islam (Shari’ah). These acts are prohibited because they are among the causes for fitnah (temptation or trial which implies evil consequences), the arousing of desires, and the committing of indecency and wrongdoing.

Among the many proofs of prohibition of the meeting and mixing of men and women in the Qur’aan and Sunnah are:
Verse No. 53 of Surat al-Ahzab, or the Confederates (Interpretation of the meaning); “…for anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs…”
In explaining this Verse, Ibn Kathir (May Allaah have mercy on him) said: “Meaning, as I forbade you to enter their rooms, I forbid you to look at them at all. If one wants to take something from a woman, one should do so without looking at her. If one wants to ask a woman for something, the same has to be done from behind a screen.”
The Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) enforced separation of men and women even at Allaah’s most revered and preferred place, the mosque. This was accomplished via the separation of the women’s rows from the men’s; men were asked to stay in the mosque after completion of the obligatory prayer so that women will have enough time to leave the mosque; and, a special door was assigned to women. Evidence of the foregoing are:
Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) said that after Allah’s Messenger (May peace and blessings be upon him) said “as-Salamu ‘Alaykum wa Rahmatullah’ twice announcing the end of prayer, women would stand up and leave. He would stay for a while before leaving. Ibn Shihab said that he thought that the staying of the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) was in order for the women to be able to leave before the men who wanted to depart.” Narrated by al-Bukhari under No. 793.
Abu Dawood under No. 876 narrates the same hadith in Kitab al-Salaat under the title “Insiraaf an-Nisaa’ Qabl al-Rijaal min al-Salaah” (Departure of Women before Men after the Prayer). Ibn ‘Umar said that Allah’s Messenger (May peace and blessings be upon him) said: “We should leave this door (of the mosque) for women.” Naafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar never again entered through that door until he died.” Narrated by Abu Dawood under No. 484 in “Kitab as-Salah” under the Chapter entitled: “at-Tashdid fi Thalik”.
Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet (May peace and blessings be upon him) said: “”The best of the men’s rows is the first and the worst is the last, and the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst in the first.” Narrated by Muslim under No. 664.
This is the greatest evidence that the Law of Islam (Shari’ah) forbids meeting and mixing of men and women. The farther the men are from the women’s rows, the better, and vice versa.
If these procedures and precautions were prescribed and adhered to in a mosque, which is a pure place of worship where people are as far away as they ever are from the arousal of desire and temptation, then no doubt the same procedures need to be followed even more rigorously at other places.
Abu Usayd al-Ansari narrated that he heard Allah’s Messenger (May peace and blessings be upon him) say to the women on his way out of the mosque when he saw men and women mixing together on their way home:
‘Give way (i.e., walk to the sides) as it is not appropriate for you to walk in the middle the road.’ Thereafter, women would walk so close to the wall that their dresses would get caught on it. Narrated by Abu Dawood in “Kitab al-Adab min Sunanihi, Chapter: Mashyu an-Nisa Ma’ ar-Rijal fi at-Tariq.”We know that the intermingling, mixing and crowding together of men and women is part of today’s unavoidable yet regrettable affliction in most places, such as markets, hospitals, colleges, etc., but:

We will not willfully choose or accept mixing and crowding, particularly in religious classes and council meetings in Islamic Centers.

We take precautions to avoid meeting and mixing of men and women as much as possible while at the same time achieving desired goals and objectives. This result can be achieved by designating separate places assigned for men and women, using different doors for each, utilizing modern means of communication such as microphones, video recorders etc., and expediting efforts to have enough female teachers to teach women, etc.

We show fear of Allah as much as we can by not looking at members of the opposite sex and by applying self-restraint.
There follow some of the results of a study on mixing undertaken by some Muslim social science researchers.
When we put the following question: What is the Islamic ruling on mixing as far as you know? The results were as follows:
76% of respondents said “It is not permitted.”
12% said, “It is permitted” – but moral, religious, etc. restrictions apply…
12% said, “I don’t know.”
Which would you choose?
If you had the choice between working in a mixed workplace and working in another where there was no mixing, which would you choose?
The responses to this question were as follows:
76% would choose the workplace where there was no mixing.
9% preferred the mixed workplace.
15% would accept any workplace which suited their specialties, regardless of whether it was mixed or not.
Very embarrassing
Have any embarrassing situations ever happened to you because of mixing?
Among the embarrassing moments mentioned by respondents in this study were the following:
I was at work one day, and  I went into one department where one of my female colleagues who wears hijaab had taken off her hijaab in front of her female colleagues. My entrance took her by surprise and I was very embarrassed as a result.
I had to do an experiment in the lab at university, but I was absent on the day of the experiment. I had to go to the lab on the following day, and I found myself the only male among a group of female students, in addition to a female teacher and a female lab technician. I was very embarrassed and felt very awkward with all those female eyes glaring at me.
I was trying to take a feminine towel out of one of the drawers when I was surprised by a male colleague standing behind me, who wanted to take something from his own private drawer. He noticed that I was embarrassed and he left the room quickly to avoid my embarrassment.
It so happened that one of the girls at the university bumped into me when turning a corner in a crowded corridor. She was walking quickly, going to one of the lectures. As a result of this collision, she lost her balance, and I caught her in my arms, as if I was embracing her. You can imagine how embarrassed I and this girl felt in front of a group of careless young people.
One of my female colleagues fell on the stairs in the university and her clothes fell open in an extremely embarrassing fashion. She landed upside down and could not help herself; the young men standing nearby had no option but to cover her and help her to get up.
I work in a company and I went in to give some papers to my boss. When I was going out, my boss called me back. I turned around and saw him with his face turned away. I was waiting for him to ask me for a file or for more papers, and I was surprised by his hesitancy. I turned away to the left side of his office, pretending to be busy with something, and he spoke to me at the same time. I thought that this boss would say anything except what he actually said, which was to point out that my garment was stained with menstrual blood. Can the earth open up and swallow a human being at the moment of making sincere supplication? For I prayed that the earth would open up and swallow me.
Victims of mixing… True stories
Lost hope
Umm Muhammad, a mature woman over the age of 40, tells her story.
I lived a life of modest means with my husband. There was never any closeness and harmony, and my husband did not have the kind of strong personality that a woman would hope for, but his good nature made me overlook the fact that I was the one who was responsible for most of the decision making in the family.
My husband often used to mention the name of his friend and business partner, and he would talk about him in my presence, and I often used to meet with him in his office which was originally part of our apartment. This went on for many years, until circumstances led to us exchanging visits with this person and his family. These family visits were repeated and because of his close friendship with my husband, we did not notice how the number of visits increased and how many hours a single visit would last. He often used to come on his own to sit with us, me and my husband, for long visits. My husband’s trust in him knew no bounds, and as days passed I got to know this person very well, and saw how wonderful and decent he was.  I began to feel a strong attraction towards this man, and at the same time I began to sense that the feeling was mutual.
Things took a strange turn after that, when I realized that this man was the kind of person I had always dreamed about. Why had he come along now, after all these years? The more this man’s status increased in my eyes, the more my husband’s status diminished. It was as if I had needed to see the beauty of his character in order to discover how ugly my husband’s character was.
The matter between this person and myself did not go beyond these persistent thoughts which were occupying my mind night and day. Neither he nor I ever voiced what we felt in our hearts… until today. Yet despite that my life is over and my husband is little more than a weak man with no self-esteem. I hate him and I do not know how all this hatred towards him started to boil over. I wonder how I put up with him all these years, bearing all these burdens by myself, facing life’s problems on my own.
Things got so bad that I asked him for a divorce, and he divorced me at my request. After that he became a broken man. Even worse than that is that after my marriage was wrecked and my children and husband were devastated, problems arose in this man’s family. His wife, with her feminine intuition, realized what had been going on in his heart of hearts, and his life became hell. She was overwhelmed with jealousy to the extent that one night she left her house at 2 a.m. and came to attack my house, screaming, weeping and hurling accusations. His marriage was also about to collapse.
I admit that the lovely gatherings which we used to enjoy gave us the opportunity to get to know one another at a time that was not appropriate at this stage in our lives.
His marriage has been wrecked and so has mine. I have lost everything, and now I know that my circumstances and his will not permit us to take any positive step towards coming together. Now I am more miserable than I have ever been, and I am looking for illusionary happiness and lost hopes.
Tit-for-tat
Umm Ahmad tells us:
My husband had a group of married friends, and because of our close friendship with them, we used to get together with them once a week in one of our houses, to enjoy an evening of chat.
Deep down in my heart I was never really comfortable with the atmosphere in which we would have dinner, sweets, snacks and drinks of juice accompanied by waves of laughter because of the jokes and chit-chats that often went beyond the bounds of good manners.
In the name of friendship, the barriers were lifted and every now and then one would hear suppressed laughter between a woman and the husband of another woman. The jokes were too much, dealing – with no sense of shyness –with sensitive topics such as sex and women’s private matters. This was usual and was even accepted and regarded as desirable.
Although I indulged in these things along with them, my conscience made me feel guilty. Then the day came when it became quite clear just how ugly and filthy this atmosphere was.
The telephone rang, and I heard the voice of one of the friends in this group. I said hello to him and apologized that my husband was not home. He replied that he knew that, and that he was calling to speak to me! After he suggested starting a relationship with me, I got very angry and spoke harshly to him and cursed him. All he could do was laugh and say, “Don’t try and show these good manners to me; go and check on your husband’s good manners and see what he is doing…” I was devastated by what he said, but I pulled myself together and said to myself, this person is only trying to cause the break up of your marriage. But he succeeded in planting the seeds of doubt concerning my husband.
Shortly after that, the major disaster struck. I discovered that my husband was cheating on me with another woman. It was the matter of life or death as far as I was concerned. I found my husband out and I confronted him, saying: “You are not the only one who can have a relationship. I have received a similar proposition.” And I told him all about his friend. He was stunned and absolutely shocked. (I said:) “If you want me to respond in kind to your relationship with that woman, then this is for that, tit-for-tat.” This was a huge slap in the face for him. He knew that I did not intend to do that in reality, but he realized the great disaster that had befallen our lives and the immoral atmosphere in which we were living. I suffered a great deal until my husband finally left that loose woman with whom he was having a relationship, as he admitted to me. Yes, he left her and came back to his family and children, but how can I ever feel the same towards him as I used to? Who will restore respect for him in my heart? This huge wound in my heart is still bleeding out of regret and rage at that filthy atmosphere; it still bears testimony to the fact that what they call innocent get-togethers are in reality anything but innocent. My heart still begs for mercy from the Lord of Glory.
Intelligence can also be a temptation (fitnah)
‘Abd al-Fattaah says:
I work as the head of department in one of the big companies. For a long time I admired one of my female colleagues, not for her beauty, but for her serious attitude towards her work, her intelligence and her excellent achievements – in addition to the fact that she was a decent and modest person who focused only on her work. This admiration turned into attachment, and I am a married man who fears Allaah and never misses any obligatory prayer. I expressed my feelings to her and she rebuffed me. She is married and has children as well. She sees no reason why I should have any kind of relationship with her, whether it be friendship, as work colleagues or based on admiration… etc. Evil thoughts come to me sometimes, and deep down I wish that her husband would divorce her so that I could get her.
I started to put pressure on her at work and put her down in front of my bosses. Perhaps this was a form of revenge on my part, but she accepted it with good manners and did not complain or comment. She works and works; her performance speaks of her quality, and she knows this well. The more she resisted me, the stronger my infatuation grew.
I am not a person who is easily tempted by women, because I fear Allaah and I do not overstep the mark with them and go beyond what is required by my work. But this woman attracted me. What is the solution?… I do not know.
Baby ducks know how to swim
N.A.A., a nineteen-year-old girl, tells us:
At that time I was a little girl. My innocent eyes watched those evening get-togethers when family friends would meet in the house. What I remember is that I could only see one man, who was my father. I watched him as he moved about the room, how his glances would devour the women present, looking at their thighs and chests, admiring this one’s eyes, that one’s hair, the other’s hips. My poor mother had no choice but to take care of these get-togethers. She was a very simple lady.
Among the women present there was one woman who would deliberately try to attract my father’s attention, sometimes by coming close to him, and sometimes by making enticing movements. I would watch this with concern, whilst my mother was busy in the kitchen for the sake of her guests.
These gatherings stopped suddenly and I tried, young as I was, to understand and make sense of what had happened, but I could not.
What I remember was that my mother collapsed completely at that time, and she could not stand to hear my father’s name mentioned in the house. I used to hear mysterious words whispered by the adults around me: “Betrayal… bedroom… she saw them with her own eyes… despicable woman… in a very shameful position…” etc. These were the key words which only the adults could understand.
I grew up and came to understand, and I bore a grudge against all men. All of them were treacherous. My mother was a broken woman and accused every woman who came to us of being a man-snatcher who wanted to make my father fall into her trap. My father hasn’t changed. He is still practising his favourite hobby of chasing women, but now he does it outside the home. Now I am nineteen years old and I know lots of young men. I feel great pleasure in taking revenge on them, because every one of them is an exact copy of my father. I tempt them and entice them, without letting them get anywhere near me. They follow me in gatherings and in the marketplaces because of my movements and deliberate gestures. Sometimes my phone never stops ringing and I feel proud of what I do to avenge the sex of Hawwa’ and my mother. But sometimes I feel so miserable and such a failure that it almost chokes me. My life is shadowed by a huge dark cloud, and its name is my father.
Before it is too late
S.N.A. tells of her experience:
I never imagined that my work circumstances would force me to be in contact with the opposite sex (men), but this in fact is what happened…
In the beginning,  I used to cover and screen myself from men by wearing niqaab (face-veil), but some of the sisters advised me that this dress was attracting more attention to my presence, and it would be better for me to take off the niqaab, especially since my eyes were somewhat attractive. So I removed the cover from my face, thinking that this was better. But by continuing to mix with my colleagues, I discovered that I was the odd one out because of my antisocial attitude and my insistence on not joining in the conversation and chatting with others. Everyone was wary of this “lone-wolf” woman (as they saw me), and this is what was stated clearly by one person who affirmed that he would not want to deal with such a snooty and stand-offish character. But I knew that I was the opposite, in fact, and I decided that I would not oppress myself and put myself in a difficult position with my colleagues. So I started to join in their chats and exchanges of anecdotes, and they all discovered that I could speak eloquently and persuasively, and that I could influence others. I could also speak in a manner that was determined yet at the same time was attractive to some of my colleagues. It was not long before I noticed some changes in the expression of my direct supervisor; with some embarrassment, he was enjoying the way I spoke and moved, and he would deliberately bring up topics in the conversation where I would see that hateful look in his eyes. I do not deny the fact that I started to entertain some thoughts about this man. I found it astonishing that a man could fall so easily into the trap of a woman who was religiously committed, so how must it be in the case of women who adorn themselves and invite men to commit immoral actions? In fact, I did not think of him in any way which went beyond the bounds of sharee’ah, but he did occupy a space in my thoughts for quite some time. But soon my self-respect made me reject the idea of being a source of enjoyment for this man in any way, shape or form, even if it was only psychological in nature, and I stopped getting involved in any kind of work that would force me to sit alone with him. In the end, I reached the following conclusions:
1-  Attraction between the sexes can occur in any circumstances, no matter how much men and women may deny that. The attraction may start within the bounds of sharee’ah and end up going beyond those bounds.
     Even if a person protects himself (by marriage), he is not safe from the snares of the Shaytaan.
3-  Even though a person may be able to guarantee himself and he works with the opposite sex within reasonable limits, he cannot guarantee the feelings of the other party.
     Finally, there is nothing good in mixing and it does not bear fruit as they claim. On the contrary, it corrupts sound thinking.
What now?
We may ask, what comes next, after this discussion on the matter of mixing?
It’s about time for us to recognize that no matter how we try to beautify the issue of mixing and take the matter lightly, its consequences are bound to catch up with us, and the harm it causes will have disastrous results for our families. Sound common sense refuses to accept that mixing is a healthy atmosphere for human relations. This is the sound common sense which made most of the people included in this survey (76%) prefer working in a non-mixed environment. The same percentage (76%) said that mixing is not permitted according to the sharee’ah. What makes us sit up and take notice is not this honourable percentage – which indicates the purity of our Islamic society and the cleanness of its members’ hearts – but the small number who said that mixing is permitted; they number 12%. This group, with no exceptions, said that mixing is permitted but within the limits set by religion, custom (‘urf), traditions, good manners, conscience, modesty, covering and other worthy values which, in their opinion, keep mixing within proper limits.
We ask them: is the mixing which we see nowadays in our universities, market-places, work-places and family and social gatherings, taking place within the limits referred to above? Or are these places filled with transgressions in terms of clothing, speech, interactions and behaviour? We see wanton displays of adornment (tabarruj), not proper covering; we see fitnah (temptations) and dubious relationships, with no good manners and no conscience and no covering. We can conclude that the kind of mixing that is happening nowadays is unacceptable even to those who approve of mixing in a clean atmosphere.
It’s about time for us to recognize that mixing provides a fertile breeding-ground for social poisons to invade and take over our society without anyone ever realizing that it is mixing which is the cause. Mixing is the prime element in this silent fitnah, in the shade of which betrayals erupt, homes are wrecked and hearts are broken.
We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound, and to reform our society. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.
(courtesy of www.islam-qa.com)
Is it Halal to dye hair. Dyeing Hair in Islam
People often ask is dying your hair for a woman or a man haram?
Some people like to give opinions on every topic without actually knowing what the Quran and hadith state about that topic.
For instance, some will say I will not dye my grey hair and think they are being wise and pious by saying I want to be natural or dyeing hair is for those who are vain.
Wisdom comes from the book of Allah and the sunnah of His messenger peace be upon him. Its doesn’t come from the person’s mind. Half of knowledge is to say I do not know rather than speculating and saying clever me wants to answer this question.
Making mistakes in medicine can be fatal for the people health. Making mistakes in Islam is fatal for peoples emaan.
From hadith we know it is sunnah to dye grey hair whether you are female or male. The male may also dye his grey beard. However it is haram for a male or a female to dye their hair black.
It is halal and Sunnah to Dye Hair
Jabir ibn `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abu Quhafah was brought on the day of the conquest of Makkah, and his head and beard were white like “thaghamah” (a plant whose flowers and fruit are white). The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: “Change this with something, but avoid black.” (Narrated by Muslim, 3962)
It was reported that Abu Hurayrah said: the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The Jews and the Christians do not dye their hair, so be different from them.” (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 3275; Muslim, 2103).
It was reported that Abu Umaamah (may Allah be pleased him) said: “O Ansaar, dye your hair red and yellow, and be different from the A’aajim (Persians).”
(Narrated by Ahmad, 21780. The isnaad of this hadeeth was classed as hasan by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Fath, 10/354).
Which Colour is it haram to dye a persons grey hair?
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There will be people at the end of time who will dye their hair black like the crops of pigeons; they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.” Narrated by Abu Dawud (4212) and al-Nasai (8/138); classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahih al-Jami’ (8153).
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him) said: “The best things with which to change grey hair are henna and ‘katam’ (a plant similar to henna which is used as a dye).” (Narrated by At-Tirmidhi, 1675; he said: This is an authentic Hadith).
With regard to katam, Ibn Hajar said:
Katam is a plant from Yemen which produces a reddish-black dye. Henna produces a red dye, so when they are used together as a dye, they produce a colour that is between black and red.
Fath al-Baari, 10/355.
It was reported that ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Abd-Allah ibn Wahb said: we entered upon Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and she brought out a lock of hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to show us, and it was dyed red.
(Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5558. Ibn Maajah (3623) and Ahmad (25995) added: “… with henna and katam.”)
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The best things to use to change grey hair are henna and katam.”
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1753; Abu Dawood, 4205; Ibn Maajah, 3622). Al-Tirmidhi said: the hadeeth is hasan saheeh). Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) dyed his hair with henna and katam. (Narrated by Muslim, 2341).
It should be noted that in the ahadith where katam is mentioned , it is always accompanied by henna, because what is meant by the ahadith is that the hair should be dyed with katam mixed with henna.
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
What is prohibited is making the hair pure black, but if something else is added to henna, such as katam etc., there is nothing wrong with that. Katam and henna make the hair a colour between red and black, unlike wasmah (woad leaves) which make the hair black as coal. This is saheeh.
(Zaad al-Ma’aad, 4/336).
(Wasmah or woad is a plant that is used for dyeing).
Therefore katam cannot be used on its own, because it gives a pure, coal-black colour, but it has be used with henna so that the colour is not black. (But henna on its own can be used)
One of the most important lessons we have to learn is the seriousness of talking about Islam as we are speaking about the deen of Allah.
We are not talking about Sport.
Often I see people who love to be in a conversation by giving their opinions on any subject be it medicine or Islam.
They may not have sufficient knowledge of these subjects.
To an ordinary person it may appear that not dyeing grey hair is natural but as we have seen there are other factors which make it better to dye one’s grey hair (i.e. being different from the Jews and Christians). However, a person cannot say oh this person has not dyed his grey hair and a less pious person because he or she may be allergic to a dyes.
Ruling on Wigs, hair extensions, false eyelashes and false nails
Wigs, Hair extension, false eyelashes and false nails are not allowed for Muslims. They are haram for Muslims women.
Some men especially those who are bold wear wigs. However wigs are haram for Muslim men.i
Asmaa’ bint Abi Bakr said: “A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have a daughter who is going to be married; she had a fever and lost much of her hair – can I give attach false hair to her head?’ He said: ‘Allah has cursed the one who attaches false hair and the one who has this done.’”
(Reported by Muslim, 3/1676).

Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullaah said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) issued strict instructions that no woman should add anything to her head.” (Reported by Muslim, 3/1679).
Ruling of Tattoos in Islam
Are Tattoos Haram in Islam
Firstly we must realize that in Islam tattooing means a permanent change in the colour of the skin which is often done by inserting a needle in the skin. This is Haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Decorating one’s self with henna and similar material does not cause permanent change in the skin but rather the colours wash away and thus it does not come under the heading of tattoos and is permissible in Islam.
Prophet of Allah has cursed the person who has tattoos done on them and the one on whom tattoos are done.
It was narrated that Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) cursed the one who does tattoos, the one who has a tattoo done, the one who consumes riba (usury or interest) and the one who pays it, and he forbade the price of a dog and the earnings of a prostitute, and he cursed the image-makers.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5032).
It is narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “May Allah curse the women who do tattoos and those for whom tattoos are done, those who pluck their eyebrows and those who file their teeth for the purpose of beautification and alter the creation of Allah.” (al-Bukhaari, al-Libaas, 5587; Muslim, al-Libaas, 5538).
So having tattoos done and tattooing is a major sin. The reason for it being haram has not been given but some scholars believe that it may be because it is changing the creation of Allah.
The Prophet peace be upon him must be dearest person to a Muslim. he must be more dearer to us than our best friends, parents, our children, our spouses and even our own selves.
It was narrated that Anas said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “No one of you truly believes until I am dearer to him than his father, his son, his own self and all the people.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 15; Muslim, 44.
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Hishaam said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he was holding the hand of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab. ‘Umar said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, you are dearer to me than everything except my own self.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “No, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, not until I am dearer to you than your own self.” ‘Umar said to him: “Now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own self.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Now (you are a true believer), O ‘Umar.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6257.
And Allah says to His Messenger peace be upon him

Say (O Muhammad to mankind): “If you (really) love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (3:31)

And Allah says:

But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad ) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.(4:65)

In the next verse Allah again tells his Messenger

Say (O Muhammad ): “Obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad ).” But if they turn away, then Allah does not like the disbeliever’s(3:32)
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Hishaam said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he was holding the hand of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab. ‘Umar said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, you are dearer to me than everything except my own self.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “No, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, not until I am dearer to you than your own self.” ‘Umar said to him: “Now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own self.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Now (you are a true believer), O ‘Umar.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6257.
After knowing this how can any Muslim think of disappointing our beloved Prophet peace be upon him and our creator?
If you have a strong desire for tattoos ask your self is fulfilling some haram desire worth having the Prophet peace be upon him make dua to Allah against you?
Secondly dear brothers and sisters giving up something that you desire enormously for the sake of Allah has much greater rewards for you than someone who doesn’t have as much desire for it and gives it up.
It can also be a means of salvation and miracles have happened when those who gave up something they desired immensely out of fear of Allah or seeing Allah’s pleasure

The second story in this following beautiful hadith is related to this situation.

Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
The Prophet said, “While three men were walking, It started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, “Think of good deeds which you did for Allah’s sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you.” One of them said, ‘O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.’ So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, ‘O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, ‘O Allah’s slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).’ So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.’ The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, ‘O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Farad of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many time till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) He came and said to me, ‘Fear Allah (and give me my right).” I said, ‘Go and take those cows and the shepherd.’ He said, ‘Be afraid of Allah! Don’t mock at me.’ I said, ‘I am not mocking at you. Take (all that).’ So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.’ So, Allah removed the rock.” ( Bukhari Volume: 3, Book Number: 39, Hadith Number: 526)
(in another hadith it adds “Hard pressed in a year of famine, she approached me. I gave her one hundred and twenty dinars on condition that she would yield herself to me. She agreed and when we got together (for sexual intercourse), she said: Fear Allah and do not break the seal unlawfully. I moved away from her in spite of the fact that I loved her most passionately; and I let her keep the money I had given her. O Allah! If I did that to seek Your Pleasure, then, remove the distress in which we are.’ The rock moved aside a bit further but they were still unable to get out.”)
Since this article is about giving up haram desire i will concentrate on the story of the young man who had a great desire for his cousin. This story has many beautiful lessons.
Firstly we have to appreciate that the young man wanted to have sex with her but she didn’t want to have sex with him and thus refused on previous occasions.
Then a famine came and she became desperate for food and started to compromise on her values which a Muslimah shouldn’t do. But in any case she accepted and all the mans dreams and fantasies came true and now he had power over her. We learn that he was very passionately in love with her and wanted to sleep with her desperately.
Now he was siting in a position in which many men would find it very difficult and almost impossible (not impossible) not to have sex with a women whom they very only mildly attracted too. For him it would have been even harder to refrain form sex with her. Yet when she reminds him to Fear Allah his emaan increases so much that gives up this this chance to fulfill a desire he longed for many years. There was nothing stopping him from enjoying her, except the fear of Allah and seeking Allah’s pleasure is. And look at what happens when he is in a tight situation. Locked in a cave unable to move the huge rock, with maybe very little food and maybe death. So he turns to Allah saying O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.’ and Allah made the rock shift.
Over the years i have received emails from Muslims who were born in Muslim families saying that they were foolish and astray and made the mistake of getting tattoos done and they feel very guilty and asking what should they do.
Also from converts who had tattoos done when they were not Muslims.
They wish they had never had tattoos done so if you are thinking of having a tattoo be wise and do not do it.
What should a person do if he or she has tattoos when they were astray or were not Muslims.
The curse is not permanent but it is lifted when a person sincerely repents to Allah for this mistake. So one should not feel doomed because they committed this mistake when they were in days of Jahilia (ignorance). But this should not cause a person to think that they will get a tattoo done and repent latter. Firstly would any Muslim, with any intelligence want the Prophet peace be upon him to make such a dua against him and secoundly how do you know you will live to repent?
Many times I received e-mails from non Muslims who want to embrace Islam and also from New Muslims who had tattoos done when they were not Muslim asking if they can become Muslim even though they have tattoos or do they have to get their tattoos removed before they can become Muslim or before they can pray.
Let me assure you that when a non Muslim converts to Islam all their previous sins are erased and you start on a blank slate.
Allah says
“Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those, Allah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”
[al-Furqaan 25:70]
It was narrated that ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas said: When Allah put Islam in my heart, I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: “Give me your right hand so that I may give you my oath of allegiance.” So he held out his hand, but I held my hand back. He said, “What is the matter, O ‘Amr?” I said, “I want to make a condition.” He said, “What is your condition?” I said, “That I be forgiven.” He said, “Do you not know that Islam wipes out whatever came before it, and that hijrah (migration for the sake of Allah) wipes out whatever came before it, and that Hajj wipes out whatever came before it?”
(Narrated by Muslim, 121).
So you can convert to Islam, do wudhu. pray and perform all your Islamic duties even if you have tattoos. So do not worry.
As i said before decorating one’s self with henna and similar material does not cause permanent change in the skin but rather the colours wash away and thus it does not come under the heading of tattoos and is permissible in Islam.
Dyeing the hands and feet with henna is something mustahabb (encouraged) for women but not for men. A number of hadiths indicate that it is mustahabb, such as that narrated by Abu Dawood (4166) from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said: A woman gestured from behind a screen, with a letter to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in her hand. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) withdrew his hand and said: “I do not know whether it is the hand of a man or a woman.” She said: It is a woman. He said: “If you were a woman, you would have changed your nails,” meaning, with henna.

Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood
Abu Dawood (4928) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that an effeminate man who had dyed his hands and feet with henna was brought to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said: “What is the matter with him?” They said: O Messenger of Allah, he imitates women. He ordered that he be banished to al-Naqee‘.

Classed as Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked:

Is it obligatory for a woman to put henna on her hands, because some people say that a woman is imitating men if she does not put henna on her hands?

He replied:

Undoubtedly dyeing her hands with henna is mustahabb. There are some hadeeths concerning that which are somewhat da‘eef (weak), but it is better for her to dye them with henna. As to whether that is obligatory or it is haraam for her to leave her hands white, I do not know of any basis for saying that. But it is better and preferable for her to dye them with henna, so that they will not resemble the hands of a man. This is what is better and is preferable, because there are hadeeths which speak of this, and because it is part of the Sunnah that is well-known among women and it was customary at the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and afterwards to dye the hands with henna, and it is preferable for women. End quote
On very rare occasions a Muslim who is unaware of the rules of some of the Islam may feel his or her duty to advice a person with tattoos especially if one has a tattoo of a human or animal because of the haram nature of those drawings and say you must remove them. How to deal with this?
The reality is that having a tattoo removed professionally is very costly and beyond the scope of many people You have the information in this article to educate them. If you are very concerned then you can use creams that help cover the tattoos or deface the Images with temporary tattoos. Some of these temporary tattoos are waterproof so will last you a while. The waterproof tattoos or creams should not be used on the parts of the body that you wash during wudhu (unless you plan to remove them everytime you need to do Wudhu ) and if you need to perform ghusl you will have to remove them.
I will be adding links to suitable temporary tattoos on this page in very soon.
Secondly as most scholars have said one can use lasers to erase the tattoos. I personally am not in favour of making any changes to any non affected areas. If the area by the tatoo ink is lazered then In’shaa’Allah it should be ok. So for that reason i am including a link to a Pen laser machine which is at an very affordable price(less than $30). Majority tools including the humble pensil can be used for halal and haram purposes. Please only use this tool for halal (Islamically lawful) purposes only
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Ruling on plucking Eyebrows in Islam
Shaytaan (satan ) is the biggest enemy for mankind and he is determined to mislead people away from obeying Allah and persuade people to do what Allah has forbidden them to do. One of these things is that shaytaan will try to get humans to change the nature of creation.

Allah tells us about the plots of shaytaan in the following verse:
“They (all those who worship others than Allaah) invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allaah), and they invoke nothing but shaytaan (Satan), a persistent rebel!
Allaah cursed him. And he [shaytaan (Satan)] said: ‘I will take an appointed portion of your slaves.
Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allaah.’ And whoever takes shaytaan (Satan) as a Wali (protector or helper) instead of Allaah, has surely, suffered a manifest loss”
[al-Nisa’ 4:117-119]
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah said: “Allaah has cursed the women who do tattoos and those who ask for tattoos to be done, those who ask for their eyebrows to be plucked, and the women ask for their teeth to be filed for the purpose of beautification, changing the creation of Allaah.” A woman from the tribe of Bani Asad whose name was Umm Ya’qoob heard of that and she came and said, “I have heard that you have cursed So and so and So and so.” He said, “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed and who are mentioned in the Book of Allaah?’ She said, “I have read what is between the two covers [of the Qur’aan], and I did not find anything in it like what you have said.” He said, “If you have read it, have you not read that Allaah says,
‘And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it)’
[al-Hashr 59:7]?”
She said, “Of course.” He said, “He forbade that.” She said, “I think your wife does it.” He said, “Go and look.” So she went and looked and she did not see what she was looking for. He said, “If she had been like that, she would not be with us.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4604; Muslim, 2125
Al-Bukhaari (5931) and Muslim (2125) narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “May Allaah curse the women who do tattoos and those who have them done, those who have their eyebrows plucked, and those who file their teeth for the purpose of beautification and change the creation of Allaah.” Then ‘Abd-Allaah said: “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed.”

The mutanammisah is the one who asks another to pluck her eyebrows, and the naamisah is the one who does it. Al-nimaas means removing the hair of the face with tweezers. It was said that the word nimaas refers specifically to removing hair from the eyebrows in order to reduce them or make them straight. Abu Dawood said in al-Sunan: al-naamisah is the one who plucks the eyebrows in order to reduce them.
Fath al-Baari, 10/377

If hair is removed from the eyebrows by a method other than plucking, such as by cutting or shaving, some of the scholars regard this as being the same as plucking, because it is changing the creation of Allaah, so there is no difference between plucking, cutting or shaving.
The following question was mentioned in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (5/196):
A young woman has very thick eyebrows that make her look bad. This girl was forced to shave part of the area between the eyebrows and to reduce the rest so that she will look acceptable to her husband.

The Committee replied:
“It is not permissible to shave the eyebrows or reduce then, because that is the namas (plucking) for which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the one who does it and the one who asks for it to be done. What you must do is repent and pray for forgiveness for what you have done in the past, and beware of that in the future.

Another question (5/195) was put to the Committee:

Namas means removing some of the hair of the eyebrows, and is not permitted, because the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the woman who plucks her eyebrows and the one who has that done, but it is permissible for a woman to remove a beard or moustache, if one grows, or hair from her legs or arms.”

The hadeeth which says that the woman who plucks the eyebrows or who has that done is cursed was narrated by al-Bukhaari (4886) and Muslim (2125), from the hadeeth of ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him).
The point is that it is haraam to remove any hair from the eyebrows, whether all the hair is removed by shaving, or some of it is removed by cutting. Anything apart from that is permissible, such as removing hair from the arms and legs, and the area between the eyebrows. The following appeared in Fataawa al-Lajnah (5/197)

As the hair on the hands, cheeks or forehead, arms and legs is something about which sharee’ah does not say anything. If sharee’ah does not say anything about a matter, it is allowable. It does not come under the same heading as the hair which we are commanded or recommended to remove, and it does not come under the heading of the hair which we commanded to leave alone – such as the hair on a woman’s head and the eyebrows
Some said that it is not permissible to remove it, because removing it implies changing the creation of Allaah, as Allaah tells us that the Shaytaan said:

“ and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah’”[al-Nisa’ 4:119 ]

Some said that this is one of the things concerning which nothing was said, so the ruling is that it is allowed. It is permissible to leave it or to remove it, because whatever is not mentioned in the Qur’aan or Sunnah is permissible.

This was the view favoured by the scholars of the Standing Committee and by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen. See Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 3/879

It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah:
(a) There is no sin on a woman if she removes hair on her upper lip, thighs, calves and arms. This is not part of the tanammus (plucking) that is forbidden.
(Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/194, 195)
(b) The Committee was asked:
What is the Islamic ruling on plucking the hair between the eyebrows?
They replied:
It is permissible to pluck it, because it is not part of the eyebrows.
(Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/197)

The Standing Committee was asked:

What is the ruling on a woman removing hair from her body?

They replied:
It is permissible for her to do that, apart from the hair of the eyebrows and head. It is not permissible for her to remove the hair of her head or to remove any part of the eyebrows, whether by shaving or any other means.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/194

We should comment on the questioner’s words “I know that plucking the eyebrows is haraam and removing facial hair is also.”
As for plucking the eyebrows, this is haraam and is a major sin, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed those who do it.

But as for removing facial hair, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether it is permissible to remove it. This is based on their various understandings of the word al-namas.

Some scholars said that al-namas means removing any facial hair, and they did not limit it to the eyebrows. Others were of the view that al-namas refers to removing the hair of the eyebrows only. This was the view favoured by the Standing Committee as is clear from the fatwas quoted above.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah:

Al-namas means plucking the hair of the eyebrows, which is not permissible because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) cursed the woman who plucks eyebrows (al-naamisah) and the one who has it done (al-mutanammisah).
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/195

Filing teeth is also haram. It was said concerning the meaning of those who ask for their teeth to be filed (al-mutafallijaat)
This refers to one who asks for her teeth to be filed or who does that. Falj means making a gap between two teeth and tafalluj means making a gap between two attached things by means of filing or the like. This was usually done to the incisor tooth for the purpose of beautification. A woman might do this if her teeth were close together so that she would have gaps between her teeth, or an old woman might have do to make it look as if she were younger, because young women usually have gaps between their teeth that disappear as the woman gets older.
Fath al-Baari, 10/372

Facial peeling which is a kind of cosmetic surgery that is done by some people with the aim of looking younger, i.e., to remove signs of aging.
This kind of surgery is not essential, and the patient will not suffer any hardship if he or she does not do it. Rather the aim is to change the creation of Allah and to play about with it according to people’s whims and desires. Thus it is haram and it is not permissible to do it, for the following reasons:

1 – Allah tells us that Iblees (may Allah curse him) said:
“and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah”
[al-Nisa’ 4:119]

This verse indicates that changing the creation of Allaah is one of the haraam things that the Shaytaan tempts the sinners among the sons of Adam to do.

A Muslim women must beautify herself for her husband but this should be within the boundaries of what is permitted in Islam. You cannot please your husband by doing What Allah has forbidden you to do.

An intelligent Muslimah will not risk herself being cursed by Allah and his Messenger (peace be upon him ) to please her husband or out of fear of not looking to the standard of beauty set by other women or to fulfill her own vain desires.

Your goal should be first of all please Allah. The winner is the one who pleases her Lord, loves her Prophet (peace be upon him ) more than anything and anyone, including her own self.

Yes pleasing your husband is fard on you only if it is in the Halal (Islamically lawful ) way.
It is not allowed for you to please your husband in the Haram (forbidden ) way.
A wife is not allowed to have anal sex with her husband no matter how much pleasure that type of sex may give him and no matter how much it displeases him if she refuses. Likewise a wife cannot pluck her eyebrows to please her husband.
Therefore you should accept whatever share of physical beauty Allah has decreed for you and say Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah).
You should not get yourself into the kafir mindset that you need to have the perfect looks.
Shaytaan begins to play with peoples mind because he blames our father Adam and our mother Hawah and the whole mankind for his own stupidity. which led him to be cursed.
He cannot tolerate Allah being pleased with us and wants us to be cursed like him.
So he whispers to the Muslimah saying hey its your duty to please your husband so pluck and shape your eyebrows and make your husband happy. And then you will be happy too.
So he is giving you a rope to hang yourself with and he is grinning behind your back.
Ask yourself if you do that will you be happy being in hell. Will your eyebrows, your face really be appealing to your husband or anyone when it is burnt and twisted due to the fire burning and melting it?
A sharp intelligent Muslimah should not get fooled by satanic whispers. An intelligent Muslimah will think yes it is my duty to please my husband. But not at the cost of displeasing my Lord and falling into the hellfire.
Say I love my Lord more than my husband. Say I love my Prophet more than my husband. Say if only I could get a glimpse of my Prophet (peace be upon him) I would sell every thing I had in this whole world .
So say to your self “I will make my self pretty in the halal way. By wearing nice cloths, brushing my teeth, bathing, smelling nice inside my home , looking after my diet, exercising inside my home and wearing makeup, making my voice sweet and walking seductively in front of my husband (at home of course). If he does not like this then I have done my duty and I will not do anything that displeases my Allah”

“I am not going to become like the kaffirs and pluck my eye brows, have a nose or boob job and have the curse of Allah upon me just to please him, or be popular amongst other women.”

Oh Sisters just look at the kuffar women, they have pluck their eyebrows, Wear the sexiest clothing yet this is not enough for their men. They even have their breasts done , nose done , buttocks done and even private parts done. Still they cant keep their man. Still they don not have the self confidence. And you think being like them is some thing good?

They are losers in this world and the hereafter. So why do you want to join those losers?

Know dear sisters that outward appearance is not the means to achieve noble aims and goals. Rather they are achieved by following laws of Allah and with Allah’s help. If you please Allah you will have all that your heart could wish for.
O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allâh through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship) . Surely, Allâh is Ever an AllWatcher over you. (Quran 4:1)
Allah, may He be exalted, says :
“By Al-Asr (the time).
Verily! Man is in loss,
Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Maroof )which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar )which Allah has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah’s Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad, etc.).”
[al-‘Asr 103:1-3].

So sisters do not be losers for anyone. Only fear Allah and keep your hearts always firm and stead fast. be brave like the Sahabiyaat and not cowards.
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) referred to in the hadeeth, “Among the people are some who open the way to goodness and close the way to evil.” (Hasan, reported by Ibn Maajah from Anas, 237, and by Ibn Abi ‘Aasim in Kitaab al-Sunnah, 1/127. See also Al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 1332)

Sisters close the way to evil by not plucking your eyebrows.
About the heart the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It changes more than a pot of rapidly boiling water.” (Reported by Ahmad, 6/4; al-Haakim, 2/289; al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 1772).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) also said : “The heart (qalb) takes its name from its constant changes (taqallub – alteration, variation, ups and downs). The likeness of the heart is that of a feather at the root of a tree, being turned over and over by the wind.” (Reported by Ahmad, 4/408; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2364)
Allah says
“And all that We relate to you (O Muhammad) of the news of the Messengers is in order that We may make strong and firm your heart thereby. And in this has come to you the truth, as well as an adminition and a reminder for the believers.” [Hood 11:120]
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that “The hearts of the sons of Adam are as one between the fingers of the Most Merciful, and He directs them as He wills.” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad from Ibn ‘Umar; see Saheeh Muslim bi Sharh al-Nawawi, 16/204).
The Messenger of Allaah often used to say, “O Controller of the hearts, make my heart adhere firmly to Your religion.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi from Anas. Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, 6/349; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7864).
Allah says
“And many a Prophet fought (in Allaah’s Cause) and along with him (fought) large bands of religious learned men. But they never lost heart for that which did befall them in Allaah’s Way, nor did they weaken nor degrade themselves. And Allaah loves al-saabireen (the patient ones). And they said nothing but: ‘Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and our transgressions (in keeping our duties to You), establish our feet firmly, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.’ So Allaah gave them the reward of this world, and the excellent reward of the Hereafter…” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:146-148]

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Also regarding wigs and false eye lashes
Al-Bukhaari and Muslim (2122) narrated that Asma’ bint Abi Bakr said: A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have a daughter who is newly married, and she had the measles and her hair fell out. Can I give her hair extensions?” He said: “Allah has cursed the one who fixes hair extensions and the one who has that done.”
Al-Bukhaari (5205) and Muslim (2123) narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that a girl from among the Ansaar got married and she became sick and her hair fell out. They wanted to give her hair extensions, so they asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about that, and he cursed the one who fixes hair extensions and the one who has that done.
Al-Nawawi said:
The one who fixes hair extensions is the one who joins the other hair to the woman’s hair. The one who has that done is the woman who asks someone else to do that for her. These ahaadeeth clearly state that it is haraam to fix hair extensions, and the one who fixes hair extensions and the one who has that done are both cursed in general terms. This is the more correct meaning.
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It is also well know that Abu Hurayrah (literally “Father of the Kitten”) was known by that name due to his love for cats.
In a report narrated in Sunan Abi Dawood and elsewhere, which says that a woman brought some hareesah (a kind of food) to Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and found her praying. (‘Aishah) gestured to her that she should put it down. Then a cat came and ate some of it. When Aishah had finished praying, she ate from where the cat had eaten and said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “They (cats) are not naajis (impure), rather they are among those who go around among you (al-tawwaafeena ‘alaykum)”. I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) doing wudoo with water from which a cat had drunk.”
It was narrated by Abu Dawood (68) from Kabshah bint Ka’b ibn Maalik, who was married to Ibn Abi Qutaadah, Abu Qutaadah entered and she poured some water for him to do wudoo’. A cat came and drank from the water, and he tipped the vessel for it so that it could drink. Kabshah said: “He saw me looking at him and he said, ‘Do you find it strange, O daughter of my brother?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “They (cats) are not naajis (impure), rather they are among those who go around among you (al-tawwaafeena ‘alaykum).” These two reports were classed as saheeh by al-Bukhaari, al-Daaraqutni and others, as was stated in al-Talkhees by Ibn Hajar, 1/15.
Buying and selling Cats
Majority of scholars view it is permissible to sell cats and some scholars are of the view that it is forbidden to sell cats. The most correct view is that it is Haram to sell cats because of the following hadith
Abu’l-Zubayr said: “I asked Jaabir about the price of dogs and cats. He said, ‘The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade that.’” (Narrated by Muslim, 1569).

Abu Dawood (3479) and al-Tirmidhi (1279) narrated that Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the price of dogs and cats. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

Some scholars are of the view that these ahaadeeth are da’eef (weak), but their view is to be rejected.

Al-Nawawi said in al-Majmoo’ (9/269): As for what as al-Khattaabi and Ibn al-Mundhir said about the hadeeth being weak, this is a mistake on their part, because the hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim has a saheeh isnaad. End quote.

Al-Shawkaani said in Nayl al-Awtaar (6/227), refuting the majority who interpret the prohibition in the hadeeth as meaning that it is makrooh and that selling cats is not a noble attitude or sign of chivalry: It is obvious that this is understanding the prohibition in a way that is contrary to its true meaning for no reason. End quote.

Al-Bayhaqi said in al-Sunan (6/18), also refuting the majority: Some scholars have interpreted it as referring to cats that are wild and cannot be caught. Some claim that this applied at the beginning of Islam when cats were ruled to be naajis (impure), but when it was ruled that their leftover food and water are taahir (pure), it became permissible to sell them. But there is no clear evidence for either of these two views. End quote.

Ibn al-Qayyim stated that it is definitely haraam to sell them in Zaad al-Ma’aad (5/773) where he said: This was stated in a ruling (fatwa) by Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) and it is the view of Tawoos, Mujaahid, Jaabir ibn Zayd and all the Zaahiri scholars, and it is one of the two views narrated from Ahmad. This is the correct view, because the ahaadeeth which state that are saheeh, and there is no evidence to the contrary, so this is the view that must be adopted. End quote.

Ibn al-Mundhir said: If it is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade selling them, then such sales are invalid, otherwise they are permissible. End quote from al-Majmoo’, 9/269

Do Cats invalidate ones prayer?
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Prayer is invalidated by a woman, a donkey or a dog; that may be prevented by something equal in height to the back of a saddle [placed in front of the worshipper as a sutrah or screen].” (Narrated by Muslim, 511).
According to one report, “a black dog.” The narrator said: “I said, ‘O Abu Dharr, what is the difference between a black dog and a red or yellow dog?’ He said, ‘O son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) the same question, and he said, “The black dog is a devil.”’” (Narrated by Muslim, 510).
Some people mistake these hadiths to include cats and that is a Mistake, We try to have a sutra in front of us when we pray .and try to prevent anything or anyone passing between us and the sutra. Outside the sutra they can pass.
Abu Juhayfah said: “I heard my father narrating that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led them in prayer in al-Bat-ha’, and in front of them was an ‘anzah (a short spear, iron-tipped at its lower end). He prayed two rak’ahs for Zuhr followed by two rak’ahs for ‘Asr, and a woman and a donkey passed in front of him.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 495).
Amr ibn Shu’ayb narrated from his father that his grandfather said: “We stopped with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in Thaniyyat Adhaakhir and the time for prayer came, so he prayed facing a wall which lay in the direction of the qiblah, and we were behind him. A lamb came and tried to pass in front of him and he kept pushing it back until its belly was pushed up against the wall, then it passed behind him.” (narrated by Abu Dawood, 708; al-Albaani said in Saheeh Abi Dawood, it is hasan saheeh, 652).
Treatment of Cats in Islam
Some people can be very cruel towards animals.
I recently read a story in the newspaper of an 8 year old non-Muslim boy From Britain microwaving his neighbours Cat which left the poor cat with severe internal organ injuries.
Many years ago when I was Studying at A British university I would heard stories about drunk non-Muslim students grabing Ducks from the University pond and placing them in oven or microwave (whilst they are alive) and laughing.
There are other stories were you read some times about a non Muslims hanging his her cat by the tail on the watching line. Resulting in the poor cat screaming and dying. Allah has put inside people’s hearts compassion and mercy for everything. Some people loose that and if they do not fear Allah then then nothing will prevent them from committing their cruelty.
As Muslims we must treat animals with kindness because Allah demands that we treat Animals with kindness and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has warned us of severe consequences in the hereafter of mistreating Animals

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she tied up and did not feed, nor did she let it loose to feed upon the vermin of the earth.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3140; Muslim, 2242)
We should also teach our children this hadith make sure they fear Allah and understand the consequences of bad treatment of people and animals.
However those animals which are harmful to us we can kill
Narrated by Hafsa who said Allah’s Apostle said, “It is not sinful (of a Muhrim) to kill five kinds of animals, namely: the crow, the kite, the mouse, the scorpion and the rabid dog.” (Bukhari Volume 3, Book 29, Number 54)

Narrated by Aisha who said Allah’s Apostle said, “Five kinds of animals are harmful and could be killed in the Haram (Sanctuary). These are: the crow, the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the rabid dog.” (Bukhari Volume 3, Book 29, Number 55 )
Some people are mistaken into thinking that we must keep cats. Things which we must do are those things which we have been ordered to do by Allah or his Prophet (peace be upon him).
We have not been ordered to keep cats but we are allowed to keep cats and if we do keep cats as pets then it becomes compulsory on us to make sure they do not go hungry.
Either we feed them or we should allow them to go outside and hunt for their food.
Detailed Article on Dogs
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What does Islam say about Dogs
Islam means submitting ones will to Allah’s will, When Allah created His creation, He did not invite anyone to have a say in what He was going to create. Allah does not need to explain what he does to any of His creation. But rather His creation has to explain their actions to Allah. Some things Allah has made pure and some things Allah has made impure.
Allah sent his book and His Messenger peace be upon him to us to explain what is permissible for us and what is impermissible for us. Allah has given His creation different abilities. The angels have only been give an ability to obey Allah. The humans have been given the ability to choose to disobey or obey Allah and bear the consequences of their choice.
They can raise themselves above the ranks of angels by choosing to obey Allah and they can degrade themselves to the worst of creation by disobeying Allah.
The choice is yours but you have to remember it comes with consequences.
The dog is one of those animals which is not permissible for a Muslim to keep unless a Muslim needs a dog for hunting, guarding livestock or guarding crops. otherwise two qiraats from his good deeds will be deducted each day he keeps a dog.

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever keeps a dog, a qiraat from his good deeds will be deducted every day, except a dog for farming or herding livestock.” Al-Bukhaari (2145)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever keeps a dog that is not a dog for hunting, herding livestock or farming, two qiraats will be deducted from his reward each day. Muslim (2978)
Abd-Allah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding livestock or a dog for hunting, a qiraat will be deducted from his good deeds each day.Abd-Allah said: Abu Hurayrah said: Or a dog for farming. Muslim (2943)
In addition to this the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3322; Muslim, 2106.)

Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allah be pleased with him) saidthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah. (3640)

The scholars differed as to how to reconcile between the reports which speak of one qiraat being deducted and those which speak of two qiraats being deducted.

It was said that two qiraats will be deducted if the dog is more harmful and one qiraat will be deducted if it is less so.

And it was said that that at first the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that one qiraat would be deducted, then the punishment was increased after that, so he said that two qiraats would be deducted in order to put people off from keeping dogs even more.

The qiraat is an amount that is known to Allah, may He be exalted, and what is meant is that some of the reward for a persons good deeds will be deducted.
Is it permissible to keep a dog to guard houses, alleys and the like?
There are two points of view. The first is that it is not permissible, because of the apparent meaning of the ahaadeeth, which clearly state that keeping dogs is forbidden except for farming, hunting and herding. The more correct view is that it is permissible, by analogy with those three cases, knowing that the reason that is understood from the ahaadeeth is necessity. End quote.

The view that was classed as saheeh by al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him), that keeping a dog to guard the house is permissible, was also classed as saheeh by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) in Sharh Saheeh Muslim. He said:

The correct view is that it is permissible to keep a dog to guard the house, because if it is permissible to keep a dog in order to benefit from it, as in the case of hunting, it is more appropriate that one be allowed to keep a dog in order to ward off harm and protect oneself. End quote.
Impurity of Dog Saliva
The dog itself is not impure but its saliva is impure.

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The purification of the vessel of one of you, if a dog licks it, is to wash it seven times, the first time with soil. Narrated by Muslim, 279.
And according to another report by Muslim (280): If a dog licks the vessel of one of you, let him wash it seven times and rub it with soil the eighth time.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

With regard to dogs, there are three views among the scholars:

1 That they are taahir (pure), even their saliva. This is the view of Maalik.

2 That they are naajis (impure), even their hair. This is the view of al-Shaafai and is one of the two views narrated from Ahmad.

3 Their hair is taahir but their saliva is naajis. This is the view of Abu Haneefah and of Ahmad in the other report narrated from him.

This is the most correct view. So if the wetness of the dog’s hair gets onto one’s garment or body, that does not make it naajis. End quote.

Majmoo al-Fataawa, 21/530.
A dogs Saliva touching a person or a persons cloths does not invalidate his wudhu as it is not one of those things that break the wudhu/
Selling Dogs
1 Abu Juhayfah said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the price of a dog. Bukhaari (1944)
2 Abu Masood al-Ansaari said the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the price of a dog, the wages of a prostitute and the fee of a fortune teller. Bukhaari (2083) and Muslim (2930)
3 Abd-Allah ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah forbade the price of a dog, and if a person comes asking for the price of a dog, then fill his hand with dust. Al-Haafiz said: Its isnaad is saheeh; it was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. (3021)

4 Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The price of a dog, the fee of a fortune teller and the wages of a prostitute are not permissible. Al-Haafiz said: its isnaad is hasan. Al-Albaani classed it as saheeh in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

Thus the price of a dog is among the most evil of earnings and is something vile.

Those who regard it as permissible to sell hunting dogs quote as evidence the hadeeth narrated by al-Nasaai (4589) from Jaabir ibn Abd-Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), according to which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the price of dogs and cats, except for hunting dogs.

This exception in the hadeeth except for hunting dogs is daeef (weak).

Al-Nasaai said, after quoting the hadeeth: This is munkar (a type of weak hadeeth).

Al-Sindi said in Haashiyat al-Nasaai: It is daeef according to the consensus of the muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth).

Al-Nawawi said in Sharh Muslim:

With regard to the ahaadeeth that have been narrated about the prohibition on the price of a dog except for hunting dogs, and that Uthmaan gave twenty camels in compensation to a man for a dog that he killed, and the report from Ibn Amr ibn al-Aas about paying compensation for destroying a dog all of these are daeef according to the consensus of the hadeeth scholars. End quote.
Muslims do not hate dogs we simply cannot keep dogs except for hunting. Our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has warned us about being cruel to animals. He told us about a person who was cruel to her cat because the cat scratched her and due to her severe cruelty towards the cat she was placed in hell by Allah. Thus warning us and forbidding us from being cruel towards animals.

Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she tied up and did not feed, nor did she let it loose to feed upon the vermin of the earth.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3140; Muslim, 2242)
In addition to this the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him related to us stories about how a person was kind to an animal and he entered paradise Thus teaching us the value of kindness to even animals,

Abu Huraira said Allah’s Apostle said, “While a man was walking on a road. he became very thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man said to himself “This dog is suffering from the same state of thirst as I did.” So he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him.” The people asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?” He said, “(Yes) There is a reward for serving any animate (living being) .”(Bukhari Volume: 8, Book Number: 73, Hadith Number: 38)
Thus Muslims do not hate dogs but we just do not keep them inside our homes nor as pets. So if we were to see a dog hungry or thirsty we should give it food and water. if we see it with an injured leg then we should try to fix its legs and so on.
A dog has its value but its value is not above humans. We Muslims value humans above animals.
Unlike many non Muslims who value sometimes animals sometimes equal to humans and sometimes above Humans.
For instances Hindus worship cows and even other animals such as monkeys, rats etc. They take these animals as Gods. Worshiping things which cannot even protect themselves.
Similarly in the west some people value the life of a dog more than a Child. Many times you will hear women in the west praised for the large number of dogs they rear but they are looked down upon if they have many children. This was especially the case in the 90’s and 80’s.
We found bizzare incidents were rich non Muslims in the west left whole estates to their dog. What exactly is the dog going to do with millions of pounds?
In the 90’s United nations ran by non Muslims was giving lots of meat to its dogs in Iraq whilst it was starving and preventing enough food going to Iraqi children as a result 1 million Muslim Iraqi babies died of Malnutrition. The USA sectary of State was asked why the UN dogs were getting so much meat and the Iraqi children so little meat. She replied that the UN dogs had a difficult job to do.
Allah tells us that everything in this world was created for us. They serve some purpose. For instance we were not created for cows but they were created for us for various purposes. We were not created for bird, fruit, flowers, oxygen, thunder lightening etc etc but they were created for us for their various purposes. Some are their for our entertainment, some are their for our survival, some for as signs of a blessing to come (rain) and as a warning that we are weak and can be harmed and killed. Some are as a test of our obedience to creator..
As I said in the beginning of this article. Allah had chosen to make some things pure and some impure. He did not invite His creation for consultation as to which things should be pure or impure. Or which should be halal or haram. Allah does not need a reason to give us a reason as to why he chose something to be pure and something to be impure.
The whole is of Islam is we submit to the will of our creator. And in return Allah will InshaAllah give us the ultimate present, everlasting true peace and true happiness in the hereafter.
Allah doesn’t have to give us a reason for forbidding us from something.
Our Father Adam and Mother Hawa (Eve) were forbidden to eat from a tree in heaven but they became tempted to eat and sinned and were sent down to earth, a place which is full of struggles and pains.
However, they recognised their mistake of being disobedient to Allah and repented and were forgiven. This elevated them to above even the status of Angels because they were given the choice of doing continuing to sin or be obedient slaves of their creator. They made the right choice by repenting and being obedient slaves of Allah.
We being humans and children of Adam and Hawa (Eve) can also elevate ourselves above the rest of creation by choosing to acknowledge worship Allah (our creator) alone and to obey him by doing what He tells us to do and stay away from that which he tells us to stay away from.
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More hadith on this subject

Narrated Abu Mas’ud:

The Prophet forbade the utilization of the price of a dog, the earnings of prostitute and the earnings of a foreteller 44: (Bhukhari Volume: 7, Book Number: 71, Hadith Number: 656)
Narrated Abu Juhaifa:

The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats) usury the one who gives usury, the woman who practises tattooing and the woman who gets herself tattooed.(Bhukhari Volume: 7, Book Number: 72, Hadith Number: 829)
Narrated Abu Talha :

The Prophet said, “Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or there are pictures.”(Bhukhari 7, Book Number: 72, Hadith Number: 833)
Narrated Salim’s father:

Once Gabriel promised to visit the Prophet but he delayed and the Prophet got worried about that. At last he came out and found Gabriel and complained to him of his grief (for his delay). Gabriel said to him, “We do not enter a place in which there is a picture or a dog.”(Bhukhari Volume: 7, Book Number: 72, Hadith Number: 843)
Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “While a man was walking on a road. he became very thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man said to himself “This dog is suffering from the same state of thirst as I did.” So he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him.” The people asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?” He said, “(Yes) There is a reward for serving any animate (living being) .”(Bhukhari Volume: 8, Book Number: 73, Hadith Number: 38)
Narrated ‘Adi bin Hatim:

I asked Allah’s Apostle about Al Mirad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a piece of iron used for hunting). He replied, “If the game is hit by its sharp edge, eat it, and if it is hit by its broad side, do not eat it, for it has been beaten to death.” I asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! I release my dog by the name of Allah and find with it at the game, another dog on which I have not mentioned the name of Allah, and I do not know which one of them caught the game.” Allah’s Apostle said (to him), ‘Don’t eat it as you have mentioned the name of Allah on your dog and not on the other dog.” (Bukhari Volume: 3, Book Number: 34, Hadith Number: 270)
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Meat
Allah says:
O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shait�n (Satan). Verily, he is to you an open enemy. (Quran 2.168)
O you who believe (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship. (Quran 2.172)

Narrated. Abu Huraira. The Prophet said, “Eating any fanged beast of prey is prohibited” (reported by Muslim).
Muslim reported the aforesaid hadith from Ibn Abbas narration with this version: “He prohibited.”And he added “And every bird with claws.”
Narrated Jabir: “On the day of khaibar, Allah’s Messenger forbade the flesh of domesticated asses, but permitted horse flesh (Agreed Upon).”
Narrated Ibn Abu Aufa We went on seven expedition with Allah’s Messenger and we ate locusts. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Anas regarding the story of the hare: he (Abu Talha) slaughtered it and sent its haunch to Allah’s Messenger (SAW) and he accepted it. (Agreed Upon).

Narrated Ibn Abu Ammar. I asked jabir, “Is hyena a game ?” He replied, “Yes.” I asked “Did Allah’s Messenger say that?” He replied, “Yes.” (Reported by Ahmad and Al-Arba’a. Al-Bukhari and ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn umar:”Allah’s Messenger prohibited eating or drinking the milk of the animal which feeds on filth (Al-Arba’a except An-Nasa’i reported it. At-Tirmidhi graded it hasan).”
Narrated Abu Qatada regarding the Zebra’s story; the Prophet ate from it. (Agreed upon)
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin utman Al-Qurashi: “A physician consulted Allah’s Messenger (about extracting medicine from frogs and he prohibited killing them. ” (Ahmad reported it; Al-Hakim graded it Sahih).
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The sand lizard was served as food on the table of Allah’s Messenger .(Agreed Upon)
Any four -hoofed, flesh-eating beat of prey is forbidden and similarly any birds nibbling at its prey with the grip of its talons is forbidden.
Hare is permissible according to the majority of scholars.
According to this Hadith a hyena is permissible. According to some imams it is permissible were as according to some others it is forbidden. Their reason being that hyena like to feed on human flesh and therefore digs into the graves. The dabb (a kind of sand lizard) was never eaten by The Prophet (SAW) himself, but his companions did eat it before him while eating off his dining sheet. He was invited to eat it , but refused partaking of it but did not forbid the people around him to eat it.

Al-Bukhaari (5558) and Muslim (1966) narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sacrificed two horned black and white rams. I saw him placing his foot on their sides, and he said the name of Allaah and he said takbeer, then he slaughtered them with his own hand.

O people! Allah is Tayyib (Pure and Good) and only accepts that which is Tayyib. Allah has indeed commanded the believers with what He has commanded the Messengers, for He said: (O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Tayyibat and do righteous deeds.
Verily, I am well-acquainted with what you do) (23:51), and: (O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with) He then mentioned a man, (who is engaged in a long journey, whose hair is untidy and who is covered in dust, he raises his hands to the sky, and says, `O Lord! O Lord!’ Yet, his food is from the unlawful, his drink is from the unlawful, his clothes are from the unlawful, and he was nourished by the unlawful, so how can it (his supplication) be accepted”) It was also recorded by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi

After Allah mentioned how He has blessed His creatures by providing them with provisions, and after commanding them to eat from the pure things that He has provided them, He then stated that He has not prohibited anything for them, except dead animals. Dead animals are those that die before being slaughtered; whether they die by strangling, a violent blow, a headlong fall, the goring of horns or by being partly eaten by a wild animal. Dead animals of the sea are excluded from this ruling, as is explained later, Allah willing, as Allah said:
(Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) watergame and its use for food) (5:96), and because of the Hadith about the whale recorded in the Sahih. The Musnad, Al-Muwatta’ and the Sunan recorded the Prophet saying about the sea:
(Its water is pure and its dead are permissible.)
Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Ad-Daraqutni reported that Ibn `Umar said that the Prophet said:
(We have been allowed two dead things and two bloody things: fish and locusts; and liver and spleen).
We will mention this subject again in Surat Al-Ma’idah (chapter 5 in the Qur’an), In sha’ Allah (if Allah wills).
Issue: According to Ash-Shafi`i and other scholars, milk and eggs that are inside dead unslaughtered animals are not pure, because they are part of the dead animal. In one narration from him, Malik said that they are pure themselves, but become impure because of their location. Similarly, there is a difference of opinion over the cheeses (made with the milk) of dead animals. The popular view of the scholars is that it is impure, although they mentioned the fact that the Companions ate from the cheeses made by the Magians (fire worshippers). Hence, Al-Qurtubi commented: “Since only a small part of the dead animal is mixed with it, then it is permissible, because a minute amount of impurity does not matter if it is mixed with a large amount of liquid.” Ibn Majah reported that Salman said that Allah’s Messenger was asked about butter, cheese and fur. He said:
The allowed is what Allah has allowed in His Book and the prohibited is what Allah has prohibited in His Book. What He has not mentioned is a part of what He has pardoned.)
Allah has prohibited eating the meat of swine, whether slaughtered or not, and this includes its fat, either because it is implied, or because the term Lahm includes that, or by analogy. Similarly prohibited are offerings to other than Allah, that is what was slaughtered in a name other than His, be it for monuments, idols, divination, or the other practices of the time of Jahiliyyah. Al-Qurtubi mentioned that `A’ishah was asked about what non-Muslims slaughter for their feasts and then offer some of it as gifts for Muslims. She said, “Do not eat from what has been slaughtered for that day, (or feast) but eat from their vegetables.”
Then Allah permitted eating these things when needed for survival or when there are no permissible types of food available. Allah said: (But if one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits), meaning, without transgression or overstepping the limits,
(…then there is no sin on him.) meaning, if one eats such items, for,
(Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.)
Mujahid said, “If one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing the set limits. For example, if he didn’t, then he would have to resort to highway robbery, rising against the rulers, or some other kinds of disobedience to Allah, then the permission applies to him. If one does so transgressing the limits, or continually, or out of disobedience to Allah, then the permission does not apply to him even if he is in dire need.” The same was reported from Sa`id bin Jubayr. Sa`id and Muqatil bin Hayyan are reported to have said that without willful disobedience means, “Without believing that it is permissible.” It was reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah:
(. ..without willful disobedience nor transgressing) saying, “Without willful disobedience means eating the dead animal and not continuing to do so. Qatadah said:
(without willful disobedience) “Without transgressing by eating from the dead animals, that is when the lawful is available.”
Issue: When one in dire straits finds both ـ dead animals, and foods belong to other people which he could get without risking the loss of his hands or causing harm, then it is not allowed for him to eat the dead animals. Ibn Majah reported that `Abbad bin Shurahbil Al-Ghubari said, “One year we suffered from famine. I came to Al-Madinah and entered a garden. I took some grain that I cleaned, and ate, then I left some of it in my garment. The owner of the garden came, roughed me up and took possession of my garment. I then went to Allah’s Messenger and told him what had happened. He said to the man:

(You have not fed him when he was hungry – or he said starving – nor have you taught him if he was ignorant.)
The Prophet commanded him to return `Abbad’s garment to him, and to offer him a Wasq (around 180 kilograms) – or a half Wasq – of food
This has a sufficiently strong chain of narrators and there are many other witnessing narrations to support it, such as the Hadith that `Amr bin Shu`ayb narrated from his father that his grandfather said: Allah’s Messenger was asked about the hanging clusters of dates. He said:

(There is no harm for whoever takes some of it in his mouth for a necessity without putting it in his garment.)
Muqatil bin Hayyan commented on:
(…then there is no sin on him. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) “For what is eaten out of necessity.” Sa`id bin Jubayr said, “Allah is pardoning for what has been eaten of the unlawful, and Merciful’ in that He allowed the prohibited during times of necessity.” Masruq said, “Whoever is in dire need, but does not eat or drink until he dies, he will enter the Fire.” This indicates that eating dead animals for those who are in need of it for survival is not only permissible but required.
174. Verily, those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book, and purchase a small gain therewith (of worldly things), they eat into their bellies nothing but fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs will be a painful torment). (175. Those are they who have purchased error at the price of guidance, and torment at the price of forgiveness. So how bold they are (for evil deeds which will push them) to the Fire). (176. That is because Allah has sent down the Book (the Qur’an) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far away in opposition).

Allah says
Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytatah (the dead animals – cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and the meat of that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns – and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal – unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) – and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone altars). (Forbidden) also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision, (all) that is Fisqun (disobedience of Allah and sin). This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion, so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
They ask you (O Muhammad ) what is lawful for them (as food ). Say: “Lawful unto you are At-Tayyibat [all kind of Halal (lawful-good) foods which Allah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.)]. And those beasts and birds of prey which you have trained as hounds, training and teaching them (to catch) in the manner as directed to you by Allah; so eat of what they catch for you, but pronounce the Name of Allah over it, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Swift in reckoning.”
(Quran 5:3-4)
Muslim recorded that Buraydah bin Al-Husayb Al-Aslami said that the Messenger of Allah said”He who plays Nardshir (a game with dice that involves gambling) is just like the one who puts his hand in the flesh and blood of swine”

Ibn Kathir said IT is recorded in the Two Sahihs that the Messenger of Allah said” Allah made the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and idols illegal.) The people asked, “O Allah’s Messenger! What about the fat of dead animals, for it was used for greasing the boats and the hides; and people use it for lanterns” He said, No, it is illegal.

Allah says
O you who believe (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship.
He has forbidden you only the Maytatah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a scrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful
(Quran 2:172-173)

Narrated. Abu Huraira. The Prophet said, “Eating any fanged beast of prey is prohibited” (reported by Muslim).
Muslim reported the aforesaid hadith from Ibn Abbas narration with this version: “He prohibited.”And he added “And every bird with claws.”
Narrated Jabir: “On the day of khaibar, Allah’s Messenger forbade the flesh of domesticated asses, but premitted horse flesh (Agreed Upon).”
Narrated Ibn Abu Aufa We went on seven expedition with Allah’s Messenger (and we ate locusts. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Anas regarding the story of the hare: he (Abu Talha) slaughtered it and sent its haunch to Allah’s Messenger and he accepted it. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Ibn Abbas :”Allah’s Messenger prohibited the killing of four creatured: aunts, bees, hoopoes and strikes.” (Reported by Ahmad and Abu Da’ud. Ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn Abu Ammar. I asked jabir, “Is hyena a game ?” He replied, “Yes.” I asked “Did Allah’s Messenger say that?” He replied, “Yes.” (Reported by Ahmad and Al-Arba’a. Al-Bukhari and ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn umar:”Allah’s Messenger prohibited eating or drinking the milk of the animal which feeds on filth (Al-Arba’a except An-Nasa’i reported it. At-Tirmidhi graded it hasan).”
Narrated Abu Qatada regarding the Zebra’s story; the Prophet ate from it. (Agreed upon)
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin utman Al-Qurashi: “A physician consulted Allah’s Messenger about extracting medicine from frogs and he prohibited killing them. ” (Ahmad reported it; Al-Hakim graded it Sahih).
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The sand lizard was served as food on the table of Allah’s Messenger .(Agreed Upon)
Any four -hoofed, flesh-eating beat of prey is forbidden and similarly any birds nibbling at its prey with the grip of its talons is forbidden.
Hare is permissible according to the majority of scholars.
According to this Hadith a hyena is permissible. According to some imams it is permissible were as according to some others it is forbidden. Their reason being that hyena like to feed on human flesh and therefore digs into the graves. The dabb (a kind of sand lizard) was never eaten by The Prophet (SAW) himself, but his companions did eat it before him while eating off his dining sheet. He was invited to eat it , but refused partaking of it but did not forbid the people around him to eat it.
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Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) hated the smell of garlic, and said: “Whoever eats anything from this unpleasant plant should not approach us in the mosque.”
The people said, “It has become haraam (forbidden), it has become haraam.”
When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) heard what was being said, he said: “O people, it is not for me to forbid something that Allaah has permitted; this is just a vegetable whose smell is unpleasant.” (Reported by Ahmad and Muslim, 877).
Gold and Silver Utensils
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) issued a stern warning about using such vessels. Umm Salamah reported that he said: “The one who eats or drinks from a vessel of gold or silver is putting fire from Hell into his stomach.”
(Reported by Muslim, 3/1634).
Scholars say this ruling applies to every kind of vessel or utensil that is made of gold or silver, such as plates, forks, spoons, knives, trays on which food is offered to guests, boxes of sweets which are given to wedding guests, and so on.

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