Sheikh Dr. Mehdi Hazari

Sheikh Dr. Mehdi Hazari
 
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Location: North Carolina
Nationality: United States

Public QnA

If I had a little doubt as an excessive doubter whether I was actually junub or not, but carried out my ghusl and did Ghusl janabah. Is my Ghusl accepted?

‘Alaikum as-Salam. If you had a doubt about being junub then you were not actually ruled as being in the state of janabah, so there technically would be no ghusl needed

Does this tafsir for surah Tawbah indicate tahreef 8- 158- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ اِبْنِ فَضَّالٍ‌ عَنِ‌ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ‌ : فَأَنْزَلَ اَللّٰهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلىٰ‌ رَسُولِهِ‌ وَ أَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْهٰا قُلْتُ‌: هَكَذَا؟ قَالَ‌: هَكَذَا نَقْرَأُهَا وَ هَكَذَا تَنْزِيلُهَا. Tsfseer noor al-thaqalyn Volume 2 page 220 Is this hadith reliable? I have read other similar hadith to this one as well that can be understood as there being tahrif in the Quran. Do we have authentic hadith from the ahlul bayt denying any tahrif?

We do not believe that there is any tahreef in the Holy Quran, so any authentic tradition would not suggest such a thing. Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) says: "ما لم يُوافق من الحديث القرءان فهو زُخرف." “Any statement that is not in accord with the Qur’an is futile and false.” This proves that the Quran is impeccable without flaw

I got paint on my thumb that ended up drying and completely forgot about it when I went to perform wudu for my prayers. After I finished prayer I realized I had a green stain and now I’m unsure if my wudu is valid and if I need to redo those prayers.

You must redo your wudhu and prayers after removing it from your skin.

What is the difference between rizq (sustenance) and income (rozi)? Are they related in anyway? Does increase or decrease in one affect the other?

Rizq is the sustenance given to us by Allah, which is essentially everything, including one’s halal income

I am going to Iraq for a month and will be going from town to town. I will first go to Baghdad for a couple days then Najaf then stay mostly in Karbala. I just wanted to ask about prayers. I pray all prayers in full for the entire month right? (Eg. Not praying 2 Rakat for asr prayer and instead praying the full 4 rakat) Also, since I am a female, how would I pray while in the airplane? Can I just wait until I land in Iraq and then pray the salah as qadha? And how do I know the times of prayer while in the airplane? It’s a bit confusing for me to understand.

You will pray shortened prayers if you are not staying in any one place for at least ten days. You must not miss your prayers, thus, you have to find a way to pray on the plane and let it become qadha, even if doing so sitting is the absolutely only way. You can figure the time based on when you start your travel and the duration you have spent in the air. Or, you can go by the sun

I have an idea for a product to protect people from having their drinks drugged. This product will likely protect alcohol drinkers more than those who do not drink alcohol. Is it haraam for me to create this product?

It does not seem so, as long as it does not promote anything haram

1) Sayed recently I wanted to clarify the difference between Istagatha and Tawassul. I have heard people say you can’t ask Ahlulbayt directly but you can Ask Allah with their name. I was told you can only to do istegatha with Imam Zaman (ajtfs). However in a lot of Majalis/ Amaal/ poetry and even Nade Ali we call on Ahlulbayt to help us. Forgive me Sayed, but would you be able to clarify this please, or if you have can recommend any sources I could read? 2) And is there another interpretation of Nade Ali

1) It is only Allah who answers the prayers and aids people. Thus, when we ask, we are only asking Him. However, Allah says to ask Him through a waseela or intercessor. So, tawassul and istigatha are both to Allah, but through the waseela of Ahl al-Bayt (p). 2) It is akin to asking an ordinary person for help. If you have a need, and only your friend Fatima can help you, then it would be reasonable for someone to say, “Nailah, go ask Fatima, she is the only one who can help you…” https://al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia/tawassul-resorting-intermediary

Salam alaikom, who is the mother and grandmother of imam al Mahdi?

‘Alaikum as-Salam. His mother was Lady Narjis (p) and his grandmother was Lady Hudayth (p)

“How about cryptocurrency trading?” Trump recently released a “memecoin” and it went up 2000%. Is this considered gambling, or is it halal. A lot of these “memecoins” go up because the topic is trending.

Sayyid Sistani has not ruled on cryptocurrency and so you can refer to the next most knowledgeable marj’a. It is considered that Shaykh Wahid al-Khorasani is next most knowledgeable

I’ve recently been facing a lot of issues with falling asleep. Sometimes I keep tossing and turning in the bed for 2 to 3 hours. It seems like my nervous system can’t calm down easily (i don’t scroll or use screens until late – stop it at least an hour before bedtime). Also, my mother had the same issue so there’s this genetic tendency present. Could you kindly advise me on Islamic recommendations to help with such a condition?

Recitation of the Quran is always beneficial. You can also see here: https://www.duas.org/mobile/bedtime-duas.html This said to be for insomnia https://www.duas.org/Sahife%20Zehra/dua40.htm

There is this blood relative of mine who used used to disrespect me. About a week ago i stopped talking to him except when it was necessary or if he tried to talk. Is this considered qata ur rehm? Now he stopped disrespecting me

Cutting off from the relative means you have absolutely no contact with them at all, which should not be done. If a relative does not show you respect, then the least you must do is say Salam to them and ask about their wellbeing

In my university, after the final exams students somehow get the question paper so that next year the new students can use them to practise or memorize them because questions get repeated. I am not sure but my university might have policies against this practise. This practise is very common in my college. I just want to know if its halal for me to use these questions because they will help me pass the exams very easily?

If the university considers it to be cheating then it is not permissible

i just learned that a friend of mine enjoys reading gay romance like manga and novels anime and stuff and I told them that it is not permissible. They are upset and wants to confirm if they cannot absolutely read even the ones that haven’t got any explicit content but their main genre is romance.

It is not permissible

Would you please provide recommended duas and acts that a couple can do to overcome infertility. Also, any surahs that they may recite.

Please see here: https://www.duas.org/matri3.htm

About this ruling: . If someone burps and something comes up in his throat or mouth, he must spit it out; and if he swallows it involuntarily, his fast is valid. Sometimes if you burb and it causes some “vomit-like” stuff to come up it barley comes up in the sense that it’s still in your throat and it wouldn’t be possible to get it out since it’s not far up enough that you could actually spit it out and it’s all the way down that even if you tried to spit it out you wouldn’t be able to. Is the fast still valid if you swallowed this?

Yes

Are Muslims allowed to watch movies having illicit forbidden Haram relations if it doesn’t impact religiosity and no sexual scenes in that movie?

One should avoid such things. Watching such things is forbidden if it influences the viewer and causes moral corruption or arousal. Furthermore on an obligatory precaution watching such movies should be avoided entirely if it contains sexually indecent scenes.

Mutah’s permissibility is easily proven using scripture but why and how can we accept it when it goes against our conscious it goes against our logic and our aqil that Allah gave us?

Just because something is permissible doesn’t mean we should do it, or that it is actually good for us. Moreover, takleef is not about our reasoning and what we consider logical, it is Allah who decides this by His Wisdom

Is it permissible for a woman to like a female actress (given that) being an actor or actress is haraam in Islam such that she doesn’t idolize the actress

There is nothing wrong problem per se as long as it does not glorify something haram

I wanted to ask if are Muslim women allowed to look at the thighs (the starting part of legs), the stomach, back of another women in fitness clubs and in movies without Haram gaze? Note that these parts are uncovered especially in fitness clubs

Yes. The only part she cannot look at is the private area.

I would like to ask about a person which accepts the obligation of Salah but not praying for whatever reason; is this person committing a big sin or is this person commiting something which throws out of Islam and makes the person become a Kafir?

It does not make the person a kafir, because one must attest to the oneness of Allah and the messengership of Prophet Muhammad to be considered a “Muslim”. However, one might question how true they are as a Muslim if they don’t practice the most important act of worship, and not doing so is certainly a sin.

Whenever I lay in bed, my feet face directly towards the qibla as well as my study table which has many books on it (mostly Islamic books). Is this okay or should I shift my bed or my study table elsewhere. What does Sayyid Sistani say regarding this?

There is no problem in it.

You mention that taqlid is not based on personal suitability but based on taking the recommendations of senior scholars. Unfortunately, this does not make a lot of sense to me, because this is how I think about it: If all the senior scholars agreed on who the most knowledgeable marj’a is, wouldn’t that marj’a be the only one people are allowed to follow? The fact that people are split into following different marj’as would insinuate that each scholar holds their own belief on who the most knowledgeable marj’a is and therefore there is the option of choosing. Could you please clarify how I should follow a marj’a based on the senior scholars recommendation if the senior scholars themselves hold differing opinions?

The presence of a most-knowledgeable jurist does not preclude that other jurists will also be followed. For example, if you want to go to the best doctor in a given field, you have to be referred to them by their colleagues who know that they are the most proficient. But that does not preclude you from not going to the best doctor, and instead, choose another. The choice of the most-knowledgeable marj’a is to ensure, to the best degree possible, that you are discharging your duties as a Muslim. Although knowledge should be the gauge by which people choose, it is apparent that some do so because this is their tradition (their parents follow and so do they), they have a political reason, or they think the rulings of a particular marj’a are “easier”.

Are you allowed to fast with a cold, or after you vomit? And are you allowed to fast while pregnant? Are you allowed to not fast while pregnant if it proves to be difficult?

Cold and vomit (involuntary) - yes, as long as you are not causing harm to yourself by doing so. Pregnant - yes, same answer. If fasting causes danger then the woman doesn’t have to fast. But it must be made up later.

I have a fiqh question regarding Ayatollah Sistani’s rulings. The rule states that if I forget the tashahud and remember before ruku, I can bow down and perform it. However, what should I do if I doubt whether I did the tashahud or not? Additionally, if I have that doubt, go down, recite the tashahud, and then come back up to continue the salah, what is the ruling in that case?

If the doubt arose when you have already started the next part of the salat then you ignore it and move forward. Your prayer is fine and you based on recommended precaution you can perform sajdatay al-sahu

Is it permissible to recite the Qur’an in the shower (within a bathroom), given that ‘urfan it is not considered disrespectful to do so?

There should be no explicit objection to this, as long as there is no disrespect or belittling of the sacred status of Allah’s book.

If there is dry peeling skin on me and I perform wudu, but I forgot to peel it off but I perform wudu and pray dhur, hours later I then pray mahgrib, then realize the dry peeling skin was still on me but I don’t know weather the water reached under the dry peeling skin or not

If part of the skin has peeled, it is not necessary to make water go underneath the unpeeled part. But, if the peeled skin is such that it sometimes sticks to the body and at other times it hangs loose, one must cut it off or make water go underneath it for the wudhu to be valid

1) Do you have to take your shoes off to read quran while say in the car or train for example. 2) Do you have to keep a bag outside the toilet if it has Quran inside it or can you take it with you? For example while travelling in an airport. 3) If you have a bag with Quran inside it, can you put that bag on the floor? Can you sit on the bed while reading Quran

1) No 2) There’s no problem if you had to take it in as long as there’s no najasah coming upon it or disrespect 3) Yes to both, with the same caveat

When we see recommended prayers that include 20 or 30 rakats, do we pray it as one ongoing salah or do we pray it as multiple 2 unit prayers or multiple 4 unit prayers?

They should be performed in 2-unit prayers

1) Is it Haram to take interest from the bank. When they give about 1-2 percent of what you have in your bank account annually without telling you. If it is not Haram why? 2) Why is it halal if it’s interest?

1) It is not haram as long as you did not stipulate it. 2) It is not usury, you are not stipulating it

Regarding washing feet in ablution 1. Can we wipe our feet from our ankle to the toes? Or does it have to be wiped from toes to ankle? 2. If we wipe our feet from toes to ankle, while wiping it with our fingers (in the position the fingers touching the toes), the upper part of the palm of the hand is also touching the feet bridge (the one that is like a hump) but the part between the toes and the feet bridge are not touched yet by the wetness of the hand, then after that I just wipe it like usual, is it valid?

1. It must be from the toes to the ankles 2. Yes