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The Ruling on “Farewell Sex”
Question:
Asslamu ‘Alaikum, There has been a claim made that an ‘alim in 2011 said that a man may have intercourse with the body of his dead wife. “Since a good Muslim couple will meet again in Heaven, and since death does not alter the marital contract it is not a hindrance to the husband’s desire to have sexual intercourse with the corpse of his (freshly) deceased wife”.
What does our madhab say about such a view?
Wassalam
Country: United States
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami counted this from amongst the major sins [kaba’ir]. (al-Zawajir v. 2, p. 152) The act is unlawful and despicable.
And Allah knows best.
Shafiifiqh.com Fatwa Dept.
Read MoreIs There Punishment in the Grave?
Question:
selamun aleykum, is the punishment in the grave a reality according the shafii school?
Country: Germany
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
In the beliefs of a Muslim, punishment in the grave is a reality. This is established in many different texts.
Performing a Cesarean Operation to Remove a Live Baby from Its Deceased Mother
Question:
Asalamo Aleikom wa Rahmatollahi wa Barakatoh, i am Hanafi, but my question is this: I heard in mosque once that: in Shafi’i Madhab it is not allowed to do Caesarean section on a dead woman who has a living child in her stomach. Is this true :) JazakAllaho Khayran Katheera :)
Country: Norway
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
Abu al-‘Abbas Ibn Surayj maintained that the child should be removed from its deceased mother as the sanctity of the living is more than that of the deceased. The detail is also mentioned by the Shafiyyah that in the instance when the fetus would be able to live outside the womb, then such an operation should be performed. (al-Hawi al-Kabir v. 3, p. 62) The reason for performing such an operation is to save a life. If the baby’s life can be saved, it is obligatory to do so. (Tuhfat al-Muhtaj v. 3, p. 225)
And Allah knows best.
Shafiifiqh.com Fatwa Dept.
Read MoreA Supplication for Meeting One’s New Wife
Question:
Asalamu alikum waramathuallah inshallah at the end of this month I am getting married is there any dua or namaz (prayer) before first night (I mean meeting her)?
Country: India
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
When one encounters his new wife on the wedding night, it is recommended that he say “BismiLlah,” taking the front part of her head in his hand he says,
“Allah bless each one of us in his partner. O Allah! Verily I ask you of her good and the good which you created her with. And I seek refuge with You from her evil and the evil which you created her with.”
The Talaq of One Intoxicated
Question:
If the husband gives talaq in the state of alcohol addiction is that talaq valid?
Country: India
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
We understand that what is intended in the question to be that a husband issues a talaq while he is intoxicated from drinking alcohol. If he issues a talaq in this state, the talaq has happened. (Nihayat al-Muhtaj v. 6, p. 424)
And Allah knows best.
Shafiifiqh.com Fatwa Dept.
Read MoreAccording to the Shafis, Does a Woman Need to Serve Her Husband?
Question:
Salam. My question is, is it the duty and responsibility of the wife to do the household work? What does Islam says about that? Thanks.
Country: United Arab Emirates
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The Madhhab’s opinion is that a woman is not obligated to serve her husband by doing chores and housework. This view would consider that which women customarily do as a good and virtuous supererogatory act for their husbands and their homes for which they are rewarded by their Lord – glorified and exalted be He – for. Shaykh Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi related this view in his Muhadhdhab v. 4, p. 236.
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