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Posted On: Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:9 PM Question: Assalamu Alaikum, May Muslims celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving with their families? Jazakullah Khair for your time. Assalamu Alaikum. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:35 PM Response: Thanksgiving is not a religious celebration. It is cultural. I don't see anything wrong with joining the non-Muslim members of family good and closer to the Muslim members. Maybe that is a good approach of dawah. Posted On: Thursday, November 20, 2003 8:45 PM Question: Assalamu Alaikum, May Muslims celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving with their families? Jazakullah Khair for your time. Assalamu Alaikum Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:56 PM Response: Thanksgiving is not a religious celebration. It is cultural. I don't see anything wrong with joining the non-Muslim members of family good and closer to the Muslim members. Maybe that is a good approach of dawah. Posted On: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:52 PM Question: I made a niyyat saying that if my certain work was done i would give lillah money to a certain mosque, after my work was done i intended to give the lillah money to the mosque but found that they did not need the money but another mosque was in need of the money so is it alright if i give the lillah money to the second mosque and not the first for which i made the intention. If i cannot give the money to the second mosque what is the reason for this. Jazakallah Urgent answer needed Jazakallah Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:54 PM Response: You can give your money to the second mosque, there is no problem. Because your vow was to please Allah in giving that sadiqah for a certain purpose. That purpose itself is accomplished in the second project. Posted On: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:7 PM Question: Assalamu Alaikum my dear Shaykh I wanted to ask you, what is the ruling of having a relationship with a sister, but not dating. I mean just building a healthy relationship with her and Insha Allah marry her. So, is that wrong? Asslamu Alaikum my dear Shaykh and may Allah bless us with power to get rid of Israel and bring Al-Quds back, Ameen. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:49 PM Response: If you have the intention of marriage, then your communication with that sister will be restricted and ruled by the good intention. Your talk should be of what pleases Allah. When you find out that you are interested in that girl, then I advise you to stop communications with her and move to the family for further steps. Posted On: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:8 PM Question: I work in a retail business and after I ordered some shoes I figured out the it is made from the PIG leather, so is that halal or haram to trade in the pig leather, and if it haram, what should I do in my stock, throw it away or just sell it and don’t order it any more, specially that I cant refund it from the supplier. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:43 PM Response: What is haram of pork is eating its meat. Its skin is halal because the Prophet (SAW) says any skin that has been tanned becomes pure. The pig skin wneh tanned, is fully halal. There is nothing wrong with your business. Posted On: Saturday, November 8, 2003 6:57 PM Question: can i use the tooth paste while i am fasting to brush my teeth. GAzakom allah Kira Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:40 PM Response: Yes, you are recommended to take care of your breath and the cleanliness of your teeth. You can brush your teeth with toothpaste, because you are not taking the toothpaste to swallow it. In case any stuff is swallowed involuntarily, it is forgiven. Posted On: Saturday, November 8, 2003 6:55 PM Question: I would like to know if i have to make wash (gosl) after my period before having any relation with my husband or can i have it and gather the intention (nia) for both Gazakom allah kira Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:37 PM Response: You are recommended to have gosl at the end of your menstruation, before having intimacy with your husband, but you can delay that gosl, and have it after sexual relations for both. Posted On: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:45 AM Question: Posted On: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:29 PM Question: Assalamu Alikum, As I am a new PhD student in the US, I encounter a problem of the Halal Food. My question: I see in supermarkets packets of Chicken legs/thighs. But there is no "Halal" tag on it, neither a "Kosher" tag, CAN I BUY IT AND EAT IT INSPITE OF THAT? (Since I am from Palestine, out of the 67' borders, we used to buy/eat Jewish food, which is Islamicly approved, hence 'Kosher' meat is ok since they are strict in doing it -more than us,muslims-). But here, since it is a country of Christians (Though I know, as in Quraan: In surat almaeeda 'Food of nations of the book is permissible') may it is not halal to do it.. Dear Sheikh, I am grateful, and Baraka Allah Feekum Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:28 PM Response: You are allowed to eat any meat in the United States except pork. I eat the meat myself that is sold in the supermarket, but I prefer to eat what is slaughtered by a Muslim because of the quality of meat. --------- Alsamu alikum Shaik, in your fatwa, found above, I read that it’s okay to eat the meat that is sold in the supermarket. Isn’t it haram to eat died animal. From what I know the slaughter houses in this country prepare the animal to be slaughtered by using electrical shock. Animals could be died before they slaughter them. Also, the quran and sunnah say not to eat meat that the name of allah wasn’t mentioned on it. Do they believe slaughter houses mention the named of allah befor they slaughter them? Jazakum allah khir. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:54 PM Response: A Muslim is allowed to eat any meat slaughtered in the U.S., except pork. I, myself, eat beef or chicken or lamb anywhere, but I prefer having meat slaughtered by Muslims, because of the quality, not for any religious reason. Posted On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:15 AM Question: My pirud(monthly cicle)takes 4days and after 2days of cleanes it comes back again for1 or 2days as a discharge(color brown and yellow). can I consider those 2 days as (toher)and this discharge as (estehadah)Ineed to know espicialy for fasting in Ramaaadan. JAK Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:31 PM Response: If the dark blood is cut off, then it means your menstruation is over. Any light color secretion is not menstruation. It is as you mentioned Isthadha. Accordingly you can fast and pray when the menstruation is over. Posted On: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:1 PM Question: Please let me know if a new Muslim female convert must divorce her husband when she accepts Islam Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:30 PM Response: Before a marriage occurs it is not allowed for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man, but if a woman reverts to Islam after marriage, she has the right to wait for sometime to evaluate whether her husband will take on Islam or not. Posted On: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:29 PM Question: Assalamu Alikum, As I am a new PhD student in the US, I encounter a problem of the Halal Food. My question: I see in supermarkets packets of Chicken legs/thighs. But there is no "Halal" tag on it, neither a "Kosher" tag, CAN I BUY IT AND EAT IT INSPITE OF THAT? (Since I am from Palestine, out of the 67' borders, we used to buy/eat Jewish food, which is Islamicly approved, hence 'Kosher' meat is ok since they are strict in doing it -more than us,muslims-). But here, since it is a country of Christians (Though I know, as in Quraan: In surat almaeeda 'Food of nations of the book is permissible') may it is not halal to do it.. Dear Sheikh, I am grateful, and Baraka Allah Feekum Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:28 PM Response: You are allowed to eat any meat in the United States except pork. I eat the meat myself that is sold in the supermarket, but I prefer to eat what is slaughtered by a Muslim because of the quality of meat. Posted On: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:42 PM Question: I WANT TO KNOW IF MY HUSBAND DIES DO I SEE HIM IN JENNAH AND WOULD HE KNOW ME AS HIS DUNNA WIFE TOO WOULD WE REMMBER EVERYTHING TOGETHER Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:26 PM Response: Spouses who are good Muslims in the Dunya will join each other in the Jennah. Allah says in the Quran "They and their spouses are sitting on sofas amazed at what they look at". The spouses in jennah will have everything they want to have. Posted On: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:16 PM Question: been married to a non-muslim for 25 years. wants tobe married to a muslimmah. should I devoice or take another wife. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:25 PM Response: You need not divorce you non-Muslim wife as long as she is of the "People of the Book" (Christians or Jews). You are allowed to marry another wife if that does not cause big problems. I do not advise you to marry a second wife before you make sure of the consequences of bigamy. Posted On: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 7:18 AM Question: Assalamu 'alaikum, I work in a company that produces coffee. A part of my job is to taste coffee to determine its quality. The tasting is done several times every week. I know that some scholars allow tasting during fasting with the condition that no food or drink enter the body. After we taste coffee, we spit it back to make sure that nothing is swallowed. However, the taste and the smell of coffee remain in the mouth. Now that Ramadan is coming, I would like to know if tasting coffee invalidate the fasting. Please let me know. Response By: Muhammad Al-Hanooti Responded On: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:22 PM Response: Tasting coffee in the manner you mentioned does not nullify fasting unless you swallow it deliberately. The Fiqh books explain that it is normal for a person to taste food when fasting, but not to swallow.