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How To Read Large Multi-Volume Books?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0013 Q: What is the best way to tackle the reading of a large book with many volumes? A: Well first and foremost I would humbly say, you have to have purpose. You have to have a reason. Do I need to read this 20 volume book? Or is it just a reference book? In which I go back to it only when I need it. Or it’s a book only for “بحث” or “تخريج”? Or is it “کتاب يُقْرَأْ”? To be read from beginning to end, cover to cover, over and over again. (speaker says something in Arabic that sounds like Am Kitab Yutala Fee ) a book in which you just open up from time to time, just read it sporadically. So first and foremost you have to have a reason. You have to have aim. You have to have a purpose of the book. Everybody understand this? That’s first and foremost. So if it is a book that you should read over and over again, or you should memorize, or its a book that you need or its a book that’s your favorite or one of your favorites, one may say I know it i
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Is shaping a cheek line for your beard permissible?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0012 Q: Fulan, Riyadh, KSA. Is it permissible to shave parts of facial hair that is closer to the eyes and nose to make a straight and sharp cheek line? A:   There are two different issues now mentioned in this question. The first issue is: Taking the hair off the man’s face. Period. Wherever that hair is. Eyebrows, eyelashes, this that (Mufti points to area beneath the lower lip and sides), face. Because, one may say, I have a lot of hair, I’m very hairy. And the hair becomes unsightly. Hair out of my nose, hair all the way up to my cheeks, nearly connecting to my eyes. That’s one reason. (The second issue is:) That’s not the same as someone saying I want my beard to be shaped up. I want to look sharp, I want it to be nice and tailored. That’s two different issues now. Two different Islamic rulings pertaining to necessity, need, and pertaining to a want, a style and a desire. As we mentioned last week in Masjid Taqwa . With regards to
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How to ask a potential spouse's Aqeedah?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0011 Q: Fulan, Famagusta TRNC, As Salaamu Alaikum Mufti. What is the proper way of asking a potential spouse’s aqeedah at a sit-down, if the place you come from, the label Sunni could mean many different things? A:  Wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu…It depends on the sister you’re looking to marry. First and foremost, as we said, that when you wish to marry a sister, you should ask Allah firstly, and try your hardest to pick from a select, a select group. You shouldn’t just try to pick a sister from anywhere. But you should try to look for a sister’s hand in marriage that comes from a known background. Of deen, of character, of good health, of good looks, whatever the case may be. What you are looking for. Everybody understand this? And you shouldn’t just take any random sister in which you have to do all of the investigative detective work yourself. Because that leaves room for: lying, deception, that leaves room for you not being
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Do the angels know what's in our minds?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0010 Q: Fulan, Ottawa Canada. How can the angels write down us having the intention of doing a good deed but not actually performing it? Do the angels have the knowledge of what’s in our minds? A:  First and foremost is, there is no how. When it comes to the Unseen. Because when you ask the question, how, that mean then you're comparing. You’re comparing. You're making a comparison to something that you already know or think. How can they do this because we can’t, or because such and such and such and such. So there’s no how. That's first and foremost. Secondly is, when a person thinks about doing a good deed, iza hamma , when a person has hamm . Hamm is not just a sheer thought of something. Rather, hamm is a thought and a intention, that is borderline decisiveness, borderline decisiveness. Everybody clear on this? وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَا أَن رَّأَىٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهِ Allah (عَزَّ وَجَلَّ) He said about Yusuf (عل
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Playing fantasy video games as a Muslim?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0009 Q: Fulan, Famagusta TRNC, As Salaamu Alaikum Mufti. What is the ruling on playing role-playing video games where you play as a mage, sorcerer or wizard? And those where you pray to gods and raise the dead? A:  May Allah bless you. Video games in general, that’s a long discussion, with regards to Muslims playing video games. And it’s not just about Muslim youth, but Muslims in general. A grown man plays video games, alright. So with regards to playing a mage, huh? Or sorcerer, or wizard, or sorcerer’s apprentice and things like this, king Arthur whatever, huh? Whatever game one is playing. طيب . And raising the dead and so on and so on and so forth. The general problematic issues of video games, apply to most video games. Whether it’s nudity, whether it’s music, or whether it’s, even deeper than that, such as the waste of time. Not saying that all video games are Haram. Nor am I saying that every recreational act, or sport, or even some type of pas
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Is it Sunnah to drink standing up?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0008 Q: Fulan, Sheffield UK. How do we reconcile between the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ prohibiting drinking standing up and him doing it? A:  There are many ways of harmonizing between these types of hadiths, many ways. From them, is to say that it’s Haram to drink standing up unless there is a need or a necessity. A need, or a necessity. In which there’s a crowd of people around, you don’t have the ability to sit down, you need the water, لا بأس. Another way is to say that it’s not Haram but it’s just disliked. (arabic) You shouldn’t do it but it’s not Haram. So the hadith that says “don’t drink standing up”, if you drink standing up then (the speaker says something sounds like “spit up”?), would you like Shaitan to drink with you, would you like this person to drink with you standing up, meaning, you shouldn't do it, and the hadith in which the Prophet, he drank standing up, proving that you can do it. Okay? There’re different way of harmonizing be
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How can you support the Hadith Disciple school of thought?

Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0007 Q: Fulan, London UK. ‎السلام عليكم شيخ مفتي عيد مبارك How can I support the Hadith Disciple movement? A:  Wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu…May Allah bless you in both worlds. You can support the Hadith Disciple movement in many different ways. By you watching in, listening, asking a question, is support. By you giving advice, constructive criticism, even refuting, is support. People that hate on Hadith Disciple, is supporting Hadith Disciple. Financially supporting Hadith Disciple. Speaking good, doing whatever you can. That’s all a part of, what? The support. So do whatever you can bi ith nillahi ta’ala. If you watch, if you wanna transcribe a lecture, put together a book from the many faidahs, classes and khutbahs, if you gonna donate, whatever you wanna do, huh? There’re many different ways, of supporting and helping out and bi ith nillahi ta’ala, anyone’s support is always needed and appreciated. Jazakallahu khairan. There
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