Ruling on cursing specific people
May 6th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
What is the ruling on cursing (and not just insulting) the Jews and Christians or other groups, whether living or dead? May Allaah reward you with good.
Praise be to Allaah.
The author of Lisaan al-‘Arab [a famous Arabic-language dictionary – Translator] said: La’n (curse) means being cast out far from goodness, and it was said that it means being cast away far from Allaah, and from people.
Cursing happens in two ways:
Cursing the kuffaar and sin in general terms, such as saying “May Allaah curse the Jews and Christians,” or “May Allaah curse the kaafirs, evildoers and wrongdoers,” or “May Allaah curse the wine-drinker and thief.” This kind of curse is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. Ibn Muflih said in al-Adaab al-Shar’iyyah, 1/203: “It is permissible to curse the kuffaar in general.” « Read the rest of this entry »
Should he take a riba-based loan in order to buy a house
February 12th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
We are Palestinians living in the land that was occupied in 1948. We take out mortgages from the housing ministry for a 25-year period, part of which is a gift and the other part is to be paid off in monthly installments with interest (riba). If the borrower delays paying back for one year, the ministry is entitled to take the house and sell it to someone else. There is another condition in the loan contract which states that in the event of the death of one of the spouses who signed the loan, the other is let off from paying installments and the ministry has no right to demand repayment of the loan; the house will belong fully to him or her without any further debt. What is the Islamic ruling on such loans, knowing that if a person builds a house without taking such a loan he will be asked too many questions about where he got the cash from. « Read the rest of this entry »
