When
does a Child Reach Adulthood?
Boys are considered adult when they
have their first nocturnal emission between the age of 12 and 15 years, and
girls are considered adult when they have their first nocturnal emission
between the age of 9 and
15 years. As soon as they reach
adulthood, they are bound to act upon the laws of Sharī'aĥ. Hence in case of
achieving adulthood by nocturnal emission, Ghusl becomes due on him/her. If no
sign of adulthood appears, both (boy and girl) will be considered adult when
they reach the age of complete 15 years according to Ĥijrī calendar.
(Fatāwā Raḍawiyyaĥ (Jad ūd), pp. 630, vol. 19)
Order
of Placing the Books
1. The Holy Qurān should be placed
above all books, then the books of Tafsīr, Ḥadīš, Fiqĥ and other Islamic books
be placed in that order.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 326, vol. 1)
2. Do not place any thing, even a pen,
upon the books. Likewise, do not place any thing upon a baggage containing the
(Islamic) books.
(ibid)
Using
of Paper for Packaging
1. It is prohibited to use pages of
religious literature for packaging. Use of bed-sheets, dinner mats having
prints of couplets or writings (e.g. name of company etc.) in any language is
prohibited.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 328, vol. 1)
2. The alphabets of all languages
should be valued. (For further details, please refer to the chapter
"Faizān-e-Bismillāĥ" in the book 'Faizān-e-Sunnat')
3. Usually, company labels are stitched
at a corner of prayer mats. These should be removed.
The
Image of Holy Ka'baĥ on Prayer Mats
In case of using prayer mats printed
with images of the Holy Ka'baĥ or the sacred Green Dome, there is a risk of
placing foot or knee on the sacred images while using them for prayers. Hence,
use of such prayer mats is not suitable.
(Fatāwā-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat)
A
Cause of Satanic Whispers
Satanic whispers (Waswasaĥ) are
caused by urinating in bathroom. Ḥaḍrat Sayyidunā 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal has
narrated that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى
عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم laid down prohibition from urinating in
bathroom and said, "No doubt, this usually causes Satanic whispers."
(Sunan Abū Dāwūd, pp. 44, vol. 1, Hadīš 27)
Tayammum
(Wiping)
Farāiḍ
of Tayammum
There are three Farāiḍ in Tayammum:
1. Intention.
2. Wiping hands on the entire face.
3. Wiping both arms including the
elbows.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 353, 354, 355, vol. 1)
Ten
Sunan of Tayammum
1. Reciting بِسْمِ
اللّٰہ
2. Hitting the hands on the ground
3. Moving the hands back and forth on
the ground
4. Keeping gap among the fingers
5. Jerking the hands by hitting the
base of one thumb against the other but taking caution not to make a clapping
sound
6. Wiping the face first and then the
hands
7. Wiping them one after the other
without delay
8. Wiping the right arm first and then
the left arm
9. Picking (doing Khilāl of) the beard
10. Picking (doing Khilāl of) the
fingers if dust has reached (among the fingers). If dust has not reached e.g.
if hands were hit (for Tayammum) on stone etc. carrying no dust, Khilāl of the
fingers is Farḍ. There is no need to hit the hands on the ground again for
Khilāl.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 356, vol. 1)
Method
of Tayammum (Ḥanafi)
Make Niyyat (intention) to perform
Tayammum (Niyyat is the name of the intention of heart and pronouncing it
verbally is better. For example, make intention in these words: I am performing
Tayammum to purify myself from impurity and to make myself eligible for
offering Ṣalāĥ). Read بِسْمِ اللّٰہ
and, with fingers spread wide open, hit hands on some pure object that is
earthen in nature (e.g. stones, limestone, bricks, walls, soil etc.) and drag
the hands back and forth on that object. If hands become over-dusty, reduce
excessive dust by jerking hands. Wipe entire face with hands such that no part
of the face is left un-wiped; Tayammum will not be valid if even a part
equivalent to a hair is left un-wiped. Again hit hands on that object like
before and wipe both arms from the fingertips up to (and including) the elbows.
A better way to do this is to first wipe right hand with inner side of four fingers
of the left hand, leaving the left thumb, starting from exterior side of
fingertips of the right hand and dragging on exterior side up to the right
elbow. Then, wipe with palm of left hand from interior side of right elbow up
to the right wrist dragging left palm on interior side. Finally, use the inside
of the left thumb to wipe the back of the right thumb. The left arm should be
wiped in the same manner using right hand.
And if wiping is done with palm and
fingers jointly, Tayammum will still be valid whether traversing is done from
fingers towards elbow or vice versa. But this would be contrary to Sunnaĥ.
Tayammum does not require wiping of head and feet.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 353, 354, 356, vol. 1)
