Beliefs & Aqeedah · Subtopic
Shirk & Kufr
526 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Shirk & Kufr, part of Beliefs & Aqeedah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Shirk & Kufr fatawa — page 9 of 14
- Mufti Online4 Feb 2017
Wanting to abandon Islam
If Islam follower Muslim people become Munaafiq through conspiracies against me which ultimately hampers my halaal rizq potential, then why should I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Feb 2017
Quoting a verse of the Qur'an incorrectly
A senior South African Tablighi worker made a joke about the laws of inheritance being in Surah Lahab. He said the verse says "Ma ka sab," meaning…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jan 2017
Going to an Aamil
I wasn't feeling well, so I had an aamil check me on the phone. My friend told me about him. He is a hafiz and on Deen. So he has a lot reference…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Jan 2017
Acting in a play as an angel, Nabi, Sahaabi, etc.
Is it permissable to act as an angel, sahaabi, prophet, shaytaan, jinn in a play?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Dec 2016
Taking an oath that one will become a kaafir through carrying out a certain action
I am a Hanfi. I want to ask that if someone swears by God or by Quran that I will not do this evil or any sinful thing for this much time and if I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2016
A person who rejects the Ahaadith
My best friend who is elder than me (age approx 35) was normal person and use to pray and believe in Quran & Sunnah. He also performed ummrah this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2016
Taking an oath that one will become a kaafir upon doing a certain action
I have heard that if a person takes an oath that “If I do this or do not do this, I will become a Kafir forever”. The person becomes a kafir if he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Dec 2016
Changing a name that has kufr connotations
We have named my son Keyaan. A friend drew our attention to the origin of his name. The name is from Irish mythology, also belonged to pagan Persian…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Dec 2016
Taking an oath that one will become a kaafir if one does a certain action
If a woman takes an oath that “If I do this or do not do this, I will become a Kafir forever”. If she breaks the oath will she become a Kafir forever?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Nov 2016
Watching movies wherein zina, kufr and shirk are shown
You know 90% people including muslims watch movies today which is very sad but my question is that when muslims watch movies where zina is shown…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Nov 2016
Doing an act of kufr unintentionally
If someone does or says something kufr or shirk due to lack of knowledge or ignorance or unintentionally, can he/she be excused or will it be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Oct 2016
Seeing another person wearing clothing with a cross sign
If one sees someone wearing a cloth or shoe with a cross sign on it and one does not tell him this is haraam and kufr to wear, does one fall in kufr?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Oct 2016
Husband making foolish comments
Last night my husband came to bed late, so I thought i'll spend some time with him. I asked him and he said no his "tired and his not going to take…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Oct 2016
Performing fajr after sunrise
I heard that praying fajr after sunrise is an act of shirk. But what if I accidentally prayed fajr 2 minutes after sunrise without knowing it was…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Sep 2016
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
I need a clarification about the commentary of Holy Quran I downloaded online. The commentary was trying to describe the importance of Surat…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Aug 2016
Storing pictures of animate objects on the phone
I dislike pictures of animte objects because I know it is haraam. I usualy save pictures of hadeets and recipes and Duas on my phone. I was over…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Aug 2016
Speaking ill of the Ulama
I would like to know is it kufar if one talks bad about the Ulama? The molanas in this town are having a braai at my husbands place so he made a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Is taking a loan shirk?
I want to know if I want some monetary help from my family and I ask them and they help me and I return it after a few weeks, I want to know that is…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Aug 2016
Believing that another Nabi can come after Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
If a Muslim believes a Prophet can come after Nabi Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam), is he or she still a Muslim?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Aug 2016
Rejecting the Hadith
I am working in Birmingham city university and some of my Muslim colleagues due to spending most of his time around non believers are a bit away…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Jul 2016Roman Urdu
Ghusse ki halat mein yeh kah de ki mai Islam ko nahi manta
Mera sawaal yeh hai ke agar koi Muslim gusse ki halat mein yeh kah de ki mai islam ko nahi manta to kya woh islam se kharij ho gaya? Agar Islam se…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Jul 2016
Insulting the Ambiyaa, Malaaikah and the Sahaabah
1. I have heard that if a person insults Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), he becomes a kaafir. Will a person become a kaafir if he insults…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam8 Jun 2016
Is it permissible to ask a Kafir to pray for you?
Is it permissible to ask a non believer to pay for you as a Muslim, also what do you do if a non believer asks you to pray for them, do we?
Bilal Issak - Jamiat KZN19 May 2016
Is Tasawwuf Shirk like how some salafis claim?
The practise of Tawasuf is encouraged by many scholars, and there is a handful of scholars who’ve said it’s borderline shirk. I’ve been researching…
Syed Haneef Ahmed - Ask Imaam18 May 2016
Is Tasawwuf Shirk?
The practise of Tawasuf is encouraged by many scholars, and there is a handful of scholars who've said it's borderline shirk. I've been researching…
Syed Haneef Ahmed - Mufti Online7 May 2016
Waswasas and stray thoughts
Few years before I have uttered some blasphemous words for Allah because of my compulsive waswasah. I was combating with Shaitaan in my mind and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Apr 2016
Is taking the following oath to become a US citizen kufr?
I have emigrated from an Arab Muslim country to US and lived there for almost 20 years. I became a US citizens and gave up my original arab muslim…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Apr 2016
Calling someone a kaafir
I'm writing in regards to a conversation happened between myself and my husband today. We were listening to a hadith which says that if a Muslim…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Apr 2016Roman Urdu
Khatarnaak kalimaat
Mere showhar ne mujhse kaha ke tu Hindu banja, Christian banja, church chali jaa. Kya isse mere shauhar aur mera nikah toot jaata hai aur agar mujhe…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Mar 2016
Emulating the kuffaar
What does emulating the kuffaar mean? Is it only confined to clothing or does it also relate to other aspects of one's life? We see the kuffaar…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam1 Mar 2016
What are the ways of committing shirk except directly associating anything else with Allah?
What are the ways of committing shirk except directly associating anything else with Allah swt? I mean .i am a muslim.. Me and my friend were…
Zakir Husain - Ask Imaam21 Feb 2016
Shirk in the poems
I want to request you to look at and advise about the kalaam in the following link...it has been a well known and seemingly well appreciated kalaam…
Zakir Husain - Mufti Online21 Feb 2016
A person who rejects the Hadith
Is a follower or believer of the group or sect USI ( United Submitters International) a group founded by Rashad Khalifa an Egyptian native in the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Feb 2016Roman Urdu
Kaafiro ke rusoomaat
1. Mera sawaal he ke aaj kal Muslim awrato mangla sutra or manag me sindur or bindi lagati he. Jab kaha jata he ye galat he to bolti he ki shadi…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jan 2016Urdu
Khuda Ta'ala ku gaali dena
اپنے عزیز دوست لے لئے ایک سوال تھا کہ جب انسان نے اللہ کو گالی دی ہو یا معاذ اللہ نبی ص کو گالی دی ہو۔ اور نبی ص کی شان میں توہین کی ہو۔۔۔ اور پھر…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam26 Dec 2015
Is it permissible to ask a Kafir to pray for you?
Is it permissible to ask a non believer to pay for you as a Muslim, also what do you do if a non believer asks you to pray for them, do we?
Bilal Issak - Mufti Online19 Dec 2015Urdu
Tawbah karna owr Islam me phir daakhil hona
مجھے یہ سوال پوچھنا تھا کہ جب انسان نے اللہ کو گالی اور نبی ص کی شان میں توہین کی ہو یا معاذ اللہ گالی دی ہو۔ اور ایسا وہ کئی بار کر چکا ہو اور…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Nov 2015
Going to temples to seek help
I am very concerned about something, please can you help? Are Muslims allowed to go to temples where there are idols in order to seek help? And if…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Nov 2015
Uttering words of kufr
My spouse uttered words of kufr. She renewed her Imaan by reciting one or both kalimas, i.e. she may have recited first Kalima only or second Kalima…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Nov 2015
Murtad coming back to Islam
I am in quite a predicament I need advice please. We have a person that reverted and became murtad due to marriage issues with her husband who was…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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