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Sat, September 26, 2020 - 3:00:32 By

Dhikr Beads

A debate is going on about the permissibility of otherwise of tasbeeh (dhikr beads) among a group of friends. I myself use them regularly. I wanted to know if it is bida'ah (innovation)?

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Beads

There is a bit of controversy about dhikr Beads. I use them regularly. Is it bid‘ah (innovation)?

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Following Innovations As Part Of The Religion

What outcome will face the people who accept innovations due to their self desires (khush 'qīdgī)?

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Innovation

What is the significance of performing an action not approved by the Holy Prophet (sws)?

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Sunnah And Hadith

If Sunnah is independent of hadith, then how does one check what if someone is doing bid‘ah (unsubstantiated addition to the corpus of Islam.) or not?

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Alleged Innovations By Hazrat Umar (ra)

I have heard that after the death of Holy Prophet (sws) especially during the rule of Hazrat Umar (ra), several changes were made in the ordinance of the State and religion.

Hazrat Umar (ra) introduced some new laws in the Islamic Shariah and these laws have become part of Islamic culture and tradition and are still followed by people of this time. How far is this true?

Also I want to know that was it Hazrat Umar (ra) who introduced the utterance of divorce three times and the phrase "prayer is better than sleep" in the adhan of Fajr (morning)?

Please throw some light on this information and let me know that were these innovations made by Hazrat Umar(ra) in the light of Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (sws)?

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Marrying A Woman Of Different Religion Denomination

I have a very personnel question regarding my marriage. I have promised a girl to marry her but her family members are very irrational (personal opinion) orthodox bralevi. On the other hand my family members are relatively rationale. My brother says that the girl must have the same belief as their parents. Till then I should not go ahead with this relation. Today I am in an ambivalent condition. If I get married to her I will lose the basic tradition of my family and its belief and of course it will set not a very good example for the next generation. On the other hand, if I withdraw from it I myself consider it very immoral and this will affect the life of the girl more than it can affect mine. Please guide me.

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Offering Prayer Led By An Imam Who Commits Polytheistic Acts

I would like to know if it is permissible to pray 'Jumu’ah (Friday) Prayer led by a person who goes to graves of righteous people to seek blessing from them and also prostrates on graves? Please note that there is no other option for me. My college is situated in a village and the only option is to pray in that particular mosque. Is it permissible to offer Jumu’ah (Friday) Prayer at my college after delivering the sermon?

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Celebrating Birthdays

I have been told that celebrating birthdays is tantamount to innovation in the religion of God. The following saying of the Holy Prophet (sws) is quoted to prove this claim.

Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that does not belong to it shall have that action rejected. (Bukhari, Muslim).

In another version recorded by Muslim and by Bukhari, the wording is as follows:

Whoever performs a deed which is not in accord with our affairs, then that deed is rejected.

These people maintain that the Holy Prophet (sws) did not celebrate his birthday at all during his lifetime nor did he ever order it to be celebrated. He also did not teach this to his Companions (rta). Therefore, the rightly-guided caliphs and all of his Companions (rta) did not celebrate it. They were the most knowledgeable of the people concerning his Sunnah and they were the most beloved to the Holy Prophet (sws). Therefore, if one is supposed to celebrate the Holy Prophet (sws)’s birthday, this would have been made evident at their time. Similarly, not one of the scholars of the best generations celebrated his birthday nor did they order it to be done. The absence of the celebration with the Companions (rta) and the most learned scholars of the past would mean that such a celebration is not from the Law that Allah sent Muhammad (sws) with

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خوش عقیدگی اور بدعت

جو لوگ خوش عقیدگی کی وجہ سے بدعات کا شکار ہیں، ان کا انجام کیا ہوگا؟
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میلاد ذکر اور بدعت

مجھے میلاد کے بارے میں معلوم کرنا ہے۔ کیا میلاد کرنا جائز ہے اگر نیت صرف اللہ تعالی کا ذکر کرنا ہو اور بدعت اس میں شامل نہ ہو؟
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پنجتن پاک کے بارے میں

میں جاننا چاہتی ہوں کہ پنجتن پاک کی کیا حقیقت ہے؟ آپ نے ایک ٹی وی پروگرام میں کہا کہ اسلام میں یہ تصور نہیں ہے۔ پھر میں نے دیگر مسالک (شیعہ کے علاوہ) کے علماء سے معلوم کیا تو وہ کہتے ہیں کہ حدیث (بخاری اور مسلم) میں ہے کہ حضور علیہ السلام نے ایک چادر میں اپنے اہل بیت کو جمع کیا۔ کیا ایسی کوئی حدیث ہے؟ وہ لوگ سورہ احزاب کی آیت 33 کا حوالہ بھی دیتے ہیں۔ جواب حوالوں کے ساتھ تفصیل نے دیجئے۔
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بدعت

-1 ميں بدعت كے متعلق معلوم كرنا چاہتا ہوں اكثر لوگ بہت سارے امور كے متعلق كہتے ہيں كہ يہ بدعت ہے، جس كى بنا پر مجھے بہت تشويش اور مشكل ہوتى ہے، پھر يہ كہ آيا كيا كسى حديث ميں يہ بيان نہيں ہوا كہ: اگر كوئى شخص نيا اور فائدہ مند عمل كرتا ہے تو اسے ثواب ہو گا ؟ اگر ايسا ہى ہے تو پھر سب بدعات كو مذموم كيوں شمار كيا جاتا ہے ؟
2- ميں نے اشعرى اور صوفيوں كے كئى ايك مقالہ جات اور مضامين كا مطالعہ كيا ہے جس ميں انہوں نے بدعت حسنہ پر اس صحابى كے قصہ سے استدلال كيا ہے كہ صحابى نے ركوع سے سر اٹھا كر ربنا و لك الحمد حمدا كثيرا طيبا مباركا فيه كے الفاظ كہے اور نبى كريم صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم نے اس كو صحيح قرار ديا.
ان كا كہنا ہے كہ حافظ ابن حجر اس رائے كا ساتھ ديتے ہيں اور انہوں نے ابن تيميہ رحمہ اللہ كو گمراہى كى طرف لے جانے والا قرار ديا ہے، كيا اس پر آپ كوئى تعليق لگائينگے ؟
-3 اگر بدعت مردود ہے قابل قبول نہيں تو قرآن مجيد جمع كرنے كے بارہ ميں كيا ہے ؟ اور اسى طرح دوسرى اشياء كا اضافہ مثلا عمر رضى اللہ تعالى عنہ كا اذان ميں اضافہ كرنا ؟
برائے مہربانى اس كى وضاحت فرمائيں، كيونكہ بعض لوگ بدعت كى تقسيم كرتے ہوئے بدعت حسنہ كو جائز قرار ديتے ہوئے اسے نبى كريم صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم كى طرف منسوب كرتے ہيں، آيا يہ صحيح ہے؟
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Muhammad Amir Gazdar

Dr Muhammad Amir Gazdar was born on 26th May 1974 in Karachi, Pakistan. Besides his studies at school, he learned the science of Tajweed Al-Qur’an from a renowned Qu’anic reciter, Qari Khalil Ahmad Bandhani and completed the memorization of the Qur’an in 1987 at Madrasah Tajweed al-Qur’an, Karachi.

He obtained his elementary religious education from Jami’ah Dar al-Hanafiyyah, Karachi. He graduated from Jami’ah al-Uloom al-Islamiyyah, Binnori Town, Karachi and obtained Shahadah Aalamiyyah in 1996 and received an equivalent certificate of Masters in Islamic Studies from the Karachi University.

During the year 1997 and 1998, he served in Jami’ah Binnori Town as a Tafseer and Tajweed teacher and also taught at Danish Sara Karachi (A Former Dawah Centre of Al-Mawrid Foundation).
In 1992, Dr Gazdar was introduced to Farahi school of thought when first time met with Ustaz Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (a renowned Islamic scholar) and had the chance to learn Islam from him and tried to solve many controversial issues of Hadith, Fiqh and Usool under his supervision.

In January 1999, he started another Masters programme in Islamic Sciences offered by Al-Mawrid foundation in Lahore and he completed it with top position in the batch in August 2001.
Mr Gazdar officially joined Al-Mawrid foundation as an associate fellow in research and education in 2002 and worked in this capacity until December 2018. He worked for the Karachi center of Al-Mawrid for about 10 years as a teacher, lecturer and researcher. He taught various courses, delivered weekly lectures, conducted workshops on different topics, taught in online classes, answered questions of the participants verbally and wrote many answers for foundation’s official website too.

In September 2012, he moved to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to participate in another Masters programme in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). In January 2015, he completed his 3rd Masters in Qur’an and Sunnah department of the university with the GPA: 3.92.

Dr Amir started his Ph.D programme in the Qur’an and Sunnah department of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in February 2015 and completed it with distinction on 25th March 2019. His Ph.D research topic was a comparative study of contemporary scholars’ view on the issue of Hijab and Gender Interaction in the light of Quranic and Hadith texts.

In December 2018, he has been appointed at Al-Mawrid Foundation as Fellow of research and education.

Dr Gazdar has many academic works to his credit. He has written a few booklets published in Urdu language and has authored several articles which have been published in various research journals in Malaysia, India and Pakistan (Arabic language). His two research books have been in Malaysia and Lebanon in 2019 (Arabic language).

Furthermore, he is actively working in the Hadith project of Ustaz Javed Ahmad Ghamidi and playing a significant role in it as a researcher and writer since January 2016.

Moreover, Dr Gazdar has been leading in Qiyam-e-Ramadhan and Tarawih prayer since 1989 in various mosques and at Sada Bahar Lawn (2002-2011) in Karachi, Pakistan. He worked as a part time Imam at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah mosque of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from 2013 to 2016 where he lead in Tarawih and Qiyam-e-Ramadhan for four years. Other than this, he has served for several mosques in Kuala Lumpur as a volunteer Imam for Tarawih and Qiyam-e-Ramadhan.

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