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Contemporary Insurance is not Kafaalat

A person or a group of persons has sent us a book, titled, Shariah Compliant business Campaign which is a publication of Madrasah In'aamiyyah of Camperdown (Natal). The brother/s has/have raised objections on two issues from the book, as follows: “

(1) Conventional insurance has been legitimised as “Kafeel” (page 161).

(2) RIBA has been legitimised through the exchange of two different currencies on credit at a higher mutually agreed rate. Moneylenders and conventional banks work out the interest in advance on the loan in rands: Loan R 100,000, Interest R 20,000 over 12 months; Total R120,000, The loan amount of R 100,000 is advanced in dollars, and the total of R120,000 is repaid in rands at a mutually agreed higher rate, and not the ruling rate, to give the interest return in the rand loan.”

The above objections have been reproduced verbatim from the anonymous letter together with the book sent anonymously. Before we comment on the aforementioned two mas'alahs, we deem it prudent to proffer some naseehat to the brother or brothers who had sent the book and the letter objecting to the above two issues. While you have designated yourself, MOVEMENT FOR UPHOLDING PRISTINE SHARIAH, you appear to be defective in knowledge, honesty and basic courage. You have provided neither name nor address, yet you have appropriated a high sounding title for yourself.

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Bereft of any Shar’i argument and dalaa-il, the votaries of the bid’ah halqas, seek to substantiate the innovated practices of their public hubb-e-jah (love for fame) ‘thikr’ halqas by trading falsehood in total emulation of the Ahle-e-Barelwi bid’atis who refute the dalaail of the Ahl-e-Haq with irrational and emotional allegations calculated to confuse and mislead the unwary.

Thus, it has always been the style of argument of the Ahl-e-Barelwi bid’atis to embark on smear campaigns of falsehood, accusing the Akaabir Ulama of Deoband of showing disrespect for Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and of preventing people from Thikr.

This tactic has in these days been taken over by the Ahl-e-Bid’ah in the Deobandi camp. In emulation of the Barelwi bid’atis, the Deobandi bid’atis are now accusing the Ahl-e- Haq of Deoband of preventing people from Thikr.

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Question: A new form of Sadqah has been introduced by some Maulanas. In aid of some charity a banquet or a feast is organized. Only those who pay a sum, for example the R100 stipulated fee, are allowed to participate in the banquet. In exchange for the R100 a plate of food is given. The money collected in this way is for the charity for which the function has been organized. Men and women attend. Is this a form of Lillaah, and is this type of function permissible?

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Murdering the Patient

Question—A patient’s breathing was being sustained by a ‘lifesaving’ respirator. He was unable to breathe without the machine. But with the machine on, he breathed. The Muslim doctor pronounced him ‘brain dead’, and advised removal of the machine. On the advice of the Muslim doctor, the relatives agreed. It was a Thursday afternoon. Within a few hours the sun would be setting and it would be Friday. The relatives thought that it would be an opportune occasion for their man to die because it is reported in the Hadith that one who dies on a Friday is saved from the trial of the Grave’s questioning and punishment. They, therefore, permitted the switching off of the machine only after 7 p.m., that is, after sunset when it would be Friday night according to Islam. Please comment on this whole saga.

ANSWER AND COMMENT: The ‘Friday’ and the ‘Grave’ interpretation to justify the murder of the indisposed man, is a cruel and callous self-deception perpetrated by the relatives and the doctors. While the callous relatives soothed their conscience with the ‘religious’ smokescreen, the doctor, bereft of any moral conscience, had no need for any interpretation. Conscience is generally an unknown attribute to the medical butchers. The treasure of conscience does not form part of their capital. Bereft of conscience, the doctors are insulated with the ‘brain dead’ concept which westernism has fabricated and legalized for grabbing the organs—heart, kidneys, eyes, etc.—of living human beings.

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'Umrah' Also a Deception

A MONG THE INNUMERABLE ploys and deceptions of shaitaan is his strategy of using acts of ibaadat to ensnare people. Shaitaan has divided his armies into two main groups—the shayaateen of the east and the shayaateen of the west. Once the shayaateen were asking the question: Which of the two groups is the greatest? That is, the vilest in their sphere of satanism.

In Mawaahibul Khaleel, a Fiqh kitaab of the Maaliki Math-hab, in the discussion on the question of Hajj, it is mentioned: “If a man knows that if he embarks on a sea voyage he will be overwhelmed by dizziness which will prevent him from performing Salaat, then it is not permissible for him to journey (to perform Hajj). There is no difference of opinion on this issue. A person who has this problem, and inspite of it, sets off for Hajj, his Hajj is the desire of the nafs. In fact, it is the prompting of shaitaan.

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