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Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue
202 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue, part of Social, Media & Ethics. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Backbiting, Lying & the Tongue fatawa — page 5 of 6
- Mufti Online31 Aug 2013
Faking a degree and getting someone else to submit one's papers
I have done 3 years Diploma in Electrical and have experience overseas. Now I moved to a developed country and started working as an electrician. If…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Aug 2013
Lying in order to renew one's permanent residancy
My friend has permanent residency (PR) but she does not live in the country in which she has the PR. She needs to renew her PR card now and to do…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 May 2013
What is the Kaffārah for lying and making a promise to Allāh?
I've committed many sins in the past and by ALLAH's grace i've repented sincerely. My question is regarding one of the terrible thing i did in the…
Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman - Mufti Online18 Apr 2013
Replying to the sneeze
When a person is sneezing multiple times should alhamdulillah be recited after each sneeze and should others reply as many times as is sneezed, or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Apr 2013
Lying in order to get a council home
I asked my wife to put tenant in the house. She said no and wants to apply council house. This means she will tell the council she is single despite…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Mar 2013
Speaking lies
If someone lied to someone, but that lie neither caused the person harm nor benefits the one who lied. The one who spoke a lie is already ashamed…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Mar 2013
Replying to a taped Salaam
When a recording like the voicemail on a telephone has a taped salaam, does one need to reply?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Dec 2012
Flying kites
Is it permissible for Muslims to fly kites as a form of relaxation or play? Is it imitation of non-Muslims?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Dec 2012
Insulting people
We find many people broadcasting jokes about Julius Malema, Jacob Zuma, Barrack Obama, Blonde Jokes, Indian Jokes, etc. What is the status of these…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Nov 2012
Deceiving in order to receive more money from a government fund
I live in Holland. A friend of us is cheating the social security with his mariagal status. The point is that a married couple will get about 1200…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Oct 2012
I lied on my resume
I had another question that has been bothering me recently. I did my medical school in my native country. I am an old graduate of medical school and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Sep 2012
Applying for a bursary at a bank
Is it permissible to apply for a bursary at a bank? E.g. Old Mutual.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Sep 2012
Can a pensioner conceal the means of income and qualify for the pension?
The law of pension is that the individual must not have any means of income. Can a pensioner conceal the means of income and qualify for the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Jun 2012
Replying to Salaam whilst Reciting the Qur'an
Should one reply to the salaam while reciting the Qur'aan?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam2 Mar 2009
I made a resolution to stop doing Gheebat
I went to hajj this year Alhumdulillah and made sincere tawbah regarding backbiting. I had been involved in the past (before going to hajj) in…
- Ask Imaam19 Jan 2007
I have a bad habit of backbiting
Hello Imam, I have a habit of talking too much. Its bad, I hurt people's feelings and also say bad stuff about other people like ghibat. I really…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam15 Nov 2006
A mother swears at boy named Mohammed. This boy influenced her son (in early teens) to taste cigarette, which he eventually became addicted to and became a smoker …
A mother swears at boy named Mohammed. This boy influenced her son (in early teens) to taste cigarette, which he eventually became addicted to and…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam16 Nov 2005
they are flying and come straight at me and subsequently I wake up, sometimes they are present and crawling around in different corners of my house and recently I have had a dream
Well basically I have been having dreams for the past couple of years with spiders constantly being present in my house. Sometimes they are flying…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam17 Aug 2004
What is the kafaraa of speaking lies?
1-I am 17 years old at the moment and i have spoken so much lies,so much that you cannot imagine and i knew this at 9 years old of age that speaking…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Apr 2004
Is it considered Gheebat if I talk about the inlaw issues with my mother
My mother in law is very unhappy with me. She just does not like me. At times she may say some things which are very mean . I do not react back out…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam24 Dec 2003
Is it gheebat if I discuss the short comings of a muslim with a brother in order to correct him
Along with fellow muslim brothers we visit some muslims and tell them to come to the mosque. I told one of my brothers that i know a muslim who…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam12 Dec 2003
1- Is it considered "gheebat" if we talk about something with someone but not mention any names?
It is Haraam to discuss a shortcoming of a person whose identity is well known in the discussion even without mentioning his name. and Allah Ta'ala…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam10 Dec 2003
What exactly is Laghw? merely talking haram e.g. gheebat, Qadhf, lying, slandering, rumour mongering, swearing etc.????
Someone told me that laghw is merely talking haram e.g. gheebat, Qadhf, lying, slandering, rumour mongering, swearing etc. He (from Azhar…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam3 Dec 2003
Who should I please first?If a wife does not respect her mother-inlaw & be-littles,swears her in front of her husband,What should the husband do?
Alot of couseling & talks but no solution -Is talaaq the only way out?
1Social department - Ask Imaam23 Sep 2003
Is it backbiting when journalists report honestly on the sins(crimes) of politicians ? Considering that they are fighting evil by exposing it to the voting populace.
I have stopped reading news for it seems to be a distraction and constantly focusses on evil. However, there are journalists who have accepted Islam…
Sister Fadila - Ask Imaam9 Sep 2003
I want to ask u that,if sombody swear wrongly,but he knows he is lieng.What is the sin of it,and what is the kafarah of it.?(describe in Shafi fiqh)
A false oath is described by Rasulullah sallallahu `alayhi wasallam as one of the greatest sins. The expiation for an oath is set out in the 89th…
Shaykh Taha Karaan - Ask Imaam10 May 2003
I am 15 years old and my family are not religious they all listen to music, watch tv & Swear, and don’t wear hijab.
It?s only my mum that wears hijab but she still listens to music and watches t.v. .me, my little 12 year old brother, grandma & grandad are the only…
Sister Amatullah - Ask Imaam26 Feb 2003
1-Can we make zikr while we are lying down with our wife? 3-We have some kitchen utentils given by others, we're not sure if they have used these utentils to eat pork. How should we clean these?
1. Can we make dzikr while we are lying down with our wife ? 2. The Halal pizza bar/ chicken, fish & chips, are cooking the chips with the oil which…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam26 Feb 2003
I secretly visit my mother by lying to my husband and he has found out. He no longer trusts me and keeps me from going out anywhere now. I feel trapped and I think the treatment I am getting is unfair
I am married now for a year and a half and am expecting now. I live with my husband and in laws. I have lied to my hsband in the past about going to…
- Ask Imaam23 Oct 2002
If a husband and wife are exchanging their negative thoughts about, or experience with someone, would this be regarded as Gheebat? If so, how do they caution each other about someone’s habits?
If the exchanging of thoughts or experiences are regarding a third person who will dislike this, it will be Gheebat. Such discussions should be…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam28 Jul 2002
I want to know about gheebat. I know what gossiping is. For no reason saying bad things about people behind their back. But is it gheebat if someone said something you didn't like ??
I want to know about gheebat. I know what gossiping is. For no reason saying bad things about people behind their back. But is it gheebat if someone…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam6 Jul 2002
One brother ask to interpret his dream : He was lying down after Fajr next to his wife, finishing his tasbihat, and he was fallen asleep and saw in a dream a very big snake
1a. One brother ask to interpret his dream : He was lying down after Fajr next to his wife, finishing his tasbihat, and he was fallen asleep and saw…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam26 Apr 2002
Should I do wudu if while lying in my bed ready to sleep, my wudu breaks?
JazkAllah Khair
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 Apr 2002
Is it permissible for a non muslim woman to read the Holy Quran in bed while lying down (for the sake of gaining knowledge of Islam)?
There are two aspects to your query: a) Recitation of the noble Qur'aan, b) In the context of a non-Muslim. The Qur'aan and Ahaadith are replete…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam6 Dec 2001
Would talking about a person, behind there back,without inslutling the person, but discussing problems and situations about that person,is that backbiting?
I will have the opportunity to have sex in my dreams and will stop myself, thinking that its real life, because im saving myself for marriage. Than…
- Ask Imaam18 Nov 2001
My baby girl died when she was 15 days old.My sons aged 9 and 5 and I have dreamnt she is lying dead and all of a sudden comes back to life and we are very happy. Please interpret this dream for us.
Your baby girl is alive in the Aalaam-e-Barzakh (world between life and the hereafter). She is comfortable and happy, Insha Allah. and Allah Ta'ala…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 May 2001
My friend sweared to Allah that he will never do something but unfortunately he did it again?
My friend sweared to Allah that he will never do something (i.e masturbate) but unfortunately he did it again? We know that Kafarra for breaking…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 May 2001
Swearing (bad words)
1) How bad a sin is it to swear (as in say bad words)? How do I approch a brother who swears a lot? 2) If one accidentally breaks a statue that…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam2 Mar 2001
Breaking oath: I made a friend swear on God for my own sake however I no require him to stick by it, does that effect the validity of the swear?
Before I ask my question I need to explain a little bit of the situation: I have a friend, whom I made him swear on god to never do a certain thing.…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Sep 2000
Is backbiting aginst Kuffars permissible?
I know back biting is haraam in Islam, but what is the view if you are back biting against Khuffars? Saying bad things against muslim brothers is…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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