Question: 2nd Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri:

What do the learned Ulama-e-Deen and the Mufti’s of Islam decree in the issue of Jhinga (shrimp / prawn). Is it permissible to eat it or not? Or is it Makhrooh or Haraam? Please forward a reply with signature and Official seal.

Question: 3rd Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri

What do the learned Ulama and the Learned Muftis say concerning whether it is permissible to say “Ya Rasoolallah” sallal laahu alaihi wasallam and Ya Wali Allah? Is it permissible or not to seek assistance from the Prophets and saints and to say “Ya Ali Mushkil Kusha” in times of need? Please answer this query with your signature and seal, so that I may be confident and clear in explaining this to the people. Also please translate in Urdu the verses of the Quran and Hadith etc. where ever they appear in your answer.

Question: 4th Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of learned Hanafi Ulama (May Allah have mercy on you all and may He give blessings in your knowledge, for you are the ones who pass the blessings of knowledge to the people). Is it Makrooh or Makrooh-e-Tahreemi to wear in Namaaz, the uniform that is worn by the police and is it permissible to wear a Dhoti for Namaaz, which is the dress of the Kufaar?

Question: 6th Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hirji

What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Ahle Sunnat concerning whether the Jhoota (Food which has already been eaten from) of a kaafir (unbeliever) is paak (clean) or not? Please make sure everything has been translated into Urdu, so that the general public may understand properly.

Question: 7th Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama in the following case: A person stood up to pray Zuhr Salaah and after reading the four sunnats, he un-intentionally made the niyyat for four sunnats again, whereas he had to read four fard. After completing two rakaats of Sunnah Namaaz, he realized that he should have been performing Fard Namaaz. He thus made the intention of Fard in his heart (at this stage), that “I am performing Fard”. He regarded the first two as being read as Sunnah by mistake and thus only read Surah Faateha in the second two rakaats with the intention of it now being a Fard Namaaz. Now, in the said case, is his Namaaz Fard or Sunnat Namaaz?

Question: 9th Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri
What do the Ulama-e-Deen and learned Muftis decree in the said case, where a person says bismillah and then fires his rifle at a game animal. Once the animal had dropped, he went to it and found no signs of life present in it and nor was there any movement in it. When he made zibah (slaughtered) the animal, the blood flowed properly. Now, is this animal regarded as halaal or haraam? If he did not make the animal zibah, then in such a case is it regarded as halaal or haraam? And also explain what the ruling is if the bleeding is not spontaneous.

Question: 10th Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama in the case where a person goes game hunting daily for sport? According to Shariah up to what extent is game hunting permissible as a sport and when should this be done? Is such a person regarded as sinful for hunting on a daily basis?

Question: 12 Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Kiraam concerning this poetic stanza in Shara’ Muhammadi part 28, under the section dealing with Makrooh actions in wudhu.

Teesre Taambe Ke bartan se agar He wudhu Naqis karega jo basher
(This stanza actually shows that if one makes wudhu from a
Copper utensil his wudhu is makrooh)

What can not be understood is why it is makrooh to make wudhu from a copper utensil? I’ve seen many people making wudhu from copper dishes etc. Will this make their wudhu incorrect?

Question: 13 Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Ahle Sunnat in this case: There are some people that say there is a shaheed man living on a certain tree or in a certain compartment and they go there every Thursdays and make Fateha on sweets and rice etc. They hang garlands outside these places and burn lobaan. This happens a lot in our town. Now, do shaheeds really stay on these trees or compartments and are those who say this correct in what they say or are they wrong? Please furnish a simple answer for the understanding of the general public.

Question: 14 Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri
What do the learned scholars decree regarding the rights of the children towards their deceased parents?

Question: 17 Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the Scholars of Shariat in the case where a person reads Surah Fateha and Surah Ikhlaas in the third Rakaat of witr and then makes the Takbeer and instead of Dua-e-Qunoot he reads three times Qul Huwal laahu Shareef (Surah Ikhlaas) as he does not know Dua-e-Qunoot. Will his Namaaz be correct or not? If he does this everyday and recompenses by making Sajda-e-Sahu every day will his witr be correct or not? Please present a simple answer that can be easily understood.

Question: 19 Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Kiraam in the following case: Is it permissible to fly kites or not? Is it permissible to seize its flying string (from others)? If one seizes the string from another person’s (kite) and then uses it to sew clothing and then reads Namaaz with the same clothes, will there be any shortcoming in the Namaaz?

Question: 20th Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama regarding whether it is permissible to keep dogs or not? Is it permissible to keep pigeons without the intention of racing them? What about the ruling regarding quail fighting and cock fighting? Also what is the rule regarding the keeping of falcons and eagles and to use them for hunting and to then to eat which they have hunted?

Question: 21st Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hijri
What is the ruling of the learned Ulama in this case: Can the Muslims eat that animal which has been hunted by a dog or not? A dog caught a rabbit in such a grip that the teeth of the dog have sunk into the flesh of the rabbit the dog has chewed most of the rabbit’s body and the rabbit is bleeding profusely. However, there is still some sign of life in the rabbit. Now, can that rabbit be made zibah and then eaten?

Question: 23rd Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri
What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Shariat in the case where a person walks in front of a Namaazi. Is such a personal sinful or not? Does this interfere with the persons Namaaz in any way? From how far away from the Namaazi are we not allowed to pass?

Question: 24 Rabi ul Aakhir 1320 Hirji
What is the ruling of the learned Ulama in this case: A few people are seated in one place together and a person came to them and said, “As Salaamu Alaikum” In Answer the replied “Adaab Arz” or “Tasleemat” or “Bandagi” or one person raised his hand up to his forehead and did not answer anything verbally. Now, did the person fulfill the Fard-e-Kifaayah or not?

Question: 29th Rabi ul Aakhir Shareef 1320 Hijri

What do the learned scholars of Deen state in this case: Is it permissible in the light of the Shariat, to kiss the nails when hearing the name of the Prophet (Sall Allaho Alaihi Wa Sallam) such as in Azaan and khutba etc?

Question: What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Deen regarding whether it is permissible or not to light lanterns and lights etc by the Mazaars of the Awliyah?

Is it permissible to put chaadars on the Mazaars of the Buzoorgs whilst playing musical instruments, as it is the manner today, where people light candles (lanterns) every Thursdays and carry colorful green and red chaadars (cloths) whilst playing musical instruments and go to the Mazaars. They also bring sweetmeats and rice etc. with them and keep it on the graves and make Faateha. Are these actions permissible in the light of Quran and Hadith?

Question: 6th Jamadil Ulaa 1320 Hijri - What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Deen and the learned Muftis in the following case: There some people who keep names such as, Taaju’deen, Muhiy’yud’deen, Nizaamud’deen, Ali Jaan, Nabi Jaan, Muhammad Jaan, Muhammad Nabi, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Taaha, Ghafoorud’deen, Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Hussain, Ghulam Ghaus, Ghulam Jilani and Hidaayat Ali. Is it permissible to keep such names or not? (Translator’s Note: The second part of this query deals with a specific situation and has been left out here due to detail. It can be viewed by the learned scholars in the original document)

Question: What is the ruling of the learned Ulama in this case: What time is the zawaal in summer and what time is it in winter? Now if someone reads Zohr Salaah before twelve noon in summer, when according to calculations zawaal is before twelve noon, will the Namaaz be legitimate or not? Please present an answer that is well supported.

Question: 11 Jamadil Ulaa 1337 Hijri

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama about what is Imaan-e-Kaamil (Completely strong Imaan) and how can one make ones Imaan Kaamil?

Question: Jamadil Ulaa 1337

It must be brought to the notice of the Ulama-e-Ahle Sunnat that today Sunnis sit in the companionship of corrupt sects and have become misled in faith due to a few laws. Even though there are numerous laws explained in your books, this servant has not seen anything relating to this that is why I felt it necessary to query this issue. There issue is that there is a person who refers to Hazrat Ameer Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) as a miserly person. He says that Ameer Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) fought with Hazrat Ali and the family of the Prophet Sall Allaho Alaihi Wa Sallam (Hazrat Imam Hassan radi Allahu anhu) and stole the khilaafat from them and he martyred thousands of Sahaba-e-Kiraam to achieve this. Bakr says that he is aware of Ameer Mu’wiyah’s (radi Allahu anhu) wrongs and he can not be called and Ameer.

Amar on the other hand says that Hazrat Ameer Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) is from amongst the senior Sahaba-e-Kiraam and the slightest disrespect to him is to be misled. There is another person, who calls himself a Sunni and also claims to have some knowledge (The truth is that he is actually completely ignorant) says that all the Sahaba especially Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Umar Farouk-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) and Hazrat Usman Zul Noorain (radi Allahu anhu) (Allah forbid) were greedy and miserly, as they kept the blessed bier of the Prophet Sall Allaho Alaihi Wa Sallam and then were each engrossed in their own schemes of how to become Khalifa.

Now what is the ruling about these four persons? Can we regard them as being Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat or not? What is your (Aala Hazrat’s) view on this issue? Please present a simple yet well supported answer.

Question: 1st Shabaanul Mu’azzam 1337 Hijri

What do the learned Ulama say in the following case; there are numerous places in the city where Jummah Salaah takes place. Now, will every such Musjid be known as a Jaame Musjid and does each one have the same status as a Jaame Musjid or is it only the one Musjid that is close to the tower and is well known as the Jaame Musjid? Is there anything wrong with Jummah taking place at numerous Musjids? What is the minimum amount of people required for Jummah to be correct? In which Musjid in the city is it more sawaab to read Jummah?

Question: 15 Shabaanul Mu’azzam 1337 Hijri

What is the verdict of the learned Ulama regarding how many types of Talaaq there are? Also please explain each type. What are those words that cause Talaaq to be applied and how can one take the female into ones Nikah again?

Question: 27 Shabaanul Mu’azzam 1337 Hijri

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama and the viceroys of the Prophets in the following cases?

How much does one need to have to qualify as Saahib-e-Nisaab?

Is the ruling for coins and notes the same, since notes are just paper and different from gold and silver?

What is the amount to be paid for every hundred?

What if a person does not have any money, but has gold and silver jewels that are for daily use and they add up to the nisaab value, does he need to give zakaat on this as well?

If one gives zakaat for an amount which he has in the first year and the remainder after paying zakaat stays the same for the second year, will one have to give zakaat on that money again the following year even though it was already given on the same amount the year before?

What is the amount of wheat to be given for fitrah according to weight in Bareilly?

Is it waajib to give Fitrah for every person, whether he kept fast or not, or whether he or she has reached puberty or not?

How much of food per orphan should a person who is too weak to fast give. Should it be given to only those orphans who were fasting or any orphan?