بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين
والصلاة والسلام على من بعث رحمة للعالمين
Assalāmu alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh.
Honoured brothers and sisters on the platform
You are welcome to this session of the Halqah.
We shall answer some of the questions right now.
Bārakallāhu fīkum
*Question 1*
_”Assalamu alaykum…Can a sister make Iftar and sahur for a bro who is non mahram but a co-tenant. And also, can she make it for her fiance, when they are yet to be married”_
*Answer*
Wa alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh.
Alhamdulillāh
Generally, it is permissible for a man to eat the food cooked by a non-mahram lady whether they are co-tenant or not.
But because food is one of the things that bring about love, affection and the inclination of the heart, the Ulamā have declared such to be Makrūh…
Also, if there is an intent behind her preparation of the food, or a surety of it leading to a _Fitnah, then it becomes Harām.
This is the fatwa of the Ulamā
This is because of the _Qā’idah Fiqhiyya_ that says:
_The means that leads to Harām is Harām by itself_
A conjugate of the Qa’ida:
_The means that leads to Wājib is Wājib by itself_
It is also so by virtue of the Qā’idah:
ما لا يتم ترك الحرام إلا بتركه فتركه واجب
_”That without whose abandonment a Harām cannot be abandoned is obligatory to be abandoned”_
Az-Zarkashī – rahimahullāh – explained this Qā’idah in detail in _Al-Bahru Al-Muhīt_
In this case, it can be said that the co-tenant may fall into infatuation on her if she cooks for him.
The chances are high.
It may also be said that if he is already infatuating and lusting over her, cooking for him will make him continue to do that.
Likewise, he wouldn’t be able to stop lusting over her unless she desists from presenting him with the food.
Therefore, what is prudent and free from blemish is that she not prepare food for non-mahram brothers who can fall into infatuation over her.
The questioner has not explained what she means by ‘Fiance’.
This is because people have different meanings to the word.
And in the Sharī’a, we don’t consider the word, we consider the reality.
For that reason, we can’t respond to that half of the question.
Allāh knows best, Bārakallāhu fīkum.
*Question 2*
_” Salamualaikum brothers and sisters Pls I want to ask a question concerning the name “kabir”. Is the name Mohammed Kabir or Abdul Kabir cause recently I have had one Mallan call Abdul Kabir.”_
*Answer*
Wa alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
As regards the Names of Allāh, some of them can be names of the creation too
An example is the name Mu’min,
Kabīr is also one of those names that a creation can bear aside Allāh
This is because there is not found in its meaning what is a specific attribute of Allāh ta’ālā.
The Ulamā explained that such names can be bore provided they are not suffixed by the definite article ‘Al-‘.
Therefore, either of Muhammad Kabīr or AbdulKabīr is okay.
Bārakallāhu fīkum
*Question 3*
_” Assalamu alaykum ya Admin, May Allah benefit you. Pls, what is Islamic rule on a fix profit on a joint business?”_
*Answer*
Wa alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Alhamdulillāh
Alhamdulillāh
āmīn to your du’ā and may Allāh benefit you too.
The question you asked depends on what you mean by ‘profit’ and ‘joint business’.
But generally the Ulamā differentiated between the reward of business which is profit, and the reward of labour, which is wage.
As for profit, it can never be fixed for it depends on the outcomes of the business.
As for his wage, it must be fixed as it is an agreement between the employer and the employed.
Profit must be variable while Wage is fixed
Bārakallāhu fīkum.
We shall stop here
Bārakallāhu fīkum
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد ان لا اله الا الله نستغفرك ونتوب إليك
Assalāmu Alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
