Question: The Meaning of the Name “Maryam” and Other Questions on Zakat and Salāt

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين
والصلاه والسلام على سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين

Assalāmu Alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Honored brothers and sisters on this platform
You are welcome to this morning’s session of the Halqah
We ask Allāh to make it beneficial to us and to you
Amīn
We shall this morning respond to some of the questions that have been asked

QUESTION:*

*ON THE MEANING OF MY NAME: MARYAM*
_”Pls sir wot is d meaning of my name MARYAM”_
*ANSWER:*
Alhamdulillāh
The name Maryam was originally of Hebrew origin and means _Servant of the Lord_ and would translate into Arabic as _’Ābidah_
It has been mentioned that Maryam the mother of ‘Īsah was the first that was named as that by her mother the wife of ‘Imrān
And this was because she had committed her to the service and worship of Allāh right from when she was pregnant of her as is shown in the Qur’ān in Sūrah Āl-‘Imrān
The name Maryam was mentioned 34 times in the Qur’ān, and is the only woman whose name was mentioned in the Qur’ān
The Latin rendering of the name is _Māriya_ and _Māriyān_ in other Languages
And Allāh knows best
Bārakallāhu Fīkum

*QUESTION:*

*WHAT NECESSITATES THE PERMISSIBILITY OF OBSERVING THE SALĀT WHILE SITTING?*
_”salamu Alaikum: I gat a qstn pls. on wat basis can someone pray while sitting. Can he just decide to pry while sitting for just headache purpose”_
*ANSWER:*
Wa ‘Alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Alhamdulillāh
Know, may Allāh be merciful to us and to you, that to observe the Salāt standing is compulsory and one of the Pillars of the Salāt
It is agreed upon by all of the Ulamā, rather, the entire Ummah, that three standings are Wājib (Obligatory) for every Raka’a:
Standing to say the _Takbīratu Al-Ihrām_
Standing to recite _Sūratu Al-Fātihah_
Standing errect from the _Rukū’_
There is no argument about these
A believer who is capable must observe the Salāt with his backbone straight in each of these instances in every _Raka’ah_ among the _Raka’āt_
It is only Permissible for the one who is incapable of observing the Salāt while standing – either due to old age, severity of pain while standing, or an ailment which may get worse due to the standing – to observe the Salāt sitting.
The evidence for this is the Hadīth recorded by Imām Al-Bukhārī from ‘Imrān bn Al-Husayn in which ‘Imrān – radiyallāhu ‘anhu – said:
_”I had haemorrhoids and then asked the Rasūl – salallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam – on (how I should observe) the Salāt. He said:_
صَلِّ قَائِمًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ
_”Observe the Salāt while standing, then if you are incapable of doing that, then in a sitting position, then if you are incapable of doing that, then (while lying) on your sides.”_
Ponder over the statement _”Observe the Salāt while standing…”_
The Rasūl – salallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam – knew that he needed alleviation and repreive, yet mentioned the observance of the Salāt while standing so as to emphasize that sitting and lying *may only be resorted to due to incapability or severity of pains*
But it should be noted here that what is referred is not necessarily a pain that reaches its threshold
Imām An-Nawawī – rahimahullāh – said in _Al-Majmū’_:
_”The Ummah have agreed that whosoever is incapable of observing an obligatory Salāt while standing should do so while sitting, and he needs not repeat it later… Our Fellows have said: it isn’t a condition that (for him to observe it sitting), he must be completely incapable of standing, neither does the least difficulty legitimizes it. Rather what is required is apparent difficulty…”_
This is why some of the Ulamā, among them, the Faqīh Imām Shaykh Muhammad Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn – rahimahullāh – premised the permissibility of sitting on a pain which inflicts inability to concentrate in it’s entirety while standing
Meaning that we measure the pain that legitimizes sitting to observe the Salāt by the Pain which makes a person incapable of concentrating in the Salāt by virtue of it
And Allāh knows best
As for Nāfilah Salāt, the Ulamā have an ‘Ijmā that it was permissible to observe it while sitting even if there is no pain. Except that it’s reward will be half of that said while standing.
Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazakumullāhu Khayran

QUESTION:

*THE ZAKĀT OF THE SALARY EARNER*
_” Asalaamum alaykum wa rahmatullah. Please I need answer. What is the zakat the one collecting salary should be giving”_
*ANSWER:*
Wa Alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Alhamdulillāh
The Ruling on Zakāt and it’s Injunctions has nothing to do with the means of earning nor it’s mode
Rather, the Conditions for the obligation of Zakāt are two: that it reaches the _Nisāb_, and that a year passes over it.
What matters is if the money saved from your Salary aggregates to the Nisāb of Zakāt and the year passes over it.
And Allāh knows best
Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazakumullāhu Khayran
We shall stop here for the week
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين
Assalāmu Alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh

6th Muharram 1440H
(16th September 2018)
Islamnode
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