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Divorce and Assets

Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabarakatuh.

Muhtaram Brother,

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Kindly find attached Fatwa/answer to your query:

Question:

Salams Mawlana,

My question is in the UK when a husband and wife get divorced and the divorce goes through courts, the wife is entitled to 50% or more of the husband’s assets, his house etc.

a) Islamically, would this be permissible for the wife to claim?

b) Morally, should Muslim women be encouraged to claim only what is theirs?

JzkAllah

Ismail, Blackburn

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

According to Shariah, whatever belongs to the husband is his right of ownership. Likewise, what belongs to the wife is her right of ownership.

The spouses do not become partners in each other’s wealth by virtue of the marriage. It is, therefore, incorrect for one spouse to claim the wealth of the other in a breakdown of a marriage, by virtue of the marriage. If one makes such a claim and is successful, then that will be Ghasab (usurpation of one’s wealth), which is Haram.[1] It is incorrect to make use of the law of the country if the law is against the Shariah. See the following Hadith:

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:

أَلَا إِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَى أَنْ تَلْقَوْا رَبَّكُمْ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا (شرح معاني الآثار 6157)

Translation: Verily, your blood and wealth are sanctified upon you till you meet your lord. Just like the sanctity of this day, in this month, in this city.

Likewise, Allah Taala says:

وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَرِيقًا مِنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْإِثْمِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُون (سورة البقرة:188)

Translation: Do not eat up each other’s property by false means, nor approach with it the authorities to eat up a portion of the property of the people sinfully, while you know (that you are unjust in doing so).

In a hadith, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:

إِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَيَّ وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَلْحَنُ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا بِقَوْلِهِ فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ فَلاَ يَأْخُذْهَا (بخاري 2680)

Translation: Verily, you bring your disputes to me. Perhaps, some of you are more eloquent than others. So, he whom I, by my judgment, give out of the right of a Muslim (the undue share). In reality, I have given him a portion of the Fire. So, do not take it.

It is clear from the above that it is prohibited for one to wrongfully take the wealth of another.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best 

Student – Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

04-11-1442|11-27-2020


[1] بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع (ج7 ص148) دار الكتب العلمية

 وأما حكم الغصب فله في الأصل حكمان: أحدهما: يرجع إلى الآخرة، والثاني: يرجع إلى الدنيا. أما الذي يرجع إلى الآخرة فهو الإثم واستحقاق المؤاخذة إذا فعله عن علم؛ لأنه معصية، وارتكاب المعصية على سبيل التعمد سبب لاستحقاق المؤاخذة، وقد روي عنه – عليه الصلاة والسلام – أنه قال: «من غصب شبرا من أرض طوقه الله تعالى من سبع أرضين يوم القيامة» وإن فعله لا عن علم، بأن ظن أنه ملكه فلا مؤاخذة عليه؛ لأن الخطأ مرفوع المؤاخذة شرعا ببركة دعاء النبي – عليه الصلاة والسلام – بقوله – عليه الصلاة والسلام -: «ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا» وقوله – عليه الصلاة والسلام -: «رفع عن أمتي الخطأ والنسيان وما استكرهوا عليه. (وأما) الذي يرجع إلى الدنيا، فأنواع: بعضها يرجع إلى حال قيام المغصوب، وبعضها يرجع إلى حال هلاكه، وبعضها يرجع إلى حال نقصانه، وبعضها يرجع إلى حال زيادته…

الهداية (ج4 ص296) دار احياء التراث

الغصب في اللغة: أخذ الشيء من الغير على سبيل التغلب للاستعمال فيه. وفي الشريعة: أخذ مال متقوم محترم بغير إذن المالك على وجه يزيل يده. حتى كان استخدام العبد وحمل الدابة غصبا دون الجلوس على البساط، ثم إن كان مع العلم فحكمه المأثم والمغرم، وإن كان بدونه فالضمان؛ لأنه حق العبد فلا يتوقف على قصده ولا إثم؛ لأن الخطأ موضوع.

البناية شرح الهداية (ج11 ص181) دار الكتب العلمية

(الغصب في اللغة عبارة عن أخذ الشيء من الغير على سبيل التغلب) ش: أي أخذ الشيء ظلما وقهرا، تقول غصبه منه وغصبه عليه بمعنى، قيل وغصبه إياه أيضا، والشيء أغصب ومغصوب، قلت قولهم شيء غصب تسمية بالمصدر فهذا الذي ذكره يتناول متقوما وغير متقوم، يقال غصب زوجة وحمر فلان م: (للاستعمال فيه بين أهل اللغة) ش: أي استعمال لفظ الغصب في أخذ الشيء من الغير على سبيل التغلب.

م: (وفي الشريعة: أخذ مال) ش: أي الغصب في اصطلاح الشريعة أخذ مال، وهذا بمنزلة الجنس للحد وباقي قيوده كالفصل؛ لأنه يتناول المحدود وغيره. وقوله م: (متقوم) ش: احتراز عن الخمر. وقوله م: (محترم) ش: احتراز عن مال الحربي فإنه غير محترم. وقوله م: (بغير إذن المالك) ش: احتراز عما إذا أخذه بإذن مالكه، فإنه لا يسمى غصبا.

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Personalities

40 years… رحمهم الله

25th November 1980, five Ulama became Shaheed in a fatal car accident:

Mawlana Ibrahim Desai Saheb RH

Mawlana Yakoob Desai Saheb RH

Mawlana Ali Hassan Saheb RH

Mawlana Umarjee Saheb RH

Abdul Rashid Bhai (Driver) RH

Bayaan (Urdu) in Darul Uloom Chatam, Ontario, Canada.

Wednesday 25th July 2018, by Sheikhul Hadith Hadhrat Mawlana Yusuf Motala Saheb (RH)

Yaqoob Desai, who is a Mishkat student at this Darul Uloom [Chatam, Ontario Canada], and his paternal grandfather and other teachers used to travel from Preston to Darul-Uloom [Bury] daily in a car […] their arrival time used to be 9am, and at times they would either arrive five minutes early or five minutes late.


[One day] they didn’t arrive on time and we [Sheikhul Hadith Hadhrat Mawlana Yusuf Motala Saheb (db)] grew worried as to ‘what has happened?’ We rang their home but they didn’t have any clear explanation. However; after one and a half hours we were made aware of the tragic news that the car had been involved in an accident – all the passengers in the car, including the Ulama, the teachers and also the driver, had ALL been martyred!


His [Yaqoob Desai’s] paternal grandfather Mawlana Mohammed Yaqoob Saheb (ra), who was my true friend, also achieved martyrdom. […] 
After the accident and when the Janazah of his paternal grandfather was lifted and taken to the graveyard, firstly, the Janazah of Hadhrat Mawlana Ibrahim Desai Saheb was placed and behind it Moulana Yaqoob Saheb’s Janazah was placed (Janazah Salah led by Hadhrat Mawlana Qari Tayyab Saheb RH).


After the burial, a young man who was from the Kazi Family approached me and spoke, “When the two Janazah was placed on the ground I see [a spiritual vision] that Hadhrat Mawlana Ibrahim Desai Saheb moved the lid of his coffin, opened the lid and placed the lid back on the coffin and he then sat down on top of it.” 


He [young man] is seeing all this whilst awake, and all around there are thousands of Muslim people, who participated in the burial, yet none of these people see anything – he; however, is witnessing this!
[He young man continued] “I then see Mawlana Yaqoob Saheb, and he also opens the lid and places the lid back on, he then sits on top of it – both [deceased] have a pamphlet in their hands …!”

Virtues of Martyrs, by Hadhrat Mawlana Hashim Saheb (Allah preserve him)


We had a pamphlet titled ‘Martyrs of Darul-Uloom,’ consisting of 6 or 7 pages, printed on behalf of the Darul-Uloom which highlighted who these [scholars] people were, where they were from, what responsibilities they had, what knowledge they possessed and their characteristics were all mentioned.


[He young man continued] “Both [deceased] are passing it [pamphlet] to one another whilst smiling and saying, ‘Look, what they’ve written about us?”     

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Spirituality

Keep Going!

Keep Going!

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful

I want to begin by directly asking you a few questions. The first question I want to ask is if you saw an old lady crossing the road that needed help, would you choose to help her or would you leave her be? Secondly what do you think of a person who shouts at a baby for not being able to run?

Of course these questions may seem really weird for the moment but hang on in there and let me try to explain my point. Many people have a mentality that if I am committing a lot of sin, what is the point of me praying namaaz (5 daily prayers) or following any other of Allah’s commands for that matter. Well let’s look at the first question I posed at the start. If you answered yes then why should you do this? Isn’t helping an old lady a command of Allah?

Now I know some will say that this is the human thing to do. Well to follow Allah and His commands is also the human thing to do and if you want evidence then look deep in your heart to see if your heart is satisfied with your current life. Most people go to sleep unhappy every day or dissatisfied with their life. The obvious answer is that we are missing complete submission to Allah in our life. Isn’t it time to change and leave our old lives behind? Is it not time to turn back to Allah?

Some people, including myself when I was younger believe that Islam is only meant to be practised by a Hafiz or Alim. If this is you then let me ask you, will you be holding someone’s hand and taking them in your grave with you? If I want success in this world and the Hereafter I need to make changes in my life now. Neither me nor you know when the grave is going to swallow us up so shouldn’t we be making changes in our life now before it is too late?

I recently heard a very good point. We seem to be diverting ourselves to learn about the day of Qiyamah and we certainly should be, but isn’t there a bigger day coming for all us of very soon. Qiyamah will only come once all the major and minor signs told to us by the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) have come to pass. However our death is imminent. It can strike at any time and there are no signs of death. When Allah recalls us, we have to go.

As for the second question presented at the start, many people in our society frown upon those that try to follow Islam but stumble here and there. It is in the nature of a person that he or she will commit sins however some people feel they are of a high enough status and position to criticise and try to bring these people down.

Allah says “And remind for verily a reminder benefits the believer.” (Al-Qur’an: Adh-Dhariyat: 55)

The Qur’an tells us to do the complete opposite to what we are accustomed to. We should be reminding each other with love and affection otherwise we push those away who are trying to discover the truth of Islam. No matter how old you are or how exalted we are in the eyes of the people, we all make mistakes. Even the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) used to ask for forgiveness from Allah (God) even though all the prophets were infallible. The whole point of mankind being created was because we do make mistakes but we then repent and ask for forgiveness from people.

Allah is not like mankind. Allah is Ar-Raheem (The Most Merciful). There is none like Him. If I was to upset any human it would leave a crack in the relationship just like cracks in the wall but Allah completely removes the sin like it didn’t even take place. Allah’s mercy is such that he puts a veil over all of our sins. This in itself is a big blessing. Just imagine everybody was to know all the bad you and I have done! How disgraced would we feel? One pious person mentioned that you know you have reached piety if you can walk around the market place with your desires on a silver platter. That is certainly something to think about!

Lastly I just want to mention about wisdom. It’s very important that when we talk to anybody about Islam we think before we speak. Some people do get very heated with debates of Twitter, Facebook etc. A discussion is absolutely fine and that is encouraged but social networking sites aren’t the place. Certainly it is better to discuss in person where the truth and be found and we merely aren’t keyboard warriors.

As Muslims we should be trying to encourage each other as much as possible and this is the way forward. Give your friend a pat on the back. Tell them that they have done something good today and most importantly, SMILE!

Jazakumullah Khayran
Yasin Ibn Suleman Desai

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