Dar-ul-Ifta Ahl-e-Sunnat
Salah with Metal Jewellery?
Question 1: What do the honourable scholars say regarding this matter: Many youngsters who regularly pray Salah also wear metal bracelets made from copper, brass, etc. Please clarify the Islamic ruling of men wearing such jewellery and the impact of that on their Salah.
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
Answer: It is impermissible for a man to wear a bracelet made from brass or any metal or material, and it is prohibitively disliked (Makruh Tahreemi) to offer Salah whilst wearing it; the person will be sinful for offering Salah in this state and it will be necessary (Wajib) to repeat it.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Answered by: Abu Wasif Muhammad Asif ‘Attari
Approved by: Mufti Muhammad Haashim Khan ‘Attari
Making new graves on old ones
Question 2: What do the honourable scholars say regarding this matter that there is an old, publicly endowed (Waqf) cemetery in a town, which has now been completely filled with graves. Is it permissible to add five or six feet of soil on top of the graves to make new graves on top?
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
Answer: In the aforementioned case, it is unlawful (Haraam) to cover an old cemetery with five or six feet of soil to make new graves - this would be a severe affront to the sanctity and respect of the graves of Muslims and a cause of pain for them. Because, whatever harms a living person, it also harms the deceased. When it is not permissible to walk on a grave, place feet on it, sit on it, or make a pathway on it, then how can it be permissible to make a permanent grave on it? There are other issues with this as well. To fill the cemetery with soil, tractors, shovel trolleys, and other modes of transport to carry the material will have to be used or the people will have to manually bring in the soil which will most likely entail walking on the old graves. New paths will be built to facilitate building work and once ready funeral processions and visitors will walk on them. These paths will almost certainly be built over the old graves. In terms of Shari’ah, all of these actions are strictly haram as it is disrespect of the deceased.
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Answered by: Abu Wasif Muhammad Asif ‘Attari
Approved by: Mufti Muhammad Haashim Khan ‘Attari
Giving commission to salesman
Question 3: What do the honourable scholars say regarding this matter that I work in the garment profession. I make or purchase goods and then supply them to the shops. In order to have my goods sold as soon as possible, I pay commission to the salesmen in the shops, and the owner of the shop does not know that I pay commission to his employee. My goods are not lesser in quality by any means. I have to pay the commission, if I don’t pay commission to the salesman, he does not sell my goods. This is not only my matter; this occurs with everyone in the market because if the goods are not sold at the shop, they will be returned to us. Please provide Shar’i guidance that is it permissible to pay commission to the salesman in this scenario?
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
Answer: In the aforementioned case, whatever you are paying to the salesman in the name of commission, is actually bribery, not commission. And taking and giving bribery are both haram and acts that lead to Hell. There are very severe warnings regarding this in the Quran and Hadith.
Once you have sold your goods to the shopkeeper, it is no longer yours, it now belongs to the shopkeeper. Therefore, you can no longer say that I am paying commission to the salesman to sell my goods. Rather, you are paying him to get something done for you, i.e., ‘I’ll pay the salesman so that he prioritises my goods to sell, then I’ll earn more money.’ The wealth that is given to have something done according to one’s desires is bribery. Allah Almighty states in the Quran:
وَ تَرٰى كَثِیْرًا مِّنْهُمْ یُسَارِعُوْنَ فِی الْاِثْمِ وَ الْعُدْوَانِ وَ اَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَؕ-لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ(۶۲)
‘And you will see many of them running towards sin and transgression, and consuming unlawful things; they are undoubtedly doing extremely evil actions.’
[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 06, Surah Al-Maa’idah, Verse 62)
Sayyiduna Abdullah b. ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما states:
‘لعن رسولُ الله صلی الله تعالٰی علیه وسلّم الراشی والمرتشی
‘The Messenger of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ cursed the briber and the one who takes a bribe,’(Abu Dawood, vol. 2, p. 148).
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Mufti Muhammad Haashim Khan Attari
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