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Ishilove:
Are they the only men in the world? Others will still come. Reject the two of them. That's my candid advice

Ishilove I humbly request your response to the following questions or should we say allegations:

1. Are you a Muslimah?
2. If the answer to the above is YES, praise be to Allaah. If it's NO, sincerely you've outrightly trespassed which should be punishable because so many others are doing it too.
3.Immediately I read your post I swiftly hit on your moniker to check your profile but I found no Kalimatu Shahaadah there. Are the mods above the law?

I don't think this your claim is true brother! Even my first ever thread on Nairaland hit front page. I've also noticed a considerate number of Islaamic threads flooding the front page in recent times.

irenmwinfo:
Please can I have the email address

This is my Nairaland Email:
emailnairaland@gmail.com

AlBaqir:
First, must you marry any of those men? You can can get a rightful man with prayer and patience.
"Allah does not place burden on any soul..." (Quran)

Second, it is haram for a muslimah to marry a non- Muslim man. No doubt you will lose your iman ( faith and belief). In Islamic sharia, only a Muslim man can marry a non-muslim ( christian or jew only) even at this stage, he cannot force the woman to convert to Islam. She's free to practice her religion. But there's always the danger of the faith of their issues.

Third, you have a choice to make. Can you cope being second wife? Absolutely its your choice and there is no reward whatsoever for being second wife. Its however full of unimaginable challenges.

Lastly, Istikhara is of no use here. Those who keep on advising on Istikhara, though meant good for you, but do not understand the concept of al-Istikhara.

While there are various type of Istikhara, in this case and similar issues, you are expected to use your God- given aql ( intellect) first to seek solution. If you can't find solution, then Islam enjoin you to consult people of wisdom and vast experience for advice. If yet, no solution, only then you can perform Istikhara.

Note, istikhara is not a form of future- teller. I do not wish to go further on Istikhara not to derail this thread.

wa salam alaikum.

O brother! No one says Istikhooroh is a future-teller.You can refer to my first post please. Or perhaps I should bring it down here:

And concerning the married man, you should just seek Allaah's Counsel through the Istikhaarah.
Have faith in it that you'll be guided by Allaah
through it. Of course, if he's the right man for
you, Allaah will bless you with him and if he's
not Allaah will provide another Muslim man
(maybe single this time) that will be better off IN
SHAAALLAAH!

AlBaqir:
However concerning "Tarawih", apart from the fact that it is a rape of truth to say "tarawih" is a Sunnah established or enjoined by the Prophet, whether it is observed or not does not serve as a condition for the validity of one's fasting.

Of course!

May Allah accept our sawm and qiyam and sadaqa as acts of ibadat solely for Him. Was salam alaykum.

Āmīn! wa`aleykumu ssalām waRohmatuLLooh

Seclude yourself in Allaah's House (Masjid) for the last nine or ten days.

From your post it seems this is a Christian-Muslim relationship. Please don't get too furious at her so that people won't conclude you're being religiously intolerant. If her fasting has really undermined her output, please bear with her. She'll have that excuse for at most thirty days and we're in day 3 already.

But if she's not working at all complaining of fasting, please endeavour to fast with her salary too.

agarawu23:
“I don’t feel comfortable seeing some women sitting at home, waiting for a man to open a shop for them or to provide for their basic needs.

All the lazy and greedy ladies waiting for guys to give them money should come and learn from her.

I am proud of you jare

From my personal experience, almost in all cases of men working and the wives staying at home, the women are not to be blamed. It's either due to religious reasons or the husband prescribed it.

takleboy:
AlhamdulliLah, i am glad with the trend. Surely there is always learned ones amongs us.

@PassingShot @Phunsukhwangdu, quiz day 1 gone oo. You have zero point
I hope you will catch up.

Ee yah thanks! Schedules are tight here bro! Can't make it with the quiz time interval!

Although, personally I don't endorse seeking spouse in this manner but it's somewhat acceptable in your case considering your genotype issue.

Please permit me to recommend a better means. Like I believe you are ready and you already have what it takes. Consult the scholars in your locality, I mean reputable ones. Those who coordinate the Western/Quraanic/Arabic Schools are okay. You'll get a pious wife through them IN SHAAALLAAH. The only problem is that, these types of sisters might be demanding too. What I mean is they'll be keen to know if you're also religiously devoted.

greatestluv4all:
Am 28yrs old.
The married muslim man is 35yrs with 4kids.
The non muslim man is 32yrs old.

With your age sis! Don't delay any further. I believe you know you can also marry brothers that are younger than you if peradventure the opportunity comes.

MAA SHAAALLAAH

takleboy:
My brother to your qstn, in my own humble opinion may Allah have mercy on me, it isnt unacceptable to have prayed taraweeh yesterday before the announcement of Sultan for we all know that no other day it could have do it other than yesterday.

He had enough time to do that on Tuesday evening like the Saudi Arabia did. He should have announced that prior to the crescent not being sighted, yesterday would be 30th of Sha`baan and today would be certain as 1st of Ramadhaan. By not announcing, it somewhat made me inclined to believe what they said that he also counted yesterday as 29th.

If i were to go by your observation, yesterday was 30th day of shabaan base on your count so should you have refused taraweeh prayer in your mosque with your brothers? Its sunnah should have benefited from.

I'm telling you bro! My brothers were disappointed yesternight when I told them we wouldn't. And I even prayed may Allaah forgive me if I had erred in taken that decision knowing fully well that yesterday was indeed 30th.

Please you need to know we have council of erudite scholars at all level championing the affairs of Muslims around the Sultanhood and making sure the unite the muslims when it is absolutely neccessary.

Yes there is this committee, I think they call them MURIC. But the question here is 'is the committee functioning?' Given how sensitive it is that sighting of the crescents is an important factor that dictates the turn out of events in our religion, it is not to much to have a standby committee that will be in charge of monitoring, sighting and announcing of the twelve crescents marking the beginning of each month in a year and not just during festive periods.

PassingShot:
Tarawee, to my understanding is Sunnah and not an obligatory act of worship. So, there can't be anything wrong with those who observed it yesterday, especially when it was evidently clear that yesterday was Sha'baan 30th.

I concur with you bro! But this is specific to those who had it in mind that yesterday was 30th. Those that I pity are the ones who have taken it as norm to observe taraaweeh in advance following every 29th of Sha`baan.

My sis nothing is more valuable on the scale of preference than your Islaam and you can't afford to trade it oo:

PassingShot:
That we still get asked questions like this is unfortunate.

Have you thought of what might eventually happen with your marriage with the non-Muslim later in life?

The thought that you could even contemplate changing your religion for marriage is depressing really.

May Allah keep you in Islam and make you steadfast.

Uztadh in the house, please come and help.

And concerning the married man, you should just seek Allaah's Counsel through the Istikhaarah. Have faith in it that you'll be guided by Allaah through it. Of course, if he's the right man for you, Allaah will bless you with him and if he's not Allaah will provide another Muslim man (maybe single this time) that will be better off IN SHAAALLAAH!

In the Name of Allaah, The Entirely Merciful, The Especially Merciful.

As much as I detest sounding rude to authorities (particularly that of Islaam). And as I do solemnly abide by whatever the Sultaan announces, with all due respect I will say he ought to have announced on the16th of June being the 29th of Sha`baan, that since the crescent was not sighted, sha`baan would be completed as thirty yesterday, the 17th of June and that today, 18th of June would thereby be the first day of Ramadhaan. Not doing that resulted to depriving some Muslims from observing the Taraaweeh in congregation yesternight because of their respect for the Seat of caliphate. In fact, Saudi Arabia made their own announcement on Tuesday, the 16th of June.

It was not comfortable for me yesterday hearing them claiming 17th of June to be 29th of Sha`baan again. It showed how much we have neglected the sunnah. The sunnah is to search for all the twelve crescents in a year to ensure proper up to date follow up and not just for Ramadhaan, Shawwaal and Dhul Hijjah.

I swear by The One in Whose Hand my soul is, some brothers and I sighted the second day moon of Sha`baan after Sọlaat ulmaghrib on the 19th of May when I was still in my hometown and it lasted quite long before it faded off. Unless anyone will convince me it was the crescent we sighted. In essence, 19th of May should be the first of Sha`baan and if we backdate today to 19th of May we will eventually arrive at thirty.

So I insist 17th of June is not 29th of Sha`baan (even in our province here).

Although I do not support those that observed their Taraaweeh last night but they might not be wrong if their intention before performing it was based on the fact that 17th of June was 30th of Sha`baan and not 29th. Conversely I, myself had to beg my brothers in the Masjid that we would not, since the Sultaan was yet to announce, even though I believe we were already in the night of Ramadhaan and that today would be the first of Ramadhaan.

cc AlBaqir Aminat508 maclatunji PassingShot sissie takleboy

As much as I detest sounding rude to authorities (particularly that of Islaam). And as I do solemnly abide by whatever the Sultọọn announces, with all due respect I'll say he ought to have announced yesterday, being 29th of Sha`baan (16th of June), that since the crescent was not sighted, sha`baan will be completed as thirty today and tomorrow 18th of June thereby would be the first of Rọmadhọọn. That would have enabled the Muslims generally to observe the Tarọọweeh this night. The Saudi Arabia did the announcement yesterday.

It has not been comfortable for me since I have been hearing it that 17th of June, today as they claim is counted as 29th of Sha`baan again. It shows how much we have neglected the sunnah. The sunnah is to search for all the twelve crescents in a year to ensure proper up to date follow up and not just for Rọmadhọọn, Shawwaal and Dhul Hijjah.

I swear by The One in Whose Hand my soul is, myself and some brothers sighted the second day moon after Sọlaat ulmaghrib on the 19th of May when I was still in my hometown and it lasted quite long before it faded off. Unless anyone will convince me it was the crescent we sighted. In essence, 19th of May should be the first of Sha`baan and if we backdate today to 19th of May we will eventually arrive at thirty.

So I insist 17th of June can NEVER be 29th of Sha`baan.

Although I do not support those that observed their Tarọọweeh this night but they might not be wrong if their intention before performing it was based on the fact that 17th of June is 30th of Sha`baan and not 29th. Conversely I, myself had to beg my brothers in the Masjid that we will not, since the Sultọọn has not announced, even though I believe we are already in the night of Rọmadhọọn and tomorrow will be the first of Rọmadhọọn.

May Allāh reward you with good sis!

This is terrible oo. I just read this on Facebook:

Fuad-deen Olabisi Kekere-ekun:
Alhamdulillah, it has been confirmed that the
whole Ahlu sunnah community of Shaki is
fasting today after the moon had been sighted
yesterday evening and the news was announced
all over Shaki.
Most of the muslim world counted today as
30th of Shaaban or 1st of Ramadan subject to
the sighting of the moon but the authorities
here count today as the 29th of Shaaban which
means that they will be looking for the moon
this evening for the first time and will not
entertain any news of sighting on their 28th
day if Shaaban.
If truly today is 30th Shaaban or 1st of
Ramadan subject to the sighting of the moon
then it means today is the doubtful day known
as Yawmu Shak.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib r.a. was reported to have said,
"I prefer to fast on yawmu shak than to eat on the 1st day of Ramadan.
Can the people of Shaki follow their local
sighting or not. The popular fatwa on moon
sighting is for each locality to follow its own
sighting. If the whole of Shaki is not big
enough a locality, then what is. Remember,
it is widespread in the whole if Shaki as the
information was spread all over the city by
8pm last night and all the conscious Muslims
there are fasting.
May Allah keep us guided in His path. Ameen.

So these Ahlu ssunnah people didn't bother to call the Sultaan or what?

takleboy:
So @PassingShot is my broda,
dunno oo, following one of yr thread but let me follow you yoursef.

Me self no knw sey Passingshot na omooya oo. I dey olwayz feel ham 4 politics sectn.

ALHAMDU LILLAAH we are Muslims

Royals1:
my brothers in islam do we eva believe moon is sighted here in lagos or south west? We do we insist on sighting moon from d north always? Infact i swear with Allah and Quran dt i was fortunate to serve as youth corper in d north sokoto precisely and fortunate to be in d month of ramadan. D day d alfas are xpecting d sultan to announce d moom sighted, i went out to observe d moon but i culd not seen any moon. So i wonder where d moon is sighted in sokoto.
Howeva, d moon dt was sighted in southwest like 2 days afta was d moon i later sighted in sokoto.
My learned in islam lets try to enighten ourselves on dis.

Bro we do believe the new moon can be sighted anywhere everywhere so far the weather is favourable. Preference is given to the North source because they have the sky that is mostly cloud free compared to what we have here in Southwest.

Crescents of Ramadhaan had been sighted here too on several occasions. Around year 2005 I could remember it was sighted somewhere in Igbeti. Also in one of the past Sultaan's announcements I think he mentioned Idumota in Lagos when he was listing the locations.

PS: My brother another reason is that while the brothers in the North take it as obligation to search for the crescent, we in the Southwest, stay glued to our phones and TV sets instead, awaiting the announcement.

PassingShot:
From all indications, Ramadan starts tomorrow June 18th.

IN SHAAALLAAH tomorrow bro! Some are even of the opinion that Sha`baan is 29th today and yesterday was 28th. That's not a problem though! As they've counted today as 30th of Sha`baan in Saudi Arabia and since there cannot be 31st, it'll now be a consensus to start fasting tomorrow 18th of June, 2015.

We praise Allaah

1. Dear brothers and sisters, till now no authentic source from the Sultaan. In fact, I just called a friend from the North who said:

Tomorrow (Thursday, 18th of June) is being deliberated upon to be the first of Ramadhaan

2. There is a source from Saudi too:

Ramadhaan 1436 – High
Judiciary Council of Saudi
Arabia

Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online was
informed of the official decision and
announcement of the High Judiciary
Council of Saudi Arabia that since the
moon of Ramadhaan was not sighted this
evening, here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be
completing thirty (30) days of Sha’baan
(1436 A.H.), in accordance with the
hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-
Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam):
«Fast when you see the crescent. If it is
obscured to you, then complete thirty days
of Sha’baan. And break your fast when you
see the crescent. If it is obscured to you
then fast thirty days» , [transmitted by al-
Bukhaaree and Muslim].
Subsequently, we shall be starting our
taraaweeh prayers tomorrow (Wednesday
17 June, 2015) after the ‘Ishaa. prayer, in
preparation for the first fast of
Ramadhaan on Thursday 18 June, 2015,
in shaa.-Allaah

www.fatwa-online.com/ramadhaan-1436-high-judiciary-council-saudi-arabia/

Conclusion: Owing to these two, we can agree for now that we should not intend to fast until we hear otherwise.



Brothers and sisters let's avoid fasting today for it will be a DAY OF DOUBT please. May Allaah reward you all with good

Hammefeez:
The thunder that will fire Nairaland religion mode is doing press up.

Can you imagine? I posted this thing first earlier today at the right time and those moderators never showed up.

Bro why call thunder on the mod? This thread was opened before noon at 11:19am and I've checked your profile, yours was in the evening at 7:09pm.

I just read this link:

www.fatwa-online.com/ramadhaan-1436-high-judiciary-council-saudi-arabia/

Ramadhaan 1436 – High
Judiciary Council of Saudi
Arabia

Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online was
informed of the official decision and
announcement of the High Judiciary
Council of Saudi Arabia that since the
moon of Ramadhaan was not sighted this
evening, here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be
completing thirty (30) days of Sha’baan
(1436 A.H.), in accordance with the
hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-
Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam):
«Fast when you see the crescent. If it is
obscured to you, then complete thirty days
of Sha’baan. And break your fast when you
see the crescent. If it is obscured to you
then fast thirty days» , [transmitted by al-
Bukhaaree and Muslim].
Subsequently, we shall be starting our
taraaweeh prayers tomorrow (Wednesday
17 June, 2015) after the ‘Ishaa. prayer, in
preparation for the first fast of
Ramadhaan on Thursday 18 June, 2015,
in shaa.-Allaah

sultan457:
please wen d moon is sighted lets fast irrespective of the country coz of d hadith that said fast wen u sight the moon dnt let us use timing different.

Bro we do not have problem if it's sighted in other places and it's not visible anywhere here at all. In that circumstance it will be left for the Sultaan and the scholars around him to decide.

The real problem is if it's sighted here and it's not visible in other places like Saudi Arabia. Do you know what our people here will say and claim?

Besides there is a chapter in Saheeh Muslim about the issue of following one's province. I believe the chapter is named ﺑﻴﺎﻥ ﺃﻥ ﻟﻜﻞ ﺑﻠﺪ ﺭﺅﻳﺘﻬﻢ ﻭﺃﻧﻬﻢ ﺇﺫﺍ ﺭﺃﻭﺍ ﺍﻟﻬﻼﻝ ﺑﺒﻠﺪ ﻻ ﻳﺜﺒﺖ ﺣﻜﻤﻪ ﻟﻤﺎ
ﺑﻌﺪ ﻋﻨﻬﻢ

muhyeenisce:
Pls anybody from sokoto should keep us updated

Exactly bro!

ardeks:
Jazakhalau khaeran. May Allah accept the fasting as an act of Ibadah. Amin

wa anta fajazaaka LLoohu khoyroo

smallrincowis16:
The correct sunnah is not to say thanks
or shukran rather its to say jazakallahu khair or
barakAllah feek. and should be replied with Wa
Antum fa Jazakumullahu khayran. Lets revive this
sunnah in our lives In sha ALLAH & motivate
others to do the same

To the one who says: baarakAllaah feek, the reply should be "wafeeka baarakAllaah". It is in the hadeeth of `Aaishah.

In The Name of Allaah, The Entirely Merciful, The Especially Merciful.

Today being the 29th of Sha`baan, the Muslim world anticipates the birth of Ramadhaan crescent which if so occurs by Allaah's Will, fasting will begin tomorrow being 17th of June. Owing to the discrepancies that surrounded the starting and ending of the last Ramadhaan, let us keep this thread alive with updates we have on the moon sighting.

The Sultaan of Sokoto is agreed upon to be the leader of our province here, we are obliged to adhere to whatever he says and it is the most ethical thing at this moment. It is utterly wrong like they do in some quarters by not admitting to what our leader (Sultaan of Sokoto) says. Little they know that there would have been consultations and collations before he would eventually announced. I watched his announcement some years back whereby he did not only mention towns but also specific locations.

Also, a crucial thing to note is that Saudi Arabia should not be taken as yardstick in all ramifications. It is very much possible to sight the new moon here and it will not be visible in the entire Saudi Arabia territory. In such occasions, Saudi Arabia will not initiate their fasting because they understand that rule and the judgement. And in fact, whenever the crescent (of Ramadhaan) is sighted in Saudi Arabia, never will they proclaim any order binding the generality of the Muslims, only the kingdom will be mandated.

However in extreme cases, Allaah, The Disposer of affairs may obstruct the moon from being sighted. In that case fasting will unanimously start on the 18th of June as it will be the first day in the month of Ramadhaan.

PS: In past years, Sultaan normally announced immediately after the network news but I learnt he did at around 1:00am or so last year. As I am not at home, I do not have access to television set here and so do others, members let us help one another by posting updates here please. I also hope the mod will aid this mission by moving this to the front page somewhere around 6:30pm upward today. So that Muslims around who log in as visitors can get to follow up comments.

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You should say instead: I'll write to you or I'll send to you

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