Question:Visiting shrines for the birth of child – What is the ruling In Islam for
people who visit shrines and spiritualists for the birth of a child? Ayesha from Kohat.
Answer: If they go to shrines and ask the person in the grave for a particular thing
thinking that this person can help me achieve my dreams then they become kaafir,nonmuslims,out
of Islam and their nikkah is broken/voided. And if they go to shrines thinking that Allah
will become happy and bless us then this is a bidah/biddat. Our Holy Prophet PBUH said
“Every bidah leads to the wrong path” .There is nowhere mentioned in the Quran that
people get blessed with children when they visit shrines. Only Allah has such power.
Allah has made masjids/mosques to go and ask for your needs not the shrines. So you should
pray to Allah. HazratZakaria A.S wasn’t blessed with a child so he prayed all his
life and finally he got blessed with a child. Going to shrines is a major sin(Gunah e kabira)
and haram. And if someone goes there intending that this saint will bless me with a child
then you will no longer be a muslim and be declared as kaafir. Burying such a person
in the muslim graveyard is not permitted aswell. If he has done hajj then it will be wasted/voided
along with the nikahaswell. And if he dies without tauba(asking Allah for forgiveness)
then he shouldn’t get his burial in the muslim graveyard. There are strict instructions
on this. So save your iman from such acts. Question: 1month old miscarriage, ruling in
this case – My 1 month old pregnancy resulted in miscarriage .I was bleeding for one week
but it ended. Someone told me that I have to stay away from namaz for 40 days? -- Farrukh
Anwar Answer: If the child had grown to such a level
that his organs like eyes and arms were made and resulted in miscarriage then this is called
whole miscarriage and the bleeding is known as bleeding of NIFAS(childbirth blood). But
it isn’t necessary to wait 1.5 months. Its maximum limit is 40 days. Whenever bleeding
stops either in 1 week, 2 weeks or whenever then the woman has to start the prayers as
it is obligatory. If she bleeds for 40 days then she has to prayers even if bleeding doesn’t
stop. If the organs weren’t made at that time as 1 month is too early for development
of organs so this will not come under time of NIFAS but your case was of 1 month so you
did right by starting prayers after 1 week as the child was in initial stages. This blood
will be known as “menses blood” or “menstrual blood”.
Question: If the man is unable to become a father then what is the ruling for nikah?
– If a girl receives a proposal from such a boy who has a medical condition that stops
him from becoming a father after marriage. Is it permissible to establish relations with
such a man? _ Shanzay from Faislabad. Answer: It is disliked as the basic principle/need
of nikah is child birth .The Holy Prophet PBUH stopped a
sahabi from nikah as he knew that the woman wouldn’t be able to give birth to a child.
Such dislike isn’t under the impermissible case but it is better not to. But if the woman
is getting too old and not accepting such a proposal would have risks like life longbacholerette/no
marriage or risk of major sin. Then it can be done as something is better than nothing.
Some girls face a lot of hardship in marriage proposals so you may accept the proposal in
such cases. Although if you hope for a better proposal where you can give birth to a generation
then it is better to not do nikah with a man who can not become a father.