A woman in the state of haidh is on a journey with her husband.

Answer

She has to perform four raka'ts. Even at her destination she has to perform four raka'ts. She will not be a Shar'i musaafir. Only if she undertakes a journey of 77 km or more from her destination will she become a musaafir. Mufti Taqi's fatwa is incorrect. The Mujlisul Ulama is in the process of publishing a detailed refutation of Mufti Taqi's fatwa. The booklet shall soon be available on the website. Hard copies will also be available, Insha-Allah.

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CONSEQUENCES OF DISRESPECT

Disrespect is indeed evil. Once a Saahib-e-Kaifiyat spat in the direction of the Qiblah. All his kayfiyaat were snatched away in consequence of this disrespect. (Saahib-e-Kayfiyat is a person accomplished in spirituality. He experiences lofty spiritual

states). (Maulana Ashraf Ali Thaanvi)

JUSTICE

"O People of Imaan! Be establishers of justice (and) witnesses for Allah even if it be against yourselves or parents or close relatives". (Surah An-Nisaa', Aayat 135)

PUNISHMENT FOR AN EVIL

A one-eyed man whilst making Tawaaf of the Ka'bah was supplicating: "O Allah! I seek protection with You from You." When he was asked about this queer dua, he said: "Once when I cast an evil gaze at a young lad, I lost the vision of my one

eye." (Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thaanvi)

All things have an athr (effect/impression) which may be good or bad, beneficial or harmful. On this page appear some episodes which demonstrate the athr of things.

Once a mureed presented a bunch of grapes to his Shaikh. When the Shaikh lifted a grape to his mouth, he quickly replaced it on the plate. He did not eat it. He commented: "The odour of corpses emits from these grapes." Everyone was surprised. What is the meaning of the odour of corpses in grapes?

The Shaikh on enquiring was informed by the mureed that he had acquired the grapes from a grapevine growing in the Qabrustaan (cemetery). The Shaikh said: "Did I not tell you that the grapes are emitting the odour of corpses?"

Due to spiritual darkness which enshrouds our hearts, we are unable to perceive and understand what the Auliya see, feel and spiritually perceive with their firaasat and the nooraaniyat of their hearts. They are extremely sensitive. The athr of the dead was in the soil in which the grapevine grew. That athr was transferred to the grapes.