Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi al-Maturidi

The Fatwas of Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi al-Maturidi

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Question (216): Does making dhikr lessen the thirst and hunger of a fasting person?

Answer (216): Seeking forgiveness strengthens the person.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (215): Is mani impure?

Answer (215): Mani is more severely impure than urine.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (214): Which is more severe, a person killing themselves or killing someone else?

Answer (214): A person killing themselves is more severe.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (213): Has the form of humans changed from creation until today?

Answer (213): The form of humans has not changed, but their size has gradually decreased. Hadiths narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) indicate this.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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It is obligatory to believe by name in the prophets who are mentioned in the Quran.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (212): Can you provide information about belief in the prophets?

Answer (212): It is obligatory to believe that Allah Taala sent prophets from among humans who gave glad tidings, warned people, and called to the honorable and praiseworthy path.

[Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi al-Maturidi @DrSheikhNidal]

Only Allah knows their exact number. Our Lord says:{وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ} - We already sent messengers before you. We have told you the stories of some of them, while others We have not.

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Because of that, a woman should travel with mahrams such as her father, brother, or son.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (211): Is it permissible for a woman to travel with the son of her deceased husband from another wife?

Answer (211): This son is actually a mahram for his father’s wife for the rest of her life. However, this is an era of fitna.

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Question (210): Did Abu Talib die as a disbeliever?

Answer (210): According to the majority of scholars, he died as a disbeliever.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Answer (209): According to the reliable opinion of the four madhhabs, it is obligatory for a woman to cover her face. In no country is it permissible for a woman to uncover her face.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (209): Is it permissible for Muslim women to uncover their faces in European countries?

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Is this considered a khatm?

Answer (208): This is not considered khatm. InshaAllah, she will be rewarded due to her intention and the dhikr she performs.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (208): There is an elderly grandmother who cannot read or write. However, during the month of Ramadan, she takes the Qur'an and, while pointing at every word and verse, repeatedly says “لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ” In this way, she goes through the entire Qur'an.

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Question (207): Since childhood, I have seen my grandmother kiss the Quran before starting to read and also after completing the recitation. Is this practice an innovation?

Answer (207): This act is a form of reverence toward the Noble Quran.

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

[Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi al-Maturidi @DrSheikhNidal]

The Exalted Lord also says:
{إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ . صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ}
"Indeed, this is in the former scriptures. The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa."

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (206): Can you provide information about the divine scriptures?

Answer (206):
It is obligatory to believe that Allah the Exalted revealed scriptures to some of His prophets. Allah the Exalted says:

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...And he sent down the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel). Aforetime, as a guidance to mankind, And He sent down the criterion [of judgement between right and wrong (this Quran)]."

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Their chief angels are: Jibreel, Mikaeel, Israfeel, and the Angel of Death (Azrael).

Allama Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi

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Question (205): Can you provide information about belief in angels?

Answer (205): It is obligatory to believe that angels are, as mentioned in the verse {بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُكْرَمُونَ}, "honorable servants." They are not described with masculinity or femininity.

[Sheikh Nidal al-Hanafi al-Maturidi @DrSheikhNidal]

Whoever describes them as male is a sinner, as he has testified to something he does not know. Whoever describes them as female has committed disbelief in Allah the Exalted, because he has stated what the disbelievers claim. No one knows their number except Allah the Exalted.