Fatwa Of The Day

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Men Wearing Silk Neckties
are men allowed to wear silk neckties because it does not touch their skin?

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Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your interest about Islam and its teachings. We do really appreciate your question which shows how far you are interested about adherence to the dictates of Shari`ah. May Allah save us all from the traps of Satan and enlighten our hearts with the light of Islam!

As for your question, it should be clear that there is nothing wrong with neckties unless they are made of pure silk.

Responding to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:

"There is almost a scholarly consensus that wearing clothes made of pure silk in the form of a shirt or tie, etc., is forbidden for men. Some scholars permit it in exceptional cases such as when the man has a skin disease that requires wearing silk, or some kind of dire necessity, or because nothing else can be found to wear, etc.

The above scholarly opinion concerning the prohibition of silk is based on the explicit statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “Wearing silk has been forbidden for the men of my Ummah.” The Prophet’s words are categorical in their implication, so there is no way to justify wearing pure silk in ordinary circumstances.

Concerning clothes that are not made of pure silk, but are a mixture of silk and other substances such as cotton, acrylic, wool, etc., scholars are divided on the ruling about them. When one looks closely at the various views concerning this issue, it can be concluded that if silk is not the main substance of the cloth, then it is permissible; say for example: if a certain piece of cloth is 60% cotton and 40% silk, then it shall be considered permissible for men to wear."

Allah Almighty knows best.

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I had read a related fatwa some place that said that silk neck ties are allowed because they don't touch the skin. Not sure how credible that is, because the other fatwa we all may have heard is that it is haraam for muslim men to wear neckties at all as they make a cross or that they make'em resemble infidels or some thing like that. Fatwas galore! Go figure..

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i will research more and then post more

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What is the ruling on removing the hair from the eyebrows at the request of one's husband? Answer:

Removing (plucking, shaving, waxing etc.) the hair from the eyesbrows at the request of one's husband is not permissible, because the Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhi wassallam) said:
"Cursed is the plucker of eyebrows and the one who has plucking done."
And 'an-namas' is the one who removes the hair of the eyebrows.
**Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Bin Baz **Fataawa al-Mar'ah. Lajnah tawzee' al-Matboo'aat ad-Deeniyyah 'alal-Hujjaaj wal-Mu'tamireen, page 205. Translated by Abu Khadeejah

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^ Wrong thread. And duplicate post, I think.

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no its right. this part of the fatwa.

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I am not necessarily saying the fatwa is right or wrong, what I am saying is that there is another discussion currently going on about 'removing hair from eye-brows' where you have already posted this fatwa. So this is a duplicate post.

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oh ok.

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But then it would mean that males can wear a silk shirt with cotton linning, as long as the silk is not touching the skin.

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As I said I am not sure I about the credibility of that fatwa. Someone mentioned it to me.

However, in any case, I think if we focus too much on silk, we may be missing the point. Silk is explicitly mentioned, so its a given and lets avoid it. But in my mind, the purpose of the prohibition is to make sure that muslim men do not get into the habit of wastefulness and show-off about their wealth (gold is also forbidden for muslim men, for the same reason, right?). Silk could also represent dresses that are fancy and more appropriate for women.

So, we should look around ourselves and see if we are in fact following the essence of this prohibition or are just avoiding silk and patting ourselves on the back and thinking "job well done!". Next time one buys a $2500 Armani suit, at least pause for a moment and think about it.

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What is the concept of engagement in Islam? Usually an engagement party is one in which the fiance/fiancee exchange rings. Is this the prescribed method in the shariah?.

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Praise be to Allaah.

Engagement according to sharee’ah means that the man asks the woman to marry him. The view of the scholars is that engagement is prescribed for one who wants to get married. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And there is no sin on you if you make a hint of betrothal…”

[al-Baqarah 2:235]

and it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) got engaged to ‘Aa’ishah. (Al-Bukhaari, al-Nikaah, 4793). And in al-Saheeh it also states that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) got engaged to Hafsah. (Al-Bukhaari, al-Nikaah, 4830).

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) encouraged the one who wants to get engaged to look at the woman to whom he wishes to propose. According to the hadeeth, “When any one of you proposes marriage to a woman, if he can look at that which will encourage him to go ahead and marry her, then let him do so.” (Abu Dawood, al-Nikaah, 2082; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 1832).

But in Islamic sharee’ah there are no specific practices that must be followed with regard to engagement. What some Muslims do, announcing the engagement, having a party to celebrate and exchanging gifts, all comes under the heading of customs which are permissible in principle, and none of them are haraam except those which sharee’ah indicates are haraam – which includes the exchange of rings between the engaged couple, a custom which is known in Arabic as “dublah.” This custom goes against sharee’ah for the following reasons:

1 – Some people think that these rings increase the love between the spouses and have an effect on their relationship. This is an ignorant (jaahili) belief and is an attachment to something for which there is no basis in sharee’ah and which does not make sense.

2 – This custom involves imitating the non-Muslims such as Christians and others. It is not a Muslim custom at all. The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned us against that when he said, “You will inevitably follow the paths of those who came before you, handspan by handspan, cubit by cubit, until even if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will follow them.” We said, “O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean) the Jews and Christians?” He said, “Who else?” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-I’tisaam bi’l-Kitaab wa’l-Sunnah, 6889; Muslim, al-‘Ilm, 6723).

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, al-Libaas, 4031; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 3401).

3 – This engagement usually takes place before the ‘aqd (marriage contract), in which case it is not permissible for the man to put the ring on his fiancée’s hand himself, because she is still a stranger (non-mahram) to him, and has not yet become his wife.

Finally, we will quote the words of Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) on this matter:

“ ‘Dublah’ is a word that refers to the engagement ring. In principle there is nothing wrong with rings (i.e., they are permissible), unless they are accompanied by certain beliefs, as some people do when the man writes his name on the ring that he gives to his fiancée, and the woman writes her name on the ring that she gives to her fiancé, believing that this will guarantee the bonds between the spouses. In this case this ‘dublah’ or engagement ring is haraam, because it represents an attachment to something for which there is no basis in sharee’ah and which does not make sense. Similarly it is not permissible for the man to put the ring on the woman’s hand himself, because she is not yet his wife, so she is still a stranger (i.e., non-mahram) to him; she is not his wife until after the marriage contract is done.”

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Technically engagement is when one person makes a proposal and the other person accepts that proposal. Rings and stuff are just cultural rituals. You can do other things too to show you are engaged to be married.