Questions: Du'a/Hanging ayas from Quran
Added on: March 10, 1997
1) After the fard prayers, the imam at the mosque says a du'a
out loud. Everybody raises their hands and keeps saying 'ameen'. When the
imam is finished, they all wipe their faces with their hands. Is this way
in agreement with the sunnah ? I always thought that when you make a du'a
that it is a private affair between you and Allah, and, therefore, should
be made alone. Also, is it the sunnah to wipe the face with the hands when
finished?
You are right, both of these actions are innovations (bid'ahs) since
they are not reported as having been practiced by the Prophet (pbuh) or
his companions. Wiping the face is only reported after reading the last
3 surahs before going to bed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Miscellaneous I would like to know why christains and jews are considered
KHUFRS and not more or less call Ahl-Kitab or People of the Book. Are these
terms similiar or different because most muslims i know consider them khufrs
while some consider them people of the book or some say even both.
They are disbelievers, but are a special subset of kuffaar: those to
whom divine revelations were previously sent. Allah described them with
both descriptions, as in Surat al-Bayyinah (98).
Added on: March 10, 1997
2) This is in regards to the question related to hanging plaques
and other such things with ayahs from the quran. Does the fact that this
is a bid'a also mean that the covering of the Ka'ba with the ayahs from
the quran also a bid'a? How did the weaving of the ayahs on the cover (sitara)
of the ka'ba begin?
Yes it is -- unfortunately. Shaykh al-Uthaymeen stated this in one of
his old fatwas. When it started? Allaah knows best, but not at the time
of the Prophet (pbuh) or his companions.
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