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Permissibility to sacrifice for a deceased parent.

July 8, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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Question:

Assalamo alykum wa rehmatullahi wa barakatuhu

Is it permissible to do udhyia in the name of a deceased parent l? Or will it be considered a bida’h since it is only obligated on living people?

Answer:

A group of scholars permitted this as a practice due to an acceptable report in the Musnad of Imam Ahmed stating that Ali (ra) used to sacrifice two animals on behalf of the Messenger (saw) after he passed away.

However, since this isn’t a practice known to be a norm of the Messenger (saw), it is better for it not to be made a yearly practice specifically on the day of Eid alAdhaa.

And Allah knows best.

Sh. Dr. Sajid Umar

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On Hajj 1443/2022

July 8, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

To my brothers and sisters on Hajj without a group or guide. Subhanallah this is such a trial especially since its about failed logistics as opossed to hujjaaj not being ready to be patient.

Whilst it maybe close to impossible to see the sliver lining due to the depth of concerns surrounding every aspect of your hajj, I want you all to know that above all the chaos is your Lord, and that Hajj is truly about realising that ‘he who has no one has Allah’!

We truly learnt this from Ibrahim as he was tied in front of fire of unprecedented proportions.

At that time, he had no home, no parents, no tribe, no residence, no citizenship, no support, but he had His Lord and the dua:

حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل…

“Allah is sufficient for me and the best upon whom to depend…”.

So everytime you feel defeated, rise up through the constant recitation of:

  1. Your Talbiyah (letting Allah know that you have arrived).
  2. The dua of Ibrahim, and as such letting Allah know that you only place your trust in Him!

Allah tests those He loves, and the difficulties of this Hajj is a message from Allah to you that Allah loves you! InShaAllah.

I wish you all total forgiveness on Arafah, and you will be inShaAllah, even if you just stand on it for part of the afternoon.

I love you all for the sake of Allah. Your brother,

Sajid Umar
www.sajidumar.com

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A Bit Of Perspective

May 29, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

Given the sadness being portrayed and the messages being shared, I’d like to offer the following words to the Liverpool fans out there…

Coming second after breaking the 90 point barrier for the third time in four years, after the Premier League apologised to Everton over not awarding them a deserved penalty for the clear Rodri hand ball when they played Manchester City, is a reason to be proud and grateful for, and not distraught in any shape or form.

Remember, the system of Islam is just and accordingly grades us based on EFFORT and not results, for results are with Allah Almighty as per the mandates of the Universal Qadr (divine fore-ordainment).

It is for this reason that I am against the ordinal grading system in schools based solely on tests, for it doesn’t truly reflect the efforts of our children and creates unfair hurt and sentiments.

If we judge this Liverpool team based on the Islamic paradigm of ‘effort’ today, they are no doubt winners, as they were winners in 2019 for their 97 points! Despite them finishing second even then by just one point.

Subhanallah, someone told me today that a team amassing 92 points would have won the Premier League Title in 25 out of the last 30 seasons!!!

So accordingly turn a deaf ear to the banter of football fans and write your own historical account based on the right paradigm. Don’t worry about what the history books will say… What matters is what your history book says ☺️.

So take a deep breath and smile, for you’re a Muslim before you are a football fan.

Your brother,
Sajid Umar

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Five point plan towards success

May 29, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

Some live in abundance but with no peace of mind & worrisome hearts. Their lives are full of profit but very little value. Its all about worldly quantity and not quality. Value, brothers and sisters, is in living in the remembrance of Allah for indeed in doing so, do the hearts find absolute worldly and eternal peace.

Moving forward brothers and sisters, strive to love your lives on the following 5 point plan…

  1. Put Allah first and make Him the purpose for everything you say and do.
  2. Try to make all your actions as close as possible to the Sunnah of the Messenger (PBUH). Don’t fatwa shop! Rather focus on the diamond standard- the actual practice of the final Messenger (PBUH) and make that standard your goal.
  3. Practice an act of worship that is so secretive that no one besides you and Allah knows of it.
  4. Get into the habit of looking at those who worship Allah more than you when it comes to matters of the Hereafter, and those who have less than you when it comes to matters of this life.
  5. Never ever miss your Salah, no matter what! And improve on its quality daily, for indeed it is the means of our safety from falling into sin, and the master key to paradise!

I love you all for the sake of Allah.

Your brother,
Sajid Umar

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10 Ways to Manage the Current Inflation Crisis – an Islamic Perspective

March 8, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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By ICE – Islamic Finance Advisory and Consultancy: Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar, Umer Suleman and Zain Mahmood

This time last year four pints of Tesco Whole Milk cost £1.09; today the price has risen to £1.15, representing a 5.5% price increase for one of our daily essentials. Tesco Fusilli Pasta likewise cost £1 and is now £1.30 – a 30% increase year-on-year. Heinz Baked Beans and Kingsmill 50/50 bread cost 80p but now sell at £1 each – a price increase of 17.65% for both products. This is just the tip of the iceberg, and these sentiments are mirrored in other daily staples as the UK grapples with the highest inflation rates in the last 30 years.

The Bank of England has been tasked by the government to maintain an inflation rate of 2%, allowing businesses to plan their pricing and consumers to plan their spending. The inflation rate has not met this target since May 2021 for a variety of reasons, causing a knock-on effect on all segments of society that affects the most vulnerable of families the hardest. What are the reasons behind this increase in inflation? What are its latest causes? And what can we do about it? Let’s explore each question and their related topics, as well as possible solutions from an Islamic perspective below.

Full article here.

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Jummah Khutba by Sheikh Sajid Umar at Darussalam Education Centre

January 4, 2022 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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Women and the West

November 14, 2021 by Sajid Umar 1 Comment

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Assalamualaikum. Please read this, especially if you are raising your daughters in the West or are inclined to the values blasted into your homes via your sattelitte channels. 

I didn’t write it. It was written by a highly qualified and educated Muslim sister, Umm Khalid, who studied and graduated from one of the most prestigious University  institutions internationally. She currently resides in the USA. 

I am putting this piece out there for us to read and decide..

Dr. Sajid Umar

……..

By Umm Khalid:

Women have been lied to. Continuously, for a long time. By a lot of people working together for their own interests to deceive women and take advantage of them.

No, I’m not talking about the patriarchy or Muslim men.

I’m talking about certain nihilist western atheistic elites who have engineered certain social norms and programmed people to operate in a very particular way, for their own agenda and at the expense of women. 

This lie was broadcast everywhere: all over the media, in Hollywood, on TV shows and movies, in books and novels, in popular magazines, in song lyrics, in the hallowed halls of Ivy League academia. It was a concerted, targeted marketing campaign. 

What was the lie that was told to women en mass since the 1960s and up until today? 

Women were told: “You can have it all.” 

You, the average woman, can be everything and have everything all at once. Listen to us and your life will work out.

One of the most popular TV shows on American television was a six-season hit show called Sex and the City, and its basic premise is that the modern woman can have it all. She can be forever young, sexy, independent, fun-loving, and successful all on her own. She can live a fun, fulfilling life in the big city working a full-time job and going out with her friends and having casual sex with random men. There’s no need for a woman to burden herself with the heavy weight of marriage, a husband, or motherhood just yet. All that can wait. 

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Pitfalls of Fatwa (Legal Edicts)

October 25, 2021 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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The famous Maaliki Andalusian 6th Century Scholar- Abu Muhammed ash-Shaatibi interestingly describes all the way back then the pitfalls of some of the scholars of his time, and from them, their use of any fatwa (Legal Edict) available, either from their generation or previous generations, to help their congregations follow their desires, under the guise of the statement “The differences of opinion of the ummah is a Mercy”!

He geniously observes that their modus-operandi is to front their scholarship to their people via actual ‘taqleed’ (blind-following) of the Fatawaa (pl. Fatwa) of other scholars through picking and choosing Islamic Rulings from the range of scholarly views out there which they intellectually find soothing and appropriate to their time and place, without they themselves having any Usool (legal theory/jurisprudence methodology) to build a fiqh ruling as per its epistemic tools and processes upon.

Honestly, it is as if the Imam is living and observing, and commenting in real-time today! Could he be describing those who take an Western Academic approach, as opposed to a scholarly approach when studying the religion?

For further reading, please refer to the Arabic treatise: al-I’itisaam, 2/537, 542).

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The Hajj of the Prophet ﷺ as described in the Hadeeth of Jaabir (ra) – Sheikh Dr. Sajid Umar

July 17, 2021 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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Managing your Imaan Levels after giving birth

March 14, 2021 by Sajid Umar Leave a Comment

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Allah bless our sister for turning a simple voice message in answer to her query regarding her spiritual levels after giving birth into an article. I never imagined this at the time, subhanallah. Indeed Allah is most kind.

“Women experience numerous changes throughout their lives. One of the most significant of these changes is motherhood. One minute you are living your regular life, and the next you are responsible for the life of another human being.”

Read the full article here.

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