{"id":12862,"date":"2020-01-29T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=12862"},"modified":"2020-06-24T12:44:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T12:44:55","slug":"ruling-on-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/ruling-on-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do If You Give Misinformation Regarding an Islamic Ruling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 03182<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> <strong>Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b><u>Question<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assalamu alaikum<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">I told a group of people that in Islam we believe that when a person commits suicide he will never enter Jannah. I read a fatwa on this platform, however, which tells me otherwise.<\/span><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Have I sinned against Allah for the misunderstanding and wrong interpretation and what should I do in this case?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\">\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In Islam, it is an obligation to seek knowledge and to learn the correct understanding of Islam. Without seeking knowledge, we can easily fall into sin and speaking about things of which we have limited knowledge.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Therefore, I would strongly encourage that you first and foremost ensure you have the correct understanding of a hukm (ruling) before speaking about it. The great scholars (RH) of the past were not afraid to say &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t know&rsquo;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">However, as human beings, we are prone to forgetfulness and making mistakes. Allah (SWT) is Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem and by His infinite mercy forgives us for our mistakes and forgetfulness. He (SWT) also teaches us how to ask for forgiveness and repent.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Prophet (PBUH) said:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" dir=\"RTL\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">\u0631\u064f\u0641\u0639 \u0639\u0646 \u0623\u0645\u062a\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0623 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0643\u0631\u0647\u0648\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">(Sunan Ibn Majah)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" dir=\"RTL\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">\u0631\u064e\u0628\u0651\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u0624\u064e\u0627\u062e\u0650\u0630\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0625\u0650\u0646 \u0646\u0651\u064e\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u062e\u0652\u0637\u064e\u0623\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.&rdquo; (Surah al-Baqarah, verse 286)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Therefore turn in repentance to Allah (SWT) and ask for His forgiveness and mercy.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If you are in contact with those you spoke to, then please inform them that you have gained more clarity on the situation and wished to inform them of the correct understanding.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 03182 Answered by: Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza &nbsp; Question Assalamu alaikum I told a group of people that in Islam we believe that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1664,1665,1667,993,1666],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12862"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15861,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862\/revisions\/15861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}