{"id":19595,"date":"2021-02-08T14:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=19595"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:44:24","slug":"if-an-elder-asks-for-something-haram-for-me-to-buy-for-him-what-should-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/if-an-elder-asks-for-something-haram-for-me-to-buy-for-him-what-should-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"If an Elder, Asks for Something Haram for Me To Buy for Him What Should I Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 04835 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana Tammim Tharik Mohamadou<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If my elder, ask me to bring tobacco which we know is haram. Is it haram for me to buy it for them? If it is, how should I deal with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Indeed, there is no obedience in the disobedience of Allah \ufdfb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Allah \ufdfb says: \u201cIf they try to force you to set up any idols beside Me, do not obey them. But continue to treat them amicably in this world.\u201d (Surah Luqm\u0101n, v15)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ali reported God\u2019s Messenger as saying, \u201cNo obedience is to be given in the case of an act of disobedience to Allah, obedience is to be given only regarding what is reputable (and good).\u201d (Mishkat al-Masabih, 3665)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">So, you should not abide by a request or command when it will lead you to disobey to Allah \ufdfb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It is narrated by \u02bfAli bin Abi Talib (\u0631\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646\u0647) who said that the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) said: \u201cAllah is Kind and loves kindness, and He rewards for kindness in a way that He does not reward for harshness.\u201d (Musnad Ahmad, 902)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Another \u1e24ad\u012bth reported by Amr bin Shu&#8217;aib who narrates from his father, from his grandfather, who said that the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) said: \u201cHe is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, nor knows the honor of our elders.\u201d (Tirmidhi, 1920)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We kindly advise you to decline your elder\u2019s request with due respect and with politeness in sh\u0101 Allah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We pray Allah \ufdfb to accept your endeavor and keep you steadfast in your Deen. \u0100m\u012bn<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Maulana Tammim Tharik Mohamadou<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 04835 \u00a0 &nbsp; Answered by: Maulana Tammim Tharik Mohamadou &nbsp; Question &nbsp; If my elder, ask me to bring tobacco which we know&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19633,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595\/revisions\/19633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}