Friday Journal : 20th November 1998

Articles in this issue

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s)'s Prediction
Hadhrat Imam Sadiq (a.s.) and Rotation of the Earth round the Sun
Ask Allamah
Hijab - My View
Stories from Greater Sins ( Book of Shaheed Dastghaib )


Ask Allamah

Q.1. Can a person who is Junub (state after the semen is discharged and the Ghusl is pending) wash his clothes and make it Paak?
Ans.: If a person is in a state of Janabat it does not affect the purity of the clothes he is washing.

Q.2. While travelling in train, we are supplied with the lunch or dinner packed in aluminium foil, and it is served by the person who is not a Muslim or his religion is not known. Can we have that food?
Ans.: Yes, you can eat that food unless you do not know that the Mushrik has touched it with his bare hands.

Q.3. Is it necessary to pray the Qadha Namaz in sequence. If it is so, then what it will be?
Ans.: Sequence is not necessary in performing the Qadha Namaz for Zohrain, Maghrabain and Fajr. But the match of Zohr then Asr or Maghreb then Isha should be observed.

Q.4. A person seeks admission in a Catering College or Hotel Management, but some of the dishes are cooked with the help of wine, is he allowed to do this catering course.
Ans.: If he wants only to learn the method of Cooking, then he is allowed to do the Course.

Q.5. Can a Liar, a Cheat & an Usurper become a Trustee of a Mosque?
Ans.: The appointment of the Trustee in a Public Trust should be made by Haakim-e-Shar'a, and he will not appoint such a person for the trusteeship of a Mosque.