About Muhammad Omer Iqbal Expertise I would like to tackle issues revolving around sectarianism and Islamic movements, comparative religion, and Islam as a source of law at personal and social levels. I can also help people understand Qur`anic verses, and related matters.
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a man has married an extreme jimass lady and is himself a salafi. he does not agree with many of her views and opinions. she claims that she has more knowledge than him and persists that she is better than him, and that he should listen to her. She is saying that he must go for jihaad every year if not more and he should,and that anyone who prays 5 times a day is a muslim and must be helped by him if they need help.
in the time of the prophet (saaw) they use to warn others not to deviate away from islam, by innovation(bidah) and he gas advised her that many muslim are muslim by tongue only and not in practise. she has even said that saudi arabia is a kafir country because they allow non muslim to stay there.
he no longer wishes to stay with her and wants to divorce. what do you advise
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Hi Mutter,
I was unable to understand what you meant by 'jimass' so sorry about that.
As for the issue, the husband and wife relationship is very personal. There are many factors to be taken into consideration and it is indeed difficult for someone from the outside (like me) to give an advice. However, what I can do are provide general guidelines and things to consider and leave it up to the couple to make a decision or work out things for them.
I completely disagree with the views of this lady and I think she does not have good knowledge of the Quran as a whole. She probably has knowledge of religion as shown to her in the environment she came from. Now there are
multiple options for the couple if the want to live together:
1) Both sit down, make it an effort to understand religion better without any preconcieved notions. Read Quran and consult multiple points of views of different scholars and then try to understand which is the best opinion.
2) Or both can still decide to live together, decide that they are not going to interfere in each other's personal religious lives. However, this may still have a negative effect on children because they will be looking at two different personalities, both giving contradictory opinions.
3) They can try to involve elders in their families and let them know what the issue is. They may be able to help.
4) If either of them has already decided that the only way out is divorce, then they should proceed with it. Divorce exists in Islam and it is permissible, so it has to be utilized somewhere.
Other than that, I believe that everyone try to offer prayer five times a day but make it spiritually rewarding as well, by understanding what they pray and keeping in mind during the prayers that they are standing in front of God and communicating with Him.
Everyone should try to understand Quran along with it's meaning so they understand what God is trying to say to them. Once one does that, the chances of someone misleading them decrease amazingly.
The other comments, regaring being a non-Muslim and Saudi Arabia being a 'Kafir' country because of the reasons specified are invalid from my point of view and perhaps it should be communicated to her that it is only one point of view that she has heard.
Nonetheless, if the husband and wife decide to live together, their relationship should not be a harsh one, rather a relationship in which their children look forward to to learn from them.
Best Wishes and my sincere regards for everyone around you.
Allah Hafiz,
Muhammad Omer Iqbal
Jimaas, is a group (sect) very strong in london mainly, and a masjid in leicester also. There main founder is abu Muttasir whom resides in leicester, whom they say brought dawa to england from other countries. Then claim to be salafi, but then started deviating about jihaad, as one of their main priorities, to the point that they even say that if there was a sixth pillar it would be jihaad.
So indirectly bringing something new to islam, (bidah). The lady is deviating her husband also and it appears that this marriage should be resovled, as the longer it continues the worse things are getting. and they are starting to treat each other badly
Please advise
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Answer Assalamu Alaykum Mutter,
From your message it seems that it has already been decided between the husband and the wife that the marriage should be resolved. If that is the case, then the husband can divorce the wife - Islam allows that, of course, as a last resort (which seems to be the case here.)
There is no doubt that jihaad is an important thing in Islam, however, Jihaad does not mean fighting and killing. In fact, Jihaad means to strive in the way of God, and when I try to help you with this question, I am theoretically striving in the way of God. Same goes for people who write for religion, those who spread it by word and so forth. As for fighting, that, in most cases, does not apply the way this lady is trying to propagate, so I disagree with her on that.
I hope this is helpful,
Please remember in your prayers,
Best Wishes,
Muhammad Omer Iqbal
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