Islamic Revival

The following is a translation from Arabic. Question: Who are the 'asabah who have to provide nafaqah? And is it obligatory for all categories even if they are rich like the obligation of providing nafaqah for ones wife which is given regardless of whether she needs it or not. Answer: The maintenance which is obligatory between relatives is only obligatory when the relative is poor and needy. It differs from the maintenance for the wife. The wife must be given nafaqah even if she is rich. As for who are the ones that must give maintenance to their needy relative, they are the males who inherit from this relative due to His (swt) saying: وعلى الوارث مثل ذلك ‘And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). [Baqarah:233] after He (swt) mentioned the obligation of the father to give maintenance to his child. For example, the brother inherits from his brother that has been cut of from ascendants and descendants (kalaalatan). If there is

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: On the Day of Judgment there will be a flag for every person guilty of treachery. It will be raised in proportion to the extent of his guilt; and there is no guilt of treachery more serious than the one committed by the ruler of men. [Muslim] What could lead a ruler to betray his nation? Cause huge damage to the security of his country, sell out Kashmir, kill its citizens with its own army, humiliate the architects of its nuclear programme and disappear its sons? What kind of ruler could seek to look after the needs of other nations whilst his own suffers? What kind or ruler could have great sympathy for Western nations and show little for his own? This type of ruler is an agent, in Pakistan this man is called General Pervez Musharraf. Muslims are increasingly sensing the reasons that allow agents like Musharraf to rise to power. Corrupting the Elites The kafir colonialists unders

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