Day: January 5, 2013

Q788: Is Death With Cancer Shahadah?

Question Salaam, Question: If a person dies from cancer, is he conidered as a shaheed? And what are the other condition to be a shaheed? Wasalaam Answer Walaikumussalam w w Shaheed is a special term used for a person who is martyred in the path of Allah Ta’ala. The root word is either ‘shuhood’ which […]

Q787: Why was imam Ahmed sent to prison?

Question Aslamualaikum shaykh, Please can you tell me why Imam Ahmed bin Hamble went to prison. Jazakallah. Answer Walikumussalam w w In the earlier part of the second century, an ideology called Itizaal creeped into the Ummah. The people following this ideology were know as Mutazilah. This group were regarded as rationalists and philosophers. They […]