Is it okay to say good luck?

Answer:


“I would advise you not to say “good luck” and the idea of luck is not really considered to be al-fa’al but rather luck is what people believe in when they don’t believe in blessings from Allaah ta aa’la. They have money, they have good things happen to them and they believe in good luck and so they seek to increase themselves in good luck by charms or by belief in different things and they think that this is the source of their blessings and this is all shirk and very despicable habits to not praise the One who has given you something, to not thank the One who has bestowed a great blessing upon you and say “I’m lucky.” This is filthy and this is disgusting and I know that the questioner is not asking about that situation, but yet that is the basis of the practice of saying “good luck.” Its from those people who have those belief, so let us be distinct from them and have good words and good phrases about Allaah, let us not pass up an opportunity in front of another Muslim or in front of a kaafir, to praise Allaah for what we have. Even if you are talking to a kafir and you have to mention something about your family, or about your wealth, or about your car, say: “This is from Allaah the Lord of the Creation who has given this to me, and its not from my work and my efforts but instead its a blessing from Allaah. I’m not a lucky person, rather I’m a blessed person, with blessings from Allaah” ...and in that you become a daa’ee as opposed to saying “I’m lucky,” you become a person who’s speech is similar to the speech of the people of shirk.”
                                                                                            
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Different Opinions Between the Spouses

Reference: Audio tape – albaseerah.org
Author: Shaykh Mis’id al Husaynee

Question:

If I follow an opinion, from the opinions of the people of knowledge, that is different than the one my Husband follows. Do I have to follow the opinion that my husband follows or can I follow the opinion that I believe to be correct?

Response:

This issue requires a detailed response; if the opinion in question affects the whole household, then it is the opinion that the husband holds to be correct that is to be followed. If however, the opinion in question only affects the wife, then she may follow the opinion that she believes is correct. I’ll give you an example; the issue of pictures, let’s say the wife believes that the correct opinion here is that photographs are not considered to be pictures, so she wants to hang them on the wall. The husband holds the opinion that photographs are pictures. This issue affects the whole household, so it is the opinion that the husband holds that must be followed.

Another example is the shortening of prayers during travel. Let’s say the husband holds the opinion that you cannot shorten the prayer unless you travel for a day and night. The wife holds the opinion that you can shorten the prayer at the distance of 83 kilometers. In this case the wife can shorten her prayers following this opinion, and she does not have to follow the opinion that her husband follows, as this decision only affects her and does not affect the whole family. Each person can follow the opinion that they believe is closest to the truth and backed by the evidence.

So if the issue in question affects the whole household, then the husbands opinion is the one that is followed. If however the issue only affects the wife, then she may follow the opinion that she believes is closest to the truth from the opinions of the scholars as long as it is the truth that is sought and not one’s desires.

Translator: Abu Abdul-Waahid, Nadir Ahmad
[Important note] This was a live question asked to Shaykh Mis’id al Husaynee with albaseerah.org, upon returning to the audio file it was not found, so it was translated out of memory. As soon as the audio file is found it would be altered to reflect exactly what the Shaykh said along with the Arabic text.

What is the reward, "ajr", for the first wife having patience ,"sabr", when her husband takes a second wife? Is there a special reward in this case, or is it the same reward for all women who obey their husbands and make their religious duties? If I would get to know about a special reward, things would be easier to accept. Someone said that the reward for this kind of woman was more than the reward for a mu´min leaving for jihad. And since Hajj is the jihad of a woman, accepting polygamy for the first wife is more than jihad. Is ther daleel for this, or do you know about another reward?.

Praise be to Allaah.  

Firstly: 

We do not know of any saheeh evidence which refers to the reward mentioned, but al-Tabaraani narrated from Ibn Mas’ood that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah has decreed jealousy for women and jihad for men, so whoever bears that with patience out of faith and in the hope of reward will have a reward like that of a martyr.” This hadeeth was classed as da’eef (weak) by al-Albaani in Da’eef al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer, no. 1626. 

Secondly: 

A woman’s being patient in obeying her husband is one of the means of entering Paradise, as it says in the hadeeth narrated by Ibn Hibbaan: “If a woman offers her five daily prayers and fasts her month (i.e., Ramadaan) and guards her chastity and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: ‘Enter Paradise from whichever of the gates of Paradise you wish.’” This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer, no. 660. 

Her patience in putting up with her husband’s marrying a second wife will bring a special reward over and above that, for several reasons: