1. Is Making web sites allowed? i feel pain in chest after i asked Allah for guidence, i feel something is bad about that, Does Allah and his messangers like Technology like computer science and all or should i leave technology.
I love computers and computer science, alim from our country told us: “you are slave of what you love”; should i abstain
from things i love? like computers?
in next ten months i planed to buy PC and some software for 2,600$ so i want to resolve this, my faith is more important than that.
2. When i seek answer is it allowed to open Koran randomly to find it? i have done that few times i dont want to be tricked by shaytan?
I opened once and i saw : Its not allowed for beliver to choose when Allah and his messanger decide something. something like that, so i dont know to buy PC or not to buy.
I plan to make web sites and to earn money since i work on computers last 11 years.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh
1.There is good and bad in a computer. It all depends on how one uses it. It is similar to a radio. One could listen to news on the radio and also listen to music. To listen to news is permissible and to listen to music is haram.. Our site, askimam.org is hosted through a computer. It is a means of teaching Shariah. It is permissible to design websites. You may also earn an income through designing websites.
2.The procedure of opening the Quran to decide has no basis in Shariah. Shariah has guided us on two ways to make a decision. a) Mashwara b) Istikhara
Mashwara is to discuss the issue with appropriate people and then decide. Allah says, “The matter of the believer is with mutual consultation.”
You could also make Istikhara and then decide. Attached is an article on Istikhara.
WHAT IS ISTIKHAARAH?
Istikhaarah is to seek guidance from Allah when one is faced with a problem to which no solution is apparent.
Whenever a person is faced with a difficult problem, or becomes hesitant in making a decision and his knowledge of the matter is insufficient to guide him then after seeking advice from trusted friends he should turn to Allah and beseech His grace. He should willingly and with an open heart and mind supplicate for divine guidance and ask for direction so that the problem is solved in his own best interest. The Du’aa at such an occasion is called Istikhaarah.
Istikhaarah is in fact an invaluable teaching of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) with which the Muslims have been favoured. This blessing could give solace to many for all times to come. It is related in the Hadith that Rasulullah (SAW) use to teach the Istikhaarah to the Sahaabah (RA) like the Qur’an is taught to children. In another Hadith it is stated that ‘He does not fail who makes Istikhaarah and he does not regret who makes Mashwarah (consultation).
In the Masnoon Istikhaarah, after one has carried out his responsibility as best as one can, one should hand over the entire matter and oneself to the limitless knowledge of Allah Ta’ala. By resorting to Istikhaarah one is now retrieved of making a decision on ones own.
Whenever counsel is sought from a respectable and experienced person, it is expected that he will give good advise and assist to the best of his ability. Similarly Istikhaarah is to seek counsel that the all-Knowing and Merciful Allah? Once Istikhaarah is made then Allah Ta’ala will surely guide him to do what is best for him.
Now there can be no perplexity. Only that will happen which Allah Ta’ala wills and which is good for ones own sake though one may not be able to see it immediately. It is not necessary that one must experience or see an evident change or vision. Allah Ta’ala alone knows what is best for His servants. It is related in the Hadith that ‘Success and good tidings for the son of Aadam (Insaan) is in performing Istikhaarah and his misfortune lies in not making Istikhaarah’.
METHOD OF ISTIKHAARAH
When making Istikhaarah begin with performing two Rakaats Nafl Salaat. Then with all sincerity recite the following Du’a.
Allaahumma innee astakheeruka bi ilmika wa-astaqdiruka biqudratika wa-as’aluka min fadhlika al-adheem. Fa innaka taqdiru walaa aqdiru. Wa ta’lamu walaa a’alamu wa anta allaamul ghuyoob. Allaahumma in kunta ta’lamu anna haadhal-amr khayrun liy fiy deeniy wa-ma’aashiy wa-aaqibat amriy, fa’qdruhliy wa-yassirh liy thumma baarik liy feehi. Wa in-kunta ta’lamu anna haadhal amr sharrun liy fiy deeniy wa-ma’aashiy was-‘aaqibat amriy. Fa asrifh annee wa-srif ‘anhu. Wa aqdurh liyal khayr hayth kaana thumma a-rdhiniy bihee
Trans: O Allah!! Behold I ask You the good through Your Knowledge, and ability through Your Power, and beg (Your favour) out of Your infinite Bounty. For surely You have Power; I have none. You know all; I know not. You are the Great Knower of all things.
O Allah! If in Your Knowledge this matter be good for my faith (Deen), for my livelihood, and for the consequences of my affairs, then ordain it for me, and make it easy for me, and bless me therein.
But if in Your Knowledge, this matter be bad for my faith (Deen) for my livelihood, and for the consequences of my affairs, then turn it away from me, and turn me away therefrom, and ordain for me the good wherever it be, and cause me to be pleased therewith.
While reciting this Du’aa when one reaches HAADHAL AMR (THIS MATTER) at both places he should think of his problem.
May Allah guide and assist us all, Aameen.
For Further read on Istikhara please visit (3 pages)
http://www.alinaam.org.za/library/duaa/istikhaara1.htm
http://www.alinaam.org.za/library/duaa/istikhaara2.htm
http://www.alinaam.org.za/library/duaa/istikhaara3.htm
And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah