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Sarcasm and Joking in Islam
Question: Asalamualaykum,
Is it permissible to lie when joking, given that it is understood by the people listening that what is being said is not true?
Answer: Wa’alaikum assalaam warahmatu Allah,
Answer: Wa’alaikum assalaam warahmatu Allah,
Joking is permissible but like other permissible acts, may become praiseworthy with the right intention. For example, if one jokes to lighten up the environment for one’s companions or guests, this is praiseworthy.
Imam Nawawi, the great Shafi’I jurist and hadith scholar, mentions in his Kitab al-Adhkar:
The scholars have said that joking which is prohibited is that which is excessive and incessant for it causes [excessive] laughter; hardening of the heart; preoccupies one from the remembrance of Allah, Most High and from thinking about the important matters of the religion…As for that which is free from these matters, it is permissible.”
Therefore, it would be permissible to lie when joking (in moderation) though the sunnah is not to. The Companions asked the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wasallam, “You joke with us?” He said, “[Yes] but I only speak the truth.” (Tirmidhi and Ahmad). An example of this is when the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wasallam said, “Old women will not enter Paradise,” meaning they will be returned to their youth.
Of course if “lying” is used in joking, the listeners should ultimately know the truth of the joke. Likewise, a joke shouldn’t drag on such that it becomes misleading nor should one joke in a manner that would create tension or negative/hurtful feelings.
As for the Hanafi school, it is a condition for the permissibility of joking that it be free of lies; this is not confined to being sunnah. (Nahlawi, Al-Durrar al-Mubahah)
BarakaAllahu feekum,
Shaista Maqbool
Shaista Maqbool
From SeekersGuidance.org
Woe to the one who speaks and tells a lie in order to make the people laugh at it. Woe to him. Then again, woe to him."
Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi and al-NasalWoe to the one who speaks and tells a lie in order to make the people laugh at it. Woe to him. Then again, woe to him."
Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasal
Friday, February 15, 2013
Wiping over shoes and hijab during wudhu
Wiping over shoes is permissible under certain conditions (see below) but wiping over the hijab is never permissible in both the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools.
http://seekersguidance.org/ans-blog/2009/08/11/the-ruling-of-wiping-over-footgear-khuffs/
http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=1464&CATE=3
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Question: I understand that the witr prayer should be the last prayer of the night. If I planned to pray tahajjud and pray witr afterwards but missed both the prayers, do i have to make up the witr prayer? If so, when should it be made up? Also, if I am not sure I will wake up for tahajjud should I pray the witr right after `isha and if I do will my tahajjud still count if I pray it after having already prayed witr?
Monday, February 4, 2013
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