A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad  ar-Ramli ( r.a. ), issued a verdict in response to a question from a man who had some unperformed fast days of Ramadhan and the permissibility of making them up in Shawwal.  The man asked, “Is it possible to make up unperformed fast days of Ramadhan in Shawwal and at the same time attain the Reward of fasting the six days of Shawwal and is there any textual proof for this?”   Imam ar-Ramli ( r.a. ) replied, “Fasting in Shawwal fulfills the obligation of making up the unperformed fast days of Ramadhan, even if by these days, one intended to observe another fast and one attains the reward of fasting the six days of Shawwal.  Some latter scholars have mentioned this.”  The ruling for this is further based on an analogy to entering the mosque and praying two raka’at before sitting down, by which he intended an obligatory prayer or a voluntary prayer associated with the pre...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ A student asked Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ar-Ramli ( r.a. ), is it permissible for the awwam , who, when in distress, say, “ Ya Shaykh Fulan ” and, “ Ya Rasulullah ” and seek aid, istighatsa , with the prophets, the awliya’ , the ‘ulama ( r.a. ) and the righteous?   And do the messengers, prophets, awliya’ , the righteous, and the mashaykh possess the ability to assist others after their deaths, and what strengthens that view?   He replied that istighatsa’ , the seeking of aid, with the prophets, and messengers, the awliya’ , the ‘ulama and the righteous is permitted.  The messengers, prophets and the awliya’ have the ability to assist after their death because the miracles of the prophets and awliya’ are not severed following their death.  As for the prophets, they are alive in their graves praying and doing hajj as it has come in the reports.  So, assistance from them will be a miracle on...