Sayyidunā Shaykh ‘Abdul Waĥĥāb Bin ‘Abdul Majīd Šaqafī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی said: I saw a funeral in which the corpse was carried by a woman and three men. I took the woman’s place. After the funeral Ṣalāĥ and burial, I asked the woman, ‘How were you related to the deceased?’ She answered, ‘He was my son.’ I asked, ‘Why did your neighbours etc. not attend this funeral? She replied, ‘My son was a eunuch, this is why people did not bother to attend his funeral.’ Sayyidunā Shaykh ‘Abdul Waĥĥāb Bin Abdul Majīd عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الۡـوَاحِـد said, ‘I felt pity for the grieving mother, so I gave her some money and food-supplies etc. That night I dreamt of a man in white clothes with a face shining like the moon of the fourteenth night. He thanked me. I asked, ‘Who are you?’ He answered, ‘I am the same eunuch that you buried today, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ showed mercy to me due to the public degradation that I faced.’ (Ar-Risāla-tul-Qushayriyyaĥ, pp. 173)
Question: What about washing a bride’s feet and then sprinkling the water in all four corners of the house?
Answer: This is Mustaḥab. My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه says, ‘When you bring a newly-wed bride at home, it is desirable to wash her feet and sprinkle the water in all four corners of the house, this brings blessings.’ (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ referenced, vol. 2, pp. 595; Mafātīḥ-ul-Jinān Sharḥ Shar’a-tul-Islam, pp. 447)
Question: It is said that there’s nothing wrong with your first glance at a non-Maḥram woman, is this true?
Answer: The first unintentional glance at a woman, which is instantly turned away, is not a sin. However, even a first deliberate