with comments such as: ‘These people preach to the community but not to their own families’.
Answer: People who unnecessarily suspect and oppose scholars and Mashāikh are unfortunate. You must remember that preaching and advising is, of course, the duty of scholars, but guiding people, changing their hearts and reforming wicked humans is under the omnipotence of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. If any scholar or spiritual guide, in fact any Muslim, does not make all necessary attempts to reform his children, then he is definitely making a mistake but we do not have the right to offend him unless Sharī’aĥ permits. Scholars and non-scholars alike must fear Allah’s wrath. The following is an admonitory story.
Sayyidunā Mālik Bin Dīnār عَـلَـیۡهِ رَحۡـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـغَـفَّـار said: It is reported that in Banī Isrāīl, there was a scholar who used to gather people and preach to them in his home. One day, the scholar’s young son gestured to a beautiful girl. His father saw him and said, ‘Son! Be patient!’ As soon as the scholar said this he fell flat on his face and suffered a severe injury to his head. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ instructed the Prophet (عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام) of that era to go and inform that scholar: I will never let a Ṣiddīq (saint of the highest rank) be born amongst your progeny; was it enough frustration for My sake just to say; ‘Son be patient’. (In other words, why did he not take a hardline on his son and why did he not prevent him properly to avoid this sin?)
(Ḥilya-tul-Awliyā, vol. 2, pp. 422, Ḥadīš 2823 – summarized)
Question: In Ramadan-ul-Mubārak, can a woman perform ‘Umraĥ with her husband or any reliable Maḥram?
Answer: Yes, she can. However, ‘Umraĥ is not Farḍ or Wājib, therefore, it is not a sin if a woman does not perform it. It is worth-