Separation And Ablution

[MadaniSister]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Hope you are in good Health imam saab i recieved this from a Friend,hope you can help.

First-This sister has been married for 9 years and seperated for more than 1 year, by the grace of Allah Azzawajal she has a 8 year old daughter... her husband left her and is now married again and has a child with his other wife. he has no contact with his 1st wife or child... he does not pay maintenace and has no hand in his daughters upbringing...

The sister has asked for a divorce but the husband is not willing to give it... what should she do in these circumstances...? if he does not give her the divorce is she allowed to marry again in the future?

she has not seen or met him in the time of the separation.. she has heard that "divorce is apparant when there is no contact between both couples for 2 years" . How true is this statement?

Second - A sister wants to knows if our ablution is complete without performing istinja and just cleansing ourselves will loo roll?

The reason for not doing so, is because by performing istinja with water it causes thrush and sever inflammtion of the surrounding area.

JazakAllahkhair

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu



All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blesings be showered upon His Most Beloved and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam



Jazak'allah for your question. The sister concerned should ask for a 'khul'a, which she may have ordered from any Islamic council, and until then she is not allowed to marry until she has been divorced, or attained the procedure for 'khul'a.


The statement that you have quoted, does not exist in any book from the Qur'an to the ahadith-e-Mubarikah, or from the books of fiqh. However, in these cicumstances, the above will apply.


Istinja is sunnah, and there is no way that a sexually transmitted disease can ever be caught, by following a blessed sunnah of the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. However, since lavatory roll on its own will not suffice, the use of both water, and lavatory paper would be deemed adequate, as the use of water is sunnah.


I hope that this is clear.


Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi