[Timbit]

I guess Mossad deleted his thread about shisha, which had spawned a whole discussion about smoking and whether it's haram or makruh, and then questions from me about what exactly makruh means.

So yes... when I hear "makruh" I think "Yay, not haram; we can do it!"
What does makruh really mean though?

I think Revert posted about two different kinds of makruh.

[shadha]

Permissible but not advised? Sorta like divorce?


shadha-

[zeyneddine]

Originally Posted by Timbit

I guess Mossad deleted his thread about shisha, which had spawned a whole discussion about smoking and whether it's haram or makruh, and then questions from me about what exactly makruh means.

So yes... when I hear "makruh" I think "Yay, not haram; we can do it!"
What does makruh really mean though?

I think Revert posted about two different kinds of makruh.

you arent very knowledgable about the faith, are you?

[Timbit]

So makruh things are:

divorce (most hated permissible thing)
smoking (more often than not, it's haram in the modern day apparently)
shrimp?
praying the same surah in every rakaat?


Makruh means detestable?

Zeyneddine: No, I'm not. I hear contradictory things and I like to get the full story. So that's why I read SunniPath for fun.
Let's just make a list of makruh things, k? We can all benefit from it, InshaAllah, 'cause we'll learn about fiqh. Yaaaaay. Fiqh is like my favourite thing in the world.

EDIT:
Also, you're somebody's alter ego, aren't you?

[shadha]

zeyneddine: you arent very knowledgable about the faith, are you?

I think this is the first post that I have ever read of yours and already I have come to the conclusion that I don't like you.

Go away.


shadha-

[Variable]

Originally Posted by Timbit

What does makruh really mean though?

From the other thread it either meant "really bad" or "really really really bad"

[Timbit]

How can it be really bad if it's not haram?
I'm so confused.

[bihari]

Originally Posted by Timbit

So makruh things are:

divorce (most hated permissible thing)
smoking (more often than not, it's haram in the modern day apparently)
shrimp?
praying the same surah in every rakaat?


Makruh means detestable?

Zeyneddine: No, I'm not. I hear contradictory things and I like to get the full story. So that's why I read SunniPath for fun.
Let's just make a list of makruh things, k? We can all benefit from it, InshaAllah, 'cause we'll learn about fiqh. Yaaaaay. Fiqh is like my favourite thing in the world.

EDIT:
Also, you're somebody's alter ego, aren't you?

shrimp is not makruh.....it cant be....the quran CLEARLY says that the "game of the sea is lawful to you"

[Khairan]

Originally Posted by Timbit

I guess Mossad deleted his thread about shisha, which had spawned a whole discussion about smoking and whether it's haram or makruh, and then questions from me about what exactly makruh means.

So yes... when I hear "makruh" I think "Yay, not haram; we can do it!"
What does makruh really mean though?

I think Revert posted about two different kinds of makruh.

Makruh is something which is not forbidden but also "not recommended." It is not considered a sin, but it is Islamically advised that we avoid the activity for our own sakes.

[Variable]

Originally Posted by bihari

shrimp is not makruh.....it cant be....the quran CLEARLY says that the "game of the sea is lawful to you"

What if it's a bottom feeder gross thing that can give you a disease?

[bihari]

Originally Posted by Variable

What if it's a bottom feeder gross thing that can give you a disease?

so we are all going to stop eating catfish, which are also bottom feeders?

im just basing it on the quran which allows all things from the sea....but people can make their own judgements if they are allergic or something

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by Khairan

Makruh is something which is not forbidden but also "not recommended." It is not considered a sin, but it is Islamically advised that we avoid the activity for our own sakes.

So what are the two different types of makruh about then, Khairan?

See, the way I learned it: you're not sinned for doing makruh things, but you're rewarded for abstaining from them. But then Revert went and confused me with the two different types of makruh.

Bihari: I'm Hanafi and we eat shrimp 'cause they're like fish apparently. I thought it was makruh in some other madhabs though.

[Khairan]

Originally Posted by Variable

What if it's a bottom feeder gross thing that can give you a disease?

Depends -- I know that at least some shia have "seafood laws" and do not interpret the Qur'anic verses stating that creatures of the water are lawful as meaning ALL water creatures without exception. In general, muslims who observe seafood laws do not eat shellfish, may not eat fish that have no scales, and say that a fish has to be caught alive by a muslim or at least a person of the book in order for it to be halaal.

Incidentally, this is also the reasoning (to my knowledge) behind why some people consider shrimp to be makruh -- it dies very quickly after being caught if removed from water and you generally don't know if the fisherman was a muslim.

[thejellymill]

Is it wrong that I'm craving a bihari kabab now?

[Khairan]

Originally Posted by Timbit

So what are the two different types of makruh about then, Khairan?

See, the way I learned it: you're not sinned for doing makruh things, but you're rewarded for abstaining from them. But then Revert went and confused me with the two different types of makruh.

I have no idea about the different kinds of makruh -- I want to learn about them also.