Shorten the answer
Mu'
meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As
Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and
Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
A.S.
A. W. R. W. B
I
greatly appreciate your efforts in projecting true Islam. In fact, I have
greatly benefitted from your helpline. However, I have a suggestion which will
make this forum more useful and benifit greater number of readers.Generally
your replies are detailed with complete references. This is good and
appropriate. However, in many cases, people, because of busy schedule, are not
able to devote time for a comprehensive reply or are only interested in brief
and to the point reply. My suggestion is:
Give
your reply in two parts
1.
Summart/Abstract - To-the-point reply in 200-250 words
2.
Detailed Reply- This will comprise of the present format in which you normally
give reply with quotations &references.
Hope
you like the suggestion and give it a try,
Yours
Sincerely
(There may be
some grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not
change anything from questions, comments and statements received from our
readers for circulation in confidentiality.)
Answer:
Shorten the answer
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet,
no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
My beloved brother in Islam, may Allah reward you for taking the effort to write to us, and we will strive our best to work towards your suggestions. We have had similar requests for shorter answers, and have also received some requests to give more detailed answers.
We will definitely look into the possibility of adjusting our articles according to your suggestions, and pray that Allah accept our humble and weak contributions in the propagation of His approved deen of Islam.
We just want to point out one thing here. For matters concerning jurisprudence like acts of prayer, details of fasting, hajj, manners, the halaal and haraam, etc., the answers will generally be short and to the point. But when the questions are concerning faith, imaan and aqeedah, it needs a detailed reply, with proper reference and evidence from the Glorious Quran.
May Allah reward you for time and effort you have taken to help us in this Cause.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam,