Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: Sheikh, please enlighten me about cutting of hair and nail befor Qurbani. Is there any rule not to cut hair or nail befor certain days of qurbani?

24 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible for the one who is paying for the qurbani to cut his/her nails and any part of body or head hair from the 1st of dhul hijjah until his animal is slaughtered.

QUESTION: I know it’s not allowed for a person who is paying for slaughtering to shave his hair or trim nails. What if one does that anyway? Will his slaughtering not be valid?

Slaughtering

24 Jun

ANSWER: This has no impact on the validity of his Udhiya but he is sinful for disobeying the prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam.

QUESTION: If I give my goods to a courier rider and he delivers goods but does not pray on Friday or listen to Khutbah on his journey and on his way back, and also when he returns goods to me he does not pray Jumuah or listen to the Khutbah, then will my earnings be haraam? (I have to register to a courier company and take partnership to avail their services)

Jobs, Prayer

23 Jun

ANSWER: If he is a kafir, this seems permissible but if he is Muslim, you shouldn’t be working at the time of Friday prayers.

QUESTION: I forgot to cut my nails before the first dhul hijja. They are quite long now. Can I cut them?

Slaughtering

23 Jun

ANSWER: If you are offering udhiya, you must not clip your nails or cut your hair until the animal is slaughtered.

QUESTION: Sheikh i have urine incontinence, so a prayer time was 6:31, but i did a mistake and started to wash my private part at 6:28 and started wudu at 6:30 and completed till 6:31/6:32, is my wudhu valid?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer, Purity

22 Jun

ANSWER: No it is not valid.

QUESTION: Is it permissible for two or more people to contribute money to buy either a cow, sheep, or camel for qurbani?

Slaughtering

22 Jun

ANSWER: Only one person must own the sacrifice if it was a sheep and they can’t share it. As for cow or camel, no problem in 2 or more people sharing, the maximum is 7 people to share.

QUESTION: Can we fast white days dhul hijjah. 13th specifically. Or do white days not apply in this month because tashreeq

Slaughtering

22 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all as these days are prohibited to be fasted except for a pilgrim who can’t afford the sacrifice. We celebrate Eid ul Adha for 4 days and it’s prohibited to fast in these 4 days (10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of dhul hijjah)

QUESTION: Sheik, I sit on a chair to do my sajda because of my healt condition. But in masjid I have to keep the chair in front by a foot in front of others in masjid , if I put it on the line so many men argue with me to put my chair in front so I cannot argue back as everyone else listens to them and they are elders as well. So what should I do?

Prayer

22 Jun

ANSWER: You should stand with the row and once you want to sit down, you should take one step forward and pull the chair with you so that you now also sit with the row. The easiest way is that when you go to the sujood position, you take one step forward while pulling the chair […]