Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: My question is regarding udhiyah? If my parents visits me overseas and we all live in one house or some times they live with my sister’s house. So, can I sacrifice one lamb for all of us? Since we are in same country.

Slaughtering

25 May

ANSWER: If your parents are only coming for a visit then no, your father should give one Udhiyah for him and whoever lives under his roof and you do one for you & your family.

QUESTION: Do women get reward for walking to the masjid as in does each footstep wipe away sins I hear a hadith that states this but do not know if it applies to women?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

24 May

ANSWER: This reward applies to women as well. However, they are rewarded more than that if they were to pray home!

QUESTION: I paid a charity to do the sacrifice for me. I paid for a goat but due to availability the charity may complete the sacrifice with another acceptable option. Is my sacrifice valid?

Slaughtering

22 May

ANSWER: The question is not clear! The company must identify what is your sacrifice and inform you about it and not have it floating like this and ambiguous.

QUESTION: Is it considered having full khushu during salah if a non Arab fully focuses on what he’s saying during salah but has no idea the meaning behind it or is it a must in order to have full khushu you have to know the meaning of what your saying during salah

Prayer

21 May

ANSWER: The khushu is in the heart whether he understands what is being read or not.

QUESTION: Can a person who has intention to offer udhiya shave head or cut nails if they exceed 40 days or too long and not neaty?

Slaughtering

21 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and still they are sinful for delaying it till this last moment!

QUESTION: Is it permissible to buy a goat just one Or two days before Eid-ul-Adha and then sacrifice it, or should the animal be kyept for a specific number of days before Qurbani? Also, if due to purchasing it shortly before Qurbani the family does not develop emotional attachment with the animal, is the Qurbani still completely valid and permissible?

Slaughtering

20 May

ANSWER: No problem in buying it even minutes before slaughtering it!

QUESTION: My uncle lives in canada with his one wife and 3 daughters. This year he and his wife came to hajj leaving their adult daughters alone without any gurdian. My question is is it ok for him to left their adult daughters(eligible for marriage) alone in canada without any guardian?

Hajj and Umrah

20 May

ANSWER: No problem in this if they are safe.

QUESTION: In my country, some scholars say that if we do not cut our nails, hair, or pubic hair during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, we will receive the same reward as the person who offers the Qurbani. Is this authentic?

Slaughtering

19 May

ANSWER: No, this is a blatant lie and bogus!

QUESTION: Can I do a slaughter (of eid al adha) on the name of the deceased head of family, so that the slaughter will count for the whole family?

Slaughtering

17 May

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah. The prophet’s uncle Hamzah and his beloved wife Khadeejah and many others died in his lifetime and he had never slaughtered a sacrifice specially for them. If you want, you can slaughter your own sacrifice and include in it all the deceased you want.

QUESTION: If someone prays with minimal wudu, leaves sunnah acts, wears haram clothes, or prays while needing to urinate, scholars may still consider the prayer valid. But if a person persists in these matters in every prayer, are the prayers still valid? Is there any scholarly disagreement on this issue?

Prayer

16 May

ANSWER: The prayer remains valid, though they are loosing a lot of reward that may reach 1/10th of the actual prayer!

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