Q&A/Fatwas

If we pray behind a Mushrik Imam who sacrifices for graveyards and calls the dead, is our prayer accepted?

Prayer

16 Sep

the general rule is that it is permissible to pray behind anyone whose prayer is valid for himself. This means that as long as he is Muslim and there isn’t anything apparent that nullifies his Islam, this means that his prayer is valid for himself and for those behind him. That is why Ibn Omer, […]

my parents buy a soap that may be made with pork fat and I have told them about it, but they still buy it because it is a good brand and it works well. Is it permissible for us to use this soap since we are only using it externally and would it invalidate our prayers?

Prayer

16 Sep

You said “may be made of pig fat”. If you are not sure, then it is permissible to use.

If a person is offering sacrifice at home, is he/she supposed to abstain from cutting nails or having a haircut after making niyyah? Or is only for the pilgrim?

Slaughtering

16 Sep

Yes, he has to abstain until after the sacrifice is completed.

If a mother is not able to buy an animal for the sacrifice, is it okay if the child buys the animal to be slaughtered for the sacrifice, for the intention for both the mother and the child to get the reward?

Slaughtering

16 Sep

If the mother is under the care of one of her children and that one offers a sacrifice, it is sufficient for her too and she doesn’t need to offer a separate one. The sacrifice is not mandatory on those who cannot afford it.

if say to a Muslim butcher to offer my sacrifice is it obligatory for this proxy to avoid cutting his nails or remove his hair?

Slaughtering

15 Sep

Yes! The butcher don’t need to refrain but you do!

In Qur’an it’s said not to slaughter animals other than Allah’s name. But many are giving qurbani on name of people i mean on this person name im slaughtering.

Slaughtering

15 Sep

Slaughtering on behalf of someone is not like slaughtering it to someone!

Someone is doing hajj badl for her grandmother in law, but the problem is she does not know the name of her grandmother in law and there is no link alive to know it. Can she perform the hajj? And will the sacrifice for hajj be accepted without the name of the grandmother in law?

Slaughtering

15 Sep

This is permissible

As Eid is approaching….what is “Better”..to slaughter the animal yourself or ask some organization to slaughter the animal in calamity hit areas and distribute there eg in war torn areas of Pakistan or Syria

Slaughtering

15 Sep

The best is to slaughter it yourself and eat from its meat!

What are the duas/ niyat during slaughtering of the animal for Qurbani? Please tell me in details In sha Allah I will slaughter on behalf of me and for other members of my family.

Slaughtering

15 Sep

Bismillah wallahu Akbar, Allahumma Hathaway minka wa ilaika.

Suppose my father is alive and well and I am married with kids, should my father make an eid sacrifice separately and should I make a separate sacrifice in my capacity as head of my own family?

Slaughtering

15 Sep

Correct as long as you live in a separate accommodation!

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