QUESTION: Camel(5yrs), Cattle(2yrs), Goat(2yrs). Are these minimum age limit only for Ulhiyya? Is there any minimum age for slaughtering animal for selling? Some shops slaughter and sell the 1yrs old cattle/cow. Is it Haram to sell or consume?

Slaughtering
29 May

ANSWER: No problem for slaughtering livestock to be in any age.  The specific ages are for sacrifice whether aqeeqah, Udhiyah, Hadi’e or fidiyah

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QUESTION: “Sheikh, if the name ‘Muhammad’ appears or is written on a goat meant for qurbani, does that make the animal special or sacred? Should the qurbani still be done normally?”

Slaughtering, Superstitions
26 May

ANSWER: This means nothing & there’s no problem whatsoever in slaughtering it.

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QUESTION: Is it rewardable and prescribed for people who are not performing Hajj to say the dhikr of Arafah, ‘La ilaha illa Allah waḥdahu la sharīka lah…’ on the Day of Arafah ?

Hajj and Umrah
26 May

ANSWER: Yes, this is highly recommended

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QUESTION: ‎Last year, I got to know that Fitrana shouldn’t be given as money. My family gives it on my behalf every year as money. However, it is such a small amount that I can surely give it out of my pocket money or the eid money I get as advance. This year, it was the same. Should I make it up for every year since becoming an adult or only the last year and this one?

Zakat
25 May

ANSWER: No need to give for the past years.  From next year you should give zakat ul fitr yourself if they insist on paying the money.

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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.

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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! 

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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