Q: If due to being late, I enter the masjid whilst the fard salaah of Fajr is being performed, and I join the jamaah, when should I perform the two sunnah: immediately after the fard or should I wait until after sunrise? A. If possible to perform the Sunnats and still join the Jamaat, you […]
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Q: Can women do their own qurbani and slaughter a sheep themselves? Did the lady Sahaaba take part in Qurbani? A: I could not find mention of them actually performing the Qurbani. 'Take part' is very vast. I found a narration in Abu Dawood wherein it is mentioned that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa Sallam)
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Q: I have been negligent for paying in my fasts on time. I've had a miscariage, been pregnant twice and breastfed. I knew at that time that pregnant women don't need to fast but I didn't know that I had to repay it. Now many years later I'm sitting with this burden. I paid fidyah
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Q: I purchased a sheep on the first day of Eid in the evening and slaughtered it when the maghrib Azan was started and some people said my qurbani is now doubtful. Please tell me whether I did a wrong act or it was fine to slaughter in the evening? A: Your Qurbani is
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Q: If only husband and wife are perfoming salaat together, is it necessary/compulsory for the wife to recite the iqamat? Also, what is the niyyat if they intend reading tahajjud together? A. She will not recite the Iqaamat; instead the husband will recite it. If they are performing Tahajjud in Jamaat, she will stand behind
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Q: Kia murge ki kurbani ho sakti hai kia? Translation: Can Qurbani be made of chickens? A: Murghe ki Qurbani saheeh nahin hai. Translation: Qurbani of chickens is not permissible.
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Q: My wife had menses for nine days. A week later it continued again, should she ignore it and pray or should she consider this as menses also and stay away from salah? A: In the case you mentioned, your wife should do the following: 1) If she has a previous, known cycle, for example,
Q: Can we perform aqeeqah of babies from the same animal bought for qurbaani ? By Qurbani day the baby will be 14 days old? A. It is permissible to keep a share/shares in a cow/bull with the intention of Aqeeqah at the time of Qurbani. (Raddul Muhtaar V26 P258). Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti
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Q: If I do qurbani in a town where Muslims are living but there is no eid salaat in this town but I pray in another town and then go do qurbani where there is no eid salaat, is my qurbani ok? A: Your Qurbani will be valid. Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
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Q: Can I make a Qurbani for a deceased person? A. One is allowed to make Qurbani for a deceased. This is substantiated from the books of Hadeeth and Fiqh. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa Sallam) requested Sayyidina Ali (Radhiyallaahu Anhu) to offer Qurbani on his behalf after his demise, as mentioned in Tirmidhi (V.4, p.84),
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