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  • Giving a heretical innovator from the meat of Udh-hiyah

    Question Is it permissible for me to give a share of the meat of my Udh-hiyah to a heretic innovator who holds a belief against that of Ahlus-Sunnah? This man is poor and I do not know him personally. I just know that he belongs to such a [deviant] sect. Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy.. More

  • Performing some rounds of Tawaaf in the second floor

    Question During Hajj, and while circumambulating the Ka‘bah, I made the first two rounds at the ground floor. Because the place was overcrowded and I was unable to continue in the ground floor, I went to the second floor and performed the remaining five rounds without starting from the beginning. Is that valid? Fatwa All perfect praise be to.. More

  • Performing Hajj on behalf of both parents in one season

    Question Is it sufficient to perform one Hajj on behalf of both parents in one season or should I perform Hajj separately for each of them if I want to be dutiful to both of them? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi.. More

  • Accepting a living sacrificial animal as a gift from a disbeliever

    Question Is it permissible for the Muslim to accept a sacrificial animal as a gift from a disbeliever or an atheist? The animal is alive not slaughtered, and it was given as a gift (to the Muslim) a day or two before ‘Eed. Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah,.. More

  • Offering Udh-hiyah and fasting the first nine days of Thul-Hijjah

    Question A woman wants to offer a sacrificial animal as Udh-hiyah but she cannot fast the first ten days of Thul-Hijjah fully. However, she can fast the last three days. Will her sacrifice be acceptable without fasting all the ten days? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except.. More

  • Would slaughtering a sacrificial animal ward off afflictions?

    Question Would slaughtering a sacrificial animal ward off harm or prevent death of a person? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. We do not know of evidence from Sharee‘ah.. More

  • Buying Udh-hiyah before the day of Nahr

    Question I bought a `Eed sacrificial animal (Udh-hiyah) 15 days before the date of slaughtering. Is that permissible? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. It is permissible to buy.. More

  • Jeddah is not within the boundaries of the sacred precincts

    Question Are inhabitants of Jeddah considered to be living in the Sacred Precincts? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. Jeddah does not lie within the boundaries of the Sacred.. More

  • Advancing and delaying the Sa‘y of Hajj

    Question Is it permissible to perform Sa‘y for Hajj on the seventh day of Thul-Hijjah or earlier? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. It is better for pilgrims who are performing.. More

  • Rulings Related to Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque - II

    A Summary of Important Information that the Slave of Allah should Know: First: The greatest obligatory duty on the Muslims is to worship Allah, who has no partner, Alone. In confirmation of this, Allah The Almighty Says (what means): * {And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.} [Quran 51:56] * {And We certainly sent into.. More

  • Rulings Related to Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque - I

    The rulings related to visiting and performing prayer in Al-Masjid An-Nabawi are unknown to a lot of people, and many of them, during their stay in Madeenah, fall into some violations of the Sharee‘ah. For this reason, this treatise is concerned with a clarification of those rulings and a warning against these violations according to what is authentical.. More

  • The Prophet's Mosque [Al-Masjid An-Nabawi]

    Building Al-Masjid An-Nabawi was the first thing that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did when he arrived in Madeenah. He built it on a piece of land that he had bought from two orphans at the Banu An-Najjaar district. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, himself participated in the heavy work of construction with all.. More

  • Hajj on Behalf of Others

    The Islamic Sharee‘ah is a straightforward and easy system of laws in which there are no complications. It is the Sharee‘ah of moderation in all matters. The Islamic Sharee‘ah brought to humanity what would perfectly maintain their affairs in this life and in the Hereafter without excess or negligence, and without extremism or fanaticism;.. More

  • “Do It Now - and There is No Harm [in Doing So]”

    Hajj differs from other acts of worship in some Fiqh (jurisprudence) related rules. It is known that leaving an obligation or a pillar in an act of worship deliberately nullifies it, whereas in Hajj it is different. When an obligatory ritual or a pillar is missed, Hajj does not become invalid, even if this was done deliberately. However, leaving such.. More

  • The Debtor’s Pilgrimage

    The rulings of this blessed Sharee‘ah are very simple, and one of its characteristics is that it removes difficulty, as Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {...And [He] has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty....} [Quran 22:78] The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Religion is very easy, and.. More