If a person appoints someone in another country as his wakīl (representative) to fulfill the obligation of ʾuḍḥiyah on his behalf, the time at which the animal is slaughtered will be based on the time of the place where the Read More …
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A Sheep Less than 1-Year-Old for Sacrifice (Qurbānī)
Question: There was always a debate on the age of animal. If you have a healthy grown sheep that’s balig (which can happen at 8 or 9 months) then?? Answer: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Read More …
Will Qurbānī be Accepted by Allāh if His Laws in Purchasing the Animal are Broken? Part 2
Scenario 3: A person (Ibrāhīm) finalizes the sale of a sheep with the owner (James) for $600 and agrees to pay and collect it after three days. Another person (Ḥamīd) also wants this sheep, and he finds out the price Read More …
The Correct Sharʿī Method of Conducting Mass-Shared-Qurbani Adopted by DārulʿUlūm Karachi
The Correct Sharʿī Method of Conducting Mass-Shared-Qurbānī Adopted by Dārul ʿUlūm Karachi “A Heartfelt Request to the OrganisersWe make this heartfelt request to all those friends who are organizing this great ʿībādah of Qurbānī that they protect the qurbānī and Read More …
Deficiency in One Branch of Islam Renders the Others Soulless: Mufti Ahmed Khanpuri
The following is an endorsement of the book “Masāʾil of Financial Transactions and Their Sharʿī Solutions” written by the Remnant of our Elders, the Sulṭānul ʿĀrifīn, the Faqīh, the Muḥaddith, Hazrat Muftī Ahmed Khānpūrī Ṣāḥib حفظه الله ونفعنا بعلومه وفيوضه: بسم Read More …
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Will Qurbānī be Accepted by Allāh if His Laws in Purchasing the Animal are Broken?
Part 1 As the month of Dhul Ḥijjah draws near, everyone is preoccupied with searching for an animal to purchase for sacrifice on ʿĒid-al-ʾAḍḥā. ʾUḍḥiyah/Qurbānī is one of the most rewarding acts of worship. It is important that we fulfill Read More …
The Reason For Six Or Nine Months Wait Before Counting the ʿIddah
The reason the fuqahā’ mention to wait for a period of 6 months before one starts to count the ʿiddah by lunar months, is to ensure that the woman in not pregnant. They say that by that semester it would have been clearly visible if she was pregnant. So, 6 months for istibrā’ and 3 months for ʿiddah.
How Are The 3 Lunar Months Counted For ʿIddah?
If the woman was divorced on the 1st of the month, then all agree that she will count her 3 months by the sighting of the crescent (hilāl). Therefore, her ʿiddah can be 90, 89, or 88 days.
If she was divorced on any other day, then there is a difference of opinion regarding how to calculate the 3 lunar months:
Menopause at 30 Years of Age: An Exception
In the chapter on ʿiddah, ʿAllāmah Haṣkafī and ʿAllāmah Shāmī mentioned an exception to the rule of 55 years being the age of menopause.
If a woman became bāligh by age, i.e., by passing 15 lunar years of her life, and never saw a single ḥayḍ her entire life and she reaches the age of thirty (30), the judgment of being a woman in menopause would be issued for her.