Question: A woman’s husband has died and she has no children from this marriage. Additionally, there is no-one from her relatives in the land [where she resided with her] husband, so is it permissible for her to travel from the land [where she resided with her] husband to the land where her legal guardian is […]
Month: August 2012
Husband died and she wants to continue her studies.
Question: Her husband has died and she is required to complete the period of mourning. [Considering] she is a student at school, is it permissible for her to continue her studies or not? Response: It is obligatory for the wife whose husband has died to complete the mourning period in the marital home and no […]
The Earth’s Atmosphere.
By the sky which returns.” (Quran 86:11) “[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling…” (Quran 2:22) In the first verse God swears by the sky[1] and its function of ‘returning’ without specifying what it ‘returns.’ In Islamic doctrine, a divine oath signifies the magnitude of importance of a […]
The payment of Zakaatul-Fitr in money.
Question: Is it permissible to discharge the obligation of Zakaatul-Fitr on the first day of Ramadhaan? And is it permissible to distribute it in money? *Please appropriately reference this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!* Response: As for the discharging of it on the first day of Ramadhaan – there is Ikhtilaaf (difference of opinion among the […]
Dispatched Zakaatul-Fitr to my country.
Question: I dispatched the Zakaatul-Fitr, specifically pertaining to myself, to my family so that they can discharge it in my country. Is this action correct? Response: (This is) not a problem, (and) you shall be rewarded inshaa.-Allaah. Discharging it in your area is better, so that you discharge it to the needy in the area […]
The ruling regarding forgetting to discharge the Zakaatul-Fitr.
Question: What is the ruling regarding the one who had not discharged the Zakaatul-Fitr until during the (`Eed) khutbah (sermon) after the `Eed prayer, and that is because he had forgotten? Response: Discharging the Zakaatul-Fitr before the (`Eed) prayer is obligatory, and whoever forgets then there is nothing upon him except to discharge it after that. This […]
What Is Zakat?
Take from their wealth so that you might purify and sanctify them.’ (The Holy Qur’an, chapter 9, verse 103 The word zakat means ‘purity’ or ‘to purify’ and it represents charity; all Muslims who are wealthy enough, must perform this charity in order to purify their wealth in the eyes of Allah (swt). In other […]
Did not make up days missed in Ramadhaan throughout her menstrual years.
Question: An old lady of sixty years of age was ignorant concerning the rulings of menstruation for many years. Throughout her menstrual years, she did not make up the days missed in Ramadhaan thinking they did not have to be made up. This was according to what she had heard from the sayings of the […]
Awoke, and half-asleep ate some food, then realised that Fajr had already started.
Question: I awoke one morning, half-asleep, and went to the kitchen and quickly ate some food but when I began to eat, I looked at the clock and found the time to be 4.40am. The time for the Fajr prayer, here in Tabuk (northern Saudi Arabia), is 4.15am. So, at that time I stopped eating […]
The Purpose of Ramadan.
The month of Ramadhan is not like any other month; its purpose is to rid man of those habits which he has accumulated throughout the rest of the year. It is a month that prepares man for the remaining eleven months by teaching him discipline and self control. Thus, Allah has made some acts which […]