Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: How do we perform ṣalāh (ritual prayers) during Ḥajj and ʿUmrah, shortened and combined or complete? Answer: In the sacred journey, pilgrims are usually at the blessed lands for a short period of time. This usually entails the rules of prayer during travel. Shortening Ritual Prayers During travel one…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is the pilgrim to drink Zam Zam water after two units of prayer following the ṭawāf or before? Answer: Drinking the blessed water of Zam Zam after ṭawāf is mustaḥab (encouraged praiseworthy practice) but not a requirement to complete the pilgrimage. Narrations indicate that the Prophet Muḥammad (peace and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Does a woman who suffers from leucorrhoea have to take ghusl (Islamic bath) before every prayer? Does leucorrhoea discharge invalidate a woman’s fast? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Leucorrhoea is a thick, whitish or yellowish vaginal…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: During Ḥajj, on the 10th day of Dhū Al-Ḥijjah, are pilgrims required to conduct the 3 activities of pelting, ritual animal slaughter and the hair cut in a sequenced order or can we do them in any sequence we wish? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, The Most Kind,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: During Ḥajj at ʿArafah, if we are not praying at Masjid Namirah with the Imam of Ḥajj in congregation, do we join Dhuhr and ʿAṣr prayers at Dhuhr time, in our tents or do we offer both at their regular times? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can you please help with a list of what can be done during the last 10 days and nights of Ramaḍān so we can maximise the benefits and blessings? Answer: Increase in Acts of Worship: Qurʾān recitation, dhikr (remembrance of the Almighty), fasting rigorously, tarawīḥ (night vigil prayers) in addition…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling of shaving and trimming during ʿUmrah and Ḥajj? Is there a minimum requirement to be trimmed? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Kind, Most Merciful Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your question. Trimming or shaving the hair of the head in ʿUmrah and or Ḥajj…
Answerd by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: As a masjid operating in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada, is it a must to be part of one of the moon-sighting committees? Can we as a masjid independently make our decision to start Ramaḍān or ʿEīd? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Kind, Most Merciful Thank…
Answerd by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I missed a few fasts last Ramaḍān due to illness. Is it necessary for me to make up the fasts before the beginning of the upcoming Ramaḍān? What if I do not make up the missed fasts before Ramaḍān, do I pay a penalty known as the fidyah (redemption)?…
By Shaykh Muftī Taqī Usmāni English Translation by Yūsuf Badāt Imam Abū Ḥanīfah (may Allāh’s mercy be upon him) states that there is no consideration for ikhtilāf al maṭāliʾ – multiple horizons (individual local regional sighting). The meaning of this is that, if sighting of the new crescent is credibly established in one region, then…