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51 Question: Some women take certain medication to delay their monthly period, especially during Ramadhan and hajj. However, in some cases intermittent blood appears during their period time. This blood does not have the same characteristics of haydh. It is noteworthy that if they abandon taking such medication, Haydh will ensure some three days after its usual time; what is the ruling in this case?
Answer: As the question goes, Haydh rules do not cover such intermittent blood.
Haydh - Menstruation / Monthly Period
52 Question: If a Judge (Qazi) did all things for a divorce but didn’t give any certificate or any proof, can she get married again or she may have to wait for any certification or a period ?
Answer: Issuing a certificate is not a prerequisite or condition for the validity of divorce. {Meaning, a certificate issued cannot be enough proof for the validity of divorce}. There should be two just male witnesses and it should be carried out by the husband himself or his representative (wakil).
Divorce
53 Question: While shaving the head in Mina, if the pilgrim’s head is injured and blood flows out, what should he do in that case? And what are the implications [as far as penalty is concerned]?
Answer: If the injury or bleeding was not intentional, there is nothing upon him.
Hajj - Pilgrimage
54 Question: At times we find the name or picture of fish on the cans and come to know that the fish is a scale fish. So, is it permissible for us to rely on the name or the picture in determining the category of fish, knowing well that a wrong statement of this kind would put the manufacturers in great loss or even more serious [situation] than just a loss?
Answer: If one is satisfied it is the truth, it is permissible to act upon it.
Meat
55 Question: If in the first and last days of Haydh, a brown pink outcoming is observed (for one or 2 days) and this is regular in all Haiz times, should this outcoming be considered Haiz or it is Estehaza?
Answer: If you observe blood for the first three consecutive days and there is no stop in the middle, all what you have observed is treated as Haydh. Whatever blood you observe until ten days comes into the category of Haydh and is treated as Haydh. After ten days, the blood seen is considered as Istihadha.
Haydh - Menstruation / Monthly Period
56 Question: What are the recommended rulings for Eid Adha Qurbani (animal sacrifice)?
Answer: Rules regarding Recommended Animal Sacrifice (Udhiya) on Eid al-Adha
1. Offering an animal sacrifice is an emphasised recommended act for all individuals who can afford it. It is recommended for the one who can afford it but could not find an animal to sacrifice, to give Sadaqa (charity) equal to its value. In cases where prices [of animals] differ, it would suffice to give Sadaqa equal to the lowest value.
2. It is permissible for an individual to sacrifice only one animal for himself and his family. It is also permissible to sacrifice one animal in partnership between two or more people, especially if the sacrificial animal is scarce and expensive.
3. The best time to offer an animal sacrifice (Udhiya) is after sunrise on the day of Eid al-Adha and after a sufficient amount of time for offering the Eid prayer has passed. The desirability of offering a sacrifice lasts for four days for those who are in Mina, and for three days for other people, though the recommended precaution is to offer the sacrifice in the first three days for those who are in Mins and on the day of Eid for those in other countries.
4. The sacrificial animal should be one of the three types of cattle which are camels, cows or sheep (including goats). As an obligatory precaution, it is not sufficient to sacrifice a camel which has not completed 5 years of age, or a cow and a goat which has not completed 2 years of age or a sheep which has not completed 7 months of age.
5. The conditions required for obligatory animal sacrifice (for those who are performing Haj) is not applicable for Udhiya (Eid animal sacrifice). It is permissible to sacrifice an animal which may be one-eyed, lame, whose ears are cut, whose horn is broken, castrated or skinny. Even though it is a recommended precaution for the animal to be fat and have complete body parts. It is discouraged for the animal sacrificed to be the one raised by the individual offering the sacrifice.
6. It is permissible for the one who sacrifices an animal to keep a third of it for himself/herself or to feed his/her family with it. It is also permissible to gift the other third to anyone from the Muslims he wishes to give to. The recommended precaution is to give the remaining one third to poor Muslims.
7. It is recommended to give the hide of the sacrificed animal as Sadaqa (charity). To give it to the butcher as his wage is Makrūh (discouraged). It is permissible to make it a prayer mat or to sell it and buy home goods in exchange for it.
8. Offering a Udhiya (Eid animal sacrifice) suffices instead of Aqīqa (recommended animal sacrifice for the newborn). So if an Udhiya (Eid animal sacrifice) is offered on behalf of someone, it would replace the requirement for his/her Aqiqa.
12. There is no problem in offering a sacrifice on behalf of a deceased person with the intention of Rajā (i.e. hope of attaining a reward). Also there is no objection to sacrificing an animal on behalf of numerous individuals without specifying an upper limit.
Qurbani - Animal Sacrifice
57 Question: Is it permissible to buy a fish from a Muslim who is not a Shi‘a while we have no knowledge whether it is from the category of scale fish or not?
Answer: It is permissible to buy it but one cannot eat it unless he makes sure that it is from the category of scale fish.
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58 Question: How should we say our salat in trains and cars? Is it necessary to do prostration (sajda) on something or is it not necessary, in that would bending of the neck be sufficient?
Answer: It is obligatory to say salat in the usual way where possible. So, one should face the qiblah in all stages of the salat; if not, at least while saying the opening takbir. Otherwise the condition of facing the qiblah will be dropped. Similarly, if it is possible to do the bowing (ruku') and prostration (sajdah) normally (e.g., in the aisle of the bus or the train), those parts of salat should be done normally. But if it is not possible, then one should try to bow normally for ruku' and sajdah [for example, from a sitting position on the seat or the berth of the train].
For sajdah, one has to put the forehead on an item on which sajdah is valid, even if by lifting that item to the forehead. If bowing normally is not possible, one should just indicate by bending the neck [halfway for ruku and fully for sajdah].
Prayer
59 Question: Is it permissible to marry a lewd woman (prostitute)?
Answer: If a man wishes to marry a woman of loose character, he should, as a precaution, wait till she becomes Pak from her menses, irrespective of whether he had committed fornication with her, or anyone else had done so.
Marriage
60 Question: It happens that the time of salat sets in while the Muslim worker is at his work-place, - noting that finding work is not easy - thus, he finds it difficult to leave the work for salat. Sometimes he ends up losing his job because of his insistence on saying salat. Is he allowed to say his prayers as qadha? Or must he say them [on time], even if it leads to him losing his job?
Answer: If the need to work at that place reaches the level of necessity, then he should pray in time in whatever way possible: even just by indicating [by lowering the neck halfway for ruku' and fully for sajda]. However, such a situation would arise only exceptionally. So he should fear Almighty Allah and not accept a job which leads to neglecting the pillar of faith; thus, he should remember the words of the Almighty: "And whosoever fears Allah, He will make a way out for him [from difficulties] and provide for him from where he does not expect." (65:2)
Prayer
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