The Ifta’ Law number (60) of the year 2006, and the modifying Law number (4) of the year 2009 state that a Board is to be established in the Kingdom and called “Board of Iftaa’, Islamic Studies and Research,” and that the General Mufti (who is now Shaikh Abdel Kareem El-Khasawneh) is the Head of the Board. The following are members: ... Read More
The Fatwa Department of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was founded in 1921. Since its formation, it has relied upon Hanafi fatwas which were in use during the Ottoman era, and the Mufti has answered the questions of members of the public, whether they relate to worship or financial transactions or personal statutes, and it has assigned a mufti to each judge in cities both large and small. The judge seeks the mufti's assistance in solving social problems, just as the mufti refers to the judge matters which are not within the mufti's jurisdiction and which require evidence and witnesses....
Does the Intention (Niyyah) of the Principal (Muwakkil) Suffice for the Sacrifice (Dhabḥ) of the Udhiyyah?
Does the intention (niyyah) of the principal (muwakkil) suffice for the sacrifice (dhabḥ) of the udhiyyah?
Is an Animal that Results from Crossbreeding between two Types of Livestock (An'ām) Valid [for Sacrifice]?
Is an animal that results from crossbreeding between two types of livestock (an'ām) valid [for sacrifice]?
Islamic Ruling on Slaughtering a Pregnant Ewe
What is the ruling of Islamic Law regarding one who slaughters a ewe and it turns out to have been pregnant, and is it permissible to slaughter the ewe if one knows it is pregnant?
Islamic Ruling on Purchasing a Sacrificial Animal (Udhiyah) and it then Develops a Defect before Slaughterr
What is the ruling of Islamic Law regarding one who purchases a sacrificial animal (uḍḥiyah) and it then develops a defect before slaughter?
Islamic Ruling on Offering the Sacrifice (Udhiyah) Using the Wealth of a Minor or a Legally Incompetent Person (Safih)
What is the ruling on offering the sacrifice (uḍḥiyah) using the wealth of a minor or a legally incompetent person (safīh)?
Islamic Ruling on Following the Imam in the Actions of Prayer
What is the ruling of Islamic Law on following the actions of the imam in prayer and how this following is achieved?
Islamic Ruling on Supplicating with other than the Transmitted (Ma'thur) Supplications in Prayer
What is the ruling of Islamic Law on supplicating with other than the transmitted (Ma'thur) supplications in prayer?
What is Obligatory in the Expiation for a Broken Oath (Kaffārat al-Yamīn) is that it be Given as Ownership (Tamlīk) to the Poor.
I broke my oath and am now obligated to pay the expiation for a broken oath (kaffārat al-yamīn). Would it be valid to fulfill this by inviting the poor and needy to a meal for them to eat from?
Cutting a Minor Portion from the Tip of the Fat-Tail to Make it Grow Larger is not Considered a Defect in the Sacrificial Animal (Udhiyah)
What is the ruling on offering a sheep as a sacrifice (Udhiyah) if its fat-tail is sound, except that when it was young, the tip of its fat-tail was cut so that it would grow larger? And what is the ruling in case of doubt regarding the amount that was cut?
The Ḥadīth: "There Will Emerge from my Nation People who will Drink the Qurʾān as they Drink Milkk
The Prophet ﷺ said: "There will emerge from my nation people who will drink the Qurʾān as they drink milk" — is this ḥadīth authentic, and what does it mean?
The Specific Wording of the Exhortation is not Required in the Friday Sermon
What is the ruling on a Friday sermon in which the khaṭīb did not explicitly exhort the congregation to be conscious of Allah (taqwā) in both sermons, but sufficed with commanding them to obey Allah and refrain from disobeying Him?
Islamic Ruling on a Fictitious Marriage for the Purpose of Obtaining Citizenship
What is the ruling of Islamic Law on a fictitious marriage for the purpose of obtaining citizenship?
Key Differences between the `Aqiqah and the Udhiyah
What are the key differences between the 'aqīqah and the uḍḥiyyah?
Islamic Ruling on Slaughtering a Single Sheep with the Combined Intention of Both the Udhiyah and the `Aqiqah
Is it permissible to slaughter a single sheep with the combined intention of both the uḍḥiyyah and the 'aqīqah?
Which Takes Precedence: The `Aqiqah or the Udhiyah?
Which takes precedence: the 'aqīqah or the uḍḥiyyah?