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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

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1. How to get a Fatwa via email?

This service is available via the Department`s Electronic Website.

2. What are the official working hours of the Department?

8:30am-3:30pm, Sunday-Thursday.

3. Is privacy protected?

Fatwas are delivered with absolute secrecy, but the Department`s Website has the right to publish questions and answers after deleting personal information.

4. Which Madhab is followed by the Department?

Click the link to view the adopted Fatwa approach.

5. How to make a complaint against a certain service?

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6. Are services paid for?

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• Should nail polish be removed before making ablution?
Yes, it should be removed because it prevents water from reaching the nails.

• What should a worshiper who has forgotten a pillar of prayer do?
If he/she remembered the forgotten pillar before offering it in the following Rakah(unit of prayer), then he/she should offer it, and continue the prayer, then offer Sujood As-Sahw at the end of it. But, if he/she remembered that forgotten pillar after having offered it in the following Rakah, then he/she should offer a new Rakah in its(the one in which he forgot a pillar) place, and offer Sujood As-Sahw(Prostration of forgetfulness).

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Is it permissible to pay the expiation of an oath to a charitable party as it feeds the poor and needy such as Tkiyet Um Ali?

There is no harm on authorizing someone to handle the expiation of another to the poor and needy, since Shafiee's jurists stated that authorizing someone for the purpose of distributing Zakah, expiation and vow is permissible as stated in [Mughni Al-Muhtaj vol. 3 pp. 237]. At last, the intention of the person who intends to authorize someone else suffices in this regard. And Allah knows best.

• Is washing the private part after urinating(Istinjaa`) a condition, and is it done with water and soap, or with water only?
Istinjaa` is obligatory for removing impurity, and it can be done with toilet paper, or a stone, or water. It is preferable to do Istinjaa` first with paper, or stone, or the like, then to wash the private part with water until making sure that the impurity has been removed. Using soap is not a condition, but there is no harm in doing so provided that it is washed off with water. It is also permissible to use either water, or paper if impurity is removed by any.

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