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Resolution No.(217): "Ruling on Irrigating with Treated Waste Water"

Date Added : 21-12-2015

Resolution No.(217)(7/2015) by the Board of Iftaa`, Research and Islamic Studies:

"Ruling on Irrigating with Treated Waste Water"

Date: 24/ Zolhijjah/1436 AH, corresponding to 8/10/2015 AD.

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of The Worlds, and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.

On the above given date, the Board reviewed the question sent by his Excellency, the Secretary-General of the Water Authority, Mr. Habashneh, and it reads as follows:

I would like to attract your attention to the fact that waste water treatment plants produce water in accordance with the latest international techniques that meet international and local standards.

It is important to use this water in line with the Jordanian waste water treatment quality standards, and for different uses; especially, the restricted irrigation, through securing large quantities of clean irrigation water. Would you clarify the opinion of Islamic Sharia on using treated waste water for irrigation?

After researching and deliberating, the Board arrived at the following view:

It is permissible to irrigate with treated waste water and to eat from the fruit of such plantation because the ruling pertaining to the fruit isn`t affected by whether the water is pure or impure. This is indicated by the question directed to Al-Imam An-Nawawi: "If the plantation and the fruit were irrigated with filthy water, or their soil was fertilized with it, is it lawful to eat their product? He replied: yes, it is." {Fatwas of An-Nawawi}.

However, it is imperative to abide by the sanitary regulations stipulated in this regard in order not to pollute the environment, ruin the plantation and the fruits, or cause harm to human beings. Moreover, scientific and medical standards should be observed as well. And Allah Knows Best.

 

 

The Grand Mufti of Jordan / His Eminence Sheikh AbdulKareem al-Khasawneh

Prof. Abdulnasser Abulbasal / Member

Dr. Yahia al-Botoosh / Member

Sheikh Sae`id Hijjawi / Member

Dr. Wasif al-Bakhri / Member

Prof. Mohammad al-Qhodat / Member

Dr. Mohammad al-Khalayleh / Member

Dr. Mohammad Khair al-Esa / Member

Dr. Mohammad  al-Z`obi / Member

 

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My father has debts and asked me to repay them years ago, and I promised him I would do so upon his death — is it permissible for me to go back on my promise given that I am unable to repay them, especially since he refuses to contribute to repayment on the grounds that the debt has become my responsibility by virtue of my promise?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
The established principle is that a father's debt is to be repaid from his own wealth, if he possesses sufficient means. As for the promise made by the son to repay it on his father's behalf, fulfilling such a promise is strongly recommended, and breaking it is considerably disliked. Shaykh al-Islām Imām al-Nawawī, may Allah have mercy upon him, states: "Fulfilling a promise is emphatically recommended, and breaking it is severely disliked. The evidences for this from the Qurʾān and the Sunnah are well known." [Rawḍat al-Ṭālibīn,Vol. 2/P.278] Shaykh al-Islām Imām Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī, may Allah have mercy upon him, further states: "The reason fulfilling a promise is not obligatory and breaking it is not forbidden is that a promise is in the nature of a gift, and a gift does not become binding except upon receipt." [Asnā al-Maṭālib fī Sharḥ Rawḍ al-Ṭālib,Vol. 2/P.487]
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