Hajj and Dhul-Hijjah
For pilgrims and for everyone at home: the ten days, Arafah, the sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, and the rites of hajj.
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Questions in this season
What is the meaning of the Hadith, "Indeed, I narrate to you a Hadith today," especially the part related to "and he would make his family perform Umrah during the ten days"?
Was the night vigil and sacrifice obligatory for the Prophet (peace be upon him) alone, to the exclusion of the Ummah, based on the imperative form in the noble verses?
Is it permissible to share in a sacrifice prepared for a wedding feast with the intention of it being an Uḍḥiyah (sacrificial animal offered during Eid al-Adha), and would one thereby attain the full reward of the Uḍḥiyah?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding a husband's refusal to accompany his wife to witness the Udhiyah (sacrifice) taking place at the home of his first wife, in order to avoid upsetting the first wife and children, thereby depriving the second wife of participating in this joy?
Is it permissible to spend the night in Al-Aziziyah Al-Janubiyah on the night of Eid and the days of Tashreeq, and not to spend the night in Muzdalifah and Mina, in order to avoid hardship, without incurring a penalty (dam)?
What is the ruling on repeating the transitional takbirat if the worshiper repeats the takbir to sit for the first tashahhud, then the Imam stands for the third rak'ah? Does the worshiper repeat the tashahhud when following the Imam? And if the worshiper sits for the tashahhud in the first rak'ah, then remembers that he is in the first rak'ah, does he repeat the takbir for standing?
What does it mean that the crescent of Muharram was not sighted after sunset on the 29th night of Dhul-Hijjah, but was sighted during the day through astronomical imaging technology, and then clearly seen after sunset on the following day? And when was the beginning of Muharram, knowing that the 2nd of Muharram according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar is the 1st of Muharram according to the sighting?
Is the takbir made by one who joins the prayer late, upon standing to complete his prayer after the Imam has given the salutation, considered an extra takbir given that he has already made the takbirat al-ihram?
Is it permissible for the one offering a sacrifice (adha) or an aqiqa to allocate a third of what was slaughtered from three animals exclusively for himself and his family?
Is it obligatory to break the fast with something from the Udhiyah on the Day of Sacrifice? And is it permissible to break the fast with the mother's Udhiyah if the slaughter of one's own Udhiyah is delayed?
Is it permissible for the remaining four individuals to sell the share of the person who withdrew from the sacrifice (Udhiyah) that was distributed among five people?
Is it permissible to slaughter chickens for the sake of Allah, and what is the lawful method of slaughtering and the accepted supplication at the time of slaughter, and is it permissible to distribute the meat of this slaughtered animal to people of innovation?