Dhul Hijjah and Udhiyah
736 questions
Is it permissible for Muslims in a non-Islamic country to form a committee to sight the crescent moon for Ramadan, Shawwal, and Dhul-Hijjah?
What is the ruling on someone who vowed to fast a consecutive year, began fasting, then interrupted it, and now wishes to resume fulfilling his vow? Does fasting Ramadan, the six days of Shawwal, and the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah invalidate the consecutive nature of the fast? And does the financial expiation that the mother paid absolve the fulfillment of the vow?
Is it permissible to forgo the second part of a vow – which is to invite friends for a lunch meal – due due to the difficulty of gathering them, after fulfilling the first part of it?
Is it permissible to disburse Zakat prior to its appointed time in Ramadan, specifically for the purpose of covering the rents of extremely needy families after Ramadan, by deferring it until the month of Dhul-Hijjah or Muharram, knowing that the Zakat will be kept in a special envelope for them until the payment date?
What is the supplication in the Eid prayer?
Is it permissible for one appointed to slaughter the sacrificial animal (udhiyah) to shave his hair during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah?
How can a Muslim girl atone for not performing the obligatory Udhiyah (sacrifice) in past years?
Is it permissible to offer as a sacrifice (adha) or an aqiqah a sheep whose tail (fat-tail) was amputated in its youth for the purpose of fattening its body?
Is it permissible to offer an Uḍḥiyah (sacrificial animal) on behalf of the deceased?
What should I do for the slaughter to be acceptable, and is my slaughter valid, knowing that the owner of the slaughterhouse took the hide and entrails in exchange for the slaughtering fee, and I did not know that it is not permissible for him to take anything from them as payment, and we did not agree on a fee?
Are there special merits for the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah?
Is it permissible to select the sacrificial animal before the advent of Eid al-Adha?
Is it permissible to sacrifice more than two animals?
Is expiation required for one who shaves his hair forgetfully after intending to offer a sacrifice (udhiyah) and after Dhu al-Hijjah has begun?
Is it permissible for a capable woman to offer a sacrifice on behalf of her husband who is unable to do so?
What is the meaning of the Almighty’s saying: “The Hajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made Hajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of ihram], there shall be for him no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj”?