Aqeeqah
Q: Is Aqeeqah compulsory on me if i have step sons? Is it compulsory at all?
Qurbaani & Halaal Slaughter
Reciting the Tasmiyyah at the time Slaughter
Q: I am a PhD, Electronics Engineering, student in Torino, Italy. I have a question regarding chicken meat. There is a slaughter house near our city where Arab Muslim use to slaughter chickens. He slaughters the chicken by hand. Usually he has to slaughter approximately 7,500 chickens in 6 hours. He use to say Takbeer randomly, and not on each individual chicken. He says that it is quite difficult for him to say takbeer on each chicken. We had read in one of Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahib's (db) book that according to Imam Shaafaee (Rehmat Ullah Alaih), it is sunnah to read takbeer during slaughtering. This is the only slaughter house in our knowledge where there is no machine slaughtering of chicken. Now my question is that, if person is slaughtering so many chickens, is it a MUST for him to pass takbeer on each individual. Is it possible for us to eat that chicken if that person is slaughtering correctly according to Fiqh Shafaee?
Qurbaani of an animal whose horn has broken off
Q: Can Qurbaani be made of an animal whose horn has broken off?
Qurbaani of an animal born without ears
Q: Is it permissible to slaughter an animal which was born without ears for Qurbaani?
Qurbaani of an animal with no teeth
Q: Will an animal which does not have teeth suffice for Qurbaani?
Qurbaani of a frail animal
Q: Is it permissible to slaughter a frail animal for Qurbaani?
Qurbaani of a lame animal
Q: Can an animal which is lame in one leg be slaughtered for Qurbaani?
Qurbaani of an animal whose tail or ear is cut off
Q: If an animal’s tail or ear is cut off, will it suffice for Qurbaani?
Qurbaani of an animal whose eyesight is impaired
Q: Can an animal whose eyesight is impaired be slaughtered for Qurbaani?
Age of the Qurbaani Animal
Q: What age should the animal be in order for the Qurbaani to be valid?