Q: I am saving money for umrah, can I skip qurbani or not?

Q: I understand that it is more rewarding to buy a bigger and more healthier animal for qurbani. Should you buy a bigger animal which you do not prefer the tougher meat or should you buy an animal that you will eat from?

Q: I have a flight on 18th June, the 3rd day of Eid in Dubai and the second day of Eid in Pakistan. I am in Dubai and I will travel to my home country, Pakistan. I want to do qurbani in Pakistan. If I reach there on 19th June, particularly the 4th day of Eid in Dubai and the 3rd day of Eid in Pakistan, can I do my qurbani in Pakistan because you can only do qurbani for three days.

Q: What is the Shar’ee ruling in the situation where a person living in one country wishes to perform his qurbaani in another country? The days of qurbaani commence one day earlier in the country where he wishes to perform qurbaani compared to the country in which he is living. In this case, if his animal is slaughtered on the first day of Eid in the country where he wishes to perform his qurbaani, will his qurbaani be valid, bearing in mind that the days of Eid have not yet commenced in his country?

Q: Could Mufti Saheb kindly explain the correct procedure regarding the distribution of 7 shares of the qurbani carcass of a big animal.

How stringent is the rule of equal shares and what leeway is there for any shortcomings in the equal distribution of the meat?

The immediate distribution of the animal is difficult where a large number of cattle are slaughtered in the same facility, and often all the shareholders are not even present. The carcass is also cut into quarters and put into cold storage. It is only sliced a few days or even few weeks later.

In this regard, what is the Sharee position of the following:

1. Can all the seven shareholders appoint the farm owner as the wakeel to allocate the shares?

2. Can the wakeel then do part of the distribution immediately after the slaughter, such as allocate one trotter each to each shareholder and parts of the offal to the rest, then give any shareholder his share of the trotters or offal or distribute it to the poor on his behalf with his permission in his absence?

3. If the part distribution immediately upon slaughter as mentioned in 2 above is valid, must the distribution of the remainder of the shares after slicing still be totally equal, or with the consent of all the parties will some greater / lesser amount in the shares be overlooked?

Q: Can I (daughter) travel with my mother and do umrah with a guide male. As I do have a mahram brother to take with us but couldn’t take him along with us due to financial expenses.

Please advise if it is fine for a mother and daughter to go for umrah keeping a mahram at home?

Q: After reciting Surah Ikhlaas in salaah, I mistakenly said sadaqallahul azeem. Is my salaah valid or is there sajdah sahw?

Q: What is considered “minimum wudu and prayer”+ minimum ghusl in cases of trying to determine if you can make wudu and pray without instance of continuous flowing impurity? Basically what are the fard wudu and fard prayer AND also fard ghusl steps to check this?

Q: Is it true that if a person passes away in salaah they go straight to jannah and if so, is there any hadith provided?

Q: Is it sunnah to give azaan into a new born baby’s ear and is there any hadith provided?