Slaughtering an animal for the jinn
Q: If someone slaughters an animal for the jinn, is this major shirk?
Qurbaani & Halaal Slaughter
Donating money for people in need instead of slaughtering an animal for aqeeqah
Q: I have been blessed with a baby boy and wanted to confirm if the equivalent amount of 2 goats can be donated to flood victims in Pakistan?
Cutting the entire head of a chicken when slaughtering
Q: I bought a live chicken, and while slaughtering it, I recited takbeer, but sliced the entire neck off after a few seconds by mistake. Is the chicken halaal for me?
Shareholders not distributing the qurbaani meat of a cow equally
Q: If a family purchases a cow for qurbani, however when sharing the meat, due to ignorance it was not distributed equally but mutually agreed.
1. Is the meat permissible to eat and gift to others
2. Is the qurbani valid.
3. If the qurbaani is not valid how should one compensate for it.
Selling qurbaani skins that were gifted to one
Q: My brother gave his qurbaani sheep skins to me. Can I sell the skins?
If I give it to someone else, can they sell the skins and use the money?
Parts of a qurbaani animal that cannot be eaten
Q: Please advise regarding which parts e.g. (liver, kidney, brains, stomach, etc.) of the Qurbaani animal are permissible to eat and which are makruh, haraam, etc.
Qurbaani on a person who has debts
Q: If someone had taken a loan and qurbaani is also farz on him, what should he do?
Slaughtering an animal that has both male and female private organs for qurbaani
Q: Is it permissible for me to slaughter a goat, that was born with both, male and female organs? I had purchased the goat only knowing it had a male parts. Is it permissible to partake from the animal?
Slaughtering exotic animals whose meat is of an inferior quality for qurbaani
Q: I wanted to find out with regards to the size and type of animal for qurbaani. Every year in our house we slaughter lambs (good quality, lovely animals) however in the recent years some family members have been saying that we should get exotic animals, most of these are just for the looks and alot of the time the meat is of an inferior quality.
I wanted to know is there any extra thawaab with regards to slaughtering a bigger/stronger/exotic animal in the eyes of Allah Ta'ala.
Doing a blood test during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah
Q: I have a question regarding the first ten days of Zul Hijjah.
I'm going to perform qurbaani inshallah and I heard that I can't cut my hair and nails for 10 days before qurbaani. I have an appointment to give blood for testing and I was wondering if this is permissible or is it haram like cutting hair and nails in the first 10 days of Zul Hijjah ?