Food, Halal & Slaughter · Subtopic
Animals & Pets
562 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Animals & Pets, part of Food, Halal & Slaughter. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Animals & Pets fatawa — page 9 of 15
- Jamiat KZN10 Sep 2015
Ruling on trimming beard & sea foods, prawns, calamari?
I have two questions. First question i follow hanafi fiqh and have a fist length beard, but i find it gets tangled often and hurts. Also it has come…
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim - Ask Imaam8 Sep 2015
Can I trim my beard for it to look neat and what is the ruling on sea foods; prawns, calamari?
I have two questions. First question 1. i follow hanafi fiqh and have a fist length beard, but i find it gets tangled often and hurts. Also it has…
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim - Mufti Online8 Sep 2015
Distributing the Qurbaani meat
I have a question regarding Qurbaani. Most people tend to keep most of the meat and the best cuts of meat for themselves to use at home. Is this…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2015
The conditions of an aqeeqah animal
Kindly advise if the conditions of an aqeeqah animal are the same as a Qurbaani animal?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Sep 2015
Slaughtering a Qurbaani animal in the state of nifaas
Can a woman slaughter her Qurbaani animal while in the state of nifaas?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Aug 2015
Desexing a cat
Is it alright to get my cat desexed?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Aug 2015
One shareholder taking more than his share from the Qurbaani animal
If some of the shareholders allow the others to take a portion of their meat, will it be permissible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Aug 2015
Distributing the Qurbaani meat equally among the shareholders
If several people purchase shares in a camel or cow, how should they distribute the meat among themselves?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 May 2015
Walking over ants and insects
Where do we have to look when we walk? Sometimes ants or some other creature like that comes under our feet and they die.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 May 2015
Keeping spiders as pets
Is it permissible to keep spiders as pets?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 May 2015
Zabah off fish
Are fish already Zabihah (Halaal)?How? Why don't we do zabihah for fish just like we do in cases of Cows, goats, hens, camels?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2015
Keeping a parrot as a pet
I have kept a parrot (Australian parrot) as a pet but some people told me that it has a bad effect on the home and other things. So please tell me…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Apr 2015
Eating prawns
My question is about the difference of opinion and dealing with it, like for example, the Hanafee mathhab treats prawns as impermissible (if I am…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Mar 2015
Insect killers
Is it permissible to use an electric/electronic device to kill off insects such as cockroaches, ants etc. Presumably such devices have a heating…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Mar 2015
Seafood
I follow the Hanafi Mazhab. Please advise what seafood is permissible to consume.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 Mar 2015
Is it permissible to eat beer battered fish?
I want to know if i can eat beer battered fish on the ingredients its has beer extract[contains barley] listed in the ingedients more beer batter…
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui - Mufti Online25 Feb 2015
Chasing away cats
There is a cat who frequently stays in our car porch and often release stool and urinates in there. We try to drag her off ensuring that she does…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Feb 2015
Fishing
I have some doubts regarding fishing, which I would like you to please clear. 1. Is permissible or haraam to fish without the intention of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Feb 2015
Keeping a snake as a pet
Is it ok to keep a snake/python as a pet in the house according to Shari'ah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Feb 2015
Mosquito catchers
Is it permissible to use mosquito catchers that work thus: "The electronic mosquito catcher is fitted with a radiant high bright blue light that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam23 Jan 2015
Can animals speak to the pious in the grave.
Someone asked if deers or other animals speak to the pious in the grave?
Bilal Mohammad - Mufti Online7 Jan 2015
Dreaming of animals
I have a lot of dreams of animals. Recently I had a dream where I am in another country and I go into a take away shop with three other men, I can…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jan 2015
Poisoning dogs
Our neighbours have given food to stray dogs and hence the stray dogs are near my home for one year. It scares us because we have children in the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Dec 2014
Prawns, crayfish, lobster, etc
What is Mufti Saheb's personal view regarding the permissibility of consuming the following: 1) Crayfish 2) Lobster 3) Prawns 4) Crab 5) Langoustine…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2014
Prawns and crayfish
I would like to know what is Mufti Salejee Saheb's ruling on prawns and crayfish.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Dec 2014
Euthanasia
Are we as muslims permitted to put an animal under if we think they are in a lot of pain or suffering?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam22 Oct 2014
Can two people slaughter an animal together?
If two persons together slaughter an animal (single knife held by two persons), but only one of them recites “Bismillah-Allah Hu Akbar “during…
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui - Ask Imaam22 Oct 2014
Question regarding the purity of a utensil in which an animal has eaten from and a question regarding luqtah.
We have several pets at home like cat, rabbit and various birds. Often someone serves the cat or the rabbit in our regular dining plates. My…
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui - Mufti Online21 Oct 2014
Castrating animals
I have two rabbits, is it permissible to spay/neuter them?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Oct 2014
Dog killing one's pet cat
We advised a visitor not to open the windows as our young cat may escape. She has visited us many times before and knows this very well.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 Oct 2014
What shall one do if the qurbani animal happens to be pregnant?
What if a person slaughtered a sheep for qurbani, then when skinning saw the sheep was pregnnt and there was a baby in there, is the qurbani valid…
Fahad Abdul Wahab - Mufti Online29 Sep 2014
Putting a dog down via lethal injection
We have a dog that is very old and experiences much pain in walking and moving about. My father suggests having the dog put down by a vet. This…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam16 Sep 2014
Feeding Haram to animals
This is with reference to my query in Fatwa # 30335. The garbage I intend to compost can contain lots of haram items like dead animals (lizards,…
Arshad Ali - Mufti Online15 Sep 2014
Sharing in a camel for Qurbaani
In qurbani can two people share in a camel?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Sep 2014
Selling the skin of the Qurbaani animal
Why can we not sell the skin of the Qurbaani animal?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Sep 2014
Spear fishing
If a person shoots a fish or kills it is it halal to eat?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Sep 2014
Purchasing a large animal which is inedible for Qurbaani
Will it be more rewarding to purchase one goat for R3000 for qurbaani (due to its size) but whose meat is hardly edible, or to buy two sheep which…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam2 Sep 2014
Is crab Halaal?
I was searching for a question "is crab halal or haram in Islam" I got that it's haram in Hanafi maslak & halal in Shafai...can you elaborate about…
Ismail Dawoodjee - Ask Imaam30 Aug 2014
Is it halal to hunt birds or animals or game (for food purpose) while they are asleep at night?
Is it halal to hunt birds or animals or game (for food purpose) while they are asleep at night?
Fahad Abdul Wahab - Ask Imaam26 Jun 2014
Are Animals that feed on animal feed halal?
A couple of days ago, a friend brought up a matter regarding halal meat. The question/issue was the animal has to be herbivorious to be Halal, and…
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