Darul Ifta: Islamic Advisory Center
Fatwa: A legal opinion given by a qualified Islamic religious scholar in the light of Islamic Shariah (teachings) in response to a specific question.
Eid-ul-Adha: Eid-ul-Adha is the second biggest Muslim festival after Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan) in which Muslims sacrifice cattle including sheep, goat, bull, and camel.
Jamia Nizamia: Oldest Islamic seminary in Hyderabad – Founded in 1872
Hyderabad: The Darul Ifta of Jamia Nizamia said Muslims can provide donations rather than sacrificing an animal on Eid ul Adha is popularly known as “Baqra’eid” if the scenario does not allow them to do so due to the CoronaVirus Pandemic.
The fatwa asserted that an equal amount of money could be donated to the poor instead of sacrificing the animal.
The fatwa came in response to a question asked by Qazi Asad Sanai, Chairman Al-Ansaar Foundation, who had requested the opinion of the Darul Ifta in view of the prevailing CoronaVirus Pandemic in the city.
The fatwa allows Muslims to provide money to non-Syed poor persons including relatives or students pursuing Islamic education in seminaries instead of sacrificing the animal and distributing the sacrificial meat, in view of the prevailing situation due to CoronaVirus Pandemic.
Mufti Mohammed Azeemuddin, President Jamia Nizamia who issued the fatwa on behalf of the Darul Ifta claimed that nothing is more pleasing to Allah than sacrificing cattle in the name of Allah on 10th to 12th of Zul Hijjah the 12th month of the Islamic calendar, however, if the situation doesn’t permit so the act of distributing the amount in the current scenario of CoronaVirus Pandemic will also be equivalent to sacrificing any animal.
He said if ‘Qurbani’ is possible then it is better to sacrifice otherwise donating the equal amount will be the best alternative.
Further CoronaVirus spread is feared if people go to the market to buy cattle, butchers are called at homes to cut the meat, and if people visit their relatives and friends to distribute the sacrificial meat.
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