Fatawa Databank
On this page we are providing some useful links to some fatawa and discussions on current issues. These opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Council of Islamic Ideology. The purpose is simply to assist visitors to our site to help in searching opinions and discussions on issues of topical importance.
Earthquake and Natural Disasters related issues
- Calamity-stricken people are exempted from fasting in extreme hardship cases.
Dr. Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Canada, and Sheikh `Abdul-Majeed Subh, Al-Azhar. 16 October 2005
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1129443820352
- Paying Zakat to victims of earthquake and disaster is permissible.
- Mufti Abdul Aziz b. Baz, the late Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Mufti Abdul Khaliq Hasanal-Sharif, Egypt , 29 March 2005
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503547750
- Dr. Manzoor Ahmad, Member, Council of Islamic Ideology, Pakistan, Maulana Iftikhar Bahatti, President Sunni Tahreek, Pakistan, Mufti Muneebur Rahman, Chairman, Ru'yat-i-Hilal, Pakistan, Mawlana Hasan Turabi, Pakistan , 12 October 2005
http://iqna.ir/NewsBodyDesc_en.asp?lang=en&ProdID=30954
- Cremation of corpses (victims of disasters) is not allowed.
Tengku H Muslim Ibrahim, Acheh, Indonesia, 24 January 2004
http://acehupdate.degromiest.nl/archives/001811.php
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