Summarized Fatawaa
• What is the ruling on Friday Ghusl(ritual bath) ?
Friday Ghusl is confirmed Sunnah(Prophetic tradition) even if a person wasn`t in a state of Janbah(ritual impurity), or physically unclean. However, one who doesn`t make Ghusl on Friday isn`t sinful for the Prophet(PBUH) said: “It is good for a Muslim to make ablution for Friday prayer, but it is better to make Ghusl”{ Narrated by Al-Tirmizi in a sound Hadith}.
• Who are the blood-relatives with whom kinship ties should be maintained?
Blood-relatives are those from the side of one`s father and mother: grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles, and aunts.
• Do certain vaginal discharges and incontinence of urine nullify ablution, and should underwear be changed ?
: A person afflicted with constant impurity due to urinary incontinence and vaginal discharges is obliged to make ablution for every obligatory prayer when its time is due, and after removing Najaasah(impurity), and wearing a clean diaper. He/she is obliged to pray immediately even if the impurity is being released, and he/she is obliged to remake ablution, and the aforementioned for every obligatory prayer.
• What are the benefits of slaughtering an Aqeeqah?
Extending thanks to Allah for His grace, expressing happiness for having a newborn, declaring lineage, and feeding the mother to compensate for the blood that she had lost during delivery.