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The General Iftaa` Department Warns Against Attacks on Religious Fundamentals
Author : دائرة الإفتاء العام
Date Added : 15-11-2026

The General Iftaa` Department Warns Against Attacks on Religious Fundamentals

The General Iftaa` Department affirms its firm stand against extremism, terrorism, and violence committed in the name of religion, and its commitment to exposing the ideas of extremists and refuting their false claims. It does so on the basis of the tolerant Islamic creed and the rulings of the upright religion of Islam, which rejects violence and extremism and calls for tolerance, moderation, and balance. At the same time, it warns against attempts to exploit the circumstances the Muslim Ummah is going through in confronting extremism and violence in order to attack Islam, or to assail religious figures, religious institutions, and the faculties of Sharīʿah. Such conduct inflames feelings, stirs up fitnah (strife), and creates a fertile environment for extremist ideas and violent practices. Indeed, this behavior is itself extremism in the opposite direction, and it leads only to strife. As the saying goes: “Strife is asleep; may Allah curse whoever wakes it.”

The General Iftaa` Department also affirms that it, together with all the religious institutions of this blessed country, has been and remains a safety valve in our beloved homeland. It represents a moderate religious authority that has been able to present the true image of Islam, free of extremism, violence, and terrorism, and so has formed an impregnable barrier against the attempts of those who go to excess (ghulāh) to undermine the principles and values of the upright Islamic religion. The Department, along with the religious institutions and the Sharīʿah faculties in Jordan, has been a fundamental pillar of a society that has stayed united and has not drifted into chaos or extremist and terrorist ideas.

The General Iftaa` Department has charted a course in harmony with the Amman Message, the message of tolerant Islam launched by His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein (may Allah protect and keep him). It calls for defending Islam and showing its radiant image, and for answering the doubts raised by Islam’s enemies in a sound, scholarly way, without weakness or emotional reaction. Hope rests on the scholars of our Ummah to illuminate the minds of our young generations, the adornment of our present and the strength of our future, with the truth of Islam and its great values. This will guard them against sliding into paths of ignorance, corruption, closed-mindedness, and subservience, light their way with tolerance, moderation, the middle way, and goodness, and keep them from the pitfalls of extremism and rigid zeal that destroy both spirit and body.

We ask Allah the Exalted to unite the Muslims, to join their hearts together, and to protect our country from evils and strife. And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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What is the ruling on the follower`s prayer if the Imam stands for a fifth rak`ah?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our Master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
If the Imam stands up for an extra unit (rak‘ah) of prayer out of forgetfulness, he must return to the sitting position as soon as he remembers, and he should perform the prostration of forgetfulness (Sujud al-Sahw). It is the duty of the congregants (Ma’mumin) behind him to remind him. However, if the Imam is in a state of doubt regarding the extra unit (and not certainty), it is not permissible for him to return.
 
As for the congregants: anyone who is certain that the Imam has stood for an extra unit is forbidden from following him. In this case, the follower has two choices: either intend to separate from the Imam (Mufaraqah) and finish the prayer alone, or wait for the Imam in the sitting position and perform the final salams with him—the latter being the preferred option. If a follower knowingly follows the Imam into an extra unit, their prayer becomes invalid. However, if a follower is in doubt and not certain of the mistake, they must continue following the Imam, as the Imam was appointed to be followed.
 
It is stated in Al-Majmu’ (Vol.4/P.145): 'If [the Imam] stands for a fifth rak‘ah, the follower should not follow him, even if it is assumed that the Imam might have omitted a pillar from a previous unit; because if the reality is known, following him is impermissible since the follower has certainly completed their own prayer. Even if the follower had missed a previous unit (Masbuq) or was in doubt about performing a pillar like the Fatihah, and the Imam stood for the fifth, it is not permissible for the latecomer to follow him in it. This is because we know that this unit is not counted for the Imam and that he is mistaken in performing it.' And Allah the Exalted knows best.

Is it permissible to use unscented petroleum jelly (Vaseline) during ‘Umrah, in order to prevent skin chafing or irritation?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
According to the Shāfi‘ī school, it is permissible for someone in the state of iḥrām to use oils and creams free of perfume/fragrance on parts of the body other than the head and beard, for a genuine medical need — such as preventing skin chafing or irritation. However, applying them to the head or beard remains unlawful.
Shaykh al-Islām, Imam an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), says in al-Majmū‘ (Vol.7/P.279): "Oils are of two types: the first is an oil that is neither perfumed itself nor contains any perfume — such as olive oil, sesame oil, ghee, butter, walnut oil, almond oil, and similar oils. The use of this type is not unlawful anywhere on the body, except on the head and beard — where its use is unlawful without any disagreement [among the scholars]." And Allah, the Exalted, knows best.

Is it incumbent on a husband to pay the alimony of his wife if she had left him and stayed at her parent`s without his permission?

When a wife leaves her house, and stays at her parent`s without asking her husband, she is considered a Nashiz (wife who refuses to abide by her husband’s orders), and so she doesn`t deserve an alimony.

What is the ruling on waiving a debt owed by a debtor and counting it toward zakāh?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Waiving a debt owed by a debtor, with the intention of counting it toward zakāh, does not fulfill the zakāh obligation. Rather, it constitutes an ordinary act of charity, for which Allah rewards the giver generously — since one of the conditions for the validity of zakāh is that the person paying it must form the intention of zakāh at the actual moment the wealth is paid out. In this case, the debt has already been established as a standing obligation upon the borrower, so it is not valid to simply redirect the intention toward zakāh after the fact.
It is preferable, instead, for the creditor to first collect the debt from the debtor, and then return to him the amount of money he is required to pay as zakāh — or a portion of it — if the debtor happens to fall under one of the eight categories that Allah, the Exalted, has commanded be given from zakāh.
It is stated in ‘Umdat as-Sālik, from the books of the Shāfi‘ī school: "If someone gives [money] to a poor person, stipulating that the recipient return it to him in payment of a debt owed to him, or says, 'I am making what you owe me into zakāh, so take it [as such]' — this is not valid. But if he gives it to him with the [unstated] intention that the recipient will use it to repay him, or says, 'Repay what you owe me, so that I may [then separately] give it to you as zakāh,' or the debtor himself says, 'Give it to me, so that I may [then] repay you with it' — this is valid, and there is no binding obligation for the recipient to actually fulfill this [informal understanding]." And Allah, the Exalted, knows best.

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