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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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If a woman becomes pure from menstruation before the Fajr Adhan in Ramadan, is she required to fast?

If a woman becomes pure (from menstrual period) before the Fajr Adhan, she must fast, as the impediment preventing her from fasting has been removed. The Sharia maxim in this regard states: "When the impediment is removed, the obligation returns."
She should then make the intention to fast before Fajr and perform ghusl (ritual purification) for prayer, whether before or after Fajr.

What is the ruling on the fasting of a woman who has reached menopause if menstrual blood flows?

If a woman reaches the age of menopause (which is usually sixty-two) and her menses have ceased, then she sees blood after that, and its duration is not less than a day and a night (24 hours), it is menstruation (hayd). If it is less than a day and a night, she is considered as having non-menstrual vaginal bleeding (mustahada), so she fasts and prays. However, she must perform ablution for every obligatory prayer after its time enters, pray immediately, and be treated as a person with a continuous condition. There is no specific end limit for a woman's menstruation; it is possible as long as the woman is alive. And Allah the Almighty knows best.

What is the ruling on discharging one's zakāh obligation through the provision of a specific benefit (manfa‘ah) — such as performing a surgical operation for a patient, or providing housing to a tenant, and counting the value of this service as zakāh?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
It is obligatory to pay zakāh from the actual asset (‘ayn al-māl) upon which zakāh is due, except in the case of zakāh on trade goods ('urūḍ at-tijārah), which is paid based on their monetary value. In all cases, zakāh must be given in the form of tamlīk (a full transfer of ownership), based on the words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic (which mean): "Zakāh expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy, and for those employed to collect [zakāh], and for bringing hearts together [for Islam], and for freeing captives [or slaves], and for those in debt, and for the cause of Allah, and for the [stranded] traveler — an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise" [at-Tawbah/60]. The letter "lām" (لِ) in this verse — as in "lil-fuqarā'" ("for the poor") — indicates possession/ownership (lām al-milk).
It is not permissible to fulfill one's zakāh obligation by providing a benefit or service (manfa‘ah) — such as housing, education, or medical treatment — in place of the zakāh itself. This is because zakāh must be paid as wealth (māl) that is transferred into the ownership of the poor recipient, whereas such services are intangible benefits that are not, in themselves, capable of being formally transferred in ownership (ghayr qābilah lit-tamlīk). And Allah, the Exalted, knows best.

What is the ruling of Islamic Law on saying the basmalah at the beginning of wudu`?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah.
Saying the basmalah (Bismillāh) at the beginning of wuḍūʾ is a sunnah. It is stated in al-Minhāj al-Qawīm Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah al-Ḥaḍramiyyah (p. 27): “Its sunnahs include the siwāk, then the tasmiyah (saying Bismillāh), joined with the intention (niyyah), at the start of washing the hands.” And Allah Almighty knows best.

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