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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 of Islamic Law on a latecomer who joins the imam during the standing position of the first rakʿah but was unable to complete the recitation of al-Fātiḥah?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
If a latecomer (masbuq) joins the prayer while the imam is standing, he should begin reciting Sūrat al-Fātiḥah immediately, without pausing to recite the opening supplication (duʿāʾ al-istiftāḥ) or the seeking of refuge (taʿawwudh). If the imam bows before he completes al-Fātiḥah, he follows the imam into the bow and leaves whatever remains of al-Fātiḥah — the imam bears it on his behalf.
It is stated in ʿUmdat al-Sālik (p. 47): "If a latecomer finds the imam standing and is confident that he has enough time to recite the taʿawwudh and al-Fātiḥah in full, he may do so. If he is uncertain, he should neither recite the opening supplication nor the taʿawwudh, but rather begin directly with al-Fātiḥah. If the imam bows before he completes it, he follows him into the bow — provided he had not already begun the opening supplication or the taʿawwudh. If he had begun either of them, he continues reciting al-Fātiḥah for as long as he spent on them." And Allah the Almighty knows best.

Is "Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm" a verse (āyah) of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah?

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
The basmalah ("Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm") is, without question, a verse (āyah) of the Noble Qur'an, and according to the Shāfi‘ī school, it constitutes a verse of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah itself. Al-Fātiḥah is a pillar of the prayer, and it consists of seven verses, of which the basmalah is one. The prayer is not valid without reciting it, nor if any of the Fātiḥah's verses, letters, or shaddahs (consonant doublings) are omitted or altered.
It is stated in Bushrā al-Karīm (Vol.1/p.202), from the books of the Shāfi‘ī school: "The basmalah is a complete verse of it [i.e., of al-Fātiḥah] in practice — and it suffices, for this to be established, that there be strong probability (ẓann), especially given that this has come very close to certainty (yaqīn), due to the consensus (ijmā‘) of the Companions on its inclusion in the muṣ-ḥaf [the written text of the Qur'an] in its script, despite their extreme diligence in excluding from it anything that did not genuinely belong to it — to the point that they even [carefully regulated] its diacritical dots and vowel markings." And Allah, the Exalted, knows best.

What is the virtue of Laylat al-Qadr?

It is enough to know its great status that Allah revealed an entire surah about it—Surah Al-Qadr. Moreover, the Quran was first revealed on this night.
Allah says {what means}:
"We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand: Peace!... This until the rise of morn!" [Al-Qadr/1-5]
The Prophet ﷺ taught us to observe I‘tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan, seeking Laylat al-Qadr. Whoever worships Allah and revives this night will receive the reward of worshiping for a thousand months—excluding Laylat al-Qadr itself.

Does the fast become invalid if water from rinsing the mouth reaches the stomach while performing ablution?

If water reaches the stomach without the fasting person exceeding normal rinsing or being excessive, their fast remains valid.
However, if they exceed the normal practice or exaggerate in rinsing, causing water to enter the stomach, their fast is invalid.
This is because excessiveness in rinsing is prohibited for a fasting person, as the Prophetﷺ said: "Exaggerate inhaling water during ablution, except when you are fasting." [Narrated by the Four Imams]
Transgression (Ta‘addi) refers to rinsing the mouth more than three times, while exaggeration (Mubalaghah) includes gargling, drawing water deep into the nasal passages, or filling the mouth with water in an unusual manner.

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