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How to Contact the Ifta’ Department

Ways to communicate with al-Ifta’ Department and its offices in the governorates

Regional Office

Telephone

 

Amman

 

06/2000166

 

 

Irbid

 

06/2000166

5137

Ar-Ramtha

 

06/2000166

5119

 

DairAbiSa’eed

 

06/2000166

5129

 

Al-Zarqa

 

06/2000166

5115

Al-Mafraq

 

06/2000166 

5114

Jarash

 

06/2000166 

5118

Ajloun

 

06/2000166

5113

Al-Balqa’a

 

06/2000166

5108

DairAlaa

 

06/2000166

5124

 

Madaba

 

06/2000166 

5125

Al-Karak

 

06/2000166 

5111

Al-Tafila

 

06/2000166 

5123

Ma’an

 

06/2000166 

5121

Al-Aqapa

 

06/2000166 

5122

The department’s email

[email protected]

 

 

General Ifta’

 

P.O.Box of the General Ifta’ Department: Jabal al Husain P.O.Box (922607) Zip Code (11192)

SMS Service

 

 

Through E. Government

Press 122, leave a space, write your question, then send to number 94444

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Summarized Fatawaa

Can someone who begins a voluntary fast break it?

It is preferable for someone who begins an act of worship not to break it.
Allah the Exalted has said {what means}: "and let not your [good] deeds come to nought!" [Muhammad/33].
However, if a person starts a voluntary fast (nafl) and needs to break it, they are going against what is preferable, but there is no sin upon them.

What is the ruling on mentioning Allah`s name upon slaughtering an animal?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
It is Sunnah for the slaughterer to say at the time of sacrificing the Udhiyah: (Bismillah - In the name of Allah); due to the saying of the Almighty: "So eat of that [meat] upon which the name of Allah has been mentioned" [Al-An'am/118]. It is not obligatory; if one leaves it out intentionally or forgetfully, the consumption of the meat remains permissible. And Allah the Almighty knows best.

 
What is the ruling on someone who eats or drinks while uncertain about the arrival of dawn, then later finds out that dawn had not yet broken?

If a person does this, their fast remains valid, as it is confirmed that they ate during the night. Similarly, if someone eats while uncertain and remains unsure whether they ate before or after dawn, their fast is still valid. This is based on the maxim of Sharia Law, which states: "Certainty is not removed by doubt." Certainty, here, is the presence of night, and the doubt concerns the arrival of dawn. Therefore, one relies on certainty and disregards doubt.

If someone starts the day sick or traveling while fasting, is it permissible for them to break their fast?

● A sick person who finds fasting difficult is allowed to break their fast, whether they began the day fasting or not.
● As for a traveler:
○ If they were still at home at dawn and then traveled after Fajr (dawn), they must continue fasting unless they experience extreme hardship, in which case they may break their fast.
○ However, if they were already traveling when dawn broke—meaning they had left their town before Fajr—then they are permitted to break their fast. This is what the Prophetﷺ did during the year of the conquest (of Makkah).