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Resolution No.(54): "Amending the Act of the Post Office Savings Bank"

Date Added : 27-01-2016

 

Resolution No.(54): "Amending the Act of the Post Office Savings Bank"

Date: 15/8/1422 AH, corresponding to 31/10/2001 AD.

 

The Board has received the following question:

What is the ruling of Sharia on the articles of the post office savings bank act, and any recommended amendments?

After extensive deliberations, the Board decided what follows:

Article (3), Paragraph (B):

(The above savings bank accepts the invested funds, employs them, and gives them back to their owners in accordance with the regulations of this act. It is also allowed to accept funds allocated for investment through a special agreement with the financing party).

The Board is of the view that the following phrase should be added to this paragraph (All of which must adhere to the rules of Islamic Law)

Article (12), Paragraph (B):

(The Board may invite anyone to its meetings for consultation purposes regarding issues presented to it)

The Board is of the view that this article should be amended to read as follows:

(The savings bank has the right to decide investing its reserve, and that the made profits are automatically added to its account, which has accumulated over the years).

The Board is of the view that the word (benefits) stated in this article should be replaced with (profits).

Article (68):

(The Board may, with the approval of the cabinet, lay down the regulations needed for putting the rules of this act into effect).

The Board is of the view that this article should read as follows:

(The Board shall issue the regulations needed for implementing the rules of this act). And Allah Knows Best.

 

Iftaa` Board

Chairman of the Iftaa` Board, Chief Justice, Izz Al-Deen Al-Tamimi
            Dr. Mohammad Abu Yahia
           Dr. Abdulsalam Al-Abbadi
    Dr. Yousef Gheezaan

Dr. Wasif Al-Bakhri
   Sheikh Saeid Hijjawi
       Sheikh Na`eim Mojahid

 

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Summarized Fatawaa

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All praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon our Master, the Messenger of Allah.
Charitable organizations entrusted with slaughtering sacrificial animals (uḍḥiyyah) and distributing their meat on behalf of their owners are obligated to safeguard the meat from spoilage, damage, theft, and any other harm. This is because such organizations act as agents (wukalā') on behalf of those offering the sacrifice, and an agent holds what is entrusted to them in trust (amānah) — whether they receive a wage for their work or act on a voluntary basis.
If the sacrificial animal is damaged after slaughter during the processes of packaging, transportation, or storage due to negligence or oversight — whether on the part of the organization's own staff overseeing the operation, or on the part of third parties contracted by the organization such as transport or shipping companies — then liability falls upon the negligent party, who is required to compensate for the value of the sacrifice. It is not permissible to cover such compensation from the organization's other donor funds.
However, if the damage to the sacrificial animal occurs without any negligence in its preservation and storage on the part of any party involved in the transportation, shipping, or storage process, and is instead attributable to force majeure circumstances beyond their control, then no financial liability is borne by any party in such a case. And Allah Almighty knows best.

How do I deal with whispers (waswasa) in ablution and purification?

Whispers in ablution are from Satan, and the Muslim should not pay attention to them. He is not required to re-perform ablution or repeat washing a limb because of waswasa. He should always base his purification on its being valid. It is recommended for him to frequently say "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), because Satan recoils when Allah is mentioned. And Allah the Almighty knows best.

Does sacrificing one sheep avail for the entire household?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
In Islamic jurisprudence, the sacrifice (Udhiyah) is considered a Communal Sunnah (Sunnah Kifayah) for the members of a single household who share the same financial support.
 
If one member of the household performs the sacrifice—even if they are not the primary breadwinner, such as the wife or one of the children—the religious request is fulfilled on behalf of the entire household. This is similar to the Funeral Prayer (Salat al-Janazah), where the obligation is dropped for the community if some perform it.
 
 While the communal request is satisfied by one person's action, the specific spiritual reward (Thawab) for the act of worship belongs only to the person who sacrificed, unless that individual explicitly intends to include the other family members in the reward.
 
 A single sacrifice also avails for a man who is married to more than one wife. And Allah the Almighty knows best.

Is it obligatory to have the intention for each day of fasting, or is one intention sufficient for the whole month?

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And he also said: "Whoever does not firmly resolve to fast before dawn, there is no fast for him." [At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood, and An-Nasa’i]
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