Would you please answer the following miscellaneous questions?
Question
Respected Mufti Sahib: 1. Is it HALAAL to consume food items which contain the ingredient L-Cystine, that can be derived either synthetically, HUMAN HAIR, and/or Chicken/Duck feathers? 2. Is the financier of a loan based on the concept of Ijara & Diminishing Musharakah, allowed to earn profit, which may equal or exceed the profit earned from an interest bearing loan? 3. If yes, then what is the benefit of obtaining a loan from such an entity, which costs more or less the same as a typical interest bearing loan? 4. What constitutes the permissibility of such a loan in Islam, when in reality the borrower ends up paying more or less the same as with typical interest bearing loan? 5. Does one offers QUSAAR of his/her QADAA-E-UMARI salaat, while traveling to places that are more than 50-miles from his/her place of residence? 6. Is it acceptable to offer one's salaat in a mixed fashion, i.e; perform Qiyaam and Ruku in normal fashion, but perform Sajdah and Tashaud while sitting on a chair, because of physical limitations? 7. Does one HAS to wash the private part after urination, with water using his hands, or simply pouring water over it will suffice? Wa-As-Salaam-O-Alaykum-Wa-Rahmatullahy-Wa-Barakatahoo. Jazakallah-O-Khair, for your prompt response to my questions.
Answer
1) If the L-Cystine is derived from human hair, then it will not be Halaal. If it is derived synthetically or from chicken and duck feathers, then it will be halaal.
2) Yes, he is allowed.to make a profit.
3) Shariat has sactioned it as permissible for a person to make a profit in an Ijaarah or Diminishing Musharakah transaction, whereas receiving or paying of interest is not permissible in Shariat.
4) If the Shari laws are abided by and the different transactions which are found in Ijarah and Dimininshing Musharakah are transacted accordingly, then it will be permissible. It should also be noted that in an interested based transaction there is no risky factor of loss in any way which will make this transaction impermissible. In Ijarah and Diminishing Musharakah there exists the factor of the financier of lessor losing his investment if any calamity has to befall. For more details refer to Mufti Taqi Usmani's book, "Islamic Finance".
5) This depends on whatever the qadaa salaat which is being performed now, did it become qadaa while you were on a journey of more than 48 miles or not. If the qadaa salaat became qadaa on you while you were a musaafir, then you will perform qasar of the qadaa salaat. If the qadaa salaat had become qadaa, that is, at the expiry time of the salaat you were not a musaafir but you were a muqeem, then you will perform the full and complete qadaa salaat eventhoug you are on a journey.
6) If a person due to some excuse is unable to perform sajdah on the ground as normal, thern the ruling is that he is excused from making qiyaam. Therefore he should perform his whole salaat in a sitting position. (Shaami vol.1 pg.445).
7) Merely pouring water over it will suffice if complete purity is attained but one has to remember that 'istibraa' is incumbent on a person. Istibraa is that a person relieves himself to the extent that he is at total peace of mind that no more droplets of impurity are possible to emerge from his private part. This is ususally done by jerking the private part a little with the hand.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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