The Press Release on the Attack Against two Mosques in New Zealand

The Press Release on the Attack Against two Mosques in New Zealand
2019/03/19

Surely, we are Allah’s, and surely to Him we shall return.

A group of xenophobic terrorists attacked Muslims who were praying in two mosques in New Zealand, in which around 50 innocent civilian Muslims were killed and more than 40 injured.

We condemn this act of terrorism, which has arisen from malicious xenophobia, and we call upon relevant parties to the following:
Firstly, the protection of the mosques and Islamic institutions and places of worship, and ensuring their right to safely and securely worship and practice their rituals of faith.

Secondly, to stand up against this xenophobic thinking which is another face of terrorism, and to follow up on those parties who are feeding it and supporting it, and to punish them appropriately, taking into regard the vicious crimes that have arisen from such hatred.

We pay our condolences to the families of the victims, and to all the Muslims living those lands, and we supplicate to the Almighty to heal hastily those injured and wounded, for He is the Most Merciful.

And there is no power and no might, save that of God’s.

Day Questions

Can I pray with my leather belt?

If the animal is slaughtered in a non-Muslim country then its leather is Najis unless the slaughterer was a Muslim in that country. Praying while wearing Najis things invalidates the prayer.

I was doing the Taqleed of a scholar who says that if I do a certain action I must pay a kaffara. I did the action, but before paying the kaffara I did more research and switched to your taqleed. After reading your rulings, I found that you do not require a kaffara to be paid. In such a case, do I act on your ruling and not pay, or am I still obligated to do so?

A Kaffara is not obligatory in the said case.

In prostration, is it obligatory that only the big toes should be on the ground, not the smaller ones, so we should lift up the smaller toes?

It is sufficient that the tip of the big toe is placed on the ground in prostration.

Most of the time while performing prayers of four rak'a, I forget which rak'a I was performing, whether it was the third or the fourth. In such a situation what can I do?

You should assume it is the fourth rak'a. And after finishing the prayer with Tasleem, you should perform a prayer of one rak'a - as the prayer of precaution - in which only Surah al-Fatiha is recited, and then you bow down, prostrate twice, and end with Tashahhud and Tasleem. Alternatively, you can perform this prayer as explained in two rak'as while in the sitting position.

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