TIMESTAMPS

00:10 – Items on the agenda

00:15 – Different organizations have different values for ṣadaqat al-fiṭr

00:42 – Ramaḍān does not hold connection with zakāh

00:52 – Some issues about zakāh (to be discussed)

01:17 – History of moonsighting in the Cape

01:40 – ʿĪd al-aḍḥā with Makkah

01:58 – How to deal with masājid that go for calculation

02:40 – Look for the moon after twenty-nine days have passed

03:00 – Factors to consider in moonsighting

03:28 – Views regarding relying on sighting or calculation

03:58 – How does a claim of shahādah work

04:12 – Position of al-Imām Taqiyy al-Dīn al-Subkī

04:30 – Calculations are qaṭʿī while ruʾyah is ẓannī

04:53 – When a claim of ruʾyah is scientifically and physically possible, it should not be set aside

04:58 – The four criterion that confirm ruʾyah

08:37 – Back projecting inference on second and third night has no base in the Sharīʿāh

08:54 – Perfecting the intention the moment one decides to go study dīn

09:10 – Second point: Where is knowledge received from?

09:20 – The sources of knowledge

09:28 – Embarking upon knowledge

10:15 – In contemporary times, different experiments have been done

11:21 – There is much greater uniformity when it comes to ruʾyah

11:30 – The moon sighting is being politicised by countries and their allies

12:02 – The instabilities of systems and politicisation of it is creating disunity

12:30 – Deceiving ourselves about unity

12:56 – There has been differences on moon sighting since the Prophet’s time

13:42 – Learn to live with ikhtilāf

14:05 – Places closer to the poles and ṣalāh times

17:23 – General invalidators of the fast (mufṭirāt)

17:30 – Mufṭirāt of a contemporary nature

17:44 – Mainstream definition and ʿillah in mufṭirāt

18:45 – Alternative approach within Ḥanbalī school

19:34 – Defining the ʿayn and jawf according to alternative

20:15 – How to deal with asthma pump

21:04 – Ruling from the mainstream perspective

21:14 – Beginning of the jawf

21:40 – Illness is a valid excuse for not fasting

21:50 – Reasoning of alternative view

22:36 – Dealing with ikhtilāf

23:26 – Stages of fatwā

23:55 – Qaḍāʾ out of caution

24:36 – Female medical examination

25:23 – Dialysis treatments and fasting

26:13 – Rule for menstruating Women

26:16 – Qaḍāʾ of missed days and the six days of Shawwāl

28:30 – Zakāt al-fiṭr

31:40 – Zakāt al-fiṭr

31:58 – Timings

32:05 – Quantity (volume)

32:29 – Factors to consider

33:19 – Is it practical to give it in kind?

34:08 – The view of Mawlānā Yūsuf Karaan

34:40 – History of adopting the Ḥanafī view of giving fiṭrah in cash in the Cape

35:05 – Measurement of a ṣāʿ

37:04 – Borrowing the view of the Ḥanafiyyah allowing giving in cash

37:08 – Al-Imām al-Bukhārī’s view

37:39 – Challenge with taking Ḥanafī view

38:39 – Reason for taking the view of al-Thawrī

39:37 – Giving a part of ṣadaqat al-fiṭr

40:18 – Social dimension of ṣadaqat al-fiṭr

40:29 – Educating communities on zakāh

42:48 – Consequences of delaying ṣadaqat al-fiṭr

44:41 – Probable abuse of funds

45:32 – Paying fiṭrah at Pick n Pay or Shoprite or any other supermarket

47:37 – Using ṣadaqat al-fiṭr for the salary of an imām

49:50 – Continuation on zakāh

50:01 – Determining niṣāb

51:28 – Niṣāb and nature of paper currency

52:38 – Departure from gold standard in 1977 and inclusion of paper currency for zakāh

53:54 – The view of what is most advantageous for the recipients

54:21 – The view of the Shāfiʿī school is on muwāsāt limit (the capacity to assist someone else)

55:14 – Niṣāb of commodities

55:52 – The considered position for paper currency in this context is the niṣāb of gold

56:30 – The obligation will apply for gold

56:49 – Zakāh on invested funds

57:05 – Retirement annuities

58:29 – Different approaches

59:36 – The Mālikī view can apply to middle/low income groups

1:02:30 – Questions

1:02:42 – Undesirable recipients

1:03:32 – Definition of a faqīr and miskīn

1:04:20 – Determining the ghārim

1:06:20 – Zakāh organizations – do they fulfill the role of a governmental appointed ʿāmil?

1:07:21 – Respecting the opposing viewpoint

1:09:17 – Question on a woman taking medication to alter her menstrual cycle and fiṭrah related questions

1:15:57 – A person on dialysis during Ramaḍān – qaḍāʾ or fidyah?

1:17:12 – Debt and how it affects zakāh

1:19:20 – More contemporary mufṭirāt

1:24:16 – Question on Quran classes

1:25:23 – The need to educate public about ṭalāq

1:26:56 – Awareness about clinical depression

1:28:50 – Muslims as a minority

1:33:40 – Jews enjoyed the best living situations under Muslim rule

1:35:36 – Regarding a woman with an extended menstrual cycle coupled with severe asthma

1:36:54 – Does fiat currency qualify as a separate category of wealth?

1:38:38 – Mixing of zakāh and ṣadaqat al-fiṭr funds

1:39:36 – Ṣadaqat al-fiṭr for missed years

1:40:19 – Selling food to non-Muslims during fasting time in Ramaḍān

1:40:57 – Challenge of applying textbook cases in minority situations

1:42:23 – A woman who passes away before an opportunity to make qaḍāʾ of missed fasts

1:43:15 – Fidyah and fasting for deceased family members

1:44:00 – Fatwā on radio station about combining other sunnah fasts

1:44:52 – Dealing with multiple views available on different platforms

1:48:01 – Question about the need for explaining to public what a fatwā actually is

1:49:01 – Concluding remarks