Sunday 12/October/2025 – 12:58 PM
The Egyptian Fatwa House continued to hold its fatwa councils in a number of mosques across the governorates of the Republic, in cooperation and coordination with the Ministry of Endowments, as part of its ongoing efforts to spread correct religious awareness and clarify the legal rulings.
This week, the councils discussed a topic entitled: “Rules for Dealing with the Noble Qur’an and Reciting the Holy Qur’an,” with the participation of an elite group of fatwa secretaries at the House, and in the presence of a wide audience of worshipers and students of knowledge who interacted with the issues raised through questions and discussions.
In Cairo, Dr. Khaled Omran, Secretary of Fatwa at the Egyptian Fatwa House, began the series of fatwa councils at his council held in the Mosque of Our Master Al-Hussein, where he discussed the rulings on carrying and reading the Qur’an, explaining the differences between recitation from the Qur’an and recitation by heart, and the ruling on menstruating women reciting the Qur’an. He also touched on other issues in the jurisprudence of zakat when money increases in the middle of the year, and the rulings on recitation without Tajweed, stressing the necessity of combining science. By the Qur’an And work with it.
In the Mosque of Sayyida Nafisa, may God be pleased with her, His Eminence Sheikh Sayed Fariq, Secretary of Fatwa at Dar Al-Iftaa, held a scientific council in which he discussed the rulings on the impurity, menstruating, and postpartum women touching the Qur’an, the ruling on reading from the Qur’an without purity, and reading the Qur’an from a mobile phone. His Eminence answered the audience’s questions that dealt with dealing with financing companies, the ruling on Hajj in installments, and how to repent from sins, stressing that the purposes of Sharia call for facilitating and removing embarrassment from people in their worship and transactions.
In Bilal Mosque in Mokattam, His Eminence Dr. Mahmoud Shalabi, Secretary of Fatwa at Dar Al-Iftaa, held a fatwa council in which he discussed the types of impurity and the provisions of purity related to it, explaining the difference between major and minor impurity and the rulings on washing and ablution that result from them.
He also answered a number of questions from the audience that revolved around the provisions of tayammum, dealing with cases of obsession with purity, the ruling on magic and ways to prevent it, stressing at the conclusion of the council the importance of purity as a condition for the validity of acts of worship and a manifestation of glorifying the rituals of God.
Within the framework of the councils held in the capital’s mosques, the Lady Fatima al-Nabawiyah Mosque, may God be pleased with her, witnessed a similar scientific council held by His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Awadhi, Secretary of Fatwa at the Fatwa House, in which the conversation revolved around the etiquette of reciting the Holy Qur’an and the provisions of purity related to it. His Eminence also answered the various questions of the attendees about the virtue of recitation and its effect on purifying the soul.
The Jurisprudence and Fatwa Council was also held at the Tariq Bin Ziyad Mosque in Shorouk City in the presence of His Eminence Sheikh Sharif Hashem, Secretary of Fatwa at Dar Al-Iftaa, who discussed the rulings on reading from the Qur’an during prayer, reading from the Qur’an during prayer, reading from the Qur’an by menstruating women, borrowing the Qur’an from the mosque, the ruling on swearing by the Qur’an, and how Muslims deal with the worn Qur’an, stressing the necessity of venerating the word of God Almighty and protecting it from disrespect.
At Al-Firdaws Mosque in May 15th City, His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Khalifa Hammam, Secretary of Fatwa at Dar Al-Iftaa, lectured, with the participation of His Eminence Sheikh Hani Al-Suwaidi from the Ministry of Endowments, where they discussed the provisions related to carrying and reciting the Qur’an, in addition to questions about the jurisprudence of worship, transactions, inheritance, and funeral provisions.
As for Zone 3 Mosque in Dar Misr Al-Andalus in the Fifth Settlement, His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Abdel-Halim Khattab, Secretary of Fatwa at Dar Al-Iftaa, moderated a fatwa council in which he discussed the rulings on touching the Qur’an for the one who is in a state of impurity or impurity, the treatment of blind people with the Qur’an in Braille, and the ruling on the electronic Qur’an and swearing by it, with the participation of the imam of the mosque, His Eminence Sheikh Islam Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, who stressed the necessity of glorifying the Book of God and ensuring the spread of the etiquette of its recitation among people. Emerging.
These councils come within the framework of the Egyptian Fatwa House’s keenness to enhance direct communication with citizens in various governorates, spread the correct moderate understanding of the Holy Qur’an and its provisions, and clarify legal concepts in a way that keeps pace with the purposes of Islamic law and enhances the values of moderation, facilitation, and positive interaction with people’s issues. These councils are scheduled to continue periodically as part of Dar Al-Fatwa’s plan to disseminate rational Islamic knowledge and consolidate the connection between the religious institution and the public.
