Fatwa #3714112 November 2016South Africa
Does a traveller have to pray Jumu’ah? Is there any Shari’ah compliant car insurance (Amanah Insurance)? Is there any Shari’ah compliant provident/pension fund?
Question
Salaams,
I have 3 questions.
1) InshaAllah my family and I will be going away for a 3 day holiday in December (approxmiately 300km away from home). We return on a Friday (in order to read Jummuah, either en route home or at a mosque in the area where I reside). However we are considering extending our holiday by an extra day (this means that I will need to perform Jummuah on the Friday). There does not seem to be any mosques in the area where we will InshaAllah be. Can I read Zuhr instead on the Friday OR should I return home on the Friday to InshaAllah read Jummuah on the way home in one of the mosques.
2) I intend to switch my car insurance to a shariah compliant one. Do you have any recommendations? Is ammanah insrurance (with Zurich) halaal? Their link is here.
3) I also InshaAllah intend to switch my pension/provident fund to a halaal one. Do you have any recommendations?
JazakaAllah Khair.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
We take note of the multiple queries in your question. Hereunder are the answers:
- Since you are a Shar’i Musafir (a traveler according to Shari’ah), you are not obliged to perform Jumu’ah. Thus, you do not have to return early to perform Jumu’ah and you may perform Zuhr instead.[1]
- We are unable to recommend any car insurance company as the Darul Iftaa has not certified any car insurance company as Shari’ah compliant.[2]
We cannot comment on the Shari’ah compliancy of Ammanah Insurance as of yet. You may send all related documents to admin@daruliftaa.net in order for us to issue a ruling on its Shari’ah compliancy.
- We are unable to recommend any pension/provident fund as the Darul Iftaa has not certified any pension/provident fund as Shari’ah compliant.[3] We are in the process of certifying a Shari’ah compliant pension fund. We will make a public announcement on that.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz
Student Darul Iftaa
Baltimore, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References
- 26894.
- 15644.