About Us
Our Purpose
Darul Iftāʾ Miami provides a service through which any Muslim can ask questions about acts of worship and the wider matters of daily life, and receive religious advice on how to carry out that action correctly.
Darul Iftāʾ Miami is a local South Florida service, providing religious and spiritual guidance for Muslims living in South Florida.
Our Higher Aim
Beyond answering the question itself, our aim is that every Muslim is advised in a way that helps them fulfil the responsibilities, rituals and requirements set for them by Allah the Almighty, and that they do so with good character, holding themselves to a higher moral standard in every act of worship and in every part of life.
The Ḥanafī Madhhab
The fatāwā on this website are given according to the Ḥanafī madhhab: the understanding of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, his companions and those who succeeded them.
The Mufti
Mufti Ubaydah Badat is a graduate of the ʿĀlimiyyah programme at Darul Uloom Blackburn (Jāmiʿatul ʿIlm wal Hudā), and has spent time in the company of many auspicious shuyūkh, including his father, Shaykh Zakaria Badat; his great-uncle, Mufti Musa Badat Sahib (raḥimahullāh); Mufti Abdul Samad Ahmed, Mufti Shabbir Ahmed, Mawlana Ayyub Surti, Mufti Hanif Patel, Mufti Asim Patel, Shaykh Tabraze Azam and Mufti Faraz Adam.
He is a qualified Mufti who graduated in 2024 from Dār al-Iftāʾ Muʿādh ibn Jabal in Leicester, United Kingdom, under the tutelage of Mufti Faraz Adam, Shaykh Tabraze Azam and Mufti Asim Patel.
Mufti Ubaydah has lived full-time in South Florida for the past several years, where he teaches and leads numerous programmes for the Muslim community. All fatāwā on this website are answered by him.
How a Fatwa is Written
Every fatwa follows the same structure:
- Question: the query, stated clearly.
- Short Answer: the ruling in one or two lines.
- Explanation: the answer explained in numbered sections, drawn from the Ḥanafī sources.
- Wisdom of the Ruling (Ḥikmah): the wisdom behind the ruling.
- References: the full texts of the sources, in the original Arabic or Urdu.
Disclaimer
The answers published by Darul Iftāʾ Miami are religious advice only. Each answer is based solely on the information provided in the question, and may not apply where the circumstances differ.
Darul Iftāʾ Miami accepts no liability or responsibility for any action taken, or not taken, on the basis of its answers. Our answers are not legal, medical, financial or other professional advice.
What we convey is offered sincerely, in the hope that it helps the questioner in their relationship with Allah subḥānahu wa taʿālā.
We ask Allah subḥānahu wa taʿālā to accept Darul Iftāʾ Miami, to accept it as a service, and to place barakah in it. آمين