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Do I need to give 2 Qurbanis if I am employed for 11000/- salary and have a wife and 5 children and my wife has 7 Thola of gold?

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Jamia Binoria
Assalmu Alaikum I am emplyed for (a salary of) 11000/- and have wife and 5 children. Wife has 7 Thola of gold. I do one Qurbani but a Molvi says me to do Qurban for wife also whereas wife too is looked after by me. Do I really have to give 2 Qurbanis? May Allah reward you.

الجواب حامدا و مصلیا

In this situation if the wife of the questioner possesses apart from her basic necessities, clothes, equipments and things etc in addition to the referred seven tolas of gold, she will be considered as a Sahib e Nisab (one who has resources) to execute Qurbani, Sadaqa e Fithr etc due to which offering of Qurbani becomes Wajb upon herself as well, and not otherwise. Now if the questioner wishes to offer Qurbani on behalf of his wife it is also permissible, or else, it would remain Wajib on her. She would become a sinner by abandoning it and not the questioner. Therefore it i s necessary for the questioner and his wife to be vigilant in executing Qurbani and Sadaqa e Fithr. However in a situation where the wife is Sahib e Nisab and the questioners is not so then Qurbani does not become Wajib upon him.

This Q&A was indexed from the official english fatwa portal of Jamia Binoria. It is an Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Pakistan.

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