With the sighting of the crescent of Rajab, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) would anticipate and begin preparations for the month of Ramadhan. This is two months in advance! People “live to see” various accomplishments in their lives, but a Believer “lives for” and yearns to witness sacred days like these. Rajab Du’a Sayyiduna Anas Ibn Malik (radiyallahu’anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) would recite the following supplication when the Month of Rajab would commence: اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَناَ فِيْ رَجَبٍ وَشَعْبانَ وَبَلّغْنَا رَمَضَانْ Allahumma baarik lanaa fee Rajaba wa Sha’bana......

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By Mufti Taqi Usmani Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months about which the Holy Quran says, “The number of the months according to Allah is twelve (mentioned) in the Book of Allah on the day He created heavens and the earth. Among these (twelve months) there are four sanctified.” These four months, according to the authentic traditions, are Dhul-Qa’dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab. All the commentators of the Holy Quran are unanimous on this point, because the......

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By: Mufti Faraz ibn Adam Source: http://www.ilmgate.org/ The great Hanafi faqih (jurist) Imam Ibn al-Humam mentions: “Sadaqat al-Fitr is compulsory upon every free Muslim.” (Sharh Fath al-Qadir, 2:285) The Evidence All the scholars base their opinion on the following ahadith: ‘Abd Allah Ibn ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates, “The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) enjoined the payment of one sa’ of dates or one sa’ of barley as Zakat al-Fitr on every Muslim slave or free, male or female, young or old, and he ordered that it......

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By Khalid Baig POSTED: 19 SHA’BAN 1423, 26 OCTOBER 2002 We observe Ramadan every year. Do we also listen to it? Ramadan is the most important month of our calendar. It is a tremendous gift from Allah in so many ways. In our current state of being down and out, it can uplift us, empower us, and turn around our situation individually and collectively. It is the spring season for the garden of Islam when dry grass can come back to life and flowers bloom. But these benefits are not promised for lifeless and thoughtless rituals......

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1. KEEPING APPOINTMENTS, DELAYS AND CANCELLATION In the first verse of Surat Al-Mai’da, Allah called upon the believers ‘O’ you the Believers, fulfill your promises.’ In Surat Maryam Allah also praised Prophet Ismail may peace be upon him ‘He was true to his promise. He was a Messenger and a Prophet.’ To keep an appointment is vital to our lives, since time is the most precious commodity, once wasted it could not be replaced. If you made an appointment, whether to a friend, colleague or for business you should do your utmost......

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By Muhammad Fathi Did the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) say anything about saving our planet? Did he promote any ideas or practices relevant to the world’s growing concern about the future of the earth and its resources? Below is a collection of the Prophet’s Ahadith Plant a tree even if it is your last deed: 1. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If the Hour (the day of Resurrection) is about to be established and one of......

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From Aboo Hurairah radiyallaahu anhu who said that I heard Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu ?alaihi wa sallam, say: “There are seven whom Allaah will shade in His shade on the Day when there is no shade except His shade. A just ruler; a youth who grew up in the worship of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic; a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love each other for Allaah’s sake, meeting for that and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and position,......

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ?alayhi wa sallam, said, what translated means, “A sign of one’s excellence in his Islam, is ignoring what does not concern him.” Related by Ahmad, Malik & At-Tirmithi The Status of this Hadith Ibn Rajab said, “This Hadith is a basic and an important source of good behavior in Islam.” Mohammad ibn Zayd, a great scholar of the Maliki Mathhab, said, “Four Hadiths comprise a perfect code of conduct. One of them is, ‘Whoever believes in Allah......

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BATHING * SALAT AL-JANAZAH * BURIAL * TA`ZIYAH * INHERITANCE & ESTATES * ISAL AL-THAWAB * WILLS &TESTAMENTS Source: http://daruliftaa.net/~dar60/index.php/articles/burial BEFORE DEATH The person on his deathbed should be turned to his right side facing the Qiblah. It is also permissible to lie him on his back and to raise his head slightly to face the Qiblah. The words of Shahadah should be proclaimed near him for him to hear and thus indirectly prompt him to proclaim it too. This is called Talqin. However, he should not be instructed and compelled to recite it. It is Mustahab (desirable) for the......

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By Shaykh Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh Muharram, the first month of the Islāmic calendar, is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Glorious Qur’ān: Lo! The number of the months with Allāh is twelve months by Allāh’s Ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them…(9:36) The specification of these four sacred months is stated in a hadīth narrated by Abū Bakrahradhiyallāhu ‘anhu that Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said, “Verily......

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