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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...