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Repentance in Ramadan
Allah Says (what means): {And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers that you might succeed.} [Quran 24:31] And also (what means): {O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance.} [Quran 66:8] Therefore, repentance is not only requested from one who has committed a sin, but rather it is demanded from all people including.. More -
Our Fasting and Theirs
We willingly experience hunger and thirst in this blessed month out of worship and drawing closer to Allah The Almighty. If we worship Allah by abandoning food and drink for one month every year, Allah, the Exalted, knows that there is a considerable number of our fellow Muslims who unwillingly and forcibly experience hunger along the year. The thirst.. More -
Making up a missed fast on Friday alone
Question: salam. its forbiden to fast on friday(only) but can we fast if we are keeping obligatory missed fasts ? jazakAllahukhairan. Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. It is.. More -
11 Good Reasons to Do Good Deeds
Allah The Almighty enjoins us to remember Him frequently and perform good deeds because forgetfulness is a disease that leads to neglecting virtuous deeds. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And indeed We made a covenant with Aadam before, but he forgot, and We found on his part no firm willpower.} [Quran 20:115] One's good deeds should be based.. More -
In Ramadan – For the Youth Only
My young brother and sister, Just a few days ago, we welcomed Ramadan, a blessed month that means a lot to you and us. Like all Muslims, you certainly rejoiced at the advent of this noble month. It pleases me, my dear brother and sister, in this noble month, to offer you the most precious and valuable thing that I have, adopting an approach of frankness.. More -
The Battle of a Lifetime
I have nothing new to say about the merit of fasting and night prayer and the merit of this noble month. Indeed, the vast majority of Muslims possess knowledge about this, making it needless to exert a lot of effort in this area. Rather, it is more appropriate for a person addressing people on this occasion to draw their attention to the fact that.. More -
A New Guest! Is There Anyone Who Can Welcome Him?
It gives us and every Muslim much pleasure to have this guest amongst us. Unfortunately, the time will not be long enough for certain reasons that no one knows except the Knower of the unseen and the Witness (Allah Almighty). We ask Allah, the Most Great, the Benefactor, to help us to honor this guest. Let us get acquainted with him: · Our.. More -
Zakah Al-Fitr is Purification for the Fasting Person and a Means to Please the Poor
Allah, The Exalted, prescribed the obligation of Zakat al-Fitr after the completion of fasting in the blessed month of Ramadan to purify the fasting person from idle and foul speech he did whilst fasting, a means to please the poor, and a tool to revive the spirit of cooperation, solidarity and compassion within the Muslim community. Allah, The Exalted,.. More -
The Situation of the Muslim
By Muhibb Ad-Deen Al-Khateeb We are in Ramadan, a month that is like a yearly alarm clock that invites the people to something other than that to which they are accustomed. It invites us to change our living style and move from the life of comfort and permissibility to a life of extraordinary restrictions and commitment to things by which we do not.. More -
Bleeding and fasting during Ramadan
Question: salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa Barakatu I had an abortion one week ago; by the begining of Ramadan I will be in my second week. Now I have little drops of blood, but I am praying. Shall I fast or not? Please explain, if I only have drops every now and then, not flowing blood. Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds... More -
30 Steps in Sha‘baan to Prepare for Ramadan - IV
20- Perform new acts of worship that you have never done before. For example, recite 1000 verses (that is equal to Part 29 and Part 30 in the Quran) or give a large sum of money as charity, to prepare yourself and be inclined to perform greater acts of worship in Ramadan. 21- Try to attend a funeral prayer then follow it until burial, since doing so.. More -
30 Steps in Sha‘baan to Prepare for Ramadan - III
11- Accustom yourself to spending more time in the Masjid (mosque) after performing congregational prayer to prepare for I‘tikaaf(staying in seclusion in the mosque with the intention of worship) in the last ten days of Ramadan, Allah willing. If you cannot perform full I‘tikaaf, you could prolong your stay in the Masjid, which is also considered.. More -
30 Steps in Sha‘baan to Prepare for Ramadan - II
2- Do not start a deed unless you have a sincere intention. Your deed will not be accepted unless it is done with a sincere intention in accordance with the rulings of the religion (Islam). Therefore, you should learn the rulings of fasting and teach them to your family and acquaintances starting now. 3- Discipline yourself and be committed to righteous.. More -
30 Steps in Sha‘baan to Prepare for Ramadan - I
The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said about Sha‘baan: “That is a month concerning which the people are heedless, between Rajab and Ramadan. It is a month in which good deeds are taken up to the Lord of the worlds, and I would like my deeds to be taken up when I am fasting.” [An-Nasaa’i; Al-Albaani;.. More -
Sha'baan: A Blessed Month that People Neglect - III
It was narrated on the authority of ‘Ikrimah, may Allah have mercy upon him, and other scholars of Tafseer(exegesis) that the verse in which Allah The Exalted Says (what means): {On that night is made distinct every precise matter}[Quran 44:4] refers to the night of mid-Sha’baan. The correct interpretation is that it refers to the Night.. More
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