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Important Rulings for the Fasting Person-I
Matters that invalidate fasting 1- Intentionally eating or drinking invalidates fasting; this also applies to anything that would strengthen or nourish the body if it reaches the abdomen through any means whether via the mouth, nose, a vein, and so on. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - III
… Continued The following are the decisive scientific proofs for the falsehood of this belief and conduct: Verified scientific studies in physiology indicate the fact that the Islamic fast is very easy, during which the body is not exposed to any negative effects: on the contrary, the body receives many benefits which could not be gained without.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - II
… Continued Dr. Chin, an English physician who lived in the 18th century, said, "I do not know what people do in other countries, but we Protestants do not regard excess in consuming food as harmful or detrimental, to the extent that people look down upon their friends who do not eat their fill at every meal.” One of the latest remedies.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - I
Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.} [Quran 2:183] In this Noble Quranic verse, Allah The Almighty tells us that He has ordained fasting and made it an established norm common to all generations of human beings. History books.. More -
Moon Sighting: Between Sharee’ah and Astronomy - II
… Continued Allah The Almighty is aware of the great progress of astronomy in the future. However, He did not consider it crucial in confirming the causes of acts of worship. Allah The Almighty revealed this to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and so he said: "We are an unlettered nation, we neither write nor know calculations... More -
Moon Sighting: Between Sharee’ah and Astronomy - I
Question: What is the Sharee’ah (Islamic legislation) ruling on confirming the beginning of the lunar month by means of astronomical calculations? Answer: Depending on astronomical calculations to confirm the advent of the lunar month implies two grave mistakes. First: It nullifies the Sharee’ah cause on which fasting and breaking.. More -
Will We Really Reach Ramadan?
Only a few days remain until the advent of Ramadan; most people have started sending each other greetings on the occasion of this virtuous month, and the majority has made preparations to receive this noble month. The Mus-hafs (copies of the Quran) have been distributed, the places for prayer have been prepared and fridges are stocked with the customary.. More -
Welcome, Month of Goodness!
Ramadan is around the corner, the great month the Muslims wait for with passion and yearning, with longing and tears -- tears of pleasure at receiving the dearest and most generous of months. It is the month of goodness and mercy, the month of purity and chastity, the month of cleanness and clarity, in which the hearts are cleansed and the souls.. More -
Things That Do Not Invalidate Fasting
1. Wet dreams during the day of fasting do not invalidate the fast, according to the agreement of scholars, because there is no intention there. 2. Involuntary vomiting: because the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever is overpowered by vomiting (while fasting) does not have to make up for that day.” 3. This.. More -
Ramadan: A Great Opportunity to Achieve Taqwa - III
… Continued According to some scholars fasting is a secret between the slave and his Lord. Some of them even believed that fasting is a secret whose essence no human being knows. A fasting person may break his fast in seclusion away from people’s eyes, but a true believer fasts out of sincere faith and hoping for the rewards of his Lord... More -
Ramadan: A Great Opportunity to Achieve Taqwa - II
… Continued Let us consider the holy month of Ramadan a starting point to pursue piety. Indeed, piety is the optimal clothing [of the soul]. Allah The Exalted Says (what means): • {…the clothing of piety - that is best.} [Quran 7:26] • {Indeed, the pious will be among gardens and rivers,* In a seat of honor near a Sovereign,.. More -
Ramadan Contest!
The season of glad tidings, which brings the greatest joy to the hearts of the believers is near. It brings the universal competition that starts with the first night in the month of Ramadan and ends with its last night. Get ready for the greatest opportunity and the most blessed season in the whole year. It is the great competition that was proclaimed.. More -
Merits of Fasting
Fasting is one of the greatest and most glorious acts of worship that draws one closer to Allah The Almighty. It is the practice of the righteous and pious, which purifies the soul and edifies one's moral character. It is the school of piety and the house of guidance. Whoever enters it with a true intention, following the example of the Prophet, sallallaahu.. More -
I'tikaaf and the Positive Leap
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said, “The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention), would observe I‘tikaaf every year (during Ramadan) for ten days; in the year in which he passed away, he observed I‘tikaaf for twenty days.” [Al-Bukhari].. More -
In Ramadan: Why Do They Weep And I Do Not?
One of the causes of prosperity and success in both religious and worldly affairs is to be honest with oneself, and not to seek false excuses until the time death strikes a person by surprise, and he feels regretful at a time when regrets will be of no profit to him. No doubt, the virtue of weeping out of fear of Allah The Almighty is great. It is.. More
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