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  • Ramadan: a call for return and reform- I

    These days, the Muslims around the globe are rightly busy preparing to welcome the noble month of Ramadan. Of this month, Allah Says (what means): “The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it;.. More

  • This is what our predecessors used to do…

    Muslims know the great reward of providing something for the fasting person to break the fast. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “He who provides for the breaking of the fast of another earns the same reward as the one who was observing the fast, without diminishing in any way the reward of the latter.” [Ahmad, At-Tirmithi,.. More

  • Her traveling husband arrived and had sex with her during the last day of Ramadan

    Question: Assalamu alaikum, Dear brothers, please give us the clarification of our queries. I am a married women with one child. Soon after our marriage my husband left me to his working place (another country). Because his leave was shorter. He joined with me after a year on the 30th day of Ramadan. He started the fasting (1st of Ramadan) from where.. More

  • Benefits of Thikr (Mentioning) Allah – IV

    This is the last part of this topic that addresses the benefits of mentioning Allah. The following highlights more of these benefits that the slave will harvest in this world as well as the Hereafter when mentioning Allah: [39] It relieves the person during hardships and difficulties, turning them into ease. Jaabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported.. More

  • Benefits of Thikr (Mentioning Allah) - III

    Continuing with the benefits of mentioning Allah, the following are further benefits that the slave will harvest in this world, as well as the Hereafter, due to mentioning Him: [30] There is a hardness in the heart that cannot be melted except by mentioning Allah the Almighty. Therefore, the slave must treat his hardened heart by mentioning Him. A.. More

  • Benefits of Thikr (Mentioning Allah) - II

    The following are more of the benefits of mentioning Allah that the slave will harvest in this world as well as the Hereafter: [23] The mentioning of Allah plants the trees of Paradise. Ibn Mas`ood, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that Allah's Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said: “I met Ibraaheem, may Allah exalt his mention,.. More

  • Benefits of Thikr (Mentioning Allah) - I

    Allah Says (what means): “Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their.. More

  • Gateways of Goodness in Ramadan-I

    Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it.} [Quran 2:185] Very soon, we are expecting a great month in which Allah The Almighty opens the gates of goodness,.. More

  • Daily supplications of the Prophet

    Question I would really like to know about Sayyiduna Muhammadwhat is the Du'a that everyday he had to say and loved to say, and that helped him through everything everyday? 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 is His slave and Messenger. The Prophetused.. More

  • The mention of Allah with one's heart

    Question Is there a Hadeeth that says that the 'Dhikr of the Heart' (that which the angles cannot hear) earns us Hasanaat 70 times more that the 'Dhikr of the Tongue' (that which the angles can hear?)Please do reply. 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.. More

  • The Way to Perform Voluntary Prayers at Night-IV

    Striving against oneself to perform voluntary prayers at night: This is one of the best means of helping oneself to perform voluntary prayers at night, because human nature is inclined towards wrongdoing, so the one who follows his own inclinations will be led to doom and destruction. Allah The Almighty has commanded us to strive against our own selves... More

  • The Way to Perform Voluntary Prayers at Night-III

    Adhering to the habit of reciting the Athkaar (remembrance) prescribed by the Sharee’ah (Islamic legislation) before going to sleep: These Athkaar are like a fortress which protects a person from the devil, by the permission of Allah The Almighty, and helps him to get up to perform voluntary prayers at night. Among these Athkaar is the one mentioned.. More

  • The Way to Perform Voluntary Prayers at Night-II

    Abu ‘Aasim An-Nabeel said, “Abu Haneefah, may Allah have mercy upon him, used to be called Al-Watad (pole or peg) because he prayed so much." Al-Qaasim ibn Ma’een said, “Abu Haneefah, may Allah have mercy upon him, spent an entire night performing voluntary prayers reciting this verse in which Allah The Almighty Says (what.. More

  • Length of fasting days different due to traveling

    Question: I have known that Ramadan will start in Egypt at Friday 16-11-2001, Now I am in Japan at which the fasting is according to the nearest Islamic country like Malaysia, thus Friday here will be 29th of Shaban. For my case I will go back to Egypt in Ramadan which means that my Fasting will be less than in Egypt by one day. So My Question is:.. More

  • Pardon and Forgiveness in Ramadan

    Pardon means treating the evil doer and those who are mistaken with tolerance and forgiveness, and not punishing him or treating him in the same way he did. Pardon is one of the Attributes of Allah The Almighty and a feature of His methodology. Allah The Almighty describes Himself as "Ever Pardoning and Forgiving", "Pardons much,".. More