Rules of Fasting • Allah said in sooratul Maa’idah, 27: قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ The verse means that Allah accepts the good deeds offered by Muslims who refrain from associating a partner with Allah. Those are the Muslims who fear Allah’s punishment by fulfilling the obligatory doings which Allah made incumbent upon them and refraining from the sinful…
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The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to say in his du’aa’ اللهم اني اعوذ بك من العجز والكسل, that is he was teaching his nation to ask Allah for protection from misunderstanding. This is one meaning of العجز. Some people also mixed between the schools and deviated. Hence, abide by what you learned and the school you were taught…
Time for fasting Ramadan The Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: صوموا لرؤيته، وافطروا لرؤيته، فأن غم ّ عليكم فأكملوا عدة شعبان ثلاثين • Based on this hadith, Muslims have to seek sighting the moon (crescent) on the twenty ninth (29th) of Sha`baan. If they see it they will fast the next day. However if they could not see the…
Fasting Ramadan in Islam • Allah said in sooratul Baqarah, 183: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ Thus, fasting Ramadan is an obligation incumbent upon every Muslim and pubescent, male or female. • Fasting days other than Ramadan is optional fasting and one is rewarded as he/she is rewarded for doing…
Fasting and Ramadan • Fasting Ramadan is an obligation and is one of the five most important matters of Islam: Professing no one is God except Allah, praying the five obligatory prayers, paying zakah by the obligated person, fasting Ramadan and performing hajj by the capable person. • It is an enormous sin to neglect fasting a day of Ramadan…
The Naqshabandiyyah are known that they are strong in saying the truth. Both Imam ar‑Rifa^iyy and Shaykh ^Abdul Qadir al-Jaylaniyy said, “If you hear someone, even if he was a shaykh, contradicting the rules of the Religion, then give him advice. If he accepts, then this is good. If he does not accept, then leave him and follow the rules…
The Attributes of the Prophets Nubuwwah النبوة with double و means to convey from Allah, ta^ala and An-nabwah النبوة means highness. Both terms are derived from an-Naba’ النبأ which means the piece of news. These terms refer to Prophet-hood. So, who is an-Nabiyy? It is he who conveys from Allah, ta^ala. By the set up of the Arabic language, this…
I start with the name of Allah, praise to Him. Thereafter, Allah said in the Qur’an, in Surat-al An^am—,ayah 1 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورَ ۖ which means: Praise be to Allah, the One who created the skies and the earth and created the darkness and the light. In this verse, Allah mentioned the skies and…
Arrogance (kibr), as defined by Islam, refers to rejecting the truth or looking down on others. Allah said in Surat al-Qasas, Ayah 83: تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًا ۚ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ This verse means: [The abode (of happiness) in the Hereafter is forthsoe who do not perform with arrogace in this world and…
RAISING KIDS THE ISLAMIC WAY In addressing the believers, Allah said in Surat at-Tahrim, Ayah 6: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَاراً وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ which means: O believers, protect yourselves and your families from Hellfire which will be fueled by people and stones. Al-Hakim reported that Imam ^Aliyy explained this ayah to mean: “Learn the good deeds…