Elucidating how the deceased person is prepared for burial and how the funeral prayer is prayed. (Washing, shrouding,) shrouding the deceased person occurs after his body has been washed, (praying for, and burying the dead Muslim) even if he was a child, (is a communal obligation (fard kifayah)) on each person who knew of the deceased’s death, (if he)…
Fiqh – Islamic Jurisprudence
شرح العشماوية في فقه السادة المالكية 13، قال العشماوي المالكي الأزهري الرفاعي رحمه الله: وَيُكْرَهُ ذَوْقُ المِلْحِ (أي بلا بلع) للصَّائِمِ، فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَمَجَّهُ (أي بصقه وأخرجه) وَلَمْ يَصِلْ إِلى حَلْقِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْه، وَمُقَدِّمَاتُ الجِمَاعِ مَكْرُوْهَةٌ للصَّائِمِ كَالقُبْلَةِ (يقول العشماوي: “مكروهة” أي لا تحرم ولا تفطّر وإن قبّـل زوجته ولو بشهوة لا يُفطر. كذلك مجرد ما…
سؤال: أخبرنا عن بعض أحكام الجنابة والإمناء في النوم أو في اليقظة للرجل والمرأة. الجواب: قَال الإمام مَالِكٌ رضي الله عنه: مَنِ انْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ، فَرَأَى بَلَلاً عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ وَفِي فِرَاشِهِ، يُنْظَر،ُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَذْيًا تَوَضَّأَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ الْغُسْلُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَنِيًّا اغْتَسَلَ. وَالْمَذْيُ فِي هَذَا يُعْرَفُ مِنَ الْمَنِيِّ، وَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْيَقِظَةِ إِذَا لاعَبَ امْرَأَتَهُ إِنْ أَمَذَى…
Following the Imam in the Prayer) a chapter regarding the conditions of following. (Everyone who follows an imam while performing the prayer) i.e. who prays while following another, (–the Jumu^ah Prayer or other prayers– must fulfill the following obligations:) they are seven matters: (1.) One of the obligations on the follower is that (The follower (ma’mun) must not be ahead…
Conditions of the Two Speeches (The conditions of the two speeches) in addition to what was mentioned, (are:) (1.) One of the conditions is (Purification from both states of ritual impurity) both major and minor states of ritual impurity, (and from) un-exempted (najas-filth on the body, clothes, place, and what is carried by the speaker;) among clothes and other things….
Integrals of the Two Speeches (Khutbahs) (The speaker must observe the following) five (integrals of the two speeches:) (1.) The first integral is (To say al-hamdu lillah in both speeches;) by saying Alhamdulillah, or lillahil-hamd, or the like. (2.) The second integral is (To perform the Salah ^alan-Nabiyy, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, in both speeches;) by saying, “sallallahu ala…
(The conditions of the Friday Prayer) i.e. the conditions for the validity of the Friday Prayer, (are:) four matters. (1.) The first of which is (The setting in of Dhuhr Prayer time;) If the time of Dhuhr has ended, he makes it up as Dhuhr prayer. (2.) The second condition is that (The aforementioned forty inhabitants must hear) the…
(The Congregational Prayer (Jama^ah)) in the five obligatory prayers (is a communal obligation (fard kifayah) upon the free, residing, pubescent, sane and unexcused males.) Hence, it is not an obligation on women, slaves, travelers, those who are not pubescent, and others among the individuals who have an excuse which makes the congregational prayer no longer an obligation on them, like…
(The integrals (rukns) of prayer are seventeen (17):) (1.) The first of which is (To have the intention in the heart of performing the prayer) i.e. to perform the act of prayer. If he did not utter the intention with his tongue/pass a phrase on his tongue this does not harm him, as long as he established the intention in…
Elucidating the conditions for the getting reward from Allah tabaraka wa ta^ala for one’s prayer/ for his prayer to be accepted by Allah tabaraka wa ta^ala. (In addition to what has been mentioned,) among the conditions (prayer is rewardable by Allah subhanah,) i.e. for it to be accepted so one gets/receiveS reward from Allah, (if the following conditions are satisfied:…