بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1) وَعَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ اَلنَّبِيِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ اَلْيُمْنَى عَلَى يَدِهِ اَلْيُسْرَى عَلَى صَدْرِهِ Wā’il ibn Hujr narrated: “I prayed with the Prophet and he placed his right hand upon his left on his chest.” (SahīhContinue reading “Evidence of placing the hands on the chest in prayer”
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When is an action or statement of a companion considered evidence? Sh. Al-Albānī and Sh. ‘Uthaymīn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The question: What do you say about the companion’s statement: Is it evidence or not? Or is there a specific detail? The answer: It is necessary to detail: If a companion said a statement in the presence of some companions and no one disagreed with him, then we can rest assuredContinue reading “When is an action or statement of a companion considered evidence? Sh. Al-Albānī and Sh. ‘Uthaymīn”
The distance for one to be considered a traveller & a summary of licenses given to the traveller & the Sunnah prayers performed during a journey
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: What is the distance by which a traveller may shorten his prayers? Is combining them permissible rather than shortening them? Answer: The distance in which it is permitted to shorten the prayers has been specified by some scholars as around 83 kilometers. Other scholars specified it to be whatever isContinue reading “The distance for one to be considered a traveller & a summary of licenses given to the traveller & the Sunnah prayers performed during a journey”
Is it better to do istinjā or istijmār?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Anas bin Mālik narrated: انَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدْخُلُ الْخَلاَءَ فَأَحْمِلُ أَنَا وَغُلاَمٌ نَحْوِي إِدَاوَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ وَعَنَزَةً فَيَسْتَنْجِي بِالْمَاءِ When the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) entered the khalā (i.e. privy), I and another boy like me (i.e. close in age) would carry a small water skin andContinue reading “Is it better to do istinjā or istijmār?”
Is dividing the Night prayer into “Tarāwīh” and “Tahajjud” in Ramadān permissible?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imrān bin Hudayr narrated: I sent (a question) to Al-Hasan (al-Basrī), and asked him about the ‘Ishā prayer in Ramadān; Should we pray, then we return to our homes, and sleep, and then we return (to the mosque) after that? He rejected that, and said: “No, the ‘Ishā prayer and thenContinue reading “Is dividing the Night prayer into “Tarāwīh” and “Tahajjud” in Ramadān permissible?”
What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) In the narration of ‘Ubayy b. Ka’b: أَنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لاَ شُعَاعَ لَهَا … on that day (the sun) would rise without having any rays. (Sahīh Muslim 762) In a variant wording: مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ حتى ترتفعَ … resembling a dish, until it becomes high. (Ibn Khuzaymah 2193. Declared Sahīh lighayrihiContinue reading “What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?”
The Night Prayer: Part 3 – Praying Two Rak’ah after Witr
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. كنَّا مع رسولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ في سَفَرٍ، فقالَ: إنَّ هذا السَّفَرَ جَهْدٌ وثِقَلٌ؛ فإذا أَوتَرَ أحَدُكم، فليَركَعْ رَكعتَينِ، فإنِ استَيقَظَ، وإلَّا كانتَا له Thawbān narrated: We were with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) on a journey, and he said: This journey is a struggle and aContinue reading “The Night Prayer: Part 3 – Praying Two Rak’ah after Witr”
Are wedding rings permitted in Islām? – Sh. ‘Uthaymīn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ Indeed, Ruqā, Tamīmah, and Tiwalah are Shirk (polytheism). (Abū Dawūd 3883. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī) Shaykh Uthaymīn said: Ruqā is the plural of Ruqyah which means incantation (recitation). Here it refers to Ruqyāh with which is not approved in the Sharī’ah (i.e.Continue reading “Are wedding rings permitted in Islām? – Sh. ‘Uthaymīn”
The Night Prayer – Part 2: The Virtues of the Night Prayer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The virtues of the night prayer 1) The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ المَكْتُوبَةِ الصَّلَاةُ في جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ The best of prayers after those prescribed are those prayed in the depth of the night. (Sahīh Muslim 1163) 2) The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: نِعْمَContinue reading “The Night Prayer – Part 2: The Virtues of the Night Prayer”
The Night Prayer – Part 1: The difference between tarawīh, tahajjud, qiyām al-layl
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The night prayer or salāt al-layl refers to the voluntary night prayer whose time extends from after ‘ishā prayer until fajr (dawn). Other names of the night prayer include: (Lisān al-‘Arab, taken from Qiyām and Tarawīh of Al-Albānī, prepared by Muhammad Jibaly, pg. 7) Shaykh Ibn Bāz (may Allāh have mercyContinue reading “The Night Prayer – Part 1: The difference between tarawīh, tahajjud, qiyām al-layl”
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