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)?”
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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”
Ramadān Series: Part 7 – The Night Prayer; what is it, the virtues, the timing, the no. of rak’ah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of ‘night prayer’ 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 ul-arab) Shaykh Ibn Bāz (may Allāh have mercy on him) was asked: What is the differenceContinue reading “Ramadān Series: Part 7 – The Night Prayer; what is it, the virtues, the timing, the no. of rak’ah”
Explanation of “Whoever commits laghā then he has no Jumu’ah…”
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. The prophet (ﷺ) said: وَمَنْ لَغَا وَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ كَانَتْ لَهُ ظُهْرًا He who indulges in laghā (an evil act) or steps over the necks of people (in the mosque), that (Friday) will be for him like the noon (Dhuhr) prayer. (Abū Dawūd 347. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī) HadīthContinue reading “Explanation of “Whoever commits laghā then he has no Jumu’ah…””
Weak hadīth: Do not sleep after ‘Asr
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth: من نام بعد العصر فاختلس عقله فلا يلومن إلا نفسه Whoever sleeps after ‘Asr and loses his mind, let him blame no one but himself. Shaykh Al-Albānī says: Weak. It was included by Ibn Hibbān in “al-Du’afā wal-Mujrahīn” (1/283) on the authority of Khālid bin Al-Qāsim, on the authority ofContinue reading “Weak hadīth: Do not sleep after ‘Asr”
Is it permissible to rely on astronomical calculations for beginning of ramadān
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Ibn Kathīr said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, «إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لَا نَكْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسِبُ، الشَّهْرُ هكَذَا وَهكَذَا وَهكَذَا» We are an Ummi nation, neither writing nor calculating. The (lunar) month is like this, this and this (i.e. thirty or twenty-nine days). (Musnad Imām Ahmad 5017, 5137. And al-Fath of IbnContinue reading “Is it permissible to rely on astronomical calculations for beginning of ramadān”
‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīh
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: “Verily he among you who lives long after me will see great discord, so you must hold to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the Khulafā ar-Rāshidīn (the rightly guided caliphs) after me (i.e. Abu Bakr, Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī). Cling to it firmly [literally: with yourContinue reading “‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīh”
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