Fawāids |Qur'ān | Authentic Sunnah

Author: أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those who held that it is recommended to raise the hands in Qunūt: “This is the position in the Shāfi’ī madhab and the saying of Ahmad which is the established position in his madhab, and some Hanafīs also held this view. This is (also) the saying of Ibn Mas’ūd, Abū Hurayrah,…
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Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A summary Imām Al-Albānī was asked: **Questioner:** Is it correct that a menstruating woman and a person in a state of major ritual impurity (janābah) can touch the Qur’ān or to read (from) it for worship or memorisation? **Sheikh:** No, we do not find in the Book (Qur’ān) nor in the…
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Can the menstruating woman recite the Qur’an – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Hazm, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those who held the permissibility of the menstruating woman reciting Qur’ān: This is narrated from Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyib, and it was held by: Mālik—in the well-known, relied-upon position in his madhhab and Al-Shāfi’ī in the earlier of his two statements, and the Dhāhirīs, and it was narrated as a report from…
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Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِصِيَام يَوْمٍ دَخَلَ الجنَّة “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting will enter Paradise.” (Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh al-Jāmi 6224 and al-Sahīhah 1645) Al-Manāwī said: “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting” meaning: whoever concluded his…
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Intention to fast ramadan is required every night

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ لَمْ يُبَيِّتِ الصِّيَامَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ فَلَا صِيَامَ له “Whoever does not commit himself (i.e. establish the intention) for fasting before the break of dawn has no fast“ (Sahīh al-Jāmi of Al-Albānī who declared it Sahīh #6534) Al-Manāwī said: … and in Ibn Mājah’s narration: “Whoever…
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Weak ahadith pertaining to Ramadan Part 1.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سيد الشهور شهر رمضان “The master of all months is the month of Ramadān.” Collected in Kashf Al-Astār 1/339, and Al-Bayhaqī in Shu’ab Al-Īmān (3/355, 3/314, 3755, 3736) and Ibn ‘Asākir in Tārīkh Dimashq (26/392-393) through the chain of Yazīd ibn ‘Abd al-Malik. This chain is very weak. Yazīd ibn ‘Abd…
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The fast that yields only hunger and no reward

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: رب صائم ليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع، ورب قائم ليس له من قيامه إلا السهر “There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are people who pray (at night) and get nothing from their prayers except a sleepless night.”…
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Ghusl, perfume and siwak is obligatory on Jumu’ah – Ibn Hazm

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Hazm (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: Issue: Bathing on the day of Friday is an obligatory duty for every adult, both men and women, as are perfume and the siwāk. The proof for this: What was narrated to us by ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Hamdānī [full isnād omitted]……
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The ghusl for Jumu’ah can be performed after Fajr

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Subsidiary Issue (35): The Ghusl for Jumu’ah is (performed) on the Day: From Ibn ‘Umar: He would perform ghusl after the break of dawn (Fajr) on the day of Jumu’ah, considering it sufficient for the ghusl for Jumu’ah. From Mujāhid: If a man performs ghusl after the entrance of Fajr, it is sufficient.…
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Ruling of Mothers Day in Islam – Ibn ‘Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Q90: What is the ruling on celebrating what is called Mother’s Day? Answer: All celebrations that contradict the religious (legislated) celebrations are innovated celebrations that weren’t known in the time of the Salaf (righteous predecessors), and their origin might also be from non-Muslims. Thus, they contain innovation and imitation of Allāh’s…
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