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The actions to be performed on jumu’ah to attain expiation of sins
Read more: The actions to be performed on jumu’ah to attain expiation of sinsبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Sā’īd al-Khudrī and Abū Hurayrah narrated: The messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: من اغتَسلَ يومَ الجمُعةِ ولبسَ مِن أحسَنِ ثيابِهِ ، ومَسَّ مِن طيبٍ إن كانَ عندَهُ ، ثمَّ أتى الجمُعةَ فلم يتخطَّ أعناقَ النَّاسِ ، ثمَّ صلَّى ما كَتبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ، ثمَّ أنصَتَ إذا خرجَ إمامُهُ حتَّى يفرُغَ…
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Evidence of placing the hands on the chest in prayer
Read more: Evidence of placing the hands on the chest in prayerبسم 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.” (Sahīh…
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What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?
Read more: 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 lighayrihi…
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Explanation of “Whoever commits laghā then he has no Jumu’ah…”
Read more: 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) Hadīth…
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Weak hadīth: Do not sleep after ‘Asr
Read more: Weak hadīth: Do not sleep after ‘Asrبسم 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 of…
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The encouragement to take sahūr
Read more: The encouragement to take sahūrبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً Take Sahūr for within Sahūr there is a blessing. (Sahīh, Targhīb wa Tarhīb of Al-Albānī 1063) The Prophet (ﷺ) said: فَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَ صِيَامِنَا وَصِيَامِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَكْلَةُ السَّحَرِ The difference between our fasting and that of the People of the Book…
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Are the narrations of tarawīh consisting of 20 rak’ah authentic?
Read more: Are the narrations of tarawīh consisting of 20 rak’ah authentic?بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Report 1) Ibn ‘Abbās narrated: “Allāhs messenger (ﷺ) used to pray in ramadān twenty rak’ah and witr“. Ibn Hajr said: this has a weak isnād, furthermore it contradicts the hadīth of ‘Āishah in the two Sahīhs (Muslim and Bukhārī). And she is more knowledgeable of the prophets (ﷺ) condition at night…
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Explanation of the hadīth: “Do not fast a day or two prior to Ramadān” & fasting the day of doubt
Read more: Explanation of the hadīth: “Do not fast a day or two prior to Ramadān” & fasting the day of doubtبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: لاَ يَتَقَدَّمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ رَمَضَانَ بِصَوْمِ يَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَصُومُ صَوْمَهُ فَلْيَصُمْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ None of you should fast a day or two before the month of Ramadān unless he has the habit of fasting (and if his fasting coincides with that day)…