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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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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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When does the time of ishaa end? Is it until Fajr?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The preferred time for offering Ishā Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī said: The narrations differ regarding the end of the preferred time (of ‘Ishā). It is narrated from Ahmad that it is the (first) one-third of the night… This is also the opinion of Umar ibn Al-Khattāb, Abū Hurayrah, Umar ibn Abdul-‘Azīz,…
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Raising the hands after prayer – al-Fawzān, Al-Albānī, Ibn Taymiyyah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (رضي الله عنه) said: “Every act of worship that the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) did not worship with, then do not worship with it.” (Link) Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān said: “… As for raising the hands after the obligatory prayer, this is an innovation (bid’ah), because…
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Hands or knees first? The authentic method of sujood

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A summary of the different opinions First Opinion: It is obligatory to place the hands before the knees. This view was held by the Dhāhirīs. Second Opinion: It is recommended to place the hands before the knees. This was the view of the Mālikīs, and one narration from Imām Ahmad. It…
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Weak hadīth: Wiping the face after making du’ā

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Narration of ‘Umar Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā > Ibrāhīm ibn Ya’qūb > Hammād ibn ʿĪsā al-Juhanī > Handhalah ibn Abī Sufyān al-Jumahīyyu > Sālim ibn ʿAbdillāh > his father > ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattāb who narrated: انَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ لَمْ يَحُطَّهُمَا حَتَّى…
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Making up a missed obligatory prayer – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hazm, Ibn Bāz, Al-Albānī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Hazm said: It has been reported from ‘Umar, Abdur-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf, Mu’ādh ibn Jabal, Abū Hurayrah, and others among the Companions (may Allāh be pleased with them) that whoever deliberately misses a single obligatory prayer until its time ceases is a disbeliever and an apostate. (al-Muhallā 2/15) The first question…
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Does removing the socks break wudu

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Al-Albānī said: Scholars have also differed on the ruling for someone who removes their khuff (leather socks) and it’s types [such as socks or shoes] after performing wudū and wiping over them. They hold three views: 1. The first view: His wudū remains valid, and there is nothing further required…
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