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The stages of fasting at the beginning of Islām
Read more: The stages of fasting at the beginning of Islāmبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Three days of every month Ibn Kathīr said: At the beginning of Islām, they fasted three days of every month, then this was abrogated by the fast in the month of Ramadān. This was narrated from Mu’ādh, ibn Mas’ūd, Ibn ‘Abbās, and others. (Umdatul Tafsīr 1/218) Ibn ‘Abbās said regarding the…
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The signs of the Hour – Arabia return to rivers/meadows
Read more: The signs of the Hour – Arabia return to rivers/meadowsبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حتَّى تَعُودَ أرْضُ العَرَبِ مُرُوجًا وأَنْهارًا “The Hour will not be established until the land of Arabia returns to meadows and rivers.” (Sahīh Muslim 157) Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn said:.. until the Arabian Peninsula returns to meadows and rivers), meaning until it becomes meadows and rivers. The meadows are…
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Sīrah series: Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd recites Sūrah Al-Rahmān to the Quraysh
Read more: Sīrah series: Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd recites Sūrah Al-Rahmān to the Qurayshبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Ishāq said: Yahyā ibn ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr told me, on the authority of his father, he said: The first to recite the Qur’ān out loud after the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) was ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd. He said: One day the companions of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) gathered together, and…
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Story of Prophet Mūsā: the splitting of the sea
Read more: Story of Prophet Mūsā: the splitting of the seaبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وَإِذۡ فَرَقۡنَا بِكُمُ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰكُمۡ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَآ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَأَنتُمۡ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٠ And (remember) when We separated the sea for you and saved you and drowned Fir’aun’s (Pharaoh) people while you were looking (at them). (Al-Baqarah 2:50) Muqātil ibn Sulaymān said: The waters parted to the right and left like two mountains…
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The night of the Jinn with ‘Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūd
Read more: The night of the Jinn with ‘Abdullāh Ibn Mas’ūdبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Mas’ūd narrated : The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) performed ‘Ishā, then he turned and asked for me. He took my hand and we set out until I came to the wide valley of Makkah. He drew a line for me and said to me: ‘Stay within this line, and do…
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Sîrah Series: The Earliest Companions To Embrace Islâm
Read more: Sîrah Series: The Earliest Companions To Embrace Islâmبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Khadîjah bint Khuwaylid & Waraqah ibn Nawfal Az-Zubayr ibn Bakkâr said: “During the Pre-Islamic Days of Ignorance, Khadîjah was known as at-Tahirah (the pure one); her mother was Fâtimah bint Zâ’idah al-‘Amiriyah.” Khâdijah was married to the Messenger ﷺ by her uncle ‘Amr ibn Asad. She died three years before the…
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Sîrah Series : Signs of Muhammad’s Prophethood & The Jews and Christians Knowing of his coming
Read more: Sîrah Series : Signs of Muhammad’s Prophethood & The Jews and Christians Knowing of his comingبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Ishâq said: “The Arab soothsayers, Jewish rabbis and Christian monks spoke about the emergence of the Messenger of Allâh صلى الله عليه وسلم a short time before his Prophetic mission. The Jewish rabbis and Christian monks took their news from what is mentioned in their Scriptures, and the covenants taken…
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Halloween: Its Origins & The Islamic Ruling Concerning It
Read more: Halloween: Its Origins & The Islamic Ruling Concerning Itبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The word ‘Halloween’ Halloween or Hallowe’en is an abbreviation of the Scottish term – ‘All Hollows Even’ – the evening before [October 31st] All Hollows day (All Saints Day). All Saints Day was designated November the 1st from May 13th by Pope Gregory IV in 835 for remembering the ‘dead holy…
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Sîrah Series: The Virtues of Masjid Al-Qubâ
Read more: Sîrah Series: The Virtues of Masjid Al-Qubâبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم When the Masjid was built When the Messenger of Allâh (ﷺ) left Makkah to make Hijrah, he arrived at Qubâ (outskirts of Medînah) on Monday the 12th of Rabî’ al-Awwal. He (ﷺ) reached the dwellings of Banu ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf in Qubâ and stayed with Kulthûm ibn Hadm for four days…