بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: What is the distance by which a traveller may shorten his prayers? Is combining them permissible rather than shortening them? Answer: The distance in which it is permitted to shorten the prayers has been specified by some scholars as around 83 kilometers. Other scholars specified it to be whatever isContinue reading “The distance for one to be considered a traveller & a summary of licenses given to the traveller & the Sunnah prayers performed during a journey”
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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”
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”
How to pray the Eclipse prayer & some rulings related to it
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Salātul-kusūf/khusūf Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān said: Al-Kusūf and Al-Khusūf are interchangeable and used to describe the solar and lunar eclipse. Others say al-kusūf is used to describe the lunar eclipse, and al-khusūf is used to describe the solar eclipse. (Sharh Zād al-Mustaqnī 1/437) The ruling on the solar/lunar eclipse prayer Ibn RushdContinue reading “How to pray the Eclipse prayer & some rulings related to it”
Halloween: Its Origins & The Islamic Ruling Concerning It
بسم 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 holyContinue reading “Halloween: Its Origins & The Islamic Ruling Concerning It”
Is Alcohol Considered Najis (Impure) & The Ruling Of Using It For Medical Purposes
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Is the external use of perfumes and scents which contain a certain amount of alcohol permissible to clean wounds? Answer: The answer to this question requires clarification on two points: Firstly: Is Khamr unclean, or not? On this question, scholars have differed…most of them say that the alcohol is physically impure, meaning that ifContinue reading “Is Alcohol Considered Najis (Impure) & The Ruling Of Using It For Medical Purposes”
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