بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم As-Samma’, the sister of Abdullāh ibn Busr narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothing but a grape skin or a piece of wood from a tree, he should chew it.’ (Sunan AbīContinue reading “Who preceded Al-Albānī regarding fasting on Saturdays”
Category Archives: Fasting/Ramadān
Is dividing the Night prayer into “Tarāwīh” and “Tahajjud” in Ramadān permissible?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imrān bin Hudayr narrated: I sent (a question) to Al-Hasan (al-Basrī), and asked him about the ‘Ishā prayer in Ramadān; Should we pray, then we return to our homes, and sleep, and then we return (to the mosque) after that? He rejected that, and said: “No, the ‘Ishā prayer and thenContinue reading “Is dividing the Night prayer into “Tarāwīh” and “Tahajjud” in Ramadān permissible?”
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 lighayrihiContinue reading “What are the signs of Laylatul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)?”
The Night Prayer: Part 3 – Praying Two Rak’ah after Witr
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. كنَّا مع رسولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ في سَفَرٍ، فقالَ: إنَّ هذا السَّفَرَ جَهْدٌ وثِقَلٌ؛ فإذا أَوتَرَ أحَدُكم، فليَركَعْ رَكعتَينِ، فإنِ استَيقَظَ، وإلَّا كانتَا له Thawbān narrated: We were with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) on a journey, and he said: This journey is a struggle and aContinue reading “The Night Prayer: Part 3 – Praying Two Rak’ah after Witr”
The Night Prayer – Part 2: The Virtues of the Night Prayer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The virtues of the night prayer 1) The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ المَكْتُوبَةِ الصَّلَاةُ في جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ The best of prayers after those prescribed are those prayed in the depth of the night. (Sahīh Muslim 1163) 2) The prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: نِعْمَContinue reading “The Night Prayer – Part 2: The Virtues of the Night Prayer”
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”
Ramadān Series: Part 7 – The Night Prayer; what is it, the virtues, the timing, the no. of rak’ah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of ‘night prayer’ 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 ul-arab) Shaykh Ibn Bāz (may Allāh have mercy on him) was asked: What is the differenceContinue reading “Ramadān Series: Part 7 – The Night Prayer; what is it, the virtues, the timing, the no. of rak’ah”
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”
‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīh
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: “Verily he among you who lives long after me will see great discord, so you must hold to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the Khulafā ar-Rāshidīn (the rightly guided caliphs) after me (i.e. Abu Bakr, Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī). Cling to it firmly [literally: with yourContinue reading “‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīh”
The encouragement to take sahūr
بسم 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 BookContinue reading “The encouragement to take sahūr”
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