بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Nasā’ī said: “Chapter: The Adhan For One Who Is Praying Alone” ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say: يَعْجَبُ رَبُّكَ مِنْ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ فِي شَطْيَّةٍ بِجَبَلٍ يُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلاةِ وَيُصَلِّي، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ : انظُرُوا إِلَى عبدي هذا، يُؤَذِّنُ وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةِ يَخَافُ مِنِّي، فَقَدْ غَفَرْت لِعَبْدِي وَأَدْخَلْتُهُContinue reading “Recommendation of saying the adhan when praying alone & affirming Allah’s attribute of amazement”
Category Archives: Fiqh
The meaning of fatwā & who can issue one
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم What is the meaning of a fatwā Al-Azharī said:… it is said: The man gave a fatwā in the matter, and I sought a fatwā from him… it is said: I gave someone a fatwā regarding a vision he saw when I interpreted it for him, and I gave him aContinue reading “The meaning of fatwā & who can issue one”
Signs of the hour: long sermons and short prayers
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The sunnah is to make the khutbah (sermon) short and the salāh (prayer) long قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ خَطَبَنَا عَمَّارٌ فَأَوْجَزَ وَأَبْلَغَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ . فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ “ إِنَّ طُولَ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَContinue reading “Signs of the hour: long sermons and short prayers”
Praying 4 Rak’ah after ‘Ishaa
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn ‘Abbās narrated: فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، ثُمَّ نَامَ، … so the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the ‘Ishā’ prayer, then came to his home, prayed four rak’ahs, then went to sleep… (Sahīh al-Bukhārī 117, 137, , Abū Dawūd 1357, Adhīm al-Ābadī said:Continue reading “Praying 4 Rak’ah after ‘Ishaa”
Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. Narrated by Yahyā ibn Ayyūb and Qutaybah ibn Sa’īd and ‘Alī ibn Hujr, all from Ismā’īl – Ibn Ayyūb who said: Ismā’īl ibn Ja’far narrated to us: Sa’d ibn Sa’īd ibn Qays informed me from ‘Umar ibn Thābit ibn al-Hārith al-Khazrajī, Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī, may Allāh be pleased withContinue reading “Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal”
Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Those who held that it is recommended to raise the hands in Qunūt: “This is the position in the Shāfi’ī madhab and the saying of Ahmad which is the established position in his madhab, and some Hanafīs also held this view. This is (also) the saying of Ibn Mas’ūd, Abū Hurayrah,Continue reading “Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt”
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 theContinue reading “Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānī”
Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِصِيَام يَوْمٍ دَخَلَ الجنَّة “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting will enter Paradise.” (Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh al-Jāmi 6224 and al-Sahīhah 1645) Al-Manāwī said: “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting” meaning: whoever concluded hisContinue reading “Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise”
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: “WhoeverContinue reading “Intention to fast ramadan is required every night”
The fast that yields only hunger and no reward
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: رب صائم ليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع، ورب قائم ليس له من قيامه إلا السهر “There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are people who pray (at night) and get nothing from their prayers except a sleepless night.”Continue reading “The fast that yields only hunger and no reward”
