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Praying 4 Rak’ah after ‘Ishaa
Read more: Praying 4 Rak’ah after ‘Ishaaبسم 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:…
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Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūt
Read more: Witr series part 1: Raising the hands in Qunūtبسم 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,…
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Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānī
Read more: Can the junub and menstruating woman touch the Qur’an – al-Shawkānī, Al-Albānīبسم 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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Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise
Read more: Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradiseبسم 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 his…
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Intention to fast ramadan is required every night
Read more: Intention to fast ramadan is required every nightبسم 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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The fast that yields only hunger and no reward
Read more: The fast that yields only hunger and no rewardبسم 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.”…
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Ghusl, perfume and siwak is obligatory on Jumu’ah – Ibn Hazm
Read more: Ghusl, perfume and siwak is obligatory on Jumu’ah – Ibn Hazmبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ibn Hazm (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: Issue: Bathing on the day of Friday is an obligatory duty for every adult, both men and women, as are perfume and the siwāk. The proof for this: What was narrated to us by ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Hamdānī [full isnād omitted]……
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The ghusl for Jumu’ah can be performed after Fajr
Read more: The ghusl for Jumu’ah can be performed after Fajrبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Subsidiary Issue (35): The Ghusl for Jumu’ah is (performed) on the Day: From Ibn ‘Umar: He would perform ghusl after the break of dawn (Fajr) on the day of Jumu’ah, considering it sufficient for the ghusl for Jumu’ah. From Mujāhid: If a man performs ghusl after the entrance of Fajr, it is sufficient.…