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Is it permissible to rely on astronomical calculations for beginning of ramadān
Read more: Is it permissible to rely on astronomical calculations for beginning of ramadānبسم 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 Ibn…
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‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīh
Read more: ‘Umar commands the people to pray 11 rak’ah for tarawīhبسم 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 your…
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The encouragement to take sahūr
Read more: The encouragement to take sahūrبسم 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 Book…
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Are the narrations of tarawīh consisting of 20 rak’ah authentic?
Read more: Are the narrations of tarawīh consisting of 20 rak’ah authentic?بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Report 1) Ibn ‘Abbās narrated: “Allāhs messenger (ﷺ) used to pray in ramadān twenty rak’ah and witr“. Ibn Hajr said: this has a weak isnād, furthermore it contradicts the hadīth of ‘Āishah in the two Sahīhs (Muslim and Bukhārī). And she is more knowledgeable of the prophets (ﷺ) condition at night…
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Explanation of the hadīth: “Do not fast a day or two prior to Ramadān” & fasting the day of doubt
Read more: Explanation of the hadīth: “Do not fast a day or two prior to Ramadān” & fasting the day of doubtبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: لاَ يَتَقَدَّمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ رَمَضَانَ بِصَوْمِ يَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَصُومُ صَوْمَهُ فَلْيَصُمْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ None of you should fast a day or two before the month of Ramadān unless he has the habit of fasting (and if his fasting coincides with that day)…
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Explanation of the hadīth: “when half of Sha’bān remains then do not fast”
Read more: Explanation of the hadīth: “when half of Sha’bān remains then do not fast”إِذَا بَقِيَ نِصْفٌ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَلاَ تَصُومُوا Abū Hurairah narrated:The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “When a half of Sha’bān remains then do not fast“. (Al-Tirmidhī 738. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī) Shaykh Bin Bāz said: As for the Hadīth that prohibits fasting after the middle of Sha’bān, it is Sahīh, as graded by the knowledgeable…
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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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An abandoned sunnah in Wudū: wiping the head three times
Read more: An abandoned sunnah in Wudū: wiping the head three timesبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Wiping the head three times Hadīth 1. عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ، قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَلَا أُرِيكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ فَأْتُونِي بِطَسْتٍ وَتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا . . . وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا Abū Hayyah said:‘Ali (رضي…
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The recommendation to pray on the right side of the rows
Read more: The recommendation to pray on the right side of the rowsبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: أَنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى مَيَامِنِ الصُّفُوفِ Verily, Allāh and His angels send blessings upon those on the right side of the prayer rows. (Declared Hasan by Ibn Hajr in al-Fath 2/213 and Al-Arnā’ūt in Sahīh Ibn Hibbān 5/534) Al-Barā said: كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ…
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What are the things that makes ghusl obligatory
Read more: What are the things that makes ghusl obligatoryبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1. The ejaculation of semen, regardless of whether one is awake or asleep The prophet (ﷺ) said: إِنَّمَا الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ Water (i.e. semen) is only cleansed with water (i.e. ghusl) (Sahīh Muslim 343) He also (ﷺ) said: عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى…
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