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Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Evidence for placing the right hand over the left and the command to do so عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم… وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى Wāʾil ibn Hujr narrated that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…place his right hand over his left hand. (SahīhContinue reading “Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik”

Evidence that the face & hands of the woman are not awrah – part 1: the practice of the women during the Prophet’s time & Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr:31 – REVISED

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Summary of the issue Imām Ibn Qudāmah said: “… the free woman is entirely ‘awrah except for her face and hands.” (Sharh al-‘Umdah 2/260) Ibn Rushd said: “And the majority of the scholars are of the opinion that her entire body is ‘awrah except for the face and the hands.” (SharhContinue reading “Evidence that the face & hands of the woman are not awrah – part 1: the practice of the women during the Prophet’s time & Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr:31 – REVISED”

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”

Al-‘Ulū: Statements of the salaf on Allāh being above the creation

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever does not show mercy to those on earth, will not receive mercy from the One who is above the heavens.” (al-Dhahabī said: Its narrators are thiqah (trustworthy and reliable) – Mukhtasar al-‘Ulū of al-Dhahabī pg. 9, Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in his checking) Anas (رضي اللهContinue reading “Al-‘Ulū: Statements of the salaf on Allāh being above the creation”