Tag Archives: Fasting

“This is Ramadan, the month of repentance, abstinence (from sins), striving and hastening (to do good). In it was revealed His Noble Remembrance (the Quran) and He specified it with the Night of Decree. So glad tidings to the one who performs his fast and standing in the night (in …

Fasting (Siyam) is the fourth pillar of Islam and Allaah obligated fasting on this Ummah just as He obligated it on the previous nations. Allaah (the Most High) said: “O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may …

Invocation, vows, offering sacrifices etc are acts of worship and can only be carried out for Allaah alone, and not for graves, tombs, shrines and their dead inhabitants. Whoever directs the above acts of worship to others besides Allaah, then indeed he or she has committed major shirk [major polytheism] …

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan: All praise belongs to Allaah (Subhanahu ta’ala). This is a great hadith, confirmed on the authority of the Messenger (Sallallaahu alayhi wassallam) who narrates from his Lord who said, “Every deed of the son of Adam is for him except fasting; that is certainly for Me …

Ten Points for the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah 1. The first ten days are actually nine days with the addition of the day of Eid. It is called the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, but only nine of it is for fasting as the tenth day is the beginning …

Advice to Jama’at al-Tableegh | By Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani A lengthy transcript from a tape in which Imam al-Albani discusses the various errors found amongst the sect of al-Tableegh. “Praise be to Allaah. Salams and Salat on the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam)“ Q: Where do the Jamaa’at-Tableegh …

Sifat Wudhu’ al-Nabi: The Characteristics of the Ablution of the Prophet A translation of the small treatise concerning ablution by Fahd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shu’ayb. This treatise covers all the intricate details for the ablution of the Salafi. It also reconciles the differences of opinion that are found in some aspects …

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy The Stages of How Fasting became Obligatory Allaah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) said: “O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fast) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon. [Observing Saum …

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy O people! Fear Allaah (The Most High) and thank Him for the apparent and unapparent blessings He has bestowed upon you.  He has not ceased granting you occasions of good and virtue. The month of hajj has elapsed …

What does fasting in Ramadan mean to Muslims? The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting (in Arabic: Siyam). It is to fast throughout the month of Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar). This is an act of worship that draws the Muslim closer to Allaah (God), as the …