The Losers this Ramadan Acquaint yourselves with the worth of this month… “The one who enters this month and he wastes himself with sins and evil acts, and he does not repent to Allaah. He does not pay attention to this month nor that which it contains of goodness and …
Read More »This is Ramadan
“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 …
Read More »Why do we Fast? And What do we get from Fasting?
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 …
Read More »Can I Give Money Instead of Food For Zakat Al-Fitr?
Question: What is the ruling on giving money for Zakat Al-Fitr because there is someone who says that it is permissible? Answer: It is not unknown to any Muslim that the most important pillar of the upright religion of Islam is the testimony that none has the right to be …
Read More »Six Points regarding the Supplication said when Breaking Fast
Marwan ibn Salim al-Muqaffa’ said: “I saw Ibn Umar holding his beard with his hand and cutting what exceeded the handful of it. He (Ibn Umar) said that the Prophet (Sallallaahu alayhi wassallam) said when he broke his fast: ‘Thirst has gone, the arteries are moist, and the reward is …
Read More »Every Action of the Children of Adam Is for Him Apart from Fasting
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 …
Read More »The Stages of How Fasting became Obligatory
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 …
Read More »Ramadan : Give it the Right it Deserves
Benefits from Shaikh al-Fawzan | Ref: Khutub al-Minbariyyah, vol. 5. pp. 259-262 Take advantage of this month, may Allaah show you mercy, because for many of you it will not return. So grasp this opportunity with whatever ability Allaah has given you – and with whatever endeavor He (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) …
Read More »Ramadan : Obligation of Zakatul-Fitr (Sadaqatul-Fitr)
Obligation of Zakatul-Fitr (Sadaqatul-Fitr) Ibn Umar (radhiAllaahu anhu) narrated: “Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam) made obligatory the payment of one Sa’ (approx 2.6 Kg) of dates or one Sa’ of barley as zakatul-fitr on every Muslim slave or free, male or female, young or old; and he ordered that it be paid before the …
Read More »The Linguistic and Juristic meaning of Saum and Ramadan
The linguistic meaning of Saum The linguistic meaning of siyam (sing. saum) is derived from sama, which means to restrain from eating, drinking, talking, etc. If an individual refrains from these things, he is a saim. The Noble Quran uses the word in the general sense when it revealed the …
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