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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 …

Your Speech Follows Up on You, it Pursues You, and it Holds You to Account — Shaikh Salih Al-Fawzan Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wassallam) said: “Whoever believes in Allaah and the Last Day; then let him speak good or else remain silent.” [Sahih Bukhari] So if you remain silent and …

Question: Who is the Miskin (needy) who is a recipient of Zakah and what is the difference between him and the Faqir (poor)? Answer: The Miskin is the Faqir (poor person) who cannot find what completely suffices his needs, and the Faqir is in more severe need than he (the …

[Q]: I and many others have observed that many people are very excessive when it comes to the matter of the mahr (wedding dowry that is paid to the bride), and that they seek great amounts of mahr when it comes to the marriage of their daughters, and they stipulate as a condition the giving …

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 …

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. “The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you; Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die). Nay! You shall come to know! Again, Nay! You shall come to know! Nay! If you knew with a …

To wear a Ring, Twine, or anything similar to them for prevention or lifting of Harm or Affliction, is an act of Shirk Allaah the Almighty said: “Say: Tell me then, the things that you invoke besides Allaah, -if Allaah intended some harm for me, could they remove His harm, …

Allaah the Exalted said: “Say: Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.” [Quran, 6:162,163] Allaah the Exalted also said: “Therefore …

What do Muslims Believe? We, the Muslims believe in the Oneness of Allaah (God) in all aspects. What is meant is that there is a clear difference between the Creator and the creation, and that there is nothing whatsoever that can be compared to the Creator. We believe that Allaah (God) is the …

The Question: The Messenger of Allaah (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam) said: “Whoever had three daughters and was patient with them, gave them drink and clothed them then they will be a screen for him from the Fire.” Will this screen from the Fire be just for their father alone or does the mother …