Islam & the Concept of Friendship By Eesa Al-Bosnee Humans have always been social creatures and in need of friends and companions. Much of our lives is spent in interaction with others. For us Muslims who are living in a society where we are clearly a minority,...
Is it obligatory to Follow a Certain Madhhab ? Shaykh Muhammad Sultan Al-Ma’soomi From the book; Should A Muslim Follow A Particular Madhhab? p16-17 Darussalam Publications Different Madhhab are personal and private opinions, judgements and interpretations of...
Why do Muslims have to pray 5 times a day? Islam is based on five pillars which the Messenger sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam has explained for us, when he said: “Islam is built upon five [pillars]: the testimony that there is no god worthy of worship except Allaah and...
Description of the Prophet’s prayer Praise be to Allaah. 1 – Facing the direction of the Ka’bah 1- When you stand up to pray, face the direction of the Ka’bah wherever you are, in both fard (obligatory) and naafil (supererogatory) prayers. This is one of the...
Conditions for the validity of Salah “Guard strictly the (five obligatory) prayers….”[Baqarah 2:238] “Islam is built upon five pillars….(amongst them the second pillar) Salah…”[Muslim] “And perform as-Salah (Iqamah-as-Salah) for my remembrance.” [Ta-ha 20:14] The...
27 reasons why it is better for men to pray in congregation (behind the main Imam) Imâm ibn Hajr (rh) has mentioned in his work Fath al-Bârî, one can enumerate 27, if not more, excellent reasons to pray in Jamâ‛ah due to all the following hasanaat (actions that are...
10 Valid Excuses for Men to Miss the Jama’ah in the Masjid Taken from Ibn Hibban’s Saheeh with the checking from Shuaib Ar-naut 5/ 417-439] Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle A sickness which prevents the person from attending عَنْ أَنَسٍ...
Why Do We Sin? (And steps for prevention) Allah has ordained the nature of man to be fallible. We are constantly subjugated to the pulls and desires of this worldly life. While we have the ability to steer our "free will" in any direction, we remain exposed to Satan's...
Etiquette of Female Speaking With The Opposite Gender By Shaykh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid www.islam-qa.com In brief, what the scholars have said about womens voices is that they are not Awrah in and of themselves, and there is nothing wrong with listening to them...
The Doorway to Fitnah: Freemixing- In this day and age, Alhamdulilah we have been blessed with many forms of communication. This communication ranges from calling, texting, IMing/chatting, Facebook, MySpace, etc. The list goes on and on. As Muslims we...
