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Do you know when and how did shirk originate amongst humans? Read on … Concerning the saying of Allaah – the most perfect – about the people of Nooh: “And they have said : You shall not forsake your gods, nor shall you forsake Wadd, nor Suwaa’, nor Yaghooth, nor Ya’ooq, nor Nasr.” (Surah Nooh 71:23) It has been related by …

????قال ابن القيم -رحمه الله-: «أصول الخطايا كلُّها ثلاث: الكِبر وهو: الذي أصار إبليسَ إلى ما أصاره، والحرص وهو: الذي أخرج آدم من الجنَّة، والحسد وهو: الذي جرّأ أحد ابني آدم على أخيه. فمن وُقِيَ شرَّ هذه الثلاث فقد وقي الشرَّ، فالكفر من الكبر، والمعاصي من الحرص، والبغي والظلم من الحسد». ????الفوائد: (1/ 58). Ibn ul qayyim (may Allah have …

The full name of the famous Imam Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani is Abul-Fadl, Shihabuddin Ahmad bin ‘All bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Ai-Kinani AshShafi’i. Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani was born on 10th Sha’ban, 773 H. in Egypt, where he grew up also. He memorized the Qur’an at the age of nine years and also memorized Al-Hawi, the book Muktasar of …

Question: What are the obligations of parents on the arrival of the new born? Please tell the steps. Answer: On arrival of the new born, the following are some of the things that should be observed: 1) It is mustahabb to do tahneek for the baby and to pray for him. It was reported that Abu Moosa said: “I had …

Question: Will the angels die too along with humans and jinns on the Day of Judgement or before or after it? Answer: A similar question was asked to the standing committee of scholars and they replied: The affairs of the angels are unseen matters which cannot be known except through texts. There is no text which speaks of the death …

His name was Ahmad bin Ali bin Thabit bin Ali bin Mahdi, he was given the nickname Abu Bakr but was famously known as Al Khateb Al Baghdadi. His origin was Arab and his father wasn’t from those who excelled in a specific science from the sciences of knowledge. Al Khateb describes his father in his book Tarekhu Baghdad (The …

Abdur Rahman bin Amr  Al Awzaee (d. 156 Hijri) was the scholar of Fiqh for the people of Shãm and the first to author books in that country. He was born during the end of the period of the Companions and was from the students of Az-Zuhree and Yahya bin Abi Kathir. Both of them gave Al Awzaee a sahefah (scripture) …

Question: “Is Zakat ul fitr to be paid for the unborn baby (pregnant lady) also?” Answer: Praise be to Allah! Zakat al-fitr is obligatory for every Muslim, who must pay on his own behalf and on behalf of those who are dependents under him (on whose maintenance he is obliged to pay). As for paying it for the unborn, the …

Question: What is the appropriate age for children to fast in Islam? Answer: Praise be to Allah! Fasting is not obligatory for young children, until they reach the age of adolescence, because the Prophet (sallahualahiwasallam) said: “The pens have been lifted from three: from one who has lost his mind until he comes back to his senses, from one who …

Question: Can we sit in itikaaf from isha to fajr? what is its duration? Answer: Praise be to Allah! Yes. There is no minimum or maximum time duration prescribed for itikaaf although it is a sunnah to be in it for last 10 days of ramadaan. The following is the answer given by Shaykh Salih Al Munajid on his site: …