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) …
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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 …
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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 …
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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: …
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Question: “Is it permitted for me to break or delete those CDs/cassette tapes which contain Nasheeds and Naats?” Answer: Praise be to Allah! If it is your property, then you can break or delete them or do what you want with them. However if it is someone else’s property and you find “shirk and haraam things” in the naats and …
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A similar question was asked to Shaykh Muhammad Al-Wassabi as given below: Question: Is The Smile On The Face Of A Dead Person An Indication Of Husn Al Khatimah (I.E. Good Ending Of One’s Worldly Life)? Shaykh Muhammad Al-Wassabi : Husn al-khatimah has been mentioned in various hadiths. So we should rely solely on what was reported from the Messenger …
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SITTWE, Myanmar: The two children stood on the beach, at the end of the only world they knew, torn between land and sea. They couldn’t go back to their tiny Muslim village in Myanmar’s northwest Rakhine because it had been devoured in a fire set by an angry Buddhist mob. In the smoke and chaos, the siblings became separated from …
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Nawaaqid Al-Islam – Nullifiers of Islam is an excellent book authored by the Noble Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhaab. The Nullifiers of Islam – like many of the writings of al-Imaam Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhaab (rahimahu-llah) – though small in size, is great in benefit. It’s subject is of the utmost importance to each and every Muslim: i.e. those matters, whether …
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Read More »The Three Principles (Al Usool Ath Thalaathah) by Muhammad ibn Abdil Wahhaab, coveres the three questions we will be asked in our graves once we die: “WHO IS YOUR LORD? WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION? WHO IS YOUR PROPHET?” Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan said in his explanation of the book: “So before us is this treatise – the treatise “The Three …
Read More »Assalamualaikum (Peace be upon you), Dear Readers My son “Isaam Ali” (who is 6 years old) bombards me with hundreds of questions daily. Some are very cute, Some are very irritating while some put me into deep thought process. One such question hit me yesterday. In an effort to avoid studying, he asked “Abu, you always say that death will …
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