How To Perform The Eid Prayer.

Praise be to Allaah. Eid Prayer consists of two Rak’ahs The Eid prayer is one where the imam attends and leads the people in praying two rak’ahs. ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “The prayer of al-Fitr is two rak’ahs and the prayer of al-Adha is two rak’ahs, complete and not shortened, on the […]

Is it permissible to discharge Zakaatul-Fitr from meat?

Question: Is it permissible to discharge Zakaatul-Fitr from meat? Some of the desert dwellers don’t have food to distribute for Zakaatul-Fitr, so is it permissible for them to slaughter some of their animals and distribute it to the poor? *Please appropriately reference this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!* Answer: This is not correct, because the Prophet […]

Suhur; The Pre-Dawn Meal During Ramadan.

Allah, the Most High, says: ” … Eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread of the dawn. Then resume the fast till nightfall … “ [Al-Qur’an 2:187] It was narrated that Adi ibn Hatim, may Allah be pleased with him, said when the following verses were revealed: […]

Advice to Muslims in Ramadhan.

Few Introductory and Complementary Notes by the Translator Ramadhan is an auspicious opportunity for believers to renew their commitment to their Creator and the Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. This commitment must be both outward and inward, so that a Muslim not only recites more Qur’an and offers more units of prayer, but that […]

The Month of Repentance .

The month of Ramadan is a great opportunity for returning to Allah The Almighty with repentance. It is the month of mercy, erasing mistakes, expiating evil deeds, salvation from Hellfire and attaining Paradise. The fortunate person is he who knows this and hastens to the actions that draw him near to His Lord by turning […]

Ramadan has come! Did you give in charity?

It is known and understood that wealth belongs to Allah The Almighty and that He Appointed His slaves as His successors to see how will they act. He Will Ask them about it when they stand before Him. How did they collect it? And how did they spend it? Whoever earned it from lawful sources […]

Accepted And Prevented Deeds In Month Of Shaaban.

Shaban is the 8th month in the Islamic calendar and is considered one of the meritorious months for which we find particular instructions in the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad  . It is reported that Prophet Muhammad,   used to fast most of the month in Shaban except the last few days of the month. These fasts […]

Maintenance after Divorce in Islam

Question A man divorced his wife irrevocably, and he has a daughter and two sons from her. She will have custody of them, and he will arrange accommodation for them, by Allah’s leave, and pay maintenance for the children. This is after coming to an amicable agreement without referring the matter to the courts, and […]

A Dialogue among Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Dr. Zaghlul al-Naggar traveled to America in 1977. He was on sabbatical, so he travelled to the University of California at Los Angeles as a visiting professor. He arrived in Los Angeles in Ramadan, and one of the Muslims phoned him, saying that there was going to be a discussion that had been in planning […]