Question: What is the ruling of and the wisdom behind fasting? Response: With Allaah lies all success. As for its wisdom, Allaah(subhaanahu wa-ta’aala) mentioned a very incorporating meaning in that regard: {O you who believe fasting has been prescribed for upon you as it was prescribed upon those that came before you that you may […]
Words of advice for Ramadhaan.
Question: What words of guidance do you have for the Muslim ummah, on the occasion of the month of Ramadhaan? Response: In the name of Allaah, all praise is to Allaah alone, and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions and whoever is guided (aright) […]
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
Belief in the Day of Judgment: We believe in the Final Day, which is the Day of Judgment, when people will be resurrected and then told to remain in the abode of enjoyment or in the abode of severe punishment. The Resurrection: We believe in the resurrection, which is Allah’s bringing to life all those […]
Peace.
“Peace” (Salam) is mentioned many times in the Holy Quran and it is certainly the most sought after condition for the life of every human on earth. “The Peace” (As-Salam) is also one of the attributes which Allah has named Himself by in the Holy Quran: “He is Allah beside Whom there is none worthy […]
Sawm (Fasting the Month of Ramadhan)ز
The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting. Allah prescribes daily fasting for all able, adult Muslims during the whole of the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar, beginning with the sighting of the new moon. Exempted from the fast are the very old and the insane. On the physical side, fasting […]
Zakah (Alms Tax for Poor).
The third pillar of Islam is the alms-tax (Zakah). The word in Arabic implies “purification” and it is understood to mean that a person “purifies” his holdings of wealth from greed and stinginess. It is a tax on wealth, payable on various categories of property, notably savings and investments, produce, inventory of goods, salable crops […]
What is required of the one who is unable to fast due to old age or a prolonged illness.
Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala) has obligated the fast of Ramadhaan upon all able Muslims and for those who have an Islaamically valid reason and are later able to do so, then they must make up the fasts that they missed. There is another catergory to consider and they are those who are unable to fast […]
The rulings pertaining to making up the fast.
Whoever breaks his fast or is unable to fast during Ramadhaan due to an Islaamically permissible reason, then he is required to make up for this day; such as the one whose fast is nullified due to having had sexual intercourse or other than that. In that case, he is required to make up the […]
That which invalidates the fast.
It is obligatory for the Muslim to know of all that invalidates the fast so as to be aware of them. They include: 1) Sexual intercourse: Whenever the fasting person has sexual intercourse, his fast is invalidated. Subsequently, he is required to make up the fast for that day in which he had sexual intercourse […]
The beginning and ending of the daily fast.
Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala) says: 1) {It is made lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives on the night of As-Sawm (the fasts). They are Libaas [i.e. body cover, or screen, or Sakan, (i.e. you enjoy the pleasure of living with her), for you and you are the same for them. Allaah […]