The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, encouraged performing the congregational prayer. He ordered the people to pray the five (5) prayers in congregation in a way that anyone who wants to pray in congregation can easily find the place to do so. When people gather...
Read More إقرأ المزيدThe conditions of prayer are the matters that are not part of the prayer, but must be satisfied before starting the prayer. They are: Islam: Prayer is not valid from a blasphemer. To be at the age of mental discrimination (mumayyiz), i.e., the age at which the child...
Read More إقرأ المزيدCan you list some of the recommended matters during prayer ? There are many recommended (sunnah) matters during prayer and among them are: Placing the right hand over the left above the belly button and under the chest. Reciting the du^a’ of iftitah before reciting...
Read More إقرأ المزيدWhat are the integrals of prayer? Prayer has integrals and recommended matters (sunnahs). The integrals are those matters that are part of the prayer and, if not done the prayer is invalid. The recommended matters are the rewardable matters the leaving out of which...
Read More إقرأ المزيدAllah, ta^ala said: إِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَاباً مَّوْقُوتاً Innas-salata kanat ^alal-mu’minina kitabam mawquta Ayah 103 of Suratun-Nisa’ means: {Certianly, the [obligatory] prayers have been prescribed to the believers to be performed at...
Read More إقرأ المزيدAllah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an: إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ Inna kulla shay’in khalaqnahu biqadar Ayah 49 of Suratul-Qamar means: {Allah creates everything according to His Destining.} The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said: الإيمانُ أن...
Read More إقرأ المزيدThe Bridge, Basin, and Intercession Paradise and Hellfire Among what the Prophet conveyed and is obligatory to believe in are: the Bridge, Basin, and Intercession. The Bridge: It is a bridge that stretches above Hellfire, which all the people will cross. One of its...
Read More إقرأ المزيدBelieving in what the Prophet Conveyed The Torture and Enjoyment in the Grave and The Questioning by the Two Angels: Munkar and Nakir The Day of Judgment, Resurrection, and Assembly Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an: وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى 3 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا...
Read More إقرأ المزيدThe Miracle The miracle is an extraordinary act. It is not a usual event that happens in everyday life or to everyone. Miracles are only for prophets and are always in agreement with what they say. So, no one can do anything that is equal or similar to a miracle to...
Read More إقرأ المزيدThe Order of Creation after the Water and the Throne After Allah created the water and the Throne, He created the Upper Pen, then the Guarded Tablet, and then the rest of the creations. The Upper Pen and the Guarded Tablet: It was narrated in the description of the...
Read More إقرأ المزيدThe First Creation: Water When Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, was asked how this universe started to exist, he said: “Allah existed [eternally] and nothing else existed with Him. He created the ^Arsh (Throne) [and placed it] above the water. Then He...
Read More إقرأ المزيدA woman while breast feeding her baby daughter, breast fed a baby boy that she did not give birth to for a period of twenty five days. Is it allowable according to the Islamic law for that baby boy, as a man to take in marriage the sister of the baby girl with whom he...
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