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What Constitutes Innovation (Bid’ah)? When we speak of innovation in Islam, we are speaking strictly of religious acts and deeds. In a hadith the Messenger of Allah stated: “He who innovates something in this matter […]

The Wisdom behind Fasting There are reasons and wisdom behind every single act in Islam, no matter how small. In time we may know the wisdom for be- hind some acts, and for others we […]

Muslims Near the North or South Pole Muslims who live close to the North or South Pole , where there are long nights expanding over six months, or where the days expand over six months […]

nightly prayer : Taraweeh The Ramadan nightly prayer has a special merit over other nights. The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever observes night prayer in Ramadan as an ex- pression of his faith and to […]

Ramadan Nightly Prayer (Taraweeh) Allah (SWT) has mandated to His servants acts of worship and made them of various kinds so as to provide them with means to pick and choose, and that others will […]

Achieving the Essence of Obedience From the outset, for an act or deed to be considered a proper worship, ‘ebadah, it must contain two things: (1) Sincerity (Ikhlas). It must be offered simply for the […]

The Night of Power Part of the significance of the Night of Power, has been previ- ously mentioned. Let’s to analyze this topic with commentary, (tafseer) on chapter 97 of Al-Qur’an, Al-Qadir (the Night of […]

Fasting on Behalf of the Deceased We know that when a person who dies did not make Salaat, no one should pray on his behalf, nor should anyone fast on behalf of a person who […]

Redemption of Ramadan When a faster misses a day or days due to valid reasons men- tioned previously, they should be redeemed after Ramadan. The redemption is mandatory, not immediately but delayed mandatory, known as […]

Duties After Ramadan As the blessed month of Ramadan nears it end, there are three important obligations to help the faster bid the month a deserv- ing farewell. These obligations also bring the faster closer […]