A Light In Every House
Question: Why doesn’t the whole Muslim world start Ramadan and celebrate ‘Eeds on same days? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, may Allah exalt his […]
Ramadan has always been a positive turning point in the lives of many Muslims. Narrated by Abu Hurairah, May Allah be Pleased with Him said: أنَّ النَّبيَّ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم صعِد المِنبَرَ فقال: ( آمينَ آمينَ آمينَ ) قيل : يا رسولَ اللهِ إنَّكَ حينَ صعِدْتَ المِنبَرَ قُلْتَ : […]
Rights of the Prophet are the most important, after the rights of Allah. There is no human who has more rights than the Prophet. Allah said, what translated means: “Verily, We have sent you (O Muhammad) as a witness, as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner. In […]
I have pondered over our prayers and thought of the state of many of the praying people. So, I detected a strong link between neglecting the prayer with all its due meanings and the status of the Muslim nation along with the crisis that the Muslims undergo. In fact, it […]
Can one who judges by something other than that which Allaah has revealed be regarded as just, if he does not wrong people? Praise be to Allaah. The Muslim Ummah is one nation, with one ‘aqeedah (belief) and one sharee’ah (law). Because every flock needs a shepherd and […]
One of the loftiest maxims and admonitions in the Noble Quran is demonstrating the priority of the Hereafter and the great outcome for those who prepared for it. Allah, may He be Exalted, said: {وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ} [الأعلى:17] (Interpretation of the meaning): “Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.” [Al-Alaa:17] […]
The family is that brick which forms the foundation of a society. It is composed of individuals that have permanent relations established between them. Most importantly, it possesses almost a majority of the different kinds of personal relations. Because of this, there must be certain etiquettes placed in order to […]
The inherent difficulties faced by Muslims here with the seasonal variations in prayer times are part and parcel of life, so what positives can we take from this difficulty? Many of us when hearing and reading eulogies of past communities, invariably begin to compare that past with that of our […]
Respected reader, there are many fruits which result of following the Sunnah: Reaching the stage of love, i.e. drawing closer to Allah. By performing additional prayers (nawafil), a believer attains Allah’s love. Ibn al-Qayyem, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Allah will not love you until you love His […]
Safiyya bint Huyayy, (may Allah be pleased with her) married the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in 7 AH, when the Prophet was sixty years old and she was seventeen years old. As in the case of juwayriyya bint Harith, this marriage occurred after one […]