Is the Friday Prayer Obligatory After the `Id Prayer if `Id Should Fall on a...
By Imam Ibn Rushd al-Hafid Translated by Hamzah wald Maqbul (From the Bidayat al-Mujtahid of Ibn Rushd al-Hafid, An Authoritative Manual on the Fiqh of the Four Madhhabs and the People of the Sunnah)...
View ArticleRecitation Behind the Imām – Perspectives from the Four Madhhabs
By Mufti Ebrahim Desai Edited by IlmGate In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Allah Ta’ala states in the Holy Quran: “When the Qur’an is recited, then listen attentively to it and remain...
View ArticleGathering in the Masjids on Auspicious Nights (A Hanafi Viewpoint)
By Mufti Rashid Ahmad al-Ludhyanwi Translated by Mufti A.H Elias and edited by Bilal Ali Question: What is the esteemed opinion of the respected scholars on the now customary gathering of people in the...
View ArticleWhen Does a Latecomer Stand to Complete the Missed Rakāts?
Photo ibnbasheer23 – DarusSalam Foundation (Lombard, IL) By Mawlana Muhammad ibn Suleman Chothia In collaboration with Mufti Muhammad Mahdi Question: If a person missed a rak’ah or rak’āts of fard...
View ArticleJamʾ Bayn ‘l-Ṣalātayn: Combining Two Prayers According to the Hanafi School
By Imām Abū Jaʾfar al-Ṭaḥāwī Translated by Abu Humayd Preface by Shaykh Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed Praise be to Allah that is due from all grateful believers, a fullness of praise for all his...
View ArticleProcedure of Eid Salaah – Proofs According to the Hanafi School
By Shaykh Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed Hadith One: A Sahih Marfoo‘ Hadith Near the end of his Sharh Ma‘ani al-Athar (2:371, Maktabah Haqqaniyyah), Imam al-Tahawi (d. 321 H) narrates: علي بن عبد الرحمن...
View ArticleShawwāl: What to Do On Eid Night, Eid Day, and During the Month
Photo DarulHikmah By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Edited by Bilal Ali Shawwal is the first of the three months named Ashhur al-Hajj (the months of hajj). Although the major acts of hajj are normally...
View ArticleSolar and Lunar Eclipses – Guidelines from the Sunnah
By Mawlana Ismail Dawoodjee Edited by IlmGate In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A solar eclipse took place during the golden era of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Consider the...
View ArticleIs the Friday Prayer Obligatory After the Eid Prayer?
By ‘Allamah Ibn Rushd al-Qurtubi Translated by Mawlana Hamzah Wald Maqbul A Translation From the Bidayat al-Mujtahid of Ibn Rushd al-Hafid al-Qurtubi, An Authoritative Manual on the Fiqh of the Four...
View ArticleTakbīr al-Tashrīq in Detail
By Mawlana Nabeel Valli Edited by IlmGate The Meaning of the Takbīrāt of Tashrīq Takbīr means “to proclaim the greatness of Allāh.” [1] Tashrīq literally means “to cut and dry strips of meat in the...
View ArticleFriday Congregation in Jails and the Issue of Public Access
By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Translated by Abdullah Rashid and Sufyan Tihami Preface In my Yemen trip journal — published in the Rabi‘ al-Thani 1422 issue of Al-Balagh Magazine — I mentioned, for the...
View ArticleGuidelines for Recitation Mistakes in Salāt
By Mufti Faraz Ibn Adam al-Mahmudi Errors in recitation can take place in 5 different areas[1][2]: 1) ‘i῾rāb and harakāt (Diacritics) 2) Hurūf (Letters) 3) Kalimāt (Words) 4) Jumal wal-āyāt (Sentences)...
View ArticleThe Fiqh of Performing Salat on a Chair
By Muftī Muhammad Riḍwān Translated by Mawlana Muhammad Omarji In recent times, we have seen a rise in the use of chairs in the masājid and as a result the masājid have been flooded with chairs. Many...
View ArticleAn Overview of Aspects Pertaining to Ṣalāt al-Tarāwīḥ
By Mawlana Ẓafar Aḥmad al-ʿUthmānī Translated by Mawlana Muntasir Zaman Translator’s Preface With the month of Ramadān drawing near, both students and scholars have begun their preparation by reading...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Ruling on Jumu’a and Eid Prayers in Non-Muslim Countries due to...
Answer by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari Approved by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Question: There is a bit of confusion, amongst Muslims residing in the UK, in relation to Hadhrat Shaykh al-Islam...
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