Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Q: What are the Shar’i requirements for the validity of Nikaah? A: It is a condition for the Nikaah to be valid that the proposal and acceptance take place between the bride and bridegroom or their representatives in the presence of two Muslim baaligh male witnesses or one Muslim baaligh …

Q: Is it advisable for one who has the need to get married to delay on account of studying further? A: It is the Mubaarak teaching of Shari’ah that when a boy or girl reaches the age of marriage and they perceive the need to get married, then they should do …

Passing away through an accident or a natural disaster If a person had passed away through some natural disaster or accident and most of the body is intact, then the ghusal, kafan and Janaazah Salaah will be carried out as normal.[1] Passing away through an earthquake After an earthquake, if …

Q: What is the Shar’i ruling regarding a person who touched his daughter with lust, will his nikaah with his wife (daughter’s mother) break? A: If a person touches his daughter’s body with sexual desire and lust without there being a veil or cloth in between, if his daughter is …

On one occasion, whilst Rasulullah  (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was engaged in performing salaah by the Ka’bah, one of the leaders of the Quraish Uqbah bin Abi Mu’ait approached him with the sinister intention of persecuting him. Uqbah then removed his shawl and began ruthlessly strangling Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). No …

In the initial stages of Islam, those who embraced Islam had to keep their faith secret as far as possible.  As the Muslims were being constantly persecuted by the Quraysh, even Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) advised all new Muslims to practise Islam secretly, so that they might not have to …

On one occasion, the poor Sahaabah (radhiallahu anhum) complained to Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) saying, “O Nabi of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), as far as the wealthy among your Sahaabah are concerned, then they perform salaah and we also perform salaah, they observe nafl fast and we also observe nafl …

عن أبي هريرة عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم : قال ما من أيام أحب إلى الله أن يتعبد له فيها من عشر ذي الحجة يعدل صيام كل يوم منها بصيام سنة وقيام كل ليلة منها بقيام ليلة القدر (ترمذي 1/158) Hazrat Abu Hurayrah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah …

عن ابن عباس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال ما العمل في أيام أفضل منها في هذه قالوا ولا الجهاد قال ولا الجهاد إلا رجل خرج يخاطر بنفسه وماله فلم يرجع بشيء (بخاري 1/132) Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (Radhiyallahu Anhuma) reports that Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “There …

During the period Hadhrat Moulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) was imprisoned, there was a prisoner in the jail who requested Moulana to teach him the Qura’aan. When Moulana received the news of his release, the prisoner had a few paras left to complete and was extremely saddened to hear …