Q: Which women are declared haraam in Nikaah? A: It is impermissible for a person to marry his ascendants and descendants (i.e. his mother, grandmother, great grandmother and so on, as well as his daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter and so on). It is also impermissible for him to marry his …
Read More »Number of Witnesses for a nikaah to be valid
Q: How many witnesses are needed for the nikaah to be valid? A: It is a condition that two baaligh, sane Muslim males or one baaligh Muslim male and two baaligh Muslim females be present at the time of the Nikah. وأما شروطه… ومنها الشهادة قال عامة العلماء إنها شرط …
Read More »Shar’i requirements for the validity of Nikaah
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 …
Read More »Delaying marriage on account of studying
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 …
Read More »Passing away through an accident or a natural disaster
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 …
Read More »Touching one’s daughter with lust
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 …
Read More »Aiding Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) in difficulty
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 …
Read More »Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu)’s sufferings for Islam.
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 …
Read More »Reciting Tasbeeh-e-Faatimi after every fardh salaah
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 …
Read More »Earn Reward Equivalent to Laylatul Qadr
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 …
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Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality