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Practical Mustahibaat for Our Daily Lives Practical Mustahibaat for Our Daily Lives: We have previously discussed the importance of keeping up our mustahab (recommended) acts of worship, along with detailing some specific suggestions.…

Optional Fast Optional Fast: Islam encourages the faithful to fast during other months. The author of Thawab al-A’mal traces the isnad of one tradition of the Holy Prophet (S) to Ibn ‘Abbas who cites the Prophet (S) saying, "Whoever fasts…

What Breaks the Fast What Breaks the Fast: Any of the following invalidates the fast: eating or drinking, sexual intercourse, telling lies about Allah and/or His Messenger (S), immersing the entire head in water, deliberate inhalation of…

The command for fasting in Ramadhan came in the first year of the Hijra. The Holy Prophet delivered a lecture on the last Friday of the preceding month, Sha’ban, in which he said:- “O people! You are now under the shadow of…

“O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you clothing to cover your shame, and (clothing) for beauty and clothing that guards (against evil), that is the best. This is of the communications of Allah that they may be…

Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts - that is purer for them; surely Allah is aware of what they do. And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks…”

Question 40: Is one able to refer to a doctor of the opposite sex for something that a doctor of the same gender is able to do? Answer: If the doctor of the same gender is able to cure the patient than it is impermissible to refer to a…

What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of gambling? It is very rare to find someone who is not acquainted with the various harms of gambling, and in order to further explain this fact, we present here, briefly, some of its evil…

We have said that there are two issues involved here. First, what is obligatory upon women and what is permissible for men. Those points which are clear are that it is obligatory upon women to cover themselves except for their face and…