Fiqh Archives

Rulings Regarding Zakat Al-Fitr: A Cleansing and Enriching Obligatory Charity (part 2)

We continue from Part 1, wherein was discussed the meaning and purpose of this pillar of Islamic faith, as well as modern equivalencies and who is required to pay Zakat Al-Fitr. When is the Zakat Al-Fitr Payment Due? Imam Shâfiʿi and Imam…

Seeking Cure with Ruqya and the Quran | (Part 2 of 2)

Various rulings about Ruqyah that is permissible and impermissible

Ṣalah: The Deep Reach of Islamic Prayer Part 3 of 3

Why Ṣalâh? What are the beneficial ends accomplished for the individual Muslim and for his community by their proper practice of Ṣalâh? Part III: Summary of the Comprehensive Benefits Accomplished by Ṣalâh: Spiritual, Physical, Social, and Personal Development The totality of benefits…

Ṣalâh: The Deep Reach of Islamic Prayer Part 2 of 3

Why Ṣalâh? What are the beneficial ends accomplished for the individual Muslim and for his community by their proper practice of Ṣalâh? Part II: Physical Health Benefits of Ṣalâh The physical health benefits of our Prayer are based, first, on personal hygiene,…

Ṣalâh: The Deep Reach of Islamic Prayer Part 1 of 3

Why Ṣalâh? What are the beneficial ends accomplished for the individual Muslim and for his community by their proper practice of Ṣalâh? Part I: The Supreme Spiritual Practice PRAYER has always been the cornerstone of worship in monotheistic religions. Performed properly, Prayer…

Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Muhammad Al-Ghazali

Satisfaction in Ṣalât Advice from Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Just assume, a company manager loves an assistant very much and likes his presence at the office. He offers him extra-pay if he will check in and talk with him five times a day, 10 minutes each time. The assistant agreed, so…

Revving Up Your Worship in Islam

Worship is a relationship natural to the human being. How a person establishes his (or her) link to whom or to what he chooses (or allows himself) to worship will define how well he can successfully fulfill his purpose in life. The…

10 TIPS TO MAINTAINING YOUR SALAH

1. KNOW ITS WORTH If one does not know the merits and necessity of salah, the immense bounties that come with it, and the unspeakable spiritual pleasure and bliss of the company of Allah that is the reward of an attentive salah,…

Why Scholars Disagree? (2)

WE CONTINUE with issues resulting from the collecting and weighing of evidence and why scholars may rule differently based on the evidence they have, or have not, received—and their trust in it. 3. The scholar receives a hadith that, in fact, is abrogated and…

How Much Of The Quran Did The Prophet Interpret?

THERE ARE TWO scholarly opinions as to how much of the Quran the Prophet explained. The First Opinion: The Entire Quran Some scholars, like Shaykh Al-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah, held that the Prophet had explained the meanings of the entire Quran to his…