Tag: Ramadan

(Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller, as a bridge-building effort to promote good relations among Jewish and Muslim communities. We share much in common due to the same source of our prophets and the revelations they…

RAMADAN, AT ITS core, is a celebration of life. During Ramadan, we celebrate that we are alive to act on the opportunity that Allah has placed before us: to shed the burden of our misdeeds, to earn His pleasure, to better ourselves.…

  ((Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller, as a bridge-building effort to promote good relations among Jewish and Muslim communities. We share much in common due to the same source of our prophets and the…

RAMADAN IS A time of selfless devotion and a month of above-ordinary worship. It is time of taking a spiritual inventory and reflecting deeply on all matters of moral significance- what it means to be a Muslim, and where does one fit…

"As mentioned previously, Ṣadaqah is a comprehensive term that is used to refer to many acts of kindness and good deeds. It may refer to something as small as removing a harmful thing from someone’s path or helping a person mount his…

Specific Types of Ṣadaqah Zakah is a specific form of Ṣadaqah that is compulsory for every Muslim who has wealth beyond his or her needs. The requirement is that 2.5% of wealth beyond necessities should be given each year. The focus of…