The Second: If fasting is difficult, but not harmful, they can break their fast, although fasting is better.
The Third: If fasting is difficult and harmful at the same time (i.e. fasting worsens the sickness or delays recovery), then fasting is not permissible, because Allāh the Exalted said (translated meaning): “Do not throw yourselves into destruction.” [Sūrah Al-Baqarah: 195]
Category 6⃣: The pregnant & breastfeeding women
▪️a. This category is excused from fasting Ramaḍhān (Adā'an) ONLY IF fasting poses a health…
Today's class is perhaps one of the more important lessons in this series, so please take time to reflect
The 10 categories of people in Ramaḍhān and their rulings with respect to fasting
Category 1⃣: The Muslim who is sane, mature, able to fast, resident, free from menstrual and post natal bleeding, and is not exempted from fasting
▪️a. This category is not excused from fasting, so it's obligatory upon them…
In lesson 9 we mentioned 6 conditions for fasting to be obligatory, and in lesson 10 we mentioned 5 conditions for fasting to be valid. Here we will add one more condition, which falls into both categories (i.e. conditions of obligation and validity); this is the condition of 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘.
A person is not obligated to fast unless the time for fasting begins; which starts with the commencement of Ramaḍhān and continues…
Last lesson we covered the conditions for fasting to be obligatory. In this lesson we will go over the:
Conditions for fasting to be valid
A person's fast is null and void unless they fulfil the following 5 conditions:
1. Islām (as opposed to disbelief)
2. Sanity (as opposed to insanity)
3. Discernment (as opposed to lack of discernment)
4. Intention (as a opposed to lack of intention)
5. Purity (as opposed…
Note: when scholars mention Islam as a condition for the obligation of Salaah, Zakah, Sawm, etc., what's intended is that these acts of worship are not accepted from a Kafir while he remains in the st
الكفار مخاطبون بالفروع (1)
The Āyat from Sūrah Al-Muddathir clearly prove that they will be punished for this. So, when a Muslim feeds them, he is actually aiding them upon sin and transgression, which is in direct opposition to Allah's command:
{وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَ ٰنِ}
“Do not help one another in sin and transgression.” [Surah Al-Mâ'idah: 2]
He is sinful for aiding them, and they are…
The Companions may Allāh be pleased with them, who were the best of this Ummah, would make their children fast from a young age.” [Majmū’ Fatāwā Ash-Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (29/19)]
💡Benefit: Ar-Rubayyi’ bint Mu’awwidh raḍhiyallāhu ’anhā said: “We used to fast on that day (i.e ‘Āshurā') and would also make our children fast. We would prepare for them toys made of wool so that if any of them cried for food, they were given the toy till it was time to break the fast.” [Bukhāri & Muslim]
When does a child become an adult/accountable?
Sheikh ’Uthaymīn raḥimahullāh said: “A boy becomes mature…
After learning that fasting Ramaḍhān is obligatory, we need to know who this obligation applies to, so this is the subject of today's lesson.
Conditions for fasting to be obligatory
A person is obligated to fast Ramaḍhān ONLY if they meet the following 6 conditions:
1. Islām (as opposed to disbelief)
2. Sanity (as opposed to insanity)
3. Adulthood (as opposed to…
I urge my fellow brothers and sisters to take caution! There is a fatal desease circulating amongst some of the Muslims. It may not cause blindness to your sight and hearing, but it will certainly cause your heart to grow blind - if left untreated. This desease is known as At-Tamyee’ (watering down the Deen). Its symptoms vary; mild cases exist within those who tread the path of 'take the good and leave the bad' and…
The obligation of establishing justice between Muslim and non-Muslim workers
I have two equally capable workers, one of them is a Muslim and the other is a Kafir (non-Muslim). I am asked to assess their work. Is it permissible for me to act unjustly to the Kafir because of his beliefs?
Answer:
You must establish justice between them. However, it would be best to fire the Kafir, even if he is more efficient, as Muslim workers are more blessed, even if they are less efficient, let alone…
Is it permissible for a Muslim to enter a church to know of their prayers or listen to a lecture?
Answer:
A Muslim is not allowed to enter the places of worship of disbelievers as this leads to increasing their number. It was reported by Al-Bayhaqy with a sound chain of transmitters on the authority of 'Umar (رضي الله عنه) who said: "...and do not enter upon Mushrikun (those who associate others with Allah in worship) in their churches or temples as the wrath of Allah descends upon them." But if there is a legal…
470) The Arabian Peninsula is the sacrosanct base of Islām which no disbeliever is allowed to violate, to assume its nationality, or to own anything therein. Needless to mention that the building of c
Concerning the ruling on building places of worship for non-Muslims in Arabia such as Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, etc. Is it permissible for a company owner to allocate a place for non-Muslim workers to practice their worship there?
Studying these questions, the Committee answered as follows:
Every religion other than Islām is mere disbelief and error. Every house of worship other than that of Islām is…
Kufr in practice!!
Kufr even in the architecture!!!
The Abrahamic Family House, situated in Abu Dhabi, is a collection of three religious spaces: a mosque, a synagogue and a church, all of which sit upon a secular visitor pavilion. Within each of the houses of worship, visitors will have the opportunity to observe religious services, listen to holy scripture, and experience sacred rituals. The fourth space — not…
1 - It is not permissible for a Muslim who believes in Allāh as a Lord, in Islām as a religion, and in Muḥammad ﷺ as a Prophet and Messenger to call to this wicked ideology, to promote it and circulat
2- It is not permissible for a Muslim to print the Torah and the Bible individually, so what about [printing them] alongside the Holy Qur'ān all as one book? Whoever does this, or calls to it is far astray; because this combines between the truth (the Noble Qur'ān) and the distortion or abrogated truth (contained in the Torah and Bible).
3- Also, it is not permissible for a Muslim to answer the call to build a…
A Fatwa issued by Al-Lajnah Ad-Adā'imah relevant to the Abrahamic House [Fatwa No. 19402]
All praises belong to Allāh alone, and may peace and blessings be upon the one after whom there is no Prophet, upon his family, Companions and those who followed them in goodness until the Day of Judgment. To proceed:
The Standing Committee for scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed the questions presented to them and the articles that have been published in the media regarding the call to 'unity of religions';…
Q8. Is this opinion not going to cause disunity amongst the Muslims?
If someone adopts this view such that Ramaḍhān ends while the Muslims in his country are still fasting, then he should not eat in public to avoid conflict and maintain unity. This was the view held by Ash-Shāfi’ē raḥimahullāh and is also a Riwāyah from Aḥmad.
🔺Note: this is not an issue that Muslims should be fighting over. Sheikh ibn Bāz raḥimahullāh said: “Fast when you see it and break your fast when you see…
I then came back to Madīnah at the end of the month, ’Abdullāh Ibn ’Abbās asked me about the new moon of Ramaḍhān and said: “When did you see it?” I said: “We saw it on the night of Friday,” He said:
Here are some responses:
1. The statement of Ibn ’Abbās raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu: “This is what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ commanded us with”, is not clear-cut. He could be referring to the Prophet's command to fast when the new moon is sighted, or to otherwise complete the month as 30 days. So the people of Madīnah completed 30 days and did not begin fasting because they did not see the new moon on the 29th, acting in…
Continuing on from where we left off last lesson, we are going to mention some important issues related to the moon sighting (inshāAllāh). And to make things easier, we have chosen to present these issues in a Q&A format.
Q1. Are men and women equal when it comes to moon sighting?
What's correct is that men and women are equal in this regard, because this is from the angle of reporting/relaying news about a…
We know that بيتٌ means house.
Here are some synonyms:
مَسْكَنٌ ، سَكَنٌ ، مَنْزِلٌ ، مَقَرٌّ، دَارٌ
All of these nouns are masculine except دَارٌ, that is why the poet said:
يَعْمُرُ(هَا)
عَمَرَ - يَعْمُرَ = to populate / occupy
He used the 3rd person, sing., femine pronoun (ها) to refer to دَارٌ (whose plural is دُورٌ) because this noun is feminine.
3 other usages of دَارٌ:
دارُ الكُفْرِ = land of…
Who will buy a home in Firdaws and live therein * by offering a single rak‘ah at night in secret?
Or satisfy the hunger of a poor person by giving him his fill * at a time of famine and widespread inflation?
The soul desires the Dunya while it knows * that the path to safety is to abandon what is in it
By Allāh! If my soul was content with what it has been given * of provision, that would surely be enough for it
Thus, there are two ways to determine the start and end of Ramaḍhān:
1. sighting the crescent on the 29th, or (if that's not possible)
2. completing the month as 30 days
The evidence for this is the statement of the Prophet ﷺ: “Fast when you see it (the crescent of Ramaḍhān), and break your fast when you see it (the crescent of Shawwāl), and if the sky is overcast [and you cannot see the crescent on the 29th], calculate it (the months of Sha’bān and Shawwāl) as thirty days.”…
