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Actions and Sincerity: Ibn Ata’illah’s Hikma explained by Ibn Ajiba
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Actions and Sincerity: Ibn Ata’illah’s Hikma explained by Ibn Ajiba http://www.wponline.org/vil/Books/IA_Hikmah/hikamcom1.html Ibn Ata’illah said: Actions are merely propped-up shapes. Their life-breath is the presence o…
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Bleeding gums and fasts
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Can you tell me if when fasting, if your gums bleed and you swallow the blood, does it break your fast? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, If the bleeding was such that it would break wudu (see answer below), then swallowi…
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Doing all 20 rakats of tarawih is difficult
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I had a question about the 20 rakah of tarawih prayer.
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The sunna, its levels, and love: Isn’t praying bareheaded against the sunna and imitation of those methodologically challenged?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I beg your pardon, please clarify "it is recommended to cover one's head in prayer" Is it not an act of Sunnah? I heard that Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was never seen without covering his head during prayers …
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Supplicating in Prayer : Important Details
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
During Jalsa I have heard that reciting rabbighfirlee thrice is recommendable? is that true and can it be done in fardh prayers?
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Why tarawih?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I do not mean to be rude but I already know that this is the sunnah, but as a convert to Islam this really does not help me. Why did the Rasool (pbuh) perform it? There must be a reason behind this action.
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Touching the Qur’an with gloves without wudu
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Is it permissible to touch a copy of the quran after wearing gloves if not in a state of wudu? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, It is prohibitively disliked and sinful to touch the Qur'an with anything one is wearing whe…
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Why lie when asked about the past?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Regarding the answer Shaykh Faraz Rabbani gave to the question, Repentance: Do I have To Tell? The answer states that " "Even if asked point blank, "Have you ever xyz.?" the right answer, Islamically, is to say no." '' F…
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Water getting into the ears
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I read in the archive that water getting into your ears does not break the fast. Yet in the Nur Ul Idaah on page 185, chapter/Baab Ma yufsido sawm o yujibo qada min ghayri kafara. number 18-19. Which states that dropping…
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Jihad in the path of Allah: a personal obligation?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
In its broadest definition as struggling in the path of Allah with one's self, wealth, soul, intellect, the Qur'an etc. (incl. its moral, economic, cultural, social aspects), is jihad fard 'ayn considering the pathetic s…
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Concerning Love of Allah
Mawlana Sa`di al-Shirazi’s Gulistan
Concerning Love of Allah Happy are the days of them that are infatuated by love for Him, whether they be sorrowed by separation from Him or made joyous by His presence.
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Tarawih, division, and respecting scholarly differences
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
This is in response to a long comment/question, questioning the negation of 8 rakats tarawih as being a sound position, when some hadiths [seem to] refer to it, and some scholars have stated it…. Walaikum assalam wa rahm…
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Nawawi on making up missed prayers: scholarly consensus
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Nawawi on making up missed prayers: scholarly consensus Imam Nawawi stated in his al-Majmu` Sharh al-Muhadhdhab (3.86): “There is consensus (ijma`) of the scholars whose opinion counts that whoever leaves a prayer intent…
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Invalidating the fast through intercourse
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Can you please advise me what should one do if he accidentally committed a sin by having a intercourse with his wife while fasting? While ago I heard from someone that there is a Hadith where Prophet(sws) advise the man …
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Can one read books written by non-Muslims on Islam e.g. Islamic history - quran translations etc
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Can one read books written by non-Muslims on Islam e.g. Islamic history - quran translations etc Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, One should learn the fundamentals and essentials of one’s deen through reliable Sunni sour…
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Do I have to fast 10 whole years in expiation? (no)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
From your previous answers, I understand that intentionally breaking your fast through eating or sexual relations requires a person to make up that fast plus 60 days fasting for each broken day of fasting (kaffara).
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Hadiths or Fatwas?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have daleel from Quran, Sunnah and scholars from old on a matter that offers clear direction and then find the Ummah in an ordeal where this daleel should be applied but is instead negated based upon personal feelings …
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Missed Prayers & Ibn Taymiyyah
Musa Furber
I'd like to know what the hanbali position is on missed prayers. I know that the hanafis, shafi'is and malikis say one has to make up all missed prayers. I HEARD that the hanbalis say one doesn't have to as long as tawba…
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Chapter on Repentance: From Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous
Imam Nawawi
Chapter on Repentance: From Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous 2. Chapter on Repentance Scholars say that it is s a duty to repent of every wrong action.
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Effect of a Sound Marriage: Rights of the Husband and Wife
Unknown Source
Effect of a Sound Marriage: Rights of the Husband and Wife The importance of meeting the spouse's rights in a marriage. The rights of the wife over the husband. The rights of the husband over the wife.
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Blood Transfusions and Donations: A Detailed Explanation
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)
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Salat al-Istikhara
Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Salat al-Istikhara CONCERNING THE RITUAL PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE IN CHOOSING THE BEST OPTION [SALAT AL-ISTIKHARA], AND THE PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION [DU'A'] APPROPRIATE TO IT.
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Schools of medicine cap intake of Muslims
Glen Owen, Education Correspondent
Schools of medicine cap intake of Muslims MEDICAL schools have started restricting the admission of Muslim students after complaints that they are forcing doctors to abandon the teaching of certain subjects on religious …
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Causes and Effects and Medicine
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I heard an Islamic scholar referring the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) hadith: There is nothing like infectious disease. i.e. no disease spreads with sitting together an affected person. so no disease is infe…
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How do we know that someone whom one wronged has really forgiven us?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
How do we know that someone whom one wronged has really forgiven us? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, a) by seeking their forgiveness and clearing their dues; b) making dua for them in particular or those one has wronged…
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My elderly neighbors’ dogs
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
My friend helps two elderly women (disbelievers), who are both physically disable to go out to do anything. They are her neighbour. My friend does their shopping for them, however they have a dog inside their house.
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Been involved with partner who ‘intends to marry me’ in the future
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
I have been doing a wrong act with a partner who intends to marry me for 4yrs. Although I was ashamed of my act I had continued and had gotten pregnant. I did not want to terminate but was in fear of family and society.
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Breaking fast with non-Muslims
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
My university is having a "fast-a-thon", where we get non-Muslims to fast for a day to raise money for an organization which feeds poor people. In Islam is it allowed for Muslims and non-Muslims to have Iftar together?
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RE: reading aloud in quiet prayer to be able to maintain concentration
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If I’m praying and a jamaat is going on where the imam is reading aloud, or even if I joined a prayer late and while I finish off my missed rakats the imam is performing dua aloud – in such cases, I find it difficult to …
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The extra-special fast and ruining one's worldly life
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
About the extra [See Lesson 3 of the Essentials of Fasting, www.sunnipath.com] special fast. It basically means that I cannot leave my house or the masjid because doing anything else would not allow me to keep such a fas…