Question: Is it obligatory to break the fast with an odd number of dates? Answer by Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al- ‘Uthaymin (rahimahullah): It is not obligatory, rather not even sunnah for an individual to break their fast with an odd number of dates whether that be three, five, seven…
Question: Jibril would review the Qur’ān during Ramadan with the Prophet ﷺ at night. Do we understand from this that it is better to recite the Qur’ān at night instead of the day? Answer by Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymin (rahimahullah): There is no doubt that reciting the Qur’ān at…
Question: The ḥadith, “The thirst has been quenched, the veins have been moistened and the reward has been earned if Allāh wills.” – Is this specific to someone who fasts in the summer, or is it for any person who fasts, even if he does not feel thirsty and his…
Abū Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: رُبَّ صَائِمٍ حَظُّهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ الْجُوعُ وَالْعَطَشُ، وَرُبَّ قَائِمٍ حَظُّهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ السَّهَرُ “Perhaps a fasting person will receive nothing from his fasting except hunger and thirst. Perhaps a person performing the night prayer will receive nothing from his prayer except…
This is the supplication which the Prophet ﷺ taught his grandson al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī to say either before or after the rukū’ in the Witr prayer. In the tarāwīḥ prayer during the second half of Ramaḍān, one may add further supplications to this as the companions used to do (see…
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said: One of the widespread calamities that people fail to realise is when a servant of Allāh is bestowed with a blessing chosen by Allāh Himself, yet the servant grows weary and desires to exchange it for what they perceive as better, driven by ignorance. Despite…
These benefits are from the esteemed Mālikī Scholar, Imām Ibn ‘Abdil-Barr (D. 463AH), in his book ‘al-Istidhkār’, a detailed explanation of Imām Mālik’s Ḥadīth Collection, ‘al-Muwattā’. His commentary stands as one of the most comprehensive Fiqh texts, encompassing the viewpoints of jurists from various schools of thought alongside their respective…
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn Bāz, the Former Mufti of Saudi Arabia (rahimahullah) was asked: “What is your advice to the Muslims in welcoming the virtuous month of Ramadan?” He replied: My advice to all Muslims is to fear Allāh, the Most High, and to welcome their glorious month with sincere repentance…
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn Bāz (rahimahullah): The entrance of the month of Ramaḍān is determined by one person sighting the new moon. If the new moon is not seen, Sha‘bān is completed as thirty days, and fasting in Ramaḍān begins after the thirtieth day. It is impermissible to rely on astronomical…
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar narrated that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said: ما حقُّ امرئ مسلم له شيء يوصي فيه، يَبيتُ ليلتين إلا ووصيتُه مكتوبة عنده “It is the duty of every Muslim who has any affair that ought to be recorded in a will to not allow two nights to pass without…