Paying one's expiation for not fasting from the money kept for his burial costs
Question: My mother-in-law is sick and is not expected to recover. Her family is unable to give her expiation for not fasting. My wife, however, has kept some money with me for her mother's shroud and burial costs. Is it permissible to give some of this money as part of the expiation that is obligatory upon her? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and...

Pink and White Mousse
Serves 8 - 500 g/1 lb. mixed barriers of your choice, pureed - 1 cup/250g/8 oz sugar - 1 tablespoon orange liqueur - 1/4 cup /60 ml/2fl oz water - 6 egg yolks - 200 g/6½ oz white chocolate, melted ...
22 Ramadan
22 Ramadan - Birth of 'Abdur-Rahmaan An-Naasir, the eighth of the Umayyad Princes in Andalusia whose rule was marked as one of the golden eras in Andalusia - 277 A.H....

Visiting a Person Observing I‘tikaaf
In a Hadeeth on the authority of Safiyyah bint Huyayy, may Allah be pleased with her, she said, Once, while the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was in I‘tikaaf, I visited him at night and talked with him. I got up to depart and he...