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The Fasting Person and Etiquettes of Eating-II
… Continued 8- To eat from the food that is closest. This is a refined table manner and is in view of the statement of the Messenger of Allah
to the boy (mentioned earlier in point number 5): "… and eat from the spot of the dish that is nearer to you." [Al-Bukhari & Muslim] but an exception.. More
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The Fasting Person and Etiquettes of Eating-I
My dear fasting brother and sister, perhaps you and your family at this moment, moments before the Athaan (call to prayer) of Maghrib (sunset), are getting ready to have the Iftaar (fast-breaking) meal after a long day of fasting that has exhausted you and you are eagerly waiting for the sun to set. You must be yearning for a gulp of water to quench.. More -
Fasting: A Medical Miracle-III
… Continued Why the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would break his fasting with dates This is a prophetic miracle. Dates are one of the finest foods and are rich in glucose and are therefore ideal nourishment for the body to break the fast with because it contains a high percentage of sugars (from 75% to 87%) out of which glucose.. More -
Fasting: A Medical Miracle-II
… Continued Movement and activity during fasting Movement and activity during the Islamic fasting are something very positive and enhance the competence of the liver and the muscles, rid the body of fats, and protect it from the risky increase of harmful ketone bodies. Moreover, muscular movement reduces the manufacture of protein in the liver.. More -
Important Rulings for the Fasting Person-II
… Continued The fasting of old people: The fasting of a very old person who cannot complete his day because of his weakness and old age, despite his cognition and ability to discern. Ibn ‘Abbaas and other Companions, may Allah be pleased with him, gave the Fatwa that such a person does not have to fast and has to feed a poor person as.. More -
Important Rulings for the Fasting Person-I
Matters that invalidate fasting 1- Intentionally eating or drinking invalidates fasting; this also applies to anything that would strengthen or nourish the body if it reaches the abdomen through any means whether via the mouth, nose, a vein, and so on. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - III
… Continued The following are the decisive scientific proofs for the falsehood of this belief and conduct: Verified scientific studies in physiology indicate the fact that the Islamic fast is very easy, during which the body is not exposed to any negative effects: on the contrary, the body receives many benefits which could not be gained without.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - II
… Continued Dr. Chin, an English physician who lived in the 18th century, said, "I do not know what people do in other countries, but we Protestants do not regard excess in consuming food as harmful or detrimental, to the extent that people look down upon their friends who do not eat their fill at every meal.” One of the latest remedies.. More -
Fasting is a Scientific Miracle - I
Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.} [Quran 2:183] In this Noble Quranic verse, Allah The Almighty tells us that He has ordained fasting and made it an established norm common to all generations of human beings. History books.. More -
Moon Sighting: Between Sharee’ah and Astronomy - II
… Continued Allah The Almighty is aware of the great progress of astronomy in the future. However, He did not consider it crucial in confirming the causes of acts of worship. Allah The Almighty revealed this to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and so he said: "We are an unlettered nation, we neither write nor know calculations... More -
Moon Sighting: Between Sharee’ah and Astronomy - I
Question: What is the Sharee’ah (Islamic legislation) ruling on confirming the beginning of the lunar month by means of astronomical calculations? Answer: Depending on astronomical calculations to confirm the advent of the lunar month implies two grave mistakes. First: It nullifies the Sharee’ah cause on which fasting and breaking.. More -
Will We Really Reach Ramadan?
Only a few days remain until the advent of Ramadan; most people have started sending each other greetings on the occasion of this virtuous month, and the majority has made preparations to receive this noble month. The Mus-hafs (copies of the Quran) have been distributed, the places for prayer have been prepared and fridges are stocked with the customary.. More -
Welcome, Month of Goodness!
Ramadan is around the corner, the great month the Muslims wait for with passion and yearning, with longing and tears -- tears of pleasure at receiving the dearest and most generous of months. It is the month of goodness and mercy, the month of purity and chastity, the month of cleanness and clarity, in which the hearts are cleansed and the souls.. More -
Things That Do Not Invalidate Fasting
1. Wet dreams during the day of fasting do not invalidate the fast, according to the agreement of scholars, because there is no intention there. 2. Involuntary vomiting: because the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever is overpowered by vomiting (while fasting) does not have to make up for that day.” 3. This.. More -
Ramadan: A Great Opportunity to Achieve Taqwa - III
… Continued According to some scholars fasting is a secret between the slave and his Lord. Some of them even believed that fasting is a secret whose essence no human being knows. A fasting person may break his fast in seclusion away from people’s eyes, but a true believer fasts out of sincere faith and hoping for the rewards of his Lord... More
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