Expiating fasts on behalf of a deceased person who died before completing Ramadan
Question: My father died on 18th Ramadan while he was fasting and with 12 days remaining from the month. Is it incumbent upon me to make up for those 12 days on behalf of him? And in the case of it being so, then could I combine the intention of observing the six fasts of Shawwaal and the intention of making up for those days which my father did not fast, provided that I will complete the remaining days after finishing the six fasts of Shawwaal? May...
The Verses of Fasting and Contextualization - I
The discourse of the verses of fasting starts with a general instruction to the Ummah (Muslim nation) to realize righteousness in its comprehensive meaning. This includes all the different good deeds that can be done to achieve the victory of goodness that can...
She was cured of a peptic ulcer after twenty years of not fasting
Question: I had a peptic ulcer that prevented me from fasting for twenty years. I have now recovered partially and I have started fasting, praise be to Allah. However, the fact that I did not fast the month of Ramadan for twenty years grieves me. What should I do? Please, make things easy and do not make them difficult! Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that...
The place of I‘tikaaf
We have previously mentioned that staying in the mosque is a condition for the validity of I‘tikaaf (seclusion in the mosque) that cannot be valid elsewhere. Rather, there is consensus on that as mentioned by Al-Qurtubi and by Ibn Qudaamah, may Allah have mercy upon them. in Al-Mughni. Ibn Rushd, may Allah have mercy upon him, said that scholars agreed that staying in the mosque is a condition for the validity of I‘tikaaf except Muhammad ibn ‘Umar...


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