[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Fiqh (Arabic: فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, that is, human understanding of Islamic law as revealed in the Al-Quran and the Sunnah. Fiqh expands and develops Shariah through interpretation (ijtihad) of the Al-Quran and Sunnah by Islamic jurists (ulama)… Read More
Month: August 2021
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Farḍ (Arabic: فرض) in Islam is a religious duty commanded by Allah s.w.t. The word is used in Urdu, Persian, Pashto, Turkish (spelt farz), Malay (spelt fardu or fardhu) in the same meaning. Fard or its synonym wājib (واجب) is one of the five types of ahkam (أحكام) into which fiqh… Read More
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Wuḍūʾ (Arabic: الوضوء) is the procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of purification, or ablution. The 4 farḍ (mandatory) acts of Wudu consist of washing the face, arms, wiping the head, and finally washing the feet with water. Wudu is an integral part of purity in Islam. It… Read More
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Ḥadīth (Arabic: حديث lit.”talk” or “discourse”) or Athar (Arabic: أثر, lit. “tradition”) in Islam refers to what Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. The ḥadīth are reports about what Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. said and did. Each report points… Read More
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The Sunnah
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Sunnah (Arabic: سنة) are the traditions and practices of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all Muslims of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w’s time saw, followed, and passed on to the next generation. The sunnah is documented by hadith (the verbally transmitted record… Read More
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Makkah al-Mukarramah
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah (Arabic: مكة المكرمة, lit. ’Makkah the Noble’ ) and commonly shortened to Makkah (Arabic: مكة) is a city and administrative centre of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. The city is 70 km inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a… Read More
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Kaaba (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, lit. ’The Cube’) sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit. ’Honored Ka’bah’), is a building at the centre of Islam’s most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the… Read More
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, lit. ’direction’) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca – Saudi Arabia, which Muslims use in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. The Kaaba is a sacred site built by the prophets Abraham a.s. and Ishmael a.s, and… Read More
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Salah (Arabic: صَلاة, lit. ‘prayer’), also known as namāz (Persian: نماز) and also spelt salat, solat, sholat; are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba for those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting from the Al-Quran and glorifying… Read More
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The Prophets
[ < 1 min read ] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being, Adam a.s, created by God. In the Al-Quran, a total of twenty-five prophets are mentioned, including Ayyub a.s. (Job), Sulaiman a.s. (Solomon) and others. There are four Arab prophets mentioned in the Al-Quran, namely Hud a.s., Saleh a.s., Shuaib… Read More