auwliya[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Maghrib prayer (Arabic: المغرب صلاة “sunset prayer”) is one of the five mandatory salah. The period for Maghrib prayer starts just after sunset, following Asr prayer, and ends at the beginning of the night, the start of the Isha prayer. The first two fard rakaats are prayed aloud by the… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Asr prayer (Arabic: العصر صلاة “afternoon prayer”) is one of the five mandatory salah. The Asr prayer consists of four obligatory rakaat. As with Zuhr prayer, if performed in the congregation, the imam is silent except when announcing the takbir, i’tidal, and taslim. The period of Asr prayer begins approximately… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Zuhr prayer (Arabic: صَلَاة ٱلظُّهْر “noon prayer”) is one of the five mandatory salah. It contains four units (rakaat) and begins after the sun reaches its zenith. On Friday, the Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer, which is obligatory for Muslim men above puberty to pray in… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Fajr prayer (Arabic: الفجر صلاة, “dawn prayer”) is one of the five mandatory salah. The Fajr prayer is mentioned by name in the Al-Quran at Surah An-Nur, Verse 58. The worth of the Fajr daily prayer is explained as being God’s most-favoured prayer since others are asleep. During the holy… Read More
[ 2 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Al-Duha prayer (Arabic: صَلَاة الضحى “the time of sunrise”) is a voluntary prayer between the obligatory routine prayers of Fajr and Zuhr. The time for the prayer begins when the sun has risen to the height of a spear, which is fifteen or twenty minutes after sunrise, until just before… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Allah s.w.t sent Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. He abolished all forms of cruelty, injustice, and suffering against women. He reminded his people always to be kind to women. The status and dignity of women were glorified with the rise of Islam. Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., through his last sermon, touched on the responsibility… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Arabic word Duʿāʾ is used to refer to supplications. Duʿāʾ may be made in any language, although there are many Islamic supplications in Arabic. The supplications (duʻā ) of Prophets are given in the Al-Quran. Several supplications mentioned in the Al-Quran and Sunnah can be recited for various purposes for… Read More
[ 5 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The supplication of Dua Qunoot or Duʿāʾ Qunut, as commonly known, is the supplication recited during the Fajr prayer. The Arabic word ‘Qunoot’ has multiple linguistic meanings, which means ‘To Stand’. As a Fiqh term, it means; A supplication or praise to Allah s.w.t. which is read at a specific integral (while… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Haram (Arabic: حَرَام) is an Arabic term meaning ‘forbidden’. This may refer to: either something sacred to which access is forbidden to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the religious knowledge; or, in direct contrast, to an evil and thus “sinful… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Halal (Arabic: حلال) is an Arabic word that translates to “permissible” in English. In the Al-Quran, the word halal is contrasted with haram (forbidden). This binary opposition is further elaborated into a more complex classification known as “the five decisions”: mandatory, recommended, neutral, reprehensible and forbidden. Halal is mainly associated with… Read More