First: Is it legally prescribed to play a recorded Adhan for announcing the Salat? Secondly: Should one respond to a recorded Adhan? The answer for the first question: It is not permissible to announce the Adhan by playing a recorded Adhan; rather the Adhan should be given at…
Is using false (artificial) eyelashes considered Wasl (i.e. hair extension) or not? Using Al-Wasl (hair extension) is one of the major sins, as it is reported by Al-Bukhaari on the authority of Asma' (Radia-Allaahu 'anha): A woman asked the Prophet (Salla-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam): "O Allaah's Messenger! My daughter…
One of the most important contemporary issues in the Book of Taharah is what is called dry cleaning or steam cleaning. This is because certain clothes are spoiled (damaged) by washing with water such as woolen clothes and other certain types of clothes. Therefore, they are cleaned by dry…
Touching the Mus-haf via the Screen of the Mobile Technology has advanced such that the Mus-haf is saved in mobile phones and one is able to read from this electronic Mus-haf. If one who is reciting via the electronic Mus-haf in the mobile intends to flip the pages of…
Fatimah (Radia-Allaahu ‘anha) was the youngest daughter of the Prophet (Salla-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and his favorite one. She married his cousin 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib (Radia-Allaahu ‘anhu) and was the mother of the great martyrs of Islam, Al-Hasan and Al-Husain (Radia-Allaahu ‘anhuma). She was born in Makkah five years…
The woman who ransomed her husband Zaynab (Radia-Allaahu 'anha) was born ten years before the Prophethood of her father (Salla-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). She was the first offspring of Ummul-Mu'mineen, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (Radia-Allaahu 'anha). Zaynab (Radia-Allaahu 'anha) was raised in the house of the Prophet (Salla-Allaahu alayhi wa…
The One Imprisoned in the Shi'b Umm Kulthum (Radia-Allaahu 'anha) was big-boned (compact) and of a beautiful appearance with satiny cheeks. Her father (Salla-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) called her, "Umm Kulthum". Umm Kulthum was born After her sister Ruqayyah, and they grew up close together and empathic towards each other…