Q- Is there Zakah payable on one’s personal car? A- There is no Zakah payable on it. Everything a person uses for himself, except gold and silver jewelry, there is no Zakah to be paid on it, whether a car, a camel, a farm implement or anything else, according to a saying of the Prophet (peace [...]

Meaning of I’tikaf Q- We would like to know what is meant by "I’tikaf" and its ruling? A- I’tikaf is for a person to confine himself to the mosque in obedience to Allah so as to separate himself from the people and free himself (from the chores of daily life) to exert himself in worshipping Allah. This [...]

"Seek it in Ramadan in the last ten nights. For verily, it is during the odd nights, the twenty-first, or the twenty-third, or the twenty-fifth, or the twenty-seventh, or the twenty-ninth, or during the last night." [Sahih Hadith Ahmad 5:318] How to Seek Laylat ul-Qadr? Adapted from "The Night Prayers: [...]

How should we observe Laylat al-Qadr? Is it by praying, or by reading Qur’an and the Prophet’s Seerah, listening to lectures and lessons and by celebrating it in the mosque? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to strive hard in worship during the last ten days of Ramadan as he [...]

رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا إِنَّهَا سَاءتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا Rabbanas-rif ‘anna ‘adhaba jahannama inna ‘adhabaha kana gharama innaha sa’at musta-qarranw wa muqama Our Lord! Avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous,Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in. [25: [...]

Frequently Asked Questions about Nutrition during Ramadan What is the best food to start my Iftar with? It is best to start the Iftar meal with 3 dates and a cup of warm low fat soup (such as, vegetable or grain soup) before going to prayer. You [...]

The Prophet’s (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) companions used to say, ‘Let not the day that you fast and the day that you do not fast be equal.’ It is important that one’s behavior, attitude and outlook should not be the same on the day that one is fasting and [...]

رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ Rabbana taqabbal minna innaka antas Sameeaul Aleem Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the All-knowing [2:127] ———————————————————   رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ [...]

Question: Is it permissible to carry on eating suhoor when the muezzin is giving the second Adhan, or is that not allowed? Answer: That depends. If the muezzin is giving the adhan for subh (fajr) (he is giving the adhan when dawn has really started), then you must stop eating and drinking, because the Prophet (peace and blessings [...]

How to perform the rituals of Hajj and Umrah? Well explained.