Once Moosa (AS) asked Allah Ta’ala: O Allah ! You have granted me the honor and privilege of talking to you directly, Have you given this privilege to any other person? Allah Ta’ala replied, O!! Moosa during the last period I am going to send an Ummat, who will be the Ummat of Mohammed (SAW) [...]

Question: If any toothpaste or saliva changed by it gets swallowed one’s fast is invalidated. It is best to avoid using toothpaste while fasting, unless one can do so without endangering one’s fast. Using toothpaste is sinful, correct? A Shaykh taught us that it is makruh tahriman to "use paste or tooth powder to clean one’s [...]

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 [...]

O who believe, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance you will guard yourselves! The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Qur’an was sent down, a guidance for the people, and clear verses of guidance and criterion! (Qur’an: Chapter 2, 183] This is a [...]

1. In Ramadan, the Maulvis of Madrasas from all over come with receipt books seeking Zakat. Though I have no means to verify their authenticity I give them from my Zakat share. What if someone comes with fake receipt books and does not deliver it to the Madrasa? Does my Zakat liability remain in such [...]

Alhamdhulilah. Indeed, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from our souls’ evil and our wrong doings. He whom Allah guides, no one can misguide; and he whom He misguides, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no [...]

From Imam Ghazali’s book "Ihyaa Uloom ad Deen" (The revival of religious teachings) Know, O dear readers, that the medicine of a disease is to remove the root cause of that disease. Isa (Jesus Christ) -peace be upon him- was once asked: "What thing is difficult?" He said: "God’s wrath." Prophet Yahya (John, the Baptist) -peace be [...]

Spreading kindness at home Aa’ishah (RA) said: "The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "When Allah loves the people of a household, He introduces kindness among them." (Reported by Ibn Abi al-Dunya and others; Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 1704) In other words, they start to be kind to one another. This is one of the means of [...]

Tattoos can lead to liver diseases like hepatitis. UK doctors recently warned that tattooing expose people to infections and virus. Researchers found that women with tattoos were more than twice as likely as drug users to be infected. The doctors said about a third of carriers of the virus should face severe liver damage and [...]

Many of today’s most popular youth and family programs include varying degrees of sexual promiscuity, profanity, coarse joking, and antifamily plots and subplots. Violence, materialism, inhumane, un-Islamic and anti-Islamic material are also found in a huge percentage of Hollywood’s offerings on TV. Now more than ever, discretion is essential for parents to help their children [...]