Difference Between Smelling Incense and Drops
Question:
What is the difference between smelling incense and drops, since the former breaks the fast and the latter does not?
Answer:
The difference between them is that a person who sniffs it inten
...The Work of Propagation of Islam
By: Dr. Ahmad Shafaat
(1984)
Broadly speaking, all Islamic work falls under one or the other of the following two categories:
a) Organizing ourselves, building social, political and economic systems &
...Chapter 55
Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life
Allah, the Exalted, says:
"Verily, the likeness of (this) worldly life is as the water (rain) which We send down from the sky; so by it arises the intermingled produce o
...An-Nawawi on good character and manners
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
An-Nawawi recorded in his book Riyad us-Saliheen:
Allah the Exalted said:
...وَإِنَّ
Hanging Up Verses of the Quraan on the Office Wall
Question:
Is it permissable to hang up certain verses of the Qur'an on the office wall? And is it true that the ruling in this issue is the same as that for hanging up pictures?
Answer:
Hanging
...Chapter 131
Excellence of Promoting Greetings
Allah, the Exalted, says:
"O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those in them.'' (24:27)
"But when you enter the houses, greet one anot
...To what degree should a Muslim be concerned with politics?
Question:
To what degree is a Muslim to be concerned with politics today, within it's Islaamic guidelines?
Answer:
If what is intended by "politics" is the administering of the ummah, th
...Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)
Book 33, Number 4147:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mughaffal:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) forbade combing the hair except every second day.
Book 33, Number 4148:
...Narrated Fudalah ibn Ubayd:
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The Ruling on a Young Woman's Guardian Refusing to Give Her in Marriage
Question:
A person proposed marriage to a young woman and her guardian refused, with the intention of forbidding her to marry. What is the ruling of Islaam on this? Deliver
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