His name was Sulaiman b. ‘Abd al-Qawiy b. ‘Abd al-Karim b. Sa’id al-Tufi. He was born in the village of Tufa in the province of Sarsar which is about 12 km from Baghdad towards Kufa. His Kunyah was Abu al-Rabi’ and his Laqab was Najm al-Din, frequently quoted as just al-Najm al-Tufi in short. He […]
His name was Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Ali b. ‘Uthman b. ‘Ali b. Humayd b. Ghanim from the tribe Aal Abu Ghannam. His laqab was Shams al-Din. He was born in the year 1236 AH in the village of ‘Unaizah, the main village of Qassim. Sh. Muhammad b. Humayd grew up loving knowledge, and […]
❝The deceased has all types of good deeds reach him.❞ — Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal (r) [Kitab al-Wuquf, 92] This includes Qur’an recitation, sadaqah, and all other good deeds one intends to pass on to the deceased. There is a reward in it for the one doing the good deed, but is it exactly the […]
❝It is permissible to give (money) to obtain a right that belongs to you or to deflect a harm away from yourself. This is what has been reported from the Salaf and the expert Imams.❞ — Shaykh Taqi al-Din, Ibn Taymiyyah (r) [Majmu’ al-Fatawa (31/287)] The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the […]
Shortening prayers and combining them when travelling are not connected. You can shorten without combining, and vice versa. However, shortening is recommended for the traveler, whereas combining is permissible but not recommended. In fact it is better for the traveler to not combine according to the Madhhab. [Refer to Muntaha-l Iradat and al-Iqna’]
The first and second Taslim (i.e – saying Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah) are both pillars of the Salah that must be performed according to the Mu’tamad (relied-upon position of Madhhab), because it is not authentically reported that the Messenger (peace be upon him) ever left them. They are a part of the Salah, so, the […]
If someone gets married for only a specified time or he intends to divorce after a period of time (even if not stated in the contract), such as someone who goes abroad for a period of time and decides to marry temporarily while he is there; these are all prohibited and invalid marriages according to […]
When a woman leaves her home and is in the presence of non-mahram men, she is obliged to cover her skin by not wearing anything see-through and by that which does not reveal the shape of her limbs, which rules out tight jeans and tops etc. During prayer, on the other hand, if she was […]
Al-Hafidh, Ibn Hajar (r) says: ❝The scholars are in agreement that it is recommended to perform the Takbir (al-Muqayyad)* after the prayers on these days (of Dhu-l Hijjah). There is nothing authentic regarding it from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but there are narrations from the Sahabah and those who came after […]
❝The Sahabah would make up their missed fasts of Ramadan in the first ten days of Dhu-l Hijjah. This is because of the great virtue of these ten days.❞ — Shaykh Salih al-‘Usaimi (h) Fasting the first 10 days of Dhu-l Hijjah is recommended, and the day of ‘Arafah is extra recommended for those not […]