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If a woman’s period is going to come in the last ten days of Ramadaan, is it permissible for her to use contraceptive pills so that she can continue to worship during these days of blessing?Praise be to Allaah. ...I want to find out the ruling on fasting continuously without stopping even after completing six days of Shawwaal. I have made up the fasts that I owed, then I fasted six days of Shawwaal, then my husband thought that we should carry on fasting volun ...direction:ltr;unicode- ...

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If a woman’s nifaas stops after one week of giving birth and she starts fasting with Muslims during Ramadaan then the bleeding reoccurs, should she break her fast in this case? Does she have to make up the days she fasted and the days she did not f ...

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed If what is meant by your continuing to fast after completing the six days of Shawwaal is observing voluntary fasts continually until the end of Shawwaal or for certain days that you want to fast voluntarily, seeking ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed However the best teaching concerning that is not to fast for an entire month except the month of Ramadan; rather the days when one fasts should be mixed with days when one does not fast, and vice versa, as was ...

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Is it permissible to say “So and so is my benefactor (wali ni‘mati)”?Praise be to ...I would like to know the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with regard to i’tikaaf. Praise be to Allaah. The guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings o ...Is it permissible to give the poor zakaat al-fitr in the form of cash instead of food, if they will not accept food?

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How should we spend the night of Laylat al-Qadr? Is it by praying, reading Qur’aan and the Seerah (Prophet’s biography), listening to sermons and lessons and celebrating that in the mosque?. Praise be to Allaah.  

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If a woman’s period is going to come in the last ten days of Ramadaan, is it permissible for her to use contraceptive pills so that she can continue to worship during these days of blessing?

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed It is not valid to offer expiation by fasting, except for one who cannot afford to feed or clothe ten poor persons, or to free a slave.See the answer to question no. 45676 for detailed information on expiation for breaking an oath (kafaarat yameen).If a person is unable to offer expiation, in that he cannot make up the days when he did not fast in Ramadan, or feed the poor for that, or he is unable to offer expiation for breaking an oath altogether, then the ob ...

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Is it permissible to give my family members some gifts on Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr, and to do that every year, or is it an innovation (bid‘ah)?There is nothing wrong with giving gifts on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to family and relatives, because these are days of joy and happiness on which it is mustahabb to uphold ties, show kindness, and eat and drink p ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed Shaykh Ibn �Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: On this Eid people also exchange gift ...

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed And he (may Allah have mercy on him) said:It is well known that there are no festivals in Islam except those which are proven in sharee�ah, namely Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Ahda, and Friday which is the weekly �Eid�. As for the fifteenth of Sha�baan (an-nusf mi ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed End quote from Fataawa Noor �ala ad-DarbAnd he said concerning Mother's Day: Once this is understood, it is not permissible, on the occasion mentioned in your question ...

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Is it permissible to give the poor zakaat al-fitr in the form of cash instead of food, if they will not accept food? 

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed And he does not have to do anything, because one of the established principles (in Islam) is that obligations are waived if one is unable to do them, and one should then move to the alternative, if there is an altern ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed End quote from Fataawa Noor ‘ala’d-DarbWe should point out here that there is a difference between real inability to fast and simply fearing hardship. Whatever a person decides, he will be question ...

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brother my question was about the death of Asmaa bint Marwaan people speaking against islam say that she was killed on the order of the prophet in a very brutal way and this indicates according to some about the messenger of Allahs lust for power in ...

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed According to another report, �There is nothing better than that.� Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1840) and Muslim (1962)Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:It is proven in as-Saheehayn that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: �The best kind of fast is the fast of Dawood.� According to another version: �There is nothing better than the fast of Da ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed But the best advice for each individual is tha ...

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I am 24 years old, and I owe many days when I broke the fast in Ramadan and I have not fasted them. What I mean is: I did not fast due to circumstances for 8 days each year from the age of 12 to the age of 24. And I swore many vows to Allah, saying t ...

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direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:It is proven in as-Saheehayn that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: �The best kind of fast is the fast of Dawood.� According to another version: �There is nothing better than the fast of Da ...direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed But the best advice for each individual is that he should choose for himself the naafil acts of worship that he is able to do and persist in, and he should not ...

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What is the ruling on photographers entering Qur’aan teaching centres to take pictures of a lesson given by one of the female daa‘iyahs, knowing that the photographer will move among the women who are listening to the lesson, so that they can sho ...

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My father died when I was small, but the problem is that my mother shocked us one day by telling us that she never saw my father fasting in Ramadaan from the beginning of their marriage until he died (approximately 11 or 12 years), and that she did n ...

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What are the Sunnahs of fasting?. Praise be to Allaah.   There are many Sunnahs of fasting, including the following: 

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Will god ever forgive me? i lost my self and i lost my faith i didn't fast on the last Ramadan and i hated god during that time i thought that he was the cause of all my miseries do i still have a chance to enter Islam again? and will god forgive me ...

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Please advice on this particular case: “Family Structure: Father, Mother, 5 brothers, 2 sisters (All ALIVE, married, all men are working and all women are housewives) Scenario # 1: Father’s Assets: Property (land etc.) and any bank balance or ...