Offering Fasting People Food To Break Their Fast
In a Hadeeth (narration) on the authority of Zayd ibn Khaalid Al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, he said that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast will have a reward like...
Conditions for the validity of I‘tikaaf
I shall mention the conditions upon which the scholars agree, preponderant conditions and outweighed conditions. First: There is only one pillar for I‘tikaaf (seclusion in the mosque). Some scholars have stated there are four or five, but the sound opinion is that it is one single pillar, which is staying in the mosque and abiding therein for the sake of obeying and worshipping Allah The Almighty. This pillar is an important rule that tells us that...
How Long Will You Wait Before Repenting?
Once, a man asked another, "How many years have passed upon you?" He said, "Sixty years." He said, "Then, you are about to go to Allah." On that he said, "We all are going to Allah, and to Him all we shall return." He further...
Had sex with his wife during Ramadan two years ago
Question: My husband had sex with me one day during Ramadan 2 years ago. Afterward he felt so sorry and repented. Does he have to fast after that since it happened 2 years ago? Fatwa: It is praiseworthy of your husband that he repented from that sin. Along with his repentance he has to pay the expiation which is as follows in sequence: He has to free a believing slave, if he is not able then he has to fast two months consecutively, if he is not able...