Tag: Fasting صيام

An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Godfearing Piety

| May 21, 2013
An-Nawawi on the Virtue of Godfearing Piety

Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful An-Nawawi records in his book, Riyad us-Saliheen: Allah said: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ O you who believe, fear Allah as it is His right to be feared and do not [...]

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Essential Obligations of Islam According to the Maliki School

| February 5, 2013
Essential Obligations of Islam According to the Maliki School

“It is unlawful for a Muslim to lie, to backbite, to gossip, to be arrogant, to be impressed with one’s self, to show off, to seek reputation, to envy, to hate, and to ridicule.”

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Ibn Qudamah on the Ritual Ablution according to the Hanbali School

| March 22, 2012
Ibn Qudamah on the Ritual Ablution according to the Hanbali School

Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Qudamah writes in Al-Umdat fil-Fiqh: The ritual ablution is not valid, neither is any act of worship, unless its practitioner begins by formulating his intention to perform it, because of the Messenger of Allah’s saying, peace and blessings be upon him:  إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى [...]

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