Jurisprudence
By Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt It is the consensus of Islamic jurists that one can delegate another person to render a farḍ (mandatory) Ḥajj on one’s behalf in a situation where one is unable to proceed for pilgrimage themselves due to a disability or is deceased and has left instructions to heirs to fulfill the obligation.…
“Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.” [4:103] [Click image below to enlarge]
Nullifiers of Wuḍū (Ritual Ablution) Anything which exits from the front and back passage of the private parts The flowing of impurity from anywhere else other than the front and back passage of the private parts, such as blood and puss Vomiting a mouthful of food, water, blood clots or bile To sleep…
By Shaykh Mufti Rafi Usmani Translated into English by Yūsuf Badāt Questions: In Canada and North America, there are various opinions regarding the commencement of…
By Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt ONE: What is Qurbānī/ Udhiyyah? Qurbānī, also known as Udḥiyyah, refers to a ritual religious act of slaughtering animals for God’s sake as an act of worship during the days of slaughter (ayyām al-naḥr). The practice is a physical exercise to internalize an Abrahamic lesson of sacrificing the negative, less important…
By Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt The below mentioned are presentation slides summarizing ‘Umrah and Ḥajj steps. Download by clicking the image below:
By Shaykh Omar Subedar In an era where grave injustices were being carried out on women, Islam had come and granted them things that they had been deprived of for centuries; statutory rights, honour and dignity. Thereafter Islam had given some instructions in the form of commandments to preserve and maintain these priceless bounties in…
By Shaykh Mazhar Mahmood Alhamdulillāh (Praise to the Almighty), after a long month of fasting, in which Muslims sacrifice their lawful desires from dawn to dusk, They will be celebrating a noble and festive day. This is the day of ʿEīd, a day in which the words and sentiments of enjoyment, happiness, and celebration prevail. The…
By Muftī Taqī Usmānī Ṣadaqat-Al-Fiṭr is an obligation for every Muslim, male or female, who owns 613.35 grams of silver or its equivalent, either in the form of money, ornaments, stock-in-trade, or in the form of some goods or commodities beyond one’s normal needs. Every person who owns such an amount has to pay Ṣadaqat-Al-Fiṭr,…
By Mathābah Scholars Night Before ‘EĪd Qiyām [night vigil prayers] Staying awake some portion of the night in doing righteous actions The ‘EĪd Day Reciting the takbīr (Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Lā ilāha Ilallah, Allāhu Akbar Wa lillāhil Ḥamd) Taking a shower or full bath Using the siwāk (tooth stick) Wearing the best clothes available…