09
Apr 2024
There are varied opinions among scholars on how to pray salat al-kusuf or salat al-khusuf, which is a sunnah prayer the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed during a solar eclipse (when a planet blocks out the sun). The salah is performed during the duration of the eclipse, which usually lasts a few minutes. There are two opinions on how many ruku and sujud there are. In the Hanafi school it is two rak’ahs in total, as any nafilah, with one ruku’ in each rak’ah. The ruku is prolonged. As the Prophet’s (peace be......
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09
Apr 2024
Prohibition of alcohol and gambling ‘O you who believe! Wine, gambling, altars and divining arrows are filth, made up by Satan. Therefore, refrain from it, so that you may be successful. Satan wishes only to plant enmity and malice between you through wine and gambling, and to prevent you from the remembrance of Allah and from Salāh. Would you, then, abstain?’ Surat al-Maidah was the last surah to be revealed, and these ayahs brought the last stage of prohibition of gambling and alcohol. Alcohol wasn’t banned early on in Islam, as......
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