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Category : Advice, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Fitr, Fiqh, Hanafi, Professor Mohammed Ahmed Qadri, Rajab, Ramadan, Shaban, Shawwal, Sunnan
It is a Sunnah (practice of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, prayers and peace of Allah be upon Him) to sight the new moon crescent for every lunar month. The crescent is usually sighted a few minutes after sunset in the Western horizon. Once sighted, the following prayer should be recited: Allah is Greater. O Allah may ...
Category : Books, Dhul Hijjah, Hajj, Makkah and Madina, Sunnan
Visiting the Holy City of Madinah, the Radiant
Category : Food
Darami relates from Asmaa radiallahu anha that when Tharid (a Arabian dish that the Beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhe wasallam liked) was brought, she'd order that it be covered so that the steam may subside and would say "I have heard from the Beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhe wasallam that by doing this barakah (blessing) is increased." From ...
Category : Food
In Tabarani Hadrat Ibn Abbas radiallahu anhuma reports that the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wasallam prohibited us to blow in water and food (to cool it and one should rather wait for the food to naturally cool). In Sahih Muslim, Hadrat Jabir radiallahu anhu relates that the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wasallam said "Shaytan is ever present in ...
In Sahih Muslim it is related from Ibn 'Umar radiallahu anhu that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said "When eating eat with the right hand and when drinking drink with the right hand." In Sahih Muslim it is related from the same (companion) that the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said "None of ...
The matters covered in this blog will consist of several categories. Of these, those matters pertaining to the consumption of food is first and foremost, the reason being that the human being is closely linked to food and drink (for survival and manners surrounding its acquisition and consumption). The Holy Book (Al-Quran) mentions: O believers! Make not ...
