Categories

• Faith
  • The Way to Contentment
    • The door to human happiness
    • The necessity of religion
    • The supreme transaction
    • The right training for believers
    • The prescribed prayers’ value
    • Choosing the right way
    • The way to contentment
    • The Divine Purposes for creating humanity and the world and the truth of the prescribed prayers
    • The five daily prayers
    • The meaning of prayer and the relationship with the utterances
    • The meaning of worship
    • Five cures for five wounds of the heart
    • The worth of Bismillah
    • The prayer as the heart of worshipping
    • The parallels to the daily five times prayers
    • What does each prescribed prayer time points to?
  • Angels
    • Appearance of Angels and Jinns in the Visible World in Different Forms
    • How the Holy Book describes angels?
    • Angels have different kinds
    • Angels have no sexes and they have no evil-commanding selves
    • Angels carry out whatever God commands them
    • Classes of angels
    • The appearance of the Angel(s) of Death to the dying person
    • Appearance of Angels and Jinn in the visible world in different forms
    • The Characteristics of Angels
  • Aspects of Divine Unity
    • Phrases affirming Divine Unity offering cures
    • Aspects of Divine Unity
  • Aspects of Divine Unity
    • A brief proof of Divine Unity at the level of God’s Greatest
    • Phrases affirming Divine Unity, offering cures
    • Aspects of Divine Unity
  • Belief, Happiness, and Misery
    • Five remarks on human happiness and misery
    • Five points on the virtues of belief
    • First table depicting the true spirit of the heedless one’s world
    • Second table describing the true spirit of the world of the people of guidance and peace
  • Creation and God‘s Existence
    • How the Universe and Humanity Point to God's Existence and Unity
    • First window
    • Second window
    • Third window
    • Fourth window
    • Fifth window
    • Sixth window
    • Seventh window
    • Eighth window
    • Ninth window
    • Tenth window
    • Eleventh window
    • Twelfth window
    • Thirteenth window
    • Fourteenth window
    • Fifteenth window
    • Sixteenth window
    • Seventeenth window
    • Eighteenth window
    • Nineteenth window
    • Twentieth window
    • Twenty-first window
    • Twenty-second window
    • Twenty-third window
    • Twenty-fourth window
    • Twenty-fifth window
    • Twenty-sixth window
    • Twenty-seventh window
    • Twenty-eighth window
    • Twenty-ninth window
    • Thirtieth window
    • Thirty-first window
    • Thirty-second window
    • Thirty-third window
  • Death
    • Buddhism
    • Where is the barrier of Dhul-Qarnain? Who were Gog and Magog?
    • Buddhism's Holy Books
    • Where will the Great Gathering and Last Judgement take place?
    • How can we help the young find happiness in this world and hereafter?
    • Will the spirits of the death ones feel the pain of the Doomsday?
    • Is the manner and moment of every death predestined?
    • Some parts or cells of the body remain alive for some time more after death?
    • What gifts can we send to the spirit after death?
    • What does a man feel at the time of death?
    • Is death something to be feared?
    • Who creates death and life?
    • Is death dissolution a non-existence decay the extinction of life or is it created as a bounty?
  • Divine Decree and Destiny, and Human Free Will
    • Introduction
    • The Manifest Record and The Manifest Book
    • Divine Decree and Destiny
    • Destiny and Human Free Will
    • Divine Destiny and Decree, and Divine Grace
    • The Divine Wisdom in Creating People Differently
    • Questions on Destiny and Human Free Will
  • Divine Existence and Unity
    • First station (Introduction)
    • First station (Twelve Proofs)
    • Second station (Introduction)
    • Second station (First Gleam)
    • Second station (Second Gleam)
    • Second station (Third Gleam)
    • Second station (Fourth Gleam)
    • Second station (Fifth Gleam)
    • Second station (Sixth Gleam)
    • Second station (Seventh Gleam)
    • Second station (Eighth Gleam)
    • Second station (Ninth Gleam)
    • Second station (Tenth Gleam)
    • Second station (Eleventh Gleam)
    • Second station (Twelfth gleam as radiant as the sun)
    • Conclusion
  • Divine Unity and Oneness
    • First station
    • A short addendum
    • Second Station (First Aim)
    • Second Station (Second Aim)
    • Second Station (Third Aim)
    • Third station (First Topic)
    • Third station (Second Topic)
    • Third Station (Appropriating all instances of love only to the Divine Being )
    • Third Station (How does one's love for Prophets and saints become fruitless?)
    • Third Station (Supplication)
  • Dreams
    • Dreams
  • Extra Terrestrials
    • Angels move very rapidly and permeate all realms of existence
    • Where is the barrier of Dhul-Qarnain? Who were Gog and Magog?
    • Will the spirits of the death ones feel the pain of the Doomsday?
    • Is faith alone adequate against Satan?
    • Your worst enemy is your soul (ego)
    • Why is satan widely condemned in the Holy Book?
    • Is that bad to involuntarily imagine evil?
    • What is the satanic deception corrupting the life of society?
    • Satan does not want you to admit your faults
    • What is one of the most cunning of satan's deceptions?
    • One can travel in time and space by following the guidance of the relevant divine Name or Names
    • Supernormal phenomena like telepathy and spiritualism
    • The ways one can make one's spirit more active and less confined within time and space
    • All of the prophets reported the invisible dimension of existence
    • What is the reason for satan's party very often gaining the upper hand; what is the wisdom in it?
    • What is the wisdom behind creation of Satan and his helpers?
    • Who are the angels?
    • What is the universal wisdom about creation of celestial bodies?
    • The spirit has a life and it is eternal
    • Life does not depend on matter
    • Life cannot be restricted to the earth
    • The experiences of some people with invisible beings prove their existence
    • Angels stand for the good aspect of man while Satan represents his bad aspect
    • All Oriental and many Occidentals philosophers affirm the invisible dimension of existence
    • All of the prophets reported the invisible dimension of existence
    • While accepting the existence of 'natural' laws why should we not accept the existence of angels?
    • What else concerning creation does startling discovery of biology reveal?
    • Startling discovery of biology proves the existence of angels and other invisible beings
    • All of the prophets reported the invisible dimension of existence
    • Matter is not the originator of life
    • Man's existence depends on his spirit
    • A single member of the species proves that species exists
    • Each living thing has a collective identity and performs a unique function
    • Is existence of life in itself a proof Extra Terrestrial life?
    • Are we alone in the universe?
  • Faith
    • Isn't it tyrannical towards the innocent in particular and animals even?
    • Shouldn't everyone take the way of belief and guidance which is so easy and clear
    • Is faith alone adequate against Satan?
    • Unbelief is an unforgivable ingratitude
    • Unbelief is an infinite destruction
    • The virtues of faith-1
    • The virtues of faith-2
    • The virtues of faith-3
    • The virtues of faith-4
  • God's Unity
    • Everything displays that it is under the disposal and direction of a single supreme being
    • Consensus
    • Contingent nature of the creation
    • Countenances
    • Finality in creation
    • Finite nature of things
    • Human intuition
    • The Life and His Unity
    • Man's innate dispositions and history of mankind
    • Mercy and Providence
    • Mutual helping in the universee
    • Orderliness in creation
    • The majority of mankind has believed in the existence of God from the very beginning of human life
    • The prophets
    • The spirit and the conscience
    • Cleanliness in the universe
    • Artistry in creation
    • The perfection in creation points to One Who is perfect
    • Death is an argument and proof for Divine Oneness
    • The universal providence and favor
    • The correspondence and similarity between all the individuals of a species
    • Divine teaching and directing
    • A single pomegranate costs the whole universe
    • In spring hundreds of thousands of species of plants and animals are raised to life
    • Everything is a mirror to God
    • The universal providence and favor
    • Life in the whole of the universe displays a symphony of mutual helping
    • A human being is a miniature of the universe
    • Every particle testifies to God in two ways
    • Everything is in its exact place in creation and in close cooperation with everything else
    • All things in the universe are interrelated with one another
    • Air is a marvelous conductor
    • Life is the brightest evidence of God
    • Arguments for Divine Unity
  • Hell
    • Punishment varies according to the one who committed he crime
    • What is the satanic deception corrupting the life of society?
    • Satan does not want you to admit your faults.
    • To create evil is evil; to create bad is bad; is it really so?
    • What wisdom behind Adam's dismissal from Paradise and some of mankind condemnation to Hell?
    • Satan cannot be successful in his attempts to seduce a devout practicing believer
    • What is the wisdom behind creation of Satan and his helpers?
    • How can infinite torment in an eternal Hell be justified?
    • How can incarceration in Hell for an infinite duration for unbelief during the life be justice?
    • Hell is punishment for actions but paradise is a divine favour. What is the reason for this?
    • Where is Hell?
    • Why Hell?
  • Hereafter
    • Why has the perpetuation of the individual been included in the greatest pleasures of paradise?
    • The whole world will experience the process of the resurrection
    • God is absolutely capable of destroying the world and rebuild it
    • Why do the unimportant actions and personal sins attract the anger of the universe?
    • How will the spirits return to their bodies and will bodies be reconstructed?
    • Death and Eternity
    • Why Hell?
    • Where is Hell?
    • Hell is punishment for actions but paradise is a divine favour. What is the reason for this?
    • What is Reincarnation?
    • Is there any purpose and necessity for an eternal world of happiness?
    • Resurrection and the Hereafter
  • Jinns
    • What are the characteristics of Jinn?
    • Can We Employ E.T (JINNS) in Different Jobs?
    • Contact with Jinn and their Influence on Human Beings
    • Spells and sorcery or Magic
    • Jinn like angels are not bound the constraints of time and space
    • Compared to men jinn like angels can do more difficult things
    • Jinn are conscious beings charged with Divine obligations
    • Jinn are created from smokeless fire
  • Paradise
    • Large Paradise for Those
    • "A person is with whom he loves friends will be together in Paradise."
    • Living Body and Eternity
    • Is there any Purpose and Necessity for an Eternal World of Happiness?
    • Why should a bodily resurrection take place for corporal pleasures?
  • Prophethood and Muhammad‘s Prophethood
    • Introduction
    • Prophet Muhammad in the Bible
    • His Life
    • Muhammad's Character and High Morality
    • His Achievements
    • His Knowledge of the Past
    • His Predictions
    • His Miracles
    • Miracles Cannot Be Denied
    • The Prophet's Marriages
  • Punishment
    • Hell is punishment for actions but paradise is a divine favour. What is the reason for this?
    • How can incarceration in Hell for an infinite duration for unbelief during the life be justice?
    • How can infinite torment in an eternal Hell be justified?
    • What is the wisdom behind creation of Satan and his helpers?
    • Satan cannot be successful in his attempts to seduce a devout practicing believer
    • What wisdom behind Adam's dismissal from Paradise and some of mankind condemnation to Hell?
    • To create evil is evil; to create bad is bad; is it really so?
    • Satan does not want you to admit your faults.
    • What is the satanic deception corrupting the life of society?
    • Punishment varies according to the one who committed he crime
    • Hell is punishment for actions but paradise is a divine favour. What is the reason for this?
    • Why Hell?
    • Where is Hell?
  • Reincarnation
    • What is Reincarnation?
  • Religions
    • Practice of Hinduism
    • Who is a Jew?
    • Science and religion is there any conflict?
    • Can Islam by itself deal with every problem?
    • The Various Types of Judaism
    • Is man the master of his own destiny?
    • Did man invent religion?
    • Man and Religion
  • Resurrection
    • The Holy Book's Arguments for the Resurrection
    • The Resurrection will take place both bodily and spiritualy
    • Zoroaster believed in the Resurrection
    • Inscriptions on the tombs of ancient Egyptians and on the sheets buried with them
    • Greek philosophers' belief in the Resurrection
    • Belief in the Resurrection in Indian religions
    • Children and Resurrection
    • Elderly people and Resurrection
    • Belief in the Resurrection changes a house into a garden of Paradise
    • Belief in the Resurrection into another world where absolute justice will prevail consoles the wrong
    • Everyone is in as much need of belief in the resurrection as of air water and bread
    • Examples of the Messenger's sayings concerning the Resurrection and afterlife
    • For the Divine Power nothing is difficult
    • God created the world while there was nothing of the world
    • A universal purpose for man's earthly existence
    • The harmonious mutual relation between things and man is indicative of the Resurrection
    • History records almost all previous peoples' belief in the Resurrection
    • The Torah and Gospels have verses concerning the Resurrection
    • Innumerable examples of the Resurrection in nature and man's life
    • Instances of death and revival in the world indicate the Resurrection
    • Just as God preserves things in their seeds so also He preserves sounds voices and appearances
    • Many other phenomena in the universe point to the Resurrection
    • This material world is also unable to receive all the manifestations of the Divine Pity and Caring
    • God is much more compassionate than a mother
    • Most of the rationalists among Western philosophers believed in the Resurrection and afterlife
    • The necessity of man's deeds being weighed
    • Recording and preservation in the world point to the Resurrection
    • The benefits of belief in the Resurrection
    • The world does not suffice for the right judgement of man's worth
    • There is nothing purposeless in the 'palace' of the universe and precise ecological balance
    • Universal wisdom proves the Resurrection
    • The universe is like a book unfolded and its destruction will be like rolling it up again
    • Whatever we need we are provided with it for almost nothing
    • True blessing is that which is eternal
    • Death puts an end to all pleasures and makes everything as if it had never been
    • God's all-embracing acts in the universe and the first creation
    • Two mighty 'streams' flow in creation opposite to each other
    • Divine Beauty requires the Resurrection Longing for eternal life
    • Divine Justice and Honor require the Resurrection
    • Divine Pity and Caring require the Resurrection
    • Divine Power proves the Resurrection
    • Divine Mercy and Munificence require the Resurrection
    • Resurrection and the Hereafter
  • Revealed Wisdom and Human Thought
    • Second fundamental (Moral training in one's personal life)
    • Third fundamental (Moral training in human social life)
  • Reward
    • Why should a bodily resurrection take place for corporal pleasures?
    • Is there any Purpose and Necessity for an Eternal World of Happiness?
    • Living Body and Eternity
    • "A person is with whom he loves friends will be together in Paradise."
    • Large Paradise for Those
  • Satan-Devil
    • Satan cannot be successful in his attempts to seduce a devout practicing believer
    • The real nature of Satan's whisperings and how one can keep free of his evil suggestions
    • The meaning of Satan's coming upon man from different directions
    • Involuntary thoughts and fancies occurring to man
    • Satan' s wound to a heart and its cure
    • What is the wisdom behind creation of Satan and his helpers?
    • What is the reason for satan's party very often gaining the upper hand; what is the wisdom in it?
    • What is one of the most cunning of satan's deceptions?
    • Satan does not want you to admit your faults
    • What is the satanic deception corrupting the life of society?
    • Is that bad to involuntarily imagine evil?
    • Why is satan widely condemned in the Holy Book?
    • Is faith alone adequate against Satan?
  • Science and Religion
    • The reasons why God has created natural laws and causes
    • Creation or ...
    • Has life been created by nature?
    • Do things come into existence and later cease to exist all by themselves?
    • Is man the creator of his own actions?
    • There is no trial and error in creation
    • What is the divine reason for creation of animals?
    • The purpose harmony and interrelatedness in existence
    • Divine Decree and Destiny in relation to creation
    • Do elements create things?
    • What is the relationship between science and divine names?
    • Science and religion is there any conflict?
    • Nature
    • Modern scientific approach
    • Science and the concept of science
  • The Existence and Unity of God
    • The Existence and Unity of God
    • All Traditional Arguments For God's Existence
    • False Arguments About the Origin of Existence
  • The Holy Qur‘an
    • The Holy Qur'an
    • The Qur'an Proves Muhammad's Prophethood
    • Science and Religion
    • The Concept of Science and Technology
    • Does the Qur'an Allude to Scientific Developments?
    • Why We Refer to Science and Scientific Facts
  • The Invisible Realm of Existence
    • Arguments For The Existence of Invisible Beings
    • The Spirit and Its Identity
    • Death and The Spirit After Death
    • The Spirit In The Intermediate World
    • Supernormal Phenomena
    • Dreams
    • Angels and Their Functions
    • Jinn and Their Functions
    • Angels and Jinn In This World
    • Jinn and Human Beings
    • Satan and Humanity
    • Spells and Sorcery
  • The Meaning of Life
    • Divine Destiny and Decree and Divine Grace
    • Why do both destiny and man's free will exist?
    • How can we reconcile Destiny and man's free will?
    • How can we reconcile destiny and man's free will?
    • Is it good that all events are predetermined by destiny?
    • Does God Determine All Events in the Universe?
    • Destiny is a title for Divine Knowledge.
    • What is Destiny?
    • Is life a struggle?
    • Who creates death and life?
    • What are the five degrees of life?
    • Is this life a test?
    • Happiness does not always lie in being rich
    • How can I get full satisfaction in my life?
    • What is prosperous life?
    • How can we help the young find happiness in this world and hereafter?
    • Do you want to make your brief and meaningless life immortal long beneficial and fruitful?
    • What is the meaning of life?
    • Real Life and Real Humanity
    • Fasting
    • What is the purpose of your life?
    • What is the mystery of life?
    • What is life?
    • What is its true nature and purpose of life?
  • The Resurrection and the Afterlife
    • The Benefits of Belief in the Resurrection
    • Qur'anic Arguments
    • General Arguments
    • The Resurrection in Revealed Scriptures
  • The Universe and Natural Environment
    • The Universe and Natural Events
• Islam and Daily Life
  • Islam in the Modern World
    • The Existential Perspective
    • Monotheism of Islam
    • Prophethood and the Prophet Muhammad
    • Revelation and the Qur'an
    • Personal Practice of Islam
    • Fundamental Principles
    • Muslims and Modern Life
    • Interpretations of Islam
    • Jihad Untangled
    • Women in Islam
    • Islam in Politics and Society
    • Past Present and Future
  • Islam in Brief
    • Islam and Culture
    • Forbidden and Lawful
    • Pilgrimage – The Hajj
    • Purifying Alms (zakat)
    • Fast of Ramadan
    • Prayer – Daily Worship
    • Declaration of Faith
    • Divine Decree and Destiny
    • The Resurrection and the Afterlife
    • Prophets
    • Books – Divine Scriptures
    • Angels
    • One True God
    • Islamic Civilization
    • The Qur’an
    • The Prophet Muhammad
    • Islamic View of Mankind
    • The Purpose of Life and Belief
  • The Blessed Days and Nights
    • Friday, the Blessed Day
    • The Blessed Three Months in the Life of Bediüzzam...
    • A Sacred Phase of Time: The Blessed Three Months
    • The Blessed Days and Nights of the Islamic Year
    • Fasting on Certain Days
    • The Three Months
    • Ramadan
    • The Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr)
    • The Festival of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
    • Fasting in Shawwal
    • Pilgrimage in Dhu al-Hijja
    • The Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
    • The Month of Muharram
    • Yawm al-Jumu'ah
    • Ramadan, the Month of Fasting
    • Laylat al-Qadr (The Night of Power)
    • The Blessed Days and Nights in Muslim Society
    • The Week of the Holy Birth
    • Islamic Calendar
    • Rulings on Eid (Festivals)
    • 'Eid and Zakat ul-Fitr
    • Eed Celebrations
    • 'Eed - Islamic Celebration
    • I'tekaf
    • Cultural Celebrations
  • The Meaning of Islam in a General Sense
    • The Meaning of Islam in a General Sense
    • Islam’s position with modern civilization, particularly in its materialistic aspects
    • Islam’s relations with other religions
    • Islamic view of humanity and its relationship with religion
    • Truth and where it comes from
  • The Islamic Viewpoint of the Universe and Natural Environment
    • The Islamic Viewpoint of the Universe and Natural
    • Islam’s view of nature
  • Humanity Always Needs God and Religion
    • The Meaning of God's Unity
    • Humanity always needs God and religion
    • The concept of deity in Islam
    • Tawhid and its social implications
  • The Islamic View of Humanity
    • Humanity
    • Islam's and materialistic philosophies' view of the ego
    • The spiritual education of humanity
  • Islam and Social Order
    • Islamic view of life
    • The cardinal reasons of social turmoil
    • The basic articles of an Islamic Constitution
  • Islam‘s Spiritual Dimension
    • Perennial knowledge
    • Islamic view of creation with respect to the perfection of humanity
    • Muslim Sufism and Tawhid
    • A most advisable way to God for today
  • The General Features of the Qur‘an
    • Earlier Divine Revelations
    • Understanding the Qur'an
    • The definition of the Qur'an
    • The Qur'an's style and depth of meaning
    • The present Qur’an is the one which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad
  • The Place and Position of Muhammad
    • The Prophet’s homeland and his life prior to his Prophethood
    • The Prophet’s homeland and his life prior to his Prophethood
    • Muhammad’s life before his Prophethood
    • The basic messages of the Prophet
    • The most Striking aspects of Muhammad’s life during his Prophethood
    • How He was deeply loved by his Companions
    • The difference between a Prophet and a philosopher
  • The Main Dynamics of the Rapid Spread of Islam
    • Islam spread so rapidly
    • How Islam spread
    • Islam's contributions to human life
    • Qur'an's view of science and Islam's contributions to scientific developments
    • Islam's contributions to scientific developments
    • Islam changed people
  • The Status of Women in Islam
    • Equity or Equality or Sameness
    • Islam's view of woman and the First Sin
    • The status of modern woman
    • The status of woman in Islam
    • Muslim woman and economy
    • Inheritance
    • Testimony
    • Privileges of Muslim woman
    • Dressing
  • Jihad, War, and Terror
    • The basic position of Islam vis-à-vis war and peace
    • The meaning of Jihad with its aspects
    • Aspects of jihad
    • Two aspects of jihad
    • The stages of jihad
    • Some struggle related rules
    • Islam's, other religions' and modern civilization's position with war
    • Terror
    • Killing for religion?
    • Islam: a mercy for all creation
    • Who is responsible?
  • Tahara (Cleanliness or Purification)
    • The Purity of Water
    • Types of Impurities
    • The Ways of Purification
    • Useful Points
    • Acts That Correspond to Human Nature
    • Menstruation and Post-childbirth Bleeding
    • Istihadha (Non-menstrual Vaginal Bleeding)
    • Ghusl (Major Ablution)
    • Tayammum (Ablution with Clean Soil)
    • Wudu’ (Ablution)
    • Wiping over Clean, Indoor Boots (Khuffayn)
  • Prayer (Salat) -I
    • The Prayer’s Meaning and Importance
    • Who Must Pray?
    • The Times When Prayers Cannot Be Performed
    • Adhan (Call to prayer)
    • The Obligatory Acts during the Prayer
    • Necessary (But Not Obligatory) Things To Complete the Prayer
    • Sunna Acts
    • Disliked and Discouraged Things
    • Things That Invalidate the Prayer
  • Prayer (Salat) -II
    • Marriage and Family Life
    • The Purpose and Goals of Marriage
    • Prostrations of Forgetfulness
    • Prostrating while Reciting
    • The Sunna Prayers
    • Tahajjud and Witr
    • Tarawih
    • The Prayer of the Sick (Salat al-Marid)
    • The Prayer during Times of Fear or Danger (Salat al-Khawf)
    • Mutual Love. Mercy. Respect. Understanding and Thankfulness
    • Polygamy
    • The Prayer of a Traveler (Salat al-Musafir)
    • Specific Sunna Prayers
    • Inheritance and Women
    • Supererogatory Prayers
    • Divorce
    • The Friday Congregational Prayer
    • Adoption
    • ‘Iyd (Religious Festive Days) Prayers (Salat al-‘Iydayn)
    • Religious Festivals
    • The Funeral Prayer
    • Congregational Prayer
    • Making Up Missed Prayers
  • Sawm al-Ramadan (Fasting the Month of Ramadan)
    • Sawm al-Ramadan (Fasting the Month of Ramadan)
    • Types of Fasting
    • When Does Ramadan Begin and End?
    • Different Locations
    • The End of Ramadan
    • The Hours Decreed for Fasting
    • Who Must Fast
    • Making up the Missed Days
    • Days When Fasting Is Forbidden
    • Voluntary Fasts
    • The Predawn Meal and Breaking the Fast
    • The Essential Elements of Fasting
    • Avoiding Unbefitting Actions
    • Being Generous and Doing Other Meritorious Acts
    • Permitted Acts
    • Forbidden Acts Requiring a Make-up Day
    • Acts that Invalidate the Fast and Require a Make-up Day and Expiation
    • Places with Very Long Days and Very Short Nights
    • The Virtue of the Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr)
    • The Meaning and Principles of I‘tikaf
    • Oaths
    • Vows
  • Fasting in Detail
    • Friday, the Blessed Day
    • What are the Physiological Benefits of Fasting?
    • What is the Scientific Validity of Fasting?
    • What is the Qur’anic Evidence for the Necessity of Fasting?
    • How is Fasting Observed in Judaism?
    • What are the Spiritual Benefits of Fasting?
    • What are the Benefits of Fasting for the Society?
    • What are the Spiritual Meanings of Fasting?
    • How was Fasting Practiced Among the Pre Islamic Arabs?
    • What is the Importance of Fasting in Islam?
    • Fasting on Certain Days
    • Why do Believers Observe the Fast?
    • How does an Individual Benefit From Fasting?
    • The Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr)
    • What is Fasting in Islam?
    • What do the Prophet's Teachings About the Necessity of Fasting?
    • What is the History of Fasting in World Civilizations?
    • How do Christians Observe Fasting?
    • How do non Abrahamic Faiths Practice Fasting?
    • Ramadan
    • What did the Prophet Say About the Significance of Fasting?
    • What does Fasting Mean?
    • The Merits of Fasting
    • Bad Breath
    • Kinds of Fasting
    • Fasting the Month Ramadan (Sawm Ramadan)
    • What is Ramadan?
    • Legal Statutes of Ramadan
    • Merits of Ramadan
    • Neglecting Ramadan
    • Ascertaining the Crescent of Ramadan (Hilal)
    • Basic Elements of Fasting
    • The Seat of Niyyah (Intention)
    • For Whom Fasting is Mandatory?
    • Feeding (Itaam)
    • Pregnant and Nursing Mothers
    • Traveler and Fasting
    • The Non-Terminally Ill and Fasting
    • Breaking Fast to Save Life
    • Redemption of Ramadan (Al-Qada)
    • Days in Which Fasting is Prohibited
    • Voluntary Fast (Tatawwu'u)
    • Fasting Six Days of Shawwal (Sittu min Shawwal)
    • Fasting on the Day of 'Arafah
    • Fasting in Muharram (The First Month of Islamic Calendar)
    • Fasting of Sha'aban (The Eighth Month of Islamic Calendar)
    • Fasting on Monday and Thursday
    • Fasting and Breaking Fast
    • Permission Regarding Voluntary Fasting
    • Rules of Fasting (Adab As-Siyam)
    • Avoidance of the Things That Contradict the Spirit of Fasting
    • Oral Hygiene
    • Categories of Fasters
    • Charity
    • Recitation of Al-Koran in Ramadan
    • Striving in Devotion in the Last Ten Days of Ramadan
    • Things Permitted During Fast
    • Things Permitted to the Faster as Unavoidable
    • Nullifiers of the Fast
    • Condiitons of Fast Breakers
    • Duties after Ramadan
    • Redemption of Ramadan
    • Fasting on Behalf of the Deceased
    • Fasting for Muslims Near the North or South Pole
    • The Night of Power
    • Achiveing the Essence of Obedience
    • Ramadan Nightly Prayer (Taraweeh)
    • Bidding the Month Farewell
    • Retreat (Al-I'etikaaf)
    • Does Fasting Hinder Production?
    • Comparison Between the Fasting in Islam and Other Religions
    • The Wisdom Behind Fasting
    • For Whom is the Fast Obligatory?
    • What are the Situations in Which Fasting is not Required?
    • Is Every Ill Person Exempt from Fasting?
    • When & How Should the Intention to Fast be Made?
    • Which Actions do not Invalidate the Fast?
    • Do Injections & Vaccinations Invalidate the Fast?
    • What is the Status of Certain Reprehensible (makruh) and Other Actions with Regard to Invalidating the Fast?
    • What is the Status of Certain Recommended (mustahab) Actions with Regard to the Fast?
    • How Should Children Fast?
    • What do Make up Days (qada) & Expiation (kaffara) Mean?
    • What Things Invalidate the Fast?
    • Which Things Necessitate a Make up Day (qada)?
    • What Should the Elderly Who are Feeble and Have no Possibility to Fast do?
    • Which Things Necessitate Both Make up Day and Expiation?
    • What About the Expiatory (kaffara) Fast?
    • Which Situations Obviate the Need to Perform Expiation?
    • What does Expiatory Payment (fidya) Mean?
    • What is Retreat (i'tikaf) and How Should it be Performed?
    • What is the Charity of Fast Breaking (sadaqa al fitr)?
    • Who is Liable for the Charity of Fast Breaking?
    • When is the Charity of Fast Breaking to be Paid?
    • How Much Should be Paid for the Charity of Fast Breaking?
    • Words of Wisdom About Fasting
    • How Can We Make the Best of the Blessed Times Such as the Month of Ramadan?
    • What to do in Case of Trivial Ailments?
    • How is the Charity of Fast Breaking to be Given?
    • To Whom is the Charity of Fast Breaking Given?
    • How is the Eid Prayer to be Performed?
    • Would Islam Ordain a Harmful Practice; does Fasting Pose a Medical Risk?
    • What are the Medical Benefits of Fasting in Ramadan?
    • How does Hunger Accomplish What Abundance Cannot?
    • Some Sayings of the Prophet About Fasting
  • Zakat (The Prescribed Purifying Alms) -I
    • Infaq (Spending in God's Way)
    • Sadaqa al-Fitr (The Charity of Fast-Breaking)
    • Recipients
    • The Nisab and Zakat for Different Items of Wealth
    • Conditions for Nisab
    • Who Must Pay
    • Zakat (The Prescribed Purifying Alms)
  • Zakat (The Prescribed Purifying Alms) -II
    • Balance in Society
    • Equality and Freedom
    • Duties to Society
    • Justice as the Basis of Economic Life
    • Enforcing Agreements
    • Avoiding Bad Faith
    • Writing and Witnessing the Deal
    • Fulfilling Agreements
    • Daily Life
    • Statistics
    • Interest on Money-Lending
    • Games of Chance
    • Social Insurance
    • Public Goods
    • Wills
    • Inheritance
    • Some Glimpses of Islam’s Economic System
  • Hajj (Pilgrimage)
    • Its Virtue
    • Some Facts
    • Ihram
    • Kinds of Ihram or Hajj
    • Restrictions during Ihram
    • Penalty for Violating the Sanctity of Ihram
    • The Sacred Precincts of Makka (Haram Makka)
    • Sacred Precincts of Madina (Haram Madina)
    • The Necessary Acts (Wajib) of Hajj
    • Sunna Acts
    • Performing Tawaf
    • Making Sa‘y between Safa and Marwa
    • ‘Umra
    • Hajj and ‘Umra from Beginning to End
    • Those Prevented from Completing Hajj or ‘Umra
    • Offering a Sacrifice
    • Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque and Tomb
    • Offering Prayers in the Quba Mosque
  • Marriage and Family Life
    • Marriage and Family Life
    • The Purpose and Goals of Marriage
    • Men and Women To Be Preferred in Marriage
    • Women to Whom Marriage Is Prohibited
    • Marriages Prohibited by Reason of Fosterage
    • Temporary Marriage (Mut‘a)
    • The Marriage Contract (Nikah)
    • Mutual Love, Mercy, Respect, Understanding, and Thankfulness
    • Polygamy
    • Inheritance and Women
    • Divorce
    • Adoption
  • Daily Life
    • Halal (Lawful) and Haram (Forbidden)
    • Trade
    • Social Relationships
    • Islam’s Universal Mercy to Animals
    • Sin
    • Prayers, Supplications, and Remembrance of God
    • Supplications and Remembrance of God
  • Prayers and Supplications
    • Prayers, Supplications, and Remembrance of God
    • Supplications and Remembrance of God
    • Examples of God’s Messenger’s Prayers and Supplications
• Prophet Muhammad
  • Muhammad's Prophethood
    • Introduction
    • Prophet Muhammad
    • Prophet Muhammad in the Bible
    • His Life
    • Muhammad's Character and High Morality
    • His Achievements
    • His Knowledge of the Past
    • His Predictions
    • His Miracles
    • Miracles Cannot Be Denied
    • The Prophet's Marriages
  • Detailed Biography
    • Until the Birth
    • The Birth of the Last Prophet
    • Life in the Desert
    • A New Life in Mecca
    • The Early Years
    • Marriage
    • Zayd
    • The Reconstruction of Ka'ba