Keep to my Sunnah and that of the rightly guided Caliphs and bite on to it with your molars. But beware of innovations for verily they are all bid’ah (heresy) which themselves are all misguidance leading to the hellfire. Sunan Abu Dawud: Eng Trans: vol 3 pg1294 no 4590 1: Kissing the thumb …read more
A mans awrah is from the navel, all the way around his back, and down to his knees. It is a common sight one sees in the masjids, when some people go into rukuh or sajdah , and their shirts come out of their trousers thus revealing their lower backs. Awrah in Arabic means a…read more
Prayer is the most important act of religious devotion, it should therefore be observed with dignity, and tranquillity of mind. It would be a pity if only a fraction of the full reward was received due to a badly performed prayer. In our mosques unfortunately, prayer is observed without due care and attention amongst the…read more
With Ramadaan, we prepare, and we get excited at its arrival. But a major sin that some people do is to fast, BUT DO NOT PRAY the 5 daily prayers. The Ramadaan fast, and indeed any righteous deed, is NOT ACCEPTED if you do not pray! That is because not praying constitutes kufr as…read more
Prayer (salaah) is one of the pillars in Islaam; it was the first act of worship that was made compulsory by Allah (swt). Its importance cannot be stressed more, to state it simply, without prayer Islaam cannot stand. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Prayer, prayer and those whom…read more