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- Enemies in holy place, Prophet grave and missing child in one dream
- Shiny branches coming out of Prophet Muhammad SAW grave
- Tumour
- Dream of riding a brown horse twice, istikhara
- Seeing the Prophet during Tahajjud
- someone saying they’ll come back
- Prayer request about peace of mind
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Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
Istikhara Prayer
In making important decisions it is recommended to ask advice when one is not sure about the right course of action. The first type of advice is from those whom one trusts and considers competent to answer. This is istishara. If this is insufficient then one makes istikhara… Continue reading
Mash on Socks
A: I’m not very good when it comes to the details of the grades of traditions. Is it a forgery because one of its narrators is rejected? What you think are the reasons an author would include it in his book when the status of a hadith is highly doubtful?
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Posted in Salat - Prayer
Tagged Ahl al-Hadith, ghayr muqallid, jawarib, khuffs, mash, taqlid
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Prophet’s Marriage to `Ayesha
The Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) contracted the marriage with`Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) between one and two years after Abu Talib and Khadija (Allah be pleased with her) died… Continue reading
Posted in Hadith, History
Tagged hijrah, marriage, Prophet Muhammad (s), Sayyida `Ayesha, Sayyida Khadija
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Information on Sunnah for New Muslim
Question: A convert sister ask me for a book on the SUNNAH OF MOHAMMAD (s). Please let me know what to suggest thank you. ALLAH SWT bless you and your family. Answer: A Day with the Prophet – by Ahmad Von … Continue reading
Differences in Times of Imsak
…I just wanted some background on the issue of why there seems to be so much disparity on the time for when suhur ends and fajr starts… Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram, Siyam - Fasting
Tagged calculation, computer, fajr, Fasting, imsak, ramadan, siyam, subh, subh al-kadhib, subh as-sadiq, suhur, timing
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Hadith about a Child’s Gender
The “male” and “female” fluids mentioned are not parent-differentiated Continue reading
Posted in Hadith
Tagged `Abd Allah ibn Salam, `Ayesha, Anas ibn Malik, chromosomes, egg, gender, hadith, Ibn `Abbas, Ibn al-`Arabi al-Maliki, Imam Ahmad, Imam al-Qurtubi, resemblance, Sayyidina Musa, science, sex, sperm, Thawban
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Wife Initiating Divorce
Questions: Can you please tell us – 1. the conditions under which a woman can initiate divorce? 2. how should she proceed to secure a divorce? Answers. 1. If the husband is not spending the amount of money required of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Issues, Women's Issues
Tagged `idda, assault, cruelty, delinquency, divorce, Hanafi, imprisonment, insanity, leprosy, mahr, neglect, polygamy, qadi, religious duty, talaq, venereal disease
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Praying for the Dead and What Benefits Them
There is a hadith from Abu Hurayrah (R) saying that the “Prophet (S) saying only three acts benefit a deceased when he dies. Those being knowledge he gave, charity he spent, or the prayers of a pious son.”… Continue reading
Levels of sin?
Question: Is there a difference between sins? Is telling a white lie the same as murder and /or rape, and so on? Answer: Yes, there is a great difference. The latter two are enormities (kaba’ir). Telling a small lie is … Continue reading