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Excerpt Source: This excerpt is taken from the book Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿinda al-Rukūʿ wa Baʿdahū fī al-Ṣalāh by Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ʿAlī Zaʾī رحمه الله. The Ruling of Rafʿ al-Yadayn and Sayyidunā ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه Raising the hands before rukūʿ...

Excerpt Source: This excerpt is taken from the book Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿinda al-Rukūʿ wa Baʿdahū fī al-Ṣalāh by Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ʿAlī Zaʾī رحمه الله. The Issue of Raising the Hands (Rafʿ al-Yadayn) During Prostrations Some people present narrations about...

Excerpt Source: This excerpt is taken from the book Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani. Question: Is the night vigil (qiyām) and fasting on the 15th night of Sha‘bān established by any authentic ḥadīth? Answer: In this regard, a narration...

Excerpt Source: This excerpt is taken from the book Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani. Question: On the night of mid-Sha‘bān, some people perform “Ṣalāt al-Barā’ah” or “Ṣalāt al-Alfiyyah.” Some offer 100 rak‘ahs, reciting Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ 10...

Excerpt Source: This excerpt is taken from the book Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani. Question: Is there any authentic ḥadīth regarding Shab-e-Barā’at? Some people engage in fireworks and similar activities on this night—what is the...

Compiled by: Abu Hamzah Salafi Some contemporaries and later writers have raised the following objections against Shaykh al-Islam Imām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله (d. 728 AH): ① He declared himself to be an Ashʿarī. ② He believed the Qur’an to be eternal and denied letters and sound. ③ In the...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question Is the following ḥadīth authentic? Answer Placing a hand of compassion on the heads of orphaned children is a means of reward, and good...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question In a ḥadīth, it is mentioned that when Umm al-Mu’minīn ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها was asked about the method of performing ghusl after janābah...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question Some people bury worn-out (shaheed) pages of the Noble Qur’an, while others throw them into wells, rivers, etc. Is this permissible? Please...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question What is the ruling on presenting flowers as a gift to someone? Answer Giving gifts to one another is a good practice, and it increases...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question What is the ruling on cutting a ribbon for the inauguration of a shop or similar establishment? Answer Tying a ribbon first and then...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question Is celebrating a birthday permissible? Answer Celebrating anniversaries of marriage, birth, or similar occasions is not established in the...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question Is it permissible to work as a security guard at a bank? Answer Those who work in banks—such as managers and others—become deserving of...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question Should women wear a dupatta (head covering) even inside their homes? Answer Regarding a Muslim woman, the ruling of Islamic Sharīʿah is...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question I work in a hospital where there is constant interaction with non-maḥram (unrelated) women, and it is necessary to communicate with them...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question The palm tree trunk against which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lean while delivering the sermon—when he later stopped leaning on it...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question What is the ruling on wearing black clothes? Answer From a Sharʿī (Islamic legal) perspective, there is no prohibition in wearing black...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī. Question It is written in a book published by Tāj Company, titled “Aʿmāl-e-Qur’ānī”, that certain verses are to be blown (dam) over specific items...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani. Question: What is the ruling on chanting slogans during religious gatherings? Answer: When the Noble Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered sermons and...

Source Attribution This excerpt is taken from the book “Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani. Question: Some people, while speaking ill of Ḥaḍrat ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه, claim: “He fled from the battlefield of Uḥud and was also absent from the...