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﴿تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الأَرْضِ وَلا فَسَادًا وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ﴾ Du^a: Bismillahir-Rahminr-Rahim, know that before breaking your fast its Sunnah (recommended) to say: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ «O Allah, for Your sake I fasted, and with Your sustenance, I broke my fast». And After breaking fast say: ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ الله Which means: “The thirst is gone. My veins are dampened and the reward has been earned, by Allah’s will.” (Related by Abu Dawud.) Hadith: The Prophet in the Qqudsiy hadith said which means: «The reward of every good deed is multiplied ten up to seven-hundred times, except that of the Fasting; it is usually done in sincerity and will be multiplied by as many times as Allah wills». Aqeedah Matters: Al-Bukhariyy, al-Bayhaqiyy and Ibn alJarud related that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said which means: «Allah existed eternally and there was nothing else.» Imam Aliy said: “Allah created the throne to show his power and not to sit on it”. Imam Abu Ja^far at-Tahawiyy as-Salafiy said: “Allah is supremely clear of all boundaries, extremes, sides, organs and instruments. The six directions do not contain Allah, these are attributed to all created things”. This means Allah exists without a beginning and without a place. Do not dispose this paper, as it contains Islamic information. Please flip page to read about Ramadan and Zakah
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* إن تاريخ أول الشهر المذكور في هذه الإمساكية مبني على الحساب وما ذاك إلا للاستئناس، فالمعرفة اليقينية للتقويم لا تكون إلا بمراقبة القمر *Numbers here are approximate. Only observation is valid. Determining the beginning of Ramadan is based on sighting the moon. |
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Fasting the Blessed Month, Ramadan
صِّيَامُ
رمضان شهر
الخيرات
Allah made it obligatory upon every Muslim to fast the month of Ramadan. Allah, ta^ala, said in the Quran:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ
كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Ayah 183 of Suratul-Baqarah means: [O believers, Fasting is an obligation upon you as it was obligated upon the [Muslims] before you so it would help you to reach piety.]
Fasting has two integrals:
1- The intention in the heart every day. One intends in his heart, for example: "I intend to fast tomorrow to fulfill the obligation of fasting Ramadan this year, faithfully and seeking the reward from Allah.” The time of the intention is from sunset until the Fajr prayer begins.
2- To abstain from anything that invalidates fasting, from the appearance of the true dawn to the sunset.
The invalidators of the fast are many. Among them:
1- Eating, even if as little as a sesame seed and drinking, even if one drop of water or medicine, while remembering that one is fasting.
2- Droplets in the nose or ear invalidate the fasting if the medicine reaches the cavity of the body. Likewise, the enema, and penile and vaginal douche. The eye drop, on the other hand, does not invalidate the fast. Similarly, hypodermic, intramuscular, and intravenous injections do not invalidate fasting.
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3- Losing consciousness for the whole day from Fajr to sunset. Also, losing sanity for one moment.
4- Vomiting: Placing ones finger or what is similar down ones throat to cause oneself to vomit invalidates the fast. If one involuntarily vomits and does not swallow any of it, then ones fasting is not invalidated.
5- Apostasy (Riddah; kufr) of any type: blasphemous beliefs, blasphemous actions, or blasphemous sayings.
Whoever invalidates his fast by eating, drinking, or intentional vomiting is sinful. He is also obligated to make up the invalidated days immediately after Ramadan and the ^Id day. However, he is not obligated to pay money to the poor Muslims as expiation. Note: It is unlawful (haram) to fast the two days of ^Idul-Fitr and ^Idul-Ad-ha, and the three days after ^Idul Ad-ha, known as the days of Tashriq.
We ask Allah to enable us to fast Ramadan properly, and to have our Siyam, Salat, Zakat and Hajj accepted, forgive us and save us from hellfire, Ameen. And Allah knows best.
أخي المسلم تذكر قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "من صام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه". لا تنسى أن من بركات هذا الشهر التصدق على الفقراء وإفطار الصائمين وصلة الأرحام وتلاوة القرآن آناء الليل وأطراف النهار. نسأل الله تعالى أن يرزقنا صيام نهاره وقيام لياليه، وآخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين.
Paying Zakah
الزَّكَاةَ. إِنَّمَا الصدَقَاتُ لِلْفقَراء وَالْمساكِين
Allah, ta^ala, said in the Quran:وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ Ayah 43 of Suratul-Baqarah means: {Perform the prayers and pay Zakah.}.
According to the Arabic language, Zakah means: purification and growth. Islamically, it is the name for that which is paid in a specific way, as a result of having money, or one being alive. It was given this name, because the money grows by the blessing of giving Zakah and because it purifies the one who gives it from being sinful. Zakah is among the major matters of Islam. During the second year after the migration, Allah made it obligatory.
Those who Deserve Zakah
It is permissible to pay Zakah only to those who deserve it. These are the eight types whom Allah mentioned in the Quran in Ayah 60 of Suratut-Tawbah:
إِنَّمَا
الصَّدَقَاتُ
لِلْفُقَرَاء
وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
وَالْعَامِلِينَ
عَلَيْهَا
وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ
قُلُوبُهُمْ
وَفِي
الرِّقَابِ
وَالْغَارِمِينَ
وَفِي
سَبِيلِ
اللّهِ
وَابْنِ
السَّبِيلِ
Which means: {Zakah must be exclusively paid to the fuqara, masakin, muallafatu qulubuhum, riqab, gharimun, fi sabilillah, and ibnus-sabil.}
The Conditions of Zakah
There are two types of conditions for Zakah: conditions that make it obligatory and conditions for its validity. The conditions that make it obligatory are five: Islam, freedom, total ownership, the passage of one year for the items which require one year to pass, and to own the quotum, which is the minimum amount that is subject to Zakah.
Also the animals must have been grazed in a pasture that is not owned by anybody and must be animals that are not used for work.
The conditions of Zakahs validity are:
1- Paying it to the aforementioned eight types of people who deserve it.
2- Paying it to a Muslim, because it is invalid to pay it to a blasphemer.
3- Paying it to a free person, because it is invalid to pay it to a slave, except the Mukatab (the slave that has a contract with his owner to be set free if he works and gives a certain amount of money to his owner within a specific time.).
4- To pay it to someone who is not a descendant of Hashim or Al-Muttalib.
We ask Allah to have mercy upon us, to forgive our sins in this great month, by the good deeds that we do, and (bijahi) by the virtue of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) Ameen.
دعاء
الحاجة:
(فائدة: اعلم
أنه يجوز
التوسل برسول
الله في حياته
وبعد مماته.
والدليل ما
رواه
الطبراني
وصححه من حديث
عثمان ابن
حنيف أنه توسل
الصحابة
برسول الله في
حياته وبعد
مماته
والحديث يسمى
بحديث الأعمى)
وهو: "اللهم
إني أسألكَ
وأتوجَّهُ
إليك بنبيّكَ محمَّدٍ
نبيّ
الرّحمةِ يا
محمَّدُ إنّي
أتوجَّهُ بكَ
إلى ربّي في
حاجتي
لِتقضَى لي".
وَيُسَمّـِى
حَاجَتَهُ.
اهـ.