In al-Masjid al-Haraam (Makkah) during Ramadhaan, which is better to perform: voluntary prayers, tawaaf or reciting the Qur.aan?
Category: Scholars
Cutting hair and trimming nails whilst fasting
Does cutting the hair and trimming the nails during the day in Ramadhaan break the fast?
Standing the night in prayer
Is standing the night in prayer done only in Ramadhaan or on every night of the year? And from which time does it begin and which time does it end?
Fasting the six days of Shawwaal
Is the fasting of six days of Shawwaal a must, such that the reward of the fast of Ramadhaan is incomplete until one follows it up with these six days?
What a Muslim says once the moon of Shawwaal has been sighted
We would like to know what a Muslim says once the moon of Shawwaal has been sighted [up until] before the ‘Eed prayer?
The imaams changing the tone of their voice
Often some imaams in the masaajid attempt to soften the hearts of the people and affect them by changing the tone of their voices in the taraaweeh prayer and the Qunoot supplication.
The wording of the takbeer and the tahmeed
What is the wording of the takbeer and the tahmeed?
Father does not allow him to do i’tikaaf for unconvincing reasons
What is the ruling of the person whose father did not allow him to do i’tikaaf for unconvincing reasons?
The fast of the ninth and tenth of Muharram
Is the fast of the ninth and tenth of Muharram recommended?
Tasting food whilst fasting
Is it permissible for a cook to taste the food whilst fasting?