Indeed, worry, sadness and sorrow occur from two directions…
Category: Prayer
Rejoicing at the arrival of Winter
Welcome to Winter – during which blessings descend [from Allaah]; wherein the nights are long [and therefore conducive] to stand[ing] in prayer, and the days are short [and conducive] to fast[ing].
Reading the horoscope pages
[That being the case], then his prayer will not be accepted for 40 days.
Do not be negligent in waking up your family
There is not a people who fail to admonish those among them who are negligent in prayer, except that their first punishment will be a reduction in their sustenance.
Beautify it as much as possible
O Abu Muhammad, and what if he does not have a good voice?
An important issue for all who make istikhaarah
It is not necessary for the one who makes istikhaarah that he see anything to guide him to that which is best for him. Rather, when something is made easy for him after having made istikhaarah, then he should know that is what is good [for him].
Making istikhaarah on behalf of someone else
And it is from falsehood to have someone else make istikhaarah for him, and wait to see something in a dream which would guide him to do [something] or leave [it].
The solar eclipse prayer
Regarding the opinion about the obligation of the solar eclipse prayer, Ibn al-Qayyim said…
The intelligent one
It is upon the intelligent one to exert himself in performing voluntary acts of worship – so long as he is in a state of [good] health.
Fajr prayer in congregation
«Whoever prays ‘Ishaa in congregation, it is as if he spent half the night in prayer, and whoever prays Fajr in congregation, it is as if he spent the whole night in prayer»