Ruling on paying fidyah for delaying making up missed fasts

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:Ruling on paying fidyah for delaying making up missed fasts before making them upA woman is asking about making up missed Ramadaan fasts and feeding the poor (as fidyah for delaying that). Should she give food for each day, or should she give food for all the days in one go after she has finished making up the days?Praise be to Allaah.If a person delays making up missed Ramadaan fasts until the next Ramadaan begins, then if that was for a reason such as sickness, pregnancy or breastfeeding and the like, then he or she does not have to do anything except make up the missed days. But if there was no...

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Ruling on the fast of a pregnant woman who is affected by fasting

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:Ruling on the fast of a pregnant woman who is affected by fastingIs it mandatory for a pregnant woman to observe fasting in Ramadhan and Ashoo'ra. I advised my wife not to fast during last Ramadhaan and she was not fasting because she was pregnant.She was weak and anaemic last time when she was pregnant. She had miscarried by end of Ramadhan when she was 12 weeks pregnant. What is the ruling about her missed fasting during ramadhan. Does she have to complete them before next ramadhaan. Can she fast normally when she finds that she is pregnant?. She always insist on fasting during pregnancy. Any medical...

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Expiation For Missed Fasts During Ramadan

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She got her period in Ramadan, she broke her fast and did not make up the missed fasts

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:When she got her period in Ramadan, she broke her fast and did not make up the missed fastsThere is a woman who has reached the age of sixty. She was unaware of the rulings on menstruation for many years, during her childbearing years. She did not make up the fasts that she missed in Ramadaan, thinking that she did not have to do so according to what she heard from the common folk.Praise be to Allaah.  She has to repent to Allaah from that, because she did not ask knowledgeable people. She also has to make up the fasts that she missed, fasting the number of days that she thinks she most likely...

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Woman Missed Fasts Due To Menses: When To Make Up?

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Missed Fasts for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:For pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers who do not fast, they have to make up the missed fasts and it is not enough for them to feed the poorI read that it is permissible for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers not to fast, and that they can feed the poor and do not have to make up the missed days. They quoted as evidence the report narrated from Ibn ‘Umar concerning that. How true is this? Please answer with evidence, may Allaah bless you.Praise be to Allaah. The scholars differed concerning the ruling on pregnant woman and breastfeeding mothers if they do not fast. There are several...

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Making up missed fasts before next Ramadan

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:Ruling on one who forgets to make up missed fasts before the next Ramadaan comesWhat is the ruling on one who forgets to make up missed fasts before the next Ramadaan comes?Praise be to Allaah.The fuqaha’ are unanimously agreed that forgetting is an excuse which means that there is no sin or accountability in all matters, because of a great deal of evidence in the Qur’aan and Sunnah, but they differed as to whether the fidyah is still required in cases of forgetfulness. With regard to the issue of forgetting to make up missed Ramadaan fasts before the next Ramadaan comes, the scholars are also unanimously...

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Revive this Sunnah – When Times Get Hard, Pray

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“Whenever the matter became serious the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray.” Collected by Abu Dawud (1319) and others. Graded as being Hasan by Shaykh Al-Albani ( May Allah have mercy on him)Benefits for this topic:1. Muhammad Abdur Rauf Al-Manawee (may Allah have mercy on him) commented on this hadeeth. He wrote the words "Whenever the matter became serious," means- If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)was attacked by surprise, on the verge of being subdued, or an important matter was aroused which caused him to worry...

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"The Goodly Life" - Sheikh Muhammad Mukhtar Ash-Shinqitee

Enter your email address for exclusive updates:"The Goodly Life" - Sheikh Muhammad Mukhtar Ash-Shinqitee "Life is either for a person, or against him. Its hours and seconds, days and years pass him by. Leading him (by his actions) to the Love and Good Pleasures of Allah until he is amongst the people of Ultimate success and the Garden of Paradise. Or they are against him, leading him by his actions) to the fires of Hell and the anger of the One, the Just Ruler [Allah]. Life, either it will make you laugh & rejoice for an hour over which you will cry for an eternity (in the Hereafter). Or it will make you cry for an hour over which you will laugh & rejoice for an eternity (in the Hereafter)., Life is either a blessing for a person, or an adverse affliction against him. This is a life...

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10 reasons why books are still imp for child development

Receive exclusive HabibiHalaqas informationHas your toddler just learned the alphabet? Then this is the perfect time to introduce him/her to the wonderful world of books. In this time of personal computers and the Internet, many of us consider books to be things of the past. However, they still play a crucial role in the overall development of a child during the early years of life. Those “educational” toys and “pre-school development” shows on TV may look pretty appealing, but nothing can replace good old books. Here are 10 reasons why books are still important for a child’s development:1. The more books children read, the faster their vocabulary...

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