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Washing the Deceased from COVID -19

Issues related to those who have died from the coronavirus: washing their bodies, their burial and funeral prayers Some community workers have put to me some questions concerning those who have died as a result of infection by the coronavirus: Q: Since the bodies (and...

Two rulings related to present emergency

One of my students who is a medical doctor in one of the hospitals in the UK asked me following: Q: Some doctor brothers are having issues in hospitals at this critical time. They have been advised to shorten or shave off their beards because face masks do not fit...

Reduction (Qaṣr) in the Prayer

Translated by: Tariq PandorThey said: What is the default regarding performing prayer (ṣalah)?I said: The default concerning the prescribed prayers is that they be performed in a house of Allah (i.e. a masjid) in congregation (jamāʿa), meeting their...

Guidelines for Muslims on Coronavirus

Coronavirus Covid-19 has reached all countries and continents and has just recently been declared a global pandemic. Many are circulating all sorts of information, precautions and treatments as a response to this outbreak, leading to more anxiety, confusion, and...

Principles and applications

Both general principles and concrete applications must be learnt together for creation to fulfil its Creator’s purpose. If you don’t learn how to interpret an engineering design into an engineered object, then all your engineering skills will be spent on repeating a limited number of engineered objects.

Dajjal

There is no reliable information about Dajjal that is sufficient responsibly to change your behavior or your policies. What, then, is the point of the Prophet’s giving any information, however limited, about Dajjal? The answer must begin by reflecting on what need people have to know something about such matters.

Settling disputes between Muslims in the UK

The primary function of courts in any jurisdiction, Islamic or otherwise, is to settle disputes according to rules that both disputing parties know and agree. One of the main functions of the state is to uphold the authority of the courts…

مجلس سماع وعلم

عقد معهد السلام مجلس سماع للحديث الساعة الخامسة إلى السابعة مساء الأحد سابع رجب سنة 1441هـ بلندن عاصمة المملكة المتحدة، حضره العلماء والطلاب رجالا ونساء في عدد كبير، قرأ فيه الشيخ العالم المسند المحقق محمد زياد التكلة جزء الحسن بن عرفة بن يزيد العبدي (150-257)، وجزء الاعتقاد للإمام محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري (ت 256)، والقصيدة الوضاحية في مدح أم المؤمنين عائشة رضي الله عنها للشيخ الإمام أبي عمران موسى بن محمد بن

The role of ‘ulama’

The fact is that the `ulama’ are not a respected group in society. The respect that they are given is primarily sentimental because of the emotional attachment that all people have to their religious and cultural background. That background in all societies without exception, until the last century…

How to engage with what is happening in our time

I generally avoid commenting on political issues, because in my experience doing so only serves to complicate and multiply the weaknesses of my fellow Muslims. I prefer to focus on matters which can waken people to a strong realization that they have…