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AFRICA TABLE OF CONTENTS Publisher's Note 13 Wuc//m-Ablution 59 TRUE STORIES Fard (Compulsory) Acts of lf"udhu 60 The First Story 15 Sunnah Acts of Wudhu 60 The Second Story 15 Factors that Break and Do not Break The Third Story 16 l·fuclhu 63 The Fourth Story 16 Rules Concerning the Ma'=ur (Excused) 68 FAITH AND BELIEF Ghusl (Bath) 69 Beliefs About Allah 17 Things or Acts which Make Cihusl Obli- Beliefs About the Prophets 19 gatory 72 Beliefs About Angels and Jinn 20 Additional Rules About Ghusl 73 Beliefs A bout the Awliya ( Friends of The First Cause 73 Allah) 20 The Second Cause 74 Beliefs About Heavenly Books 21 The Third Cause 75 Beliefs About the Sahahah (Companions The Fourth Cause 75 • ~) 21 Those Conditions When Ghusl is not Fard 7"5 General Beliefs 21 Tho~e Conditions When Gh11sl is 1-f'ajih Incorrect Beliefs and Actions '.!4 (Obligatory) 76 Kufi· and Shirk (Disbelief and Polytheism) 24 Those Conditions When Ghusl is .mnnah 76 Innovations and Evil Customs 26 Those Conditions When Ghus/ is Alus- A Few Major Sins Against which We .are tahubb 76 Warned Severely 28 Rules Concerning Hadalh Akbar (Major The Worldly Harms of Sinning 29 Impurity) 77 The World}y Benefits of Obedience 30 Suitable and Unsuitable Water for wudhu KNOWLEDGE and Ghus/ 78 The Importance of Knowledge 31 Rules Relating to Wells 80 Ahadith Related to the Acquisition of The Left-Over Water of Animals 83 Knowledge 31 Tayammwn-Purifying with Dust or Sand The Education of Women 39 where Water is not Available 84 TAHARAH Rules Concerning Masah on Leather Socks 89 (Book of Purification) HAIDH AND /ST/HADA Rules Pertaining to the Use of Water 47 Menstruation and Bleeding out of the lstinja' (Abstersion) 48 Normal Period 92 Things that one should Abstain from when Rules Concerning Haidh 94 Passing Stool or Urinating 50 Rules Concerning Jstihada 96 Unsuitable Items for Jstinja' 50 NIFAS Suitable Items for /stinja' 51 Nifas (Bleeding AfterC hild-Bir,th) ............ 97 ..- -" Purification ·of Impurities 51 Rules Concerning Nifas and Haidh 98 Rules Regarding Plirities and Impurities 56 The Virtues and Rewards of Wudh11an d Contents Ghus/ 99 Rulings Connected to the lma111a nd SALA.It (r!!A YER) I 00 Muqtadi 152 The Virtues of Sa/ah 101 A Few Rulings Related to Ford and Wajib Miscellaneous Rulings 110 Sa/ah 157 The Times of Sa/ah 111 Rulings on Joining and Not Joining the Fajr (Morning) Sa/ah 111 Congregation 158 Zuhr (Mid-day) Sa/ah 111 Acts which Invalidate Sa/ah 160 Asr (Afternoon) Sa/ah 111 The Experjencing of Impurity in Sa/ah 162 Maghrib (Evening) Sa/ah 112 Witr Sa/ah 164 /sha' (Night) Sa/ah 112 Qadha Sa/ah 165 Rules Relatedt o the Times of Sa/ah 112 Sunnah and Naji Sa/ah 168 Azan-The Call to Sa/ah 114 Sajdah Sahw 171 Rules Concerning Azan and lqamah 115 Sajdah Tilawat 176 The Sunnahs and Mustahabb of A.zan and Sa/ah of the Sick 180 lqamah 117 Sa/ah on a Journey J8 2 Sunnahs Related to the Mu'azzin 117 Jumu'ah (Friday) Sa/ah 187 Sunnahs Related to the Azan and lqamah 118 'The Virtues of Friday 187 The Pre-requisites of Sa/ah 119 The Etiquette of Friday 189 Rul'es Related to Facing the Qiblah 123 The Virtues and Importance of Friday The Method of Offering Fard Sa/ah 124 Sa/ah 191 The Fard Acts of Sa/ah 126 The Method of Offering Friday Sa/ah 192 ~~~A~~&~ IM Pre-requisites which Make Friday Sa/ah A Few Rules Related to Fard Sa/ah 129 lt'ajib 193 Difference in Sa/ah Between Men and Pre-requisites for the Friday Sa/ah to be Women 130 Valid 193 Rules Concerning Recitation of the Qur'an 131 Rules for the Friday Khutbah 194 Acts that Nullify Sa/ah 132 The Friday Khutbah of the Prophet ~ 195 Acts that are :\lakruh in Sa/ah 134 Rules Related to Friday Sa/ah 197 Conditions which Permit the Breaking of Eid Sa/µh 197 Sa/ah 136 Salatul Kusoof and Khusoof 201 Sa/ah With Congregation 137 Salatul lstisqa' 202 The Virtues and Importance of Salatut Taraweeh 202 Congregational Sa/ah 138 Safatul Khawf 203 •' Ahadith on the Virtues and Importance of Sa/atul /stikharah 205 Congregation 138 Salatut Tawbah 206 S.ayingso f the Sahabah ).,;,o n the Virtues TahiyY_atul Masjid 206 and Importance of Congregation 140 Najl Sa/ah Before Embarking on a Journey 207 Opinions of the Vlama with Regard to the Salaiul Qatl 207 Importance of Congregation 142 Salatut Tasbeeh 207 Jhe Benefits and ·wisdom of Congregation 143 Offering Sa/ah Inside the Ka'bah .................. 209 Conditions which Make Congregational Rules Concerning the Mosque 210 Sa/ah Wajih 144 A.-fawt-Death 211 Pre-requisites for the Va.lidity of Congre- Ghusl of the Deceased 212 gation 145 Kqfan (Shroud) for the Deceased ...............-.2..I s The Rules of Congregation 151 The Janazah (funeral) Sa/ah 217 CentenU The Fint Condition 218 RECITING THE QUR' AN The Second Condition 218 WITH CORRECT PRONUNCIATION 273 The Third Condition 219 Special Advice to the Teacher ........................ 280 The Fourth Conc:iition 219 The Virtues of Reciting the Qur'an 280 The Fifth Condition 219 HAJJ 283 The Sixth Condition 219 The Visit to Madinah 286 The Burial 222 The Virtues of Hajj 286 Rules Concerning the Martyr 225 QURBA.Nl-SACRIFICE 287 General Rules of Janazah 227 Aqeeqah 293 Procedure According to Shari'ah at the The Method of Slaughtering an Animal 294 Time of Death 229 LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL The Method of Ghusl and Ka/an ( Bath and (Business :Transactions and Others) Shrouding) 231 Ila/a/ and Haram 294 ZAKA.H 232 lntoxicants 295 Paying Zakah 237 Gold and Silver Utensils 296 Zak.ah on Produce of the Land 239 Clothing and 1/ijab 296 l.alcah on Livestock 240 ~ules Concerning Hair 299 The Ni.,ah for Camels 240 Miscellaneous Rulings 301 The .\"isah for Cattle 241 Lost ltems on Finding 303 The :\'i.yah for Sheep and Goats 242 JF aqf (Endowments) 304 Who is Entitled to Receive Zak.ah 242 Buying and _Selling 305 Miscellaneous Mu.va'il on Zak.ah 245 Finding Out the Price of an Item , ..........·.· ··:· 306 Sadaqatul Fitr 245 Having Knowledge of the Item that is to be The Virtues of Charity 247 Purchased 308 SAUM (FASTING) 250 Purchasing on Credit 309 The Fasts of Ramadhan 251 Khiyarush Shari-The Right to Return The Sighting of the M~n 253 Goods .310 The Qaclha or Missed Fasts 254 Purchasing an Item without Seeing It 311 The Nazr ,or Vowed Fasts 255 Defects in an Item 312 The ,\'ajl or Optional Fasts 256 Invalid and Improper Transactions 314 What Breaks and does not Break a Fast?·-·--· 257 Selling at a Profit or at Cost 318 Sahri and ~{tar 260 Transactions 13ased on Riha' or Interest 319 Kuffurah 261 Gold and Silver 319 Conditions which Permit the Breaking of Items Sold by Weight 323 the Fast 263· Items Sold by Measurement or Counting 326 Conditions which Permit One not to Additional Points 326 · Fast-....................................................................2..6..3 Bay'u.\·S alum or Forward Buying 327 Fidyah (Compensation or Ransom) 265 The Taki.ng of Loans 329 l'tikaf 267 Giving Guarantees 330 The Virtues of Fasting 267 Passing Over of Debts to Someone Else 331 The Virtues of /'tikqf 271 Appointing a Person as a Wakil (Represen- The Virtues of Lay/atr,/ Qadr 271 tative) 332 The Vinues Qf Taraweeh 272 Dismissing a Wakil 334 The Virtues of Remaining Awake During Mudarabah or Silent Partnership 334 the Nights of Eid ................................................2 73 Amanah or Trusts 335 Conti:nts 6 '.-lriyaho r Borrowed Items 338 Mahn,/ ,With/ 387 Hiha or Gifts 340 The Marriageso f the Disbelievers 388 Giving to Children 342 Equality Among Wives 388 Taking Back Something that has been Breast-Feeding 389 Given 343 The Virtues and Rights of Marriage 391 Renting and Hiring 344 DIVORCE Improper Leasing or Hiring Out 345 Ta/pq (Divorce) 395 Taking of Compensations 346 Divorcing a Person 395 Annulment of a Rental Contract 347 The First Type 395 Taking an Item without Permission 347 The Second ~T ..y pe 395 Partnerships 348 The Third Type 396 Distributing Items that are Under a The First Way 396 Partnership 350 The Second Way 396 Kinds of f>artnerships 351 Divorce Prior to the Bride's Departure from M_ortgages 353 Her Parent's Home 397 Wusiyyah or Bequests 353 Divorce After the Bride's Departure from Sh1~/'uh-The Right of Pre-Emption 357 Her Parent's Home 398 .\lu=ura'uh--Temporary Sharecropping Issuing Three Talaqs 398 Contract 358 Conditional Divorce 399 Intoxicants 360 Divorce Issued by the Sick 401 The Pursuit of Lawful Wealth 360 Revoking a Ta/aqur Raj'i 402 The Detestation of Taking Debts Unneces- 'Ila' or Taking an Oath not to Approach sari ly 369 One's Wife 404 Supplication for the Relief from Indebted- Khu/a' or Divorce at the Instance of the ness 370 Wife -405 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE Zihar or Likening the Wife fo One's . (About the Mariages of the Mother 407 Prophet's jt, Wives~Js,~j And Ka.ffarah 409 Daughters 1.+1-..U•_,.:.J) U'un-Allegation of Adultery 409 Sayyidah Fatimah's i.,:s .Ji,~> Marriage 371 Disappearance of the Husband 410 Marriages with His Wives 372 'IDDAH A Contemporary Marriage According to 'lddah After Talaq 410 Shari'uh 372 'lddah After Death of the' Husband 412 Widow's Wedding 373 Mourning for the Dead 413 NIKAH Feeding and Clothing the Wife 415 .\ikah (Marriage) 374 Providing a Shelter for the Wife 416 Persons with Whom .\'ikah is Forbidden 375 Legitim,a.t.e Offspring 417 The lfo/i or Legal Guardian 378 The Detestation of Divorce 419 The Question of Compatibility or Ki!fu' 382 A Few Related Rulings 420 Equality in Lineage 382 The Most Preferable Method 420 Equality in Being a Muslim 382 The Good Method 421 Equality in Piety 383 The Bid'ah and Haram Method 421 Equality in .Wealth 383 The Custody of Children 421 Equality in Occu;,ation 383 The Rights of the Husband 422 .\lahr-----D-owry 383 The Method of Living with One's Husband 423