Islamic Laws

  • Is Bassmala A Quranic Verse? Is It To Be Recited In Prayers?

    By: Allamah Sayyid Abdul Husayn Sharafuddeen The Muslim scholars disagreed on this matter.1 Malik and al-Awza’iy thought that it was not a part of the Quran and they prohibited their followers from reciting it in the prayers whether it was…

  • Offering Two Prayers At One Time

    By: Allamah Sayyid Abdul Husayn Sharafuddeen There was no disagreement among all the Islamic sects about the permissibility of offering Dhuhr prayer and Assr prayer at one time in Arafa.1 It was called antecedence.2 The same was said about offering…

  • The Rules of the Holy Qur’an

    Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani Issue 464: The Qur’an must always be kept clean and tidy and it is Haram to make the writing or the pages of the Qur’an Najis, and if it becomes Najis, then it…

  • The Rules of Greeting One Another

    Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani Issue 454: It is Mustahab to greet one another, but it is Wajib to reply the greeting. Issue 455: It is Makruh to greet someone who is praying Salat. Issue 456: If someone…

  • Looking at Others

    Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani One of the gifts from Allah to makind is the gift of sight. We must use this great blessing in the path towards perfection and to improve others, and ourselves and thus we…

  • Eating and Drinking

    Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani Almighty Allah has made nature so beautiful and has placed all the animals, fruits and greenery at the disposal of mankind for his own use, for eating and drinking, covering himself, to build…

  • The Prerequisites to Become a Faqih

    Ayatullah Ali Mishkini Meaning of Wilayat The Word ‘Wilayat’ in the terminology of the Shari’ah when referring to the authority of the Faqih involves the following terms: 1) Wali (one who enjoys Wilayat or authority). 2) Muwla ‘alayh (those subject…

  • The Slave Trade of Western Nations

    By: Allamah Abu al-‘A’la Mawdudi After the occupation of America and the West Indies, for three hundred and fifty years, traffic in slave trade continued. The African coasts where the black-skinned captured Africans were brought from the interior of Africa…

  • Rights of Enemies at War in Islam

    By: Allamah Abu al-‘A’la Mawdudi After dealing with the rights of the citizens of an Islamic State, I would like to briefly discuss the rights which Islam has conferred on its enemies. In the days when Islam came into focus…

  • Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State

    By: Allamah Abu al-‘A’la Mawdudi We have discussed the human rights in general. Now we would like to take up the question of rights of the citizens in an Islamic State. As these rights are more extensive than the general…

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