” … So what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?”[1] The Arabic word Fiqh means to understand something, to know something[i] or to understand the intended meaning of the speaker. After the codification of many of the sciences of Islām, the meaning of Fiqh took a very specific turn in referring to the science of …
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Islam has placed a great deal of significance on the conservation of the environment. Believers are obligated to protect animal and plant life, and to preserve the environment by not cutting trees, not polluting water, not contaminating the atmosphere and much more. There are several beautiful verses in the Book of Allah ﷻ that contain descriptions of the lush, green …
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Tayammum (Arabic: تيمم) is an Arabic word that means an aim or purpose. Tayammum is derived from “amma,” meaning ‘to repair. ‘ In Islamic law, Tayammum means to wipe the face and hands of a person with the purpose of purification for prayer by using soil, purified sand, or dust. Also it is a act of dry ritual purification using purified …
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Ababeel story is described by the Quran in Surah Al-Fil, Many armies tried to conquer Makkah but indeed Allah is the sole protector of this sacred place. King of Yemen and Ethiopia, his name was Abraha. He made a Church in the city called Sanaa but when he got to know that people are traveling miles away to perform Umrah …
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This historic photo shows the location of the Zamzam (Arabic: زمزم) Well in the Mataf area. The Zamzam Well has provided some 4000 years of almost continuous water supply, a living miracle. Note that the entry to the well and this marking was removed in 2003. The origin of the Zamzam Well Ebrahim (عليه السلام) took his son Ismail (عليه السلام) and the child’s …
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නූතන ලෝකයේ අපි බොහෝ විට ඉස්ලාමීය වත්පිළිවෙත් අනුව නියම කරනු ලබන දඬුවම් සැබවින්ම කටුක දෙයක් ලෙස සලකමු. මිනීමැරුමකට හිස ගසා දැමීම, කාමමිථ්යාචාරය සඳහා ගල් ගසා මරා දැමීම සහ සොරකම් කිරීම සඳහා අත් කපා දැමීම වැනි දඬුවම් සමහර විට වෙනත් යුගයකට අදාළ දඬුවම් ලෙස හා අද ලෝකයට නොගැළපෙන බව දකින්නෙමු. කෙසේ වෙතත් ඉස්ලාමය එවැනි දඬුවම් ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට පෙර යම් යම් කොන්දේසි …
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