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Q. Is fast broken by vomiting?

As far as vomiting is concerned our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has said,“Anyone who vomits involuntary then he should not make up the fast but the person who vomits voluntary (i.e. vomits deliberately) then he has to make up for the fast.” So if someone vomits unintentionally the fast is not invalidated and he has to continue his fast but if someone vomits deliberately like putting a finger in his mouth and vomiting or pressing his stomach and vomiting or purposely smelling something which is very nasty and continues to do that and he vomits or he looks at something which is undesirable and keeps on looking at it till he vomits. So all these comes under the act of deliberate vomiting. Then you have to make up the fast.

Main objective of Ramadan is to acquire .

Live a life in this world like you'll live in Ramadan. And your life in the hereafter will be like Eid.

Don't dread when something ain't not good rather be happy that you can make it good.

Question:
Is it permissible to pray wearing shoes when necessary, or not?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Yes, that is permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed wearing his shoes. In al-Saheeh it is narrated that Abu Sa’eed said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) lead us in prayer whilst he was wearing his shoes, then he took them off [whilst still praying], and the people took their shoes off too. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said the Tasleem [at the end of the prayer], they said: “O Messenger of Allaah, you took off your shoes, so we took off our shoes too.” He said: “Jibreel came to me and told me that there was some dirt on them, so I took them off. When any one of you comes to the mosque, let him look at his shoes, and if he sees any dirt on them, let him wipe them. And they can be purified with dust.”

(Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 650). The point here is that praying in shoes is permissible. It says in the hadeeth: “Be different from the Jews, pray wearing your slippers or shoes.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 652). But the condition is that the shoes must be taahir (pure, clean). If there is any najaasah (impurity) or dirt on the shoes, then one should not pray wearing them or enter the mosque in shoes, unless he is sure that they are free of impurity or dirt. And Allaah knows best.

CONFUSED ABOUT WITR??

It is clear form Sahih ahadith that the Witr should be at the end of the night, because the Prophet ﷺ said: “Make the last of your prayer at night Witr.” (Al Bukhari 998); Also the Prophet ﷺ said: “Prayers at night are to be offered two by two (two rakahs at a time). If any of you fears that the time of dawn is approaching then let him pray one rakah as Witr.” (Al Bukhari 846)

So it is clear the Witr should be at the end of the night, and there is no prayer after Witr because the Witr is the last prayer performed at the end of the night, but in the following hadeeth it says that the Prophet ﷺ prayed even after praying witr.

Narrated Aisha that the Prophet ﷺ used to pray two rakahs after Witr whilst sitting down. (Muslim 738).

Many people pray Witr before sleeping thinking that they won’t be able to wake up for Tahajjud, but when Allah wake them up for Tahajjud they think that it is better for them to sleep again as they have prayed Witr, believing that they cannot pray anything after that. The above hadeeth of Prophet ﷺ who used to pray two rakahs after Witr is a good answer to clear that doubt.

It should be understand that the Prophet ﷺ performed these two rakahs after Witr sitting down, to demonstrate that it is permissible to pray after Witr, and to demonstrate that it is permissible to offer nafil prayers sitting down. He did not do that all the time, rather he did it once or twice or a few times.

This command from the Prophet ﷺ “Make the last of your prayer at night Witr.” is in the sense of it being mustahabb and preferable, not in the sense of it being obligatory and compulsory, so if one wakes up at the end of the night he may offer whatever prayers Allah has decreed for him, two rakahs at a time. And he should not repeat Witr, because the Prophet ﷺ said, “There cannot be two Witrs in one night.”

May Allah help us to do that which He loves and which pleases Him. (Aameen)

It was narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever asks Allah for Paradise three times, Paradise will say, ‘O Allah, admit him to Paradise.’ Whoever seeks protection from the Fire three times, Hell will say, ‘O Allah, protect him from the Fire.’”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2572; Ibn Majah, 4340. This is a saheeh hadeeth; it was classed as saheeh by al-Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) in Saheeh al-Jami’, 6275).

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How to complete the Quran in Ramadan?
The Quran has aprox 600pages, if u divide it by 30days..that makes it 20 pages a day. That could be difficult..right? But if u divide it on the 5 tyms Namaz it becomes much easier....right?? If you read 4pages after every Namaz in Ramzan then you have completed the whole Quran. But if you want to complete the Quran twice, you can read 4pages before and after every Namaz. And imagine if you forward this message how many people will benefit and complete the Qur'aan.

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TARAWEEH 8 OR 20 RAKAH?

Majority of Scholars says the Sunnah is 8 Rakahs, and they quote the following hadeeth of Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, who asked Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), “How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray during Ramadan?” She said: “He did not pray more than eleven rakahs in Ramadan or at other times. He would pray four, and do not ask how beautiful and long they were, then he would pray four, and do not ask how beautiful and long they were, then he would pray three. I said, O Messenger of Allah, will you sleep before you pray Witr?’ He said, O Aisha, my eyes sleep but my heart does not.” (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 1909)

People those who follow the Sunnah of 8 Rakahs adopted the above hadeeth partly only to pray 8 Rakaha, but the second part of the hadeeth that is the “beauty and the lengthy recitation” has been abandoned.

The beauty and the length of recitation by the Prophet ﷺ can be seen in the hadeeth of Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) it says: I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he started to recite al-Baqara and I thought: he will bow when he reaches one hundred, but he carried on. Then I thought that he would finish it in the two rakahs, but he carried on. Then I thought he would bow after finishing it, but he started to recite al-Nisa and recited it all, then he started to recite Aal Imran and recited it all, reciting with a slow and measured pace. When he reached a verse that spoke of glorifying Allah, he glorified Allah; when he reached a verse that spoke of asking of Him, he asked of Him; when he reached a verse that spoke of seeking refuge with Him, he sought refuge with Him… (Narrated by Muslim 772).

The present day Taraweeh takes 5+ days to complete the above said 3 Surahs that the Prophet ﷺ recited in one Rakah, still our people feel fatigue with the minimum recitation.

It was narrated that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting in any night prayer whilst sitting until he grew old, then he would recite whilst sitting, and when there were thirty or forty verses left of the soorah, he would stand up and recite them, then he would bow. (Narrated by al-Bukhari 1148).

The major portion of recitation is done by the Prophet ﷺ by sitting and he standup and recite further thirty or forty verses, so imagine the number of verses he do recite in one Rakah.

Narrated Al-Mughira: The Prophet ﷺ used to stand (in the prayer) or pray till both his feet or legs swelled. He was asked why (he offered such an unbearable prayer) and he said, "should I not be a thankful slave." (Narrated by Al Bukhari Book #21, Hadith #230)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever prays qiyaam reciting ten verses will not be recorded as one of the negligent. Whoever prays qiyaam reciting one hundred verses will be recorded as one of the devout. Whoever prays qiyaam reciting one thousand verses will be recorded as one of the muqantireen.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, 1398)

What is meant by this hadeeth is to emphasize the greatness of the reward earned by the one who recites a thousand verses. Al-Tabaraani narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “A qintaar is better than this world and everything in it.” (Saheeh al-Targheeb, 638).

Whoever makes the prayer lengthy may reduce the number of rakahs, as the Prophet ﷺ used to do. Whoever makes the prayer briefer out of compassion towards the people may increase the number of rakahs, as the Sahaabah did at the time of Umar.

Can we compare the present day Taraweeh (8 or 20 Rakah) which will not last more than 2 hours with the prophet’s ﷺ and Sahaba’s Taraweeh prayer?

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray eleven rakahs and make them very lengthy, so much so that it used to take him most of the night. Indeed, one night in which the Prophet ﷺ led his companions in praying Taraaweeh, he did not end his prayer until just before dawn, and the Sahaba feared that they would miss suhoor. The Sahaba (may Allah be pleased with them) loved to pray behind the Prophet ﷺ and they did not feel that it was too long. The scholars thought that if the imam made the prayer so long, this would be too difficult for the members of the congregation and that might put them off. So they thought that the imam should make the recitation shorter and increase the number of rakahs.

May Allah bless the Ummah who follows Quran and Sunnah without indulging in philosophical discussion about the matter. (Aameen)

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This is almost always that we believe we know better and perhaps that is the reason for why conflicts occur,why Muslims even with one single name are divided into sects , why we go astray and accuse Allah for that.
A person who tries his best to stay away from doing sins , sometimes , also do a lot and big sins (without knowing actually that they did anything wrong) and why this happens is just because we never try to comprehend what really the right thing is!
From my way of thinking, I say that a person does so because he don't wants to be proved wrong . He just believes it blindly or by following the majority of people and never tries to understand what the right and what the wrong is.
For instance, I am a Muslim and If I'll think like "My relatives,my friends are all Muslims, I was born in a Muslim family and all that" and If this only will become the cause of choosing Islam Religion , then indeed I would be a Muslim but not a true one; and If I find my religion faulty then I'll choose any other and the best one,then I am fully correct .
So a person should understand the matter , use reason and logic and then Act.
Sometimes we may think that we are doing good but the thing may be bad as well.
For example: When I was a kid I loved Allah a lot(I still do) and when I used to get up from my sleep, I used to say to Allah 'Assalamualykum' , I thought that I loved Allah, venerated Him , Wallah my intention was not wrong and did it because of love so how could I commit shirk by doing that? But when I grew old , I became aware what 'Assalamyalykum' means and came to know that if I say Assalamualykum to Allah,the Exalted, I committed a shirk because that means Nauzbilla there is Other Deity than him.
Same is the case with other things,we think we know better and never try to know the truth.
For example: Celebrating Mawlid un Nabi , the person does it because he thinks this is the way to show love but the one who will think and understand the matter,will show the love by doing that what he(Prophet Muhammad S.A.W) did ; he will not do that which he(Prophet Muhammad S.A.W) never did or which he never told to do.

Hope the readers will think about this , use reason, intellect and ACT accordingly.
May Allah grants us the Tawfeeq to gain true knowledge(Ameen).