The Importance of the Arkan Arkan are the fard acts of any worship. Acts that are fard must never be skipped. If you skip a fard act, your prayer won’t be valid. Skipping a fard act will automatically disqualify your prayer. If you leave a fard by mistake or by forgetfulness, you must correct yourself. If you don’t correct yourself, ... Read More »
Some acts in prayer are important sunnahs. If you leaves these, you need to make sujud al-sahw. Others acts in prayer are lesser sunnahs. Ab’aad of Prayer (The important sunnahs) There are six more acts in prayer that we should do regularly because they are very important sunnahs. That means they aren’t fard acts, but let’s try our best not ... Read More »
What do you do if you made a mistake in your prayer? The answer is: it depends on what mistake you made. Remember, in your prayer, some acts are fard, some acts are ab’aad, and some are hay’ah. Can you name some acts of prayer that fall into each of those 3 categories? How to perform Sujud Al-Sahw You make ... Read More »
When you are praying, you are not allowed to do anything but the acts and words of prayer. In fact, if you do certain things, you prayer will break. Let’s take a look at the things that you CANNOT do while praying. If you do these things, it will break you prayer and you must start all over again. Read More »
The Differences Between Men and Women in Prayer In most of the prayer, men and women have to do the same movements and say the same things. However, there are some things which are recommended for men and women to do differently. MAN WOMAN 1 Holds his elbows away from his sides in sajdah Holds her elbows against her sides ... Read More »
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The group prayer is better than the individual prayer by 27 degrees.” That means, if you do your salah with a group of people, it will be 27 times better than doing it by yourself. Imagine, Allah is so merciful that He allows you to get the reward of 27 prayers for your ... Read More »
The Month of Ramadan Ramadan is not just a month of fasting, but a month of mercy, forgiveness, family, friendship, and hope. Muslims hope that by the end of the month, they are much better people than they were at the beginning of the month, that Allah has forgiven all their sins, and that they have become the people of ... Read More »
Attributes are qualities or features that are regarded as a characteristic of someone or something. In Islam, an attribute is a positive quality that exists in Allah’s being. Allah has many beautiful and perfect attributes and out of all of them, there are twenty which are the most important. The other attributes are related to these twenty. We will delve ... Read More »
Allah created everything; and nothing that is created is like Him. Allah created everything. The things He created are not like Him at all. And He is not like any of the things He created. Anything that is created cannot be like its Creator. Allah said in the Qur’an, “There is nothing like Him.” (Surah al-Shura, Aya 11) That means ... Read More »
He Does Not Come to an End Allah does not even sleep because He never gets tired. Everything is easy for Him. Some non-Muslims say that after Allah created the Heavens and the Earth, He rested. But rest is needed by those who become tired and weak. Allah never becomes tired or weak. Everything is easy for Him. He just ... Read More »
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