Mosques in Islam: Purpose and Role

Why are mosques established in Islam? What roles do they play? Beside prayer, what other roles ...

Muslim prayer

The Muslim Prayer: Its Rules and Timing

How do we shorten the prayer? And when is it applicable? When should we make for the missed pra ...

What One Should Do after Pronouncing the Shahadah

What One Should Do after Pronouncing the Shahadah

After pronouncing the Shahadah, it is from the Sunnah that a person do certain things. Learn ab ...

How to Perform Wudu’

How to Perform Wudu’

No prayer is accepted without purification, as the Prophet said. So How should one perform wudu ...

Congregational Prayer

What Did the Prophet say about Congregational Prayer?

That’s why the Prophet encouraged Muslims to attend the congregational prayer at the mosque, wa ...

Women’s Prayer in Mosques: Allowed or Not? Part 2

Women’s Prayer in Mosques: Allowed or Not? (Part 2)

When is it permissible for a woman to go to the mosque for prayer and attend gatherings for the ...

What Are the Conditions and Obligatory Acts of Wudu

What Are the Conditions and Obligatory Acts of Wudu?

Every Muslim should know that ablution has certain conditions, obligatory acts, and sunnah prac ...

What is a Mosque?

What does the word mosque originally mean and where did it come from? Why were mosques built? ...

Women’s Prayer in Mosques

Women’s Prayer in Mosques: Allowed or Not?

Does Islam allow women to attend the mosques to witness congregational prayer and assemblies fo ...

Tarawih Prayer Its Meaning, Rulings and Manners

Tarawih Prayer: Its Meaning, Rulings and Manners

What do you know about the Tarawih Prayer? How should we perform it? How many rak`ahs should be ...

The Obligatory Acts of Wudu’ (the Ablution)

The Obligatory Acts of Wudu’ (the Ablution)

Ablution has certain components which, if not fulfilled according to the correct Islamic proced ...

funeral-prayer

How to Offer the Funeral Prayer

The prayer to God for the deceased Muslim is a common collective duty, what does this mean? How ...

Physical Purity- Essential Condition of Prayer

Physical Purity: Essential Condition of Prayer

“Allah does not accept any prayer that was not performed while in a state of purity, nor does h ...

The True Muslim between Islam and Iman

The True Muslim between Islam and Iman

How iman (faith) is related to Islam? Who is the Muslim, and who is the mu’min? Is there Islam ...

Islam’s Code of Life Between Faith and Obedience

Islam’s Code of Life: Between Faith and Obedience

Islam means obedience to God. And it is common sense that this obedience cannot be complete unl ...

Wudu’ (the Ablution) Its Status and Virtues from Qur’an and Sunnah

Wudu’: (Ablution): Its Status and Virtues from Qur’an and Sunnah

What does wudu’ (ablution) mean? What do the Qur’an and Sunnah say about its status? What is th ...

Muslims praying

Praying on Time: Between Deep Faith & Fashionable Identity

Anywhere on earth prayer can be performed. An American Muslim sister tells her experience with ...

Nawafil (Supererogatory) Prayers: Their Significance and Rulings

What are nawafil prayers, and why are they legislated? Should it be offered in one's house or i ...

The Masjid

The Masjid: Status and Etiquette of the House of Allah

The mosque is where Muslims should pray five times every day, where they seek refuge from the t ...

Ghusl

Ghusl (the Complete Ablution): Its Rulings from Qur’an and Sunnah

Ghusl means to wash the entire body with water. What are the rulings of ghusl from Qur’an and S ...