ZAKAAT AL-FITR Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) : In the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle, we used to give one Sa’ of food (edible things) as Sadaqat-ul-Fitr (to the poor). Our food used to be either of barley, raisins (dried grapes), cottage cheese or dates. (zakaat al fitr)[Narrated by SAHIH AL-BUKHARI: 1510] IS ZAKAT […]
What is the evidence on celebrating birthdays, is it allowed in islam? The evidence in the Qur’aan and Sunnah indicates that celebrating birthdays is a kind of bid’ah or innovation in religion, which has no basis in the pure sharee’ah. It is not permitted to accept invitations to birthday celebrations, because this involves supporting and […]
In today’s post, we will try to cover the history of Milaad-un-Nabi or Eid-Milaad, Insha Allah. The first time the Mawlid/Eid Milad-un-Nabi was celebrated as the public event in a recorded history was in 517 AH ie 6th century of Islam. Which means that in first 500 years of Islam nobody knew about it. And […]