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The Luminous Life of Our Prophet is a book which aims to keep fresh the noble personality of the lastProphet by giving insights into his family life as a loving father and husband, into his social life as a leader and mediator, and his spiritual life as a devoted servant of Allah the

Riyad as-Salihin (The Gardens of the Righteous), is one of the most famous works of Imam Nawawi. This collection of authentic hadiths can be briefly defined as a book of enhancing morals, mannerliness, encouraging goodness, and warning against the evil. This work consists of the wisdo

Ali Budak – TRANSLATOR: Zainab Mahmoud Providing a concise overview of 40 Hadiths sayings of the prophet Muhammad this compilation offers an in-depth investigation of the second essential source of Islamic authority after the Qur’an. Following the prophet’s encourage

WEAK HADITH DEFINED Hadith that are not acceptable with regard to the criteria concerning their reliability have been regarded as rejected, or mardud. Such hadiths have also been referred to with the word saqim (unsound or infirm) used as the opposite of sahih. Weak hadiths are those

DEFINITION OF SAHIH HADITH From the moment the hadith were first recorded onwards, they were meticulously protected with even the slightest errors not being overlooked, but identified. Certain essentials have been established in view of preserving the Prophetic Traditions and preventi

DEFINITION OF SAHABA The Companions of Allah’s Messenger are referred to as Sahabi (pl. Sahaba or Ashab), denoting ‘companion, associate, comrade, fellow, friend, or fellow-traveler’ in Arabic. Those believers who saw and heard the Messenger at least once, and who died as Muslims have

MEANING OF “HADITH” The Arabic word hadith denotes “news” or “tidings” and “a word,” with the plural form being ahadith. In ancient Arabic, the term was employed to express important news and words that are esteemed. The Arabs used to refer to the news of their famous and important da

Zakat, with its specific nisab (required minimum wealth) and conditions, was decreed compulsory after the decree of fasting, in the second year of the Hijra, during the Medinan Period. Scores of verses pronounce, unambiguously, the obligation of zakat. Among these are the following ex

It is a known fact that because the main area of religious focus during the Meccan period was the elucidation of the fundamental articles of faith, the jurisdictional decrees of Islam were predominantly made obligatory in the Medina Period. As an example of this, though zakat was touc