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View allWhat is the ruling on making tawassul through the dead?
Qā'idah Jalīlah fī at-Tawassul wa al-Wasīlah
Qā''idah Jalīlah fī at-Tawassul wa al-Wasīlah, full treatise
"Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah) is of two kinds. The legislated kinds — which are unanimously permitted — are three: (1) tawassul through Allah''s Names and Attributes ("O Allah, by Your name…"); (2) tawassul throug…"
What is the importance of Salah in Islam?
Kitāb aṣ-Ṣalāh wa Ḥukm Tārikihā
Kitāb aṣ-Ṣalāh wa Ḥukm Tārikihā, opening section
"Salah is the pillar of the religion: whoever establishes it has established the religion, and whoever destroys it has destroyed the religion. It is the second of the five pillars after the shahadatayn, and it is the only…"
What is Shirk and why is it forbidden?
Majmū' al-Fatāwā
Majmū'' al-Fatāwā 1/88–96
"Shirk is to assign to other than Allah a share in that which is exclusively His right — whether in His Lordship, in worship, or in His Names and Attributes. Major shirk (ash-shirk al-akbar) takes a person outside the fol…"
What is the ruling on celebrating Mawlid an-Nabawi?
Iqtiḍā' aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm
Iqtiḍā' aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm 2/123–130
"Celebrating the birth of the Prophet (ﷺ) — taking it as an annual ''id, gathering for it, and devoting acts of worship to it — is a bid''ah (innovation) which neither the Prophet (ﷺ) nor the Rightly-Guided Khulafa'' nor…"
What are the six pillars of faith (Iman)?
al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah
al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah, opening section
"The six pillars of Iman are established in the hadith of Jibril when he asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about Iman and the Prophet (ﷺ) replied: that you believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and th…"
What breaks a fast?
Majmū' al-Fatāwā
Majmū'' al-Fatāwā 25/219–248
"What breaks the fast — when done deliberately, with knowledge, and by free choice — is restricted to what the texts have established: (1) eating or drinking of any kind that reaches the stomach through the mouth or nose;…"
What is Tawheed in Islam?
Majmū' al-Fatāwā
Majmū'' al-Fatāwā 1/14–24 — Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah
"Tawheed of Allah — that He is singled out with worship — has three divisions which the people of knowledge upon the manhaj of the Salaf have derived from inductive examination of the Qur''an and Sunnah. The first is Tawh…"
What is shirk and what are its major and minor forms?
Madārij as-Sālikīn
Madārij as-Sālikīn 1/376 — Manzilat at-Tawbah min ash-Shirk al-Asghar
"Shirk is of two kinds: greater and lesser. Greater shirk is everything which Allah has named shirk and which expels its doer from the religion — such as worshipping idols, calling upon the dead, slaughtering or vowing fo…"
What is fasting in Ramadan?
Majmū' al-Fatāwā
Majmū'' al-Fatāwā 25/120–135
"As-Sawm in the Sharī''ah is to abstain — with intention — from food, drink, and intercourse from the break of true dawn (al-fajr aṣ-ṣādiq) until sunset, throughout the days of Ramadan. It is the fourth pillar of Islam an…"
Why do Muslims pray five times a day?
Majmū' al-Fatāwā
Majmū'' al-Fatāwā 22/40–48
"The five daily prayers were obligated upon the Prophet (ﷺ) on the night of al-Isra'' wal-Mi''raj when he was raised above the seven heavens — fifty originally, then reduced to five with the reward of fifty (al-Bukhari 34…"