Acts of Worship (Ibadat)
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A Guide to the Solar Eclipse Prayer (Salat al-Kusuf) in the Maliki Madhab
Question: What is the ruling on the eclipse prayer in the Maliki school, and how does one pray it? ﷽ Here is a guide to the solar eclipse…
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How to Pay Zakat on Gold or Silver Jewelry in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: I have some jewelry that I inherited from some relatives and my wife also owns some jewelry. How do we pay Zakat on it in Maliki Fiqh?…
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Is it permissible to start the fast in major ritual impurity (Janaba) in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Is it permissible to start the fast in major ritual impurity (Janaba)? For example, one has relations with their wife a few minutes before fajr? ﷽ Imam…
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Do Injections Break The Fast in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Do injections break the fast? ﷽ Maliki ulema differ on whether or not injections break the fast. Some say it does not because the fluid from the…
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Does Touching The Opposite Gender Break Wudu’ in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Does touching the opposite gender break wudu’? In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. If one touches the opposite gender, from one who…
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Does Incontinence Break Wudu’ in the Maliki School?
Question: I have drops of urine that occur without my control during the day. Am I required to make wudu’ from these drops since they are not in…
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Is it disliked (makruh) to wipe the limbs after Wudu’ in the Maliki Madhab?
Question: After washing wudu’ some people say that they should let their limbs dry on their own, even when it is cold, because this is more pious and…
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Does Vomiting Break Wudu’ in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Does vomiting break wudu’ in Maliki Fiqh? ﷽ Vomiting does not break wudu’ in Maliki Fiqh, but if it changed from the original food (i.e the vomit…
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Does a Breastfeeding Woman Need to Change Her Clothes If Filth Gets on Them in Maliki Fiqh
Question: If a woman is breastfeeding and her child’s vomit or urine, etc. gets on her clothes, does she need to change her clothes? It is very difficult…
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Is Pig Hair (Boar’s Bristle) Pure in Maliki Fiqh?
Question: Is hair, fur, etc. permissible from a pig? For example, many beard brushes are made from boar’s bristle, which is a type of pig. In the Name…
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Is it true Malik forbade shaving the mustache?
Question:Is it true Malik forbade shaving the mustache? Answer:Trimming the mustache is a light sunna. Buzzing it is makruh, and shaving it is haram. He held that the…
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Can I pray two raka’s if I enter the masjid and Juma has begun?
Question: I understand that in the madhab we don’t pray nafila for the jumuah when the imam comes into the masjid and until he leaves but the hanafis…
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Can Ahl al-Bayt receive zakat or sadaqa?
Question: Can Ahl al-Bayt ever recieve zakat or sadaqa? In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, To begin, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Sadaqa is…
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Does Walking to Fill a Gap in the Prayer Row Break the Prayer?
Question: When praying in congregation and someone in the row in front of us leaves, can we walk to take that spot whilst in the prayer? In the…
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Can I pray behind an imam who mispronounces the Quran?
Question: Is it permissible to pray behind an Imam who does not pronounce Arabic letters properly? For example, he cannot tell the difference between a ت and a…
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Do we have to make up prayers that we missed long ago?
Question: Do we have to make up prayers that we missed? What if it was many years that we did not pray? Yes, obligatory prayers must be made…
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Can I pray sunna sitting down for no reason?
Question: Can I pray sunnah/nafila sitting down without a reason? Yes, but one receives only half the reward on one standing. He may also enter sitting and stand…
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What substances are impure (najis)?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. This is a translation of the section on what is filth (najasa) and what is pure from…
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Can men wear silver jewelry?
Question: What is the ruling on men wearing jewelry in the Maliki school? can they wear silver rings, etc? In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the…
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Can a woman remove her clothes in front of a non-Muslim woman?
Question: Is it ok for a Muslimah to disrobe partially, in front of a non-Muslim woman, for a massage ? In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful,…
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Friday: Praying sunnas upon entering after the khutba starts
Answered by Shaykh Sohail Hanif Question: If we enter the masjid on Friday and the khutbah has already started, should we pray two rakat tahiyatul masjid or not?…
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Can I pray sunnas even though I have make-up prayers?
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: As Salaamu Alaikum: In the Matn of Al-Akdhari it states that it is not permissible to perform Nafilah prayers if you owe…
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Is it permissible to pray Taraweeh (or any Nafeela) When You Have Make Up Prayers ? – Imam Al-Akhdari and Shaykh Rami Nsour (Maliki School)
One who owes missed prayers should not perform any nafeela prayers. So it’s haram for a person, it’s prohibited for a person to pray any nafeela prayers, any…
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Is my wudu broken if I touch the opposite gender?
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Assalam ‘aleykum, Should I renew my wudu if I touch a woman? Answer: Wa alaykum as salam wa rahmatulah. If someone touches…
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Arabic Poem In Defence of Sadl السدل (Praying with the hands to the side)
This poem has been written by a mauritanian scholar. نظم كراي ولد أحمد يوره في السدل نظم كراي ولد أحمد يوره في السدل الذي أجابه العلامة المختار…
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Is It Permissible to Eat the Meat of an Animal Slaughtered by a Dull Blade? – Shaykh Rami Nsour
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Assalamu Alaykum, 1. The brother who was slaughtering my goat did not realize that the blade was not sharp enough, until after…
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Does Touching Pigskin Break Wudu?
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Assalamu Alaykum, Concerning shoes with pig leather: if you have to touch the shoe to take the outer cover off, would that…
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How Should I Position My Hand During Tashahud? (Maliki School)
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Asalaamu Alaykum, I read that Ibn Abi Zayd (Risalah) and Al-Azhari (Thamr Ad-Dani) said that the position in the Madhab is that…
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Clothing & Identity – Interview with Shaykh Rami Nsour
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Are Gold, Silver and Platinum Permissible in a Pen? Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour
Question: Assalamu ‘alaykum, Some fountain pens incorporate the likes of gold, silver and platinum in their designs (for example, a pen nib may have gold plating). Does the Maliki…
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The fiqh of reciting and touching the Quran for women according to the Maliki school – Ustadh Abdus Shakur Brooks
BY USTADH ABDUS SHAKUR BROOKS Women, [1] in regards to reciting and touching the Quran can be classified into five categories: 1) When she is free from menses and…
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Concentration in prayer – Imam al-Akhdari and Shaykh Rami Nsour
Imam al-Akhdari said in his Mukhtassar: Prayer has an immense light that causes the hearts of those who pray to radiate. None will attain it except those who…
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Takbirs During the Days of Eid al-Adha in the Maliki School
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: In the Maliki school, what is the legal ruling of reciting the takbirs? When do we begin reciting the takbirs and when…
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Is It Valid to Divorce Someone While Angry or During Menstruation?
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Assalamu aleykum, I am writing as my husband has issued a 3rd talaq while I was on my menses. The second talaq…
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The Language of the Friday Sermon (Khutba) in the Maliki School
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: As salamu ‘alaykum. It is valid in the Maliki school for the person giving the Friday khutba to translate passages from the…
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Wearing the Niqab and Rulings Specific to the Family of the Prophet (Maliki)
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Salam aleykoum, If a woman finds out that she is from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) offspring , does the…
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Does a Mixture of Water and Filth on a Limb Require Cleansing? (Maliki)
Answered by Ustadh Tariq Abdul-Rasheed Question: If you wash the impurity off and the water (najas) runs down your leg is it necessary to wash that limb? Answer:…
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On Arriving Late to Audible Congregational Prayer (Maliki)
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Is my prayer sound if I missed the first two rakats of Isha prayer with the Imam, then recited them quietly when…
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Conversion to Islam and How to Remove Major Ritual Impurity – Shaykh Rami Nsour
Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Please I have this question on how to convert back to islam, I want to know the words I will need to…
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Qunut Supplication: Audibly or Inaudibly? – Group du’a, dhikr, and Qur’anic recitation (Maliki school)
How should we make the qunut supplication? Why did Imam Malik (ra) oppose group dhikr? Shaykh Abdullah provides a brief answer in his response to the following question…
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Qunut supplication and its ruling
In the Maliki school, the qunut is a prayer which is said in the second rak’at of the Subh prayer before or after bowing (ruku’). If one forgets…
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Times of the Prayer – Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Arabi al-Qarawi
Fiqh Summary of the School of the Maliki Masters (Muhammad al-‘Arabi al-Qarawi) The Prayer 136. What, essentially, is the prayer? Which prayers are obligatory upon the individual and…
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Chapter on Fasting – Imam Ibn ‘Abdi’l-Barr al-Qurtubi (Kitab al-Kafi)
Kitab al-Kafi (That Which is Sufficient in the Maliki Fiqh of the People of Madina) by Ibn ‘Abdi’l-Barr an-Numayri al-Qurtubi (d. 463/1071) Chapter on Fasting Section: Those obliged…
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Chapter on Food – Imam Ibn ‘Abdi’l-Barr al-Qurtubi (Kitab al-Kafi)
Kitab al-Kafi (That Which is Sufficient in the Maliki Fiqh of the People of Madina) by Ibn ‘Abdi’l-Barr an-Numayri al-Qurtubi (d. 463/1071) Chapter on Food Section: Animals which…
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Following an Imam in a Separate Building – Shaykh Rami Nsour
POPULAR AND RECOMMENDED ISLAMIC BOOKS IN ENGLISH Maliki jurisprudence (Fiqh): Some recommended ENGLISH books in Maliki Fiqh part 1 Some recommended ENGLISH books in Maliki Fiqh part 2 Islamic Belief…
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How to perform the ablution (wudu) according to the Maliki school – Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes al-Maliki
POPULAR AND RECOMMENDED ISLAMIC BOOKS IN ENGLISH Maliki jurisprudence (Fiqh): Some recommended ENGLISH books in Maliki Fiqh part 1 Some recommended ENGLISH books in Maliki Fiqh part 2 Islamic Belief…
