All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of the worlds. And may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace, likewise to his family, Companions and those who follow him until the Day of Resurrection.
This is a lecture delivered by Ustaadh Sa’eed Rhana حفظه الله on the 22nd of Shabaan 1444AH/ 15th of March 2023
Compilation of statement of scholars – Shaykh Muhammad bn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymeen, Shaykh Ṣāliḥ bn Fawzān Al-Fawzān, Shaykh Rabee’ bn Hādi al-Madkhali – compiled by Shaykh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Waahid.
Points discussed during the lecture:
- The obligation of Fasting for this Ummah.
- The year fasting was obligated.
- The Mercy of Allah for His slaves.
- The number of years the prophet ﷺ fasted.
- The meaning of fasting – Siyaam.
- Fasting and Intentions.
- Acts that diminish the rewards of one’s fast.
- The time for fasting – true dawn till the sun sets.
- What fasting entails aside leaving food and drink.
Questions asked:
- Will a pregnant woman still have to repay her fasting after her pregnancy even if she feeds a soul throughout the Ramadan?
- Does the Taraweeh prayer during Ramadan suffice for qiyaam Al layl Or should a person add to it by standing for prayer at the last third of the night?
- If one wakes up during the last third of the night during Ramadan, is it preferable for him to pray the qiyaam al layl, or to engage in qur’ān recitation and tadabbur?
- My sister and my siblings all to free mixing schools, which obviously isn’t good, I’ve seen how it is there Allahul musta’ān, very terrible. But i don’t have the money to get them in a salafi school, my parents are fine with them going to these schools. What can I do in this situation?
- I know that it’s obligatory to answer the adhan when it’s made, but sometimes my family call the Athan at home to pray at home but I want to go to the mosque, but as I hear the adhan at home would that make it obligatory for me to pray at home as I heard the adhan?
- Is it from the sunnah or an innovation to say ameen after you make dua for yourself?
- A menstruating woman that ends her menstruation during evening time before maghrib, Should she pray ASR?
- If she ended the cycle 2hrs after Isha was observed in masque. Should she still pray Isha at home?
- If an employee is saving from his salary a specific amount for a goal, does Zakah enters into such amount if it has reached Nisab, and how will a person estimate the Hawl الحول if Zakah should be brought out of such money?
- If an investment scheme (such as real estate, transportation), species fixed profit return regardless of the amount one invests, is this permissible in the Shariah?
