Question: Is there anyway a young woman can protect herself from the evil eye without veiling her face? Can wearing Quranic scripture save you from the evil eye? And what about wearing necklaces and charms …
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Thuwaybah (First Wet Nurse of Muhammad Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam)
Thuwaybah was a female slave of ‘Abd al-‘Uzza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, better known as Abu Lahab, and the first woman to suckle him after his mother. Her name means “Deserving of God’s reward.” Thuwaybah also …
Read More »Does Acupuncture break the Fast?
Question: Does acupuncture, if it is used to decrease or increase weight, break the fast of one who is fasting? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: Using needles is an ancient Chinese way of reducing …
Read More »Fasting on the Day of Ashooraa’
Fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ expiates for the past year, because Rasoolullaah (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) said: “Fasting the day of ‘Arafah I hope Allaah will expiate thereby for the year before it and the …
Read More »Muharram 1436 AH
Wishing all Muslims a prosperous and spiritually uplifting Islamic New Year! “O Allah Most High, We ask Thee for Maghfirah (forgiveness), Hidaayah (guidance), Sabr (patience) with strength, courage, fortitude, unshakeable Imaan (faith) and most of …
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