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Fasting, striving to perform as many acts of worship as possible during the last ten days of Ramadhan Al-Bukhari and Muslim record from 'Aishah that during the last ten

Ramadan is more than a month of ibadah with history showing the first generation of Muslims achieved great victories during this blessed month All civilisations have seminal events that

In contrast to the ‘I’ll do what I want’ culture, developing self-restraint is a key objective during Ramadhan. Fasting offers many merits or qualities that help the believer strengthen

Fasting (As-siyam) As-Siyam generally means "to abstain from something." For example, a verse in the Qur'an says: "I have vowed to the Merciful to abstain--that is, from

As we welcome the blessed month of Ramadhan, increasing our ibadat , we pray for an end to the bloodshed, chaos, oppression, corruption and hardship that plague this

An Announcement Regarding the First Crescent Moon (Hilal) of the Blessed Month of Ramadhan for the Year 1432 Hijri

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ

What is said about sighting the crescent in the Qur’an?

“They ask you about the crescents. Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in the

The following text is an excerpt from the book al-Iqtisad fil-I’tiqad written by the classical scholar Muhyiddeen Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (may Allah have mercy

Duty upon every Muslim, especially the Islamic scholars, to account the