Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah - Articles

An article in Thai from the book, "Abridged Islamic Jurisprudence" collects the supplications of sleeping and waking.

An article in Thai contains some Sunnah texts about sleeping and waking manners from the book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh".

An article discusses the cases of Rami Al-Jamarat (the rulings of throwing pebbles during Hajj)

An article in Turkish explaining the rulings of Zakat al-Fitr (fast-breaking charity). Fast-breaking charity was ordained to purify the fasting person from idle talk and obscenity. Thus, it completes the reward of fasting and provides the poor and needy with sufficient food to abstain from begging at the day of Eid. Giving fast-breaking charity is an obligation on males and females, the young and the old, the free man and the slave. Whoever posses enough food exceeding his and his family's basic needs has to give it on himself and on behalf of those he is obliged to spend on.

An article in Turkish about fasting nullifiers. Some of these nullifiers require making up the fast day and repentance and some others, such as sexual intercourse during the days of Ramadan, require making up the fast day and expiation. Expiation was regulated to complete the imperfection of performing the obligatory fasting and deter people from commiting the forbidden.

Allah, Almighty, mentioned the stories of the prophets and messengers in His book as an admonition for the believers and solace for the scholars and callers to Allah. This is an Article in Turkish. It mentioned the story of Moses (peace be upon him) with Pharaoh, how Moses called Pharaoh to Allah, how Allah, Almighty, granted him vocctory, and drowned Pharoah and his army.

God, the Almighty, distinguishes man from other creatures with reason, in which he distinguishes between good and evil, nice and ugly. Removing the mind with alcohol and drugs - mother of the impurities - contradicts our human nature. It is an ignorant, ugly, forbidden habit for which Islam set a penalty which shown in this article.

This translated article into Turkish shows that the high rate of dowry is one of the current problems that our youth faces, which may destroy families or even societies and make them involved in immoral behaviors. The prophet (peace be upon him) urged us to ease the dowry to get Allah's blessings. This article also contains how to estimate the women's dowery.

This is an article translated into Bengali that includes some Prophetic hadiths of pilgrimage virtues to awaken and urge people to perform this great rite. It also contains the wisdom behind some pilgrimage deeds.

An article in Bengali defines the three forms of pilgrimage: tamattu’, ifraad, and qiran and shows the most recommended form.

This is a book translated into Bengali shows in detail that traveling to perform pilgrimage is a unique trip. It requires us to physically and morally prepare ourselves and be self-controlled during this blessed trip so we return back while getting all of its fruits.

An article in Bengali shows that the Prophet Ibrahim was the first one to perform the pilgrimage rite whose long history has been helping awaken a sense of belonging to his heritage founded on the pure monotheism.

This is an article in Bengali that shows in detail the following points: (1) Fixed times and sites of pilgrimage, (2) Ihram and what pilgrims should avoid while being in this state, and (3) What if a pilgrimage commits one of these prohibited acts, along with some related issues of ihram.

An article translated into Bengal explains some issues about tawaf (circumambulation) and sa'i (walking between as-Safa and al-Marwah) in detail to rectify the mistakes made by pilgrims and umrah performers while performing these two rites.

An article in Bengal confirms that paradise is the highest hope that people have. Its way is easy for those who Allah makes it easy.

An article in Bengal shows that anger is a psychological state that makes the body internally and externally in an unnatural state. It has certain reasons and dangerous circumstances. This article is about the Islamic perspective towards this behavior through explaining a prophetic hadith.

An article in Bengali narrates the story of people of the cave who were sleeping for 309 years. The narrative style is the one that makes both listeners and readers pay their attention. For this reason, the Prophet (peace be upon him) periodically narrated stories of the righteous to his honorable companions, which are full of lessons and wisdom.

An article in Bengal explains and gives lessons of the Prophet's hadith who said, “Every joint of a person must perform charity each day that the sun rises. Judging justly between two people is charity. helping a man with his mount, lifting him onto it, or hoisting up his belongings onto it is charity. The good word is charity. Every step that you take towards the prayer (congregation prayer) is charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is charity.” (Reported by Bukhari: 2508, Muslim: 1677)

An article in Bengal shows that Islam is the religion of purity and cleanliness by explaining the following Prophet's hadith who said, "Ten are the acts according to the original human nature: clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, snuffing water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes and cleaning one's private parts with water." The narrator said: I have forgotten the tenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth.

This is an n article shows virtues, wisdom of Ashura day fasting along with some invalid innovations performed on it.