This article is Part 3 of an ongoing series of articles under the project, ‘Choice: Influencer or Influenced’ Dear Reader, How are you doing? How are you really feeling these days, amidst these turbulent and uncertain times we are living in? If you’re overwhelmed, anxious, unsure, and confused, I assure you, you are not…
This article is Part 2 of an ongoing series of articles under the project, ‘Choice: Influencer or Influenced’ “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances.” 17th Century Shakespearean literature might have just sparked the onset of what social media consumers have…
This article is Part 1 of an ongoing series of articles under the project, ‘Choice: Influencer or Influenced’ Hijab. Headscarf. Veil. These words are all used interchangeably today to refer to what Muslim women use to cover their head and openly identify themselves as Muslims – the ones who submit to the will of…
Menstruation comes from the word meaning movement of water on the ground. Hayd literally means to flow. The Arabs used it to refer to the water that comes in a valley and takes away everything. As per the Shariah, it is the natural blood that comes from the lowest part of the womb at a…
كِتَابُ اَلصِّيَامِ The Beginning of Ramadan يَلْزَمُ كُلَّ مُسْلِمٍ مُكَلَّفٍ قَادِرٍ بِرُؤْيَةِ اَلْهِلَالِ وَلَوْ مِنْ عَدْلٍ, أَوْ بِإِكْمَالِ شَعْبَانَ, أَوْ وُجُودِ مَانِعٍ مِنْ رُؤْيَتِهِ لَيْلَةَ اَلثَّلَاثِينَ مِنْهُ كَغَيْمٍ وَجَبَلٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا, وَإِنْ رُئِيَ نَهَارًا فَهُوَ لِلْمُقْبِلَةِ. وَإِنْ صَارَ أَهْلًا لِوُجُوبِهِ فِي أَثْنَائِهِ. أَوْ قَدِمَ مُسَافِرٌ مُفْطِرًا, أَوْ طَهُرَتْ حَائِضٌ أَمْسَكُوا وَقَضَوْا. وَمَنْ أَفْطَرَ لِكِبَرٍ أَوْ مَرَضٍ لَا…
Book of Purification – كِتَابِ اَلطَّهَارَة ِ اَلْمِيَاهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ اَلْأَوَّلُ: طَهُورٌ, وَهُوَ اَلْبَاقِي عَلَى خِلْقَتِه ِ وَمِنْهُ مَكْرُوهٌ كَمُتَغَيِّرٍ بِغَيْرِ مُمَازِج ٍ وَمُحَرَّمٌ لَا يَرْفَعُ اَلْحَدَثَ, وَيُزِيلُ اَلْخَبَثَ, وَهُوَ اَلْمَغْصُوب ُ وَغَيْرُ بِئْرِ النَّاقَةِ مِنْ ثَمُود َ اَلثَّانِي: طَاهِرٌ لَا يَرْفَعُ اَلْحَدَثَ, وَلَا يُزِيلُ اَلْخَبَثَ, وَهُوَ اَلْمُتَغَيِّرُ بِمُمَازِجٍ طَاهِر ٍ وَمِنْهُ يَسِيرٌ مُسْتَعْمَلٌ فِي رَفْعِ حَدَث اَلثَّالِثُ: نَجِسٌ يَحْرُمُ اِسْتِعْمَالُهُ…
Ramadan is less than a month away, and as many get ready to embrace this month head on, some of us may be feeling a little laid back, unsure about how to prepare and make the most of this blessed month. For many women, this can be the case, and in this article I will…