All posts tagged: fatiha

“It is You We Worship and You We Ask for Help” [Al-Fatiha: 5]

[إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ] “It is You We Worship and You We Ask for Help” [Al-Fatiha: 5] Every day, in every prayer, obligatory or nafila, Muslims read the saying of Allah, the verse in Surat Al-Fatiha: [إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ] “It is You We Worship and You We Ask for Help.” So, Muslims will admit […]

FB Q&A: The Shari’ Ruling on Engagement Parties before Marriage Contract

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, A question about a phenomenon that has become prevalent among us, which is making a party after what is known as reciting Al-Fatihah or the proposal (Tulbah), in which the fiancée wears a gown and displays her Zeena (charms) like a bride, wears rings, dances and other things before the marriage contract […]