Every Muslim knows that the key to Paradise is the statement, "There is none worthy of worship except Allah." Yet too many Muslims simply rely upon this statement and believe that as long as they have made this statement, nothing will harm them. They...
Notes from chapters on fasting in Fath al-Bari By Ibn Hajar al-'AsqalaniHere a few useful notes the first few chapters of Kitab as-Sawm in Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani's Fath al-Bari (4/123 onwards):The lexical and Shari definitions of Siyam:Linguistically...
Ibn Rajab commented on the virtues of fasting in the heat in 'Lata'if al-Ma'arif' (p. 272-273):"...And from the acts of worship whose reward is multiplied during the heat is fasting, and this is because of the thirst that one experiences in the mid-d...
