Shahadah in Islam

Wudhu.....more than just a ritual Allah, the Exalted, says: " O you who believe! When you intend to offer Sala ah (prayer), wash your faces and your hands (forearms) up to the elbows, wipe (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. If you are in a state of Janaba (i.e., after a s . e . x . u . a . l discharge), purify yourselves (bathe your whole body). But if you are ill or on a journey, or any of you comes from responding to the call of nature, or you have been in contact with your women (i.e., s . e . x . u . a . l intercourse) and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to purify you, and to complete His Favour to you that you may be thankful .'' ( Qur'an Surah 5 , verse 6) Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard my Khalil (the Messenger of Allah (P eace and blessings be upon him ) as...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Indeed all praise is for Allah and may peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who follow upon his way until the Last Day. To proceed: As salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, The Recommended Acts of Wudoo From the recommended aspects ( sunan ) of wudoo, that occur before Wudoo is: What has been reported by Abu Hurairah ( radyAllaahu 'anhu ) from Allaah's Messenger ( sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam ) that he said: "If it were not that I feared to cause hardship on my ummah, I would have commanded them to (use) the Siwaak with every wudoo." [Reported by Maalik, Ahmad and An-Nasaa'ee, and its chain of narration is authentic] It is also recommended for a Muslim to perform wudoo with a mudd of water. This is based on what Anas ( radyAllaahu 'anhu ) reported that: "Allaah's Messenger ( sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam ) would perform wudoo with a mudd of water an...

Source: Ijaabatus-Saa'il, pp. 40-41 Translated by Aqeel Walker Question : The person who prays all of the obligatory prayers but he delays the Fajr prayer, are the (other) prayers that he prays consider correct (i.e. acceptable)? And what do you advise him? Answer : If he does not pray the Fajr prayer at all, then he is considered a disbeliever (Kaafir), and if he delays it (the Fajr prayer), then he is considered a disobedient sinner. It has been reported in the Saheeh of Al-Bukhaaree that it was said, "O Messenger of Allaah, so-and-so slept until morning came." So the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "That is a man whom the Shaytaan has urined in his ears." It has also been reported in the Saheeh of Al-Bukhaaree that the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "The Shaytaan comes to one of you and he ties a knot at the back of his head, tying three knots. And he (the Shaytaan) says into every knot, 'Sleep, you have a lo...