Preface
Section I: Categories of Water and their Ruling
Section II: Matters of Doubt and Uncertainty
Section III: Food and Drink Residues (As'ar)
Section I: Vessels Made from Animal Skin
Section II: Vessels Made from Bones
Section III: Vessels Made from Animal Hair, Fur, and Wool
Section IV: Golden and Silver Vessels
Section V: Vessels of the Disbelievers
Section I: Istinja’: Definition and Ruling
Section II: Reasons for Istinja’
Section III: Etiquettes of Relieving Oneself
Section V: Description of Istinja’
Section V: Rulings of Istijmar
Section I: Najasah and its Rulings
Section II: Najis and non-Najis Substances
Section III: Ways of Removing Najasah
Preface
Section I: Trimming the Moustache and Lengthening the Beard
Section II: Siwak
Section III: Cutting the Nails and Washing the Knuckles
Section IV: Depilating the Armpits and Shaving Pubic Hair (Istihdad)
Section V: Circumcision (Khitan)
Section I: Ablution: Definition, Virtues, and Rulings
Section II: Conditions of Ablution
Section III: Obligations of Ablution
Section IV: Sunan, Freedoms, and Unlegislated Acts in Ablution
Section I: Describing Wiping over Leather Socks and the Wisdom of its Legislation
Section II: The Ruling of Wiping over Leather Socks and Related Matters
Section III: Conditions of Wiping
Section IV: How to Wipe Over Leather Socks
Section V: The Valid Duration for Wiping
Section VI: Invalidators of Wiping
Section VII: Wiping Over Splints
Section I: Defining Nullifiers of Ablution: What Nullifies it and What Does Not
Section II: General Rulings
Section I: Ritual washing: Definition and What Necessitates It
Section II: Washing Which is Mustahabb
Section III: How to Perform Ritual Washing
Section IV: Rulings of the Junub
Section I: Defining Dry Ablution, Its Legislation, and Its Rulings
Section II: Where Dry Ablution is Legislated
Section III: Conditions of Dry Ablution
Section IV: How to Perform Dry Ablution
Section V: What Invalidates Dry Ablution
Section I: Rulings of Menstruation
Section II: Rulings of Postnatal Bleeding
Section III: Rulings of Purification from Menstruation and Postnatal Bleeding
Section IV: Rulings of Istihadah
Section I: Prayer: Its Definition, Importance, and Virtue
Section II: Prayer: Its Ruling, the Ruling of the One Who Abandons it, and His Punishment
Section I: Conditions for the Obligation of the Prayer
Section II: Conditions for the Validity of Prayer
Section I: Intention
Section II: Standing
Section III: Saying Allahu Akbar in Prayer
Section IV: Raising the Hands and Where to Place Them When Standing
Section V: The Opening Supplication
Section VI: Qur’anic Recitation in Prayer
Section VII: Bowing
Section VIII: Standing after Bowing What is Said During it and Where to Place the Hands
Section IX: Prostration
Section X: Sitting Between the Two Prostrations & Before Rising
Section XI: The Tashahhud, Sitting for It, The Abrahamic Supplication, and Supplicating Before Salams
Section XII: The Two Salams And How a Woman’s Prayer Differs from that of a Man
Section XIII: Motionlessness and Humility in Prayer
Section XIV: Order in Prayer
Section XV: Placing a Barrier Between the One Praying and the Qiblah
Section XVI: Sunnah Acts after Prayer Invocations and Supplications and the Ruling of Reciting Them Out Loud
Section I: Permissible Acts in Prayer
Section II: Makruh Acts in Prayer
Section III: Invalidators of Prayer
Section I: The Definition of the Prostration of Forgetfulness, Its Ruling, and Who is Obliged to Perform It
Section II: How to Perform the Prostration of Forgetfulness
Section III: The Rulings Related to Extraneous Actions in Prayer
Section IV: Shortcomings in Prayer
Section V: Rulings Related to Doubts in Prayer
Section VI: The Ruling of One Having Repeated Doubts
Section VII: Ending the Prayers with Salams While Forgetting To Perform the Prostration of Forgetfulness
Section VIII: Rulings Related to the Forgetfulness of the Imam and Follower
Section I: Specifying when it is Prohibited to Pray
Section II: The Ruling of Praying During These Times
Section III: The Wisdom behind the Prohibition of Prayer During These Times
Section I: How Travellers Pray
Section II: Combining Prayers
Section III: How the Sick Pray
Section IV: The Prayer of Fear
Section I: The Merit of Friday The Ruling of the Friday Prayer The Ruling of Repeating the Friday Prayer
Section II: Upon Whom the Friday Prayer is Wajib The Ruling of the Friday Prayer after the Eid Prayer
Section III: Conditions for the Friday Prayer
Section IV: How to Deliver the Friday Sermons and Offer its Prayer
Section V: Proper Mannerisms on Friday and for the Prayer
Section I: Rulings Related to the Eid Prayers
Section II: Mannerisms Related to Eid
Section III: What is Prohibited to Single Out for Performance on Eid
Section I: What are Solar and Lunar Eclipses? The Ruling of the Eclipse Prayers And Other Prayers Offered Upon the Occurrence of Cosmic Phenomena
Section II: When to Offer the Eclipse Prayer The Prayer and its Adhan
Section III: How to Offer the Eclipse Prayer Reciting Quietly or Out Loud During It
Section IV: The Sermon and what Acts are Legislated During an Eclipse
Section V: When an Eclipse Occurs During the Time of a Wajib or Optional Prayer
Section I: What is Praying for Rain? The Ruling of Praying for Rain
Section II: When to Pray for Rain and Gather for It Where to Pray It
Section III: How to Pray for Rain
Section IV: The Sermon after Praying for Rain, How it is Delivered, and its Time The Ruling of Reversing Clothing And Supplications
Section I: The Ruling of Praying over the Deceased and Related Rulings
Section II: The Description of the Funeral Prayer
Section I: Legislated Acts at the Graves
Section II: Unlegislated Acts at the Grave
Section III: Rulings Pertaining to Disentombing
Section IV: Visiting the Graves and Its Rulings
Section I: The Ruling of Offering Condolences and Related Rulings
Section II: Ruling of Preparing Food
Section I: Defining Fasting, Its Categories, Virtues, and the Wisdom of Its Legislation
Section II: The Pillars of Fasting
Section III: The Conditions of Fasting
Section IV: The Sunan and Etiquettes of Fasting
Section I: The Virtues of Fasting, Ramadan, Night of Destiny (Laylat al-Qadr)
Section II: The Ruling of Fasting Ramadan and the Ruling of the One Who Does Not
Section III: Confirming the Entering of Ramadan
Section IV: Methods of Confirming the End of Ramadan
Section I: The Sick
Section II: The Traveller
Section III: The Old
Section IV: The Pregnant and the Breastfeeding
Section V: Other Reasons for Breaking the Fast
Section I: What Invalidates the Fast and What Does Not
Section II: Some Modern Matters and What Breaks the Fast of It
Section III: What is Mubah, Makruh, and Haram for the Fasting
Section I: Mustahabb Fasting (Voluntary Fasting)
Section II: Makruh Fasting
Section III: What is Haram to Fast
Section I: Continuity and Delay in Making up Fasts
Section II: Making up Fasts on Behalf of the Deceased
Section III: The Ruling of Completing a Day Intended to Fast
Section I: Defining Seclusion, Its Purpose, and Ruling
Section II: Conditions of the Validity of Seclusion
Section III: Nullifiers of Seclusion
Section IV: Rulings of Votive Seclusion
Section V: Making up Seclusion Time
Section VI: Best Types of Seclusion and Related Matters
Section I: Defining Charity, Its Ruling, and Its Virtue
Section II: The Conditions of Charity Being Wajib
Section I: The Ruling of Commercial Goods
Section II: The Conditions for Charity on Commercial Goods
Section III: Calculating Charity on Goods and Giving It
Section IV: Charity on Shares, Bonds, and Deeds
Section V: Charity on Invested Capital
Section I: Livestock: Definition, Ruling on its Charity, and its Conditions
Section II: Charity on Camels
Section III: Charity on Cows
Section IV: Charity on Sheep
Section V: The Description of What Charity is Given from Livestock
Section VI: Charity on a Mix
Section I: The Ruling of Charity on Crops and the Portion Payable
Section II: The Wajib from Charity on Crops
Section III: The Nisab and Amount Payable for Charity on Crops and their Time
Section IV: Estimation (Khars)
Section V: Paying the Charity for Crops
Section VI: Charity on Crops in Unowned Land
Section I: Charity on Buried Wealth
Section II: Charity on Ores
Section III: Charity on Marine Wealth
Section I: The Pauper and The Destitute
Section II: Those Who Administer the Charity
Section III: Those Whose Hearts are to Be Won
Section IV: Freeing Slaves
Section V: The Indebted
Section VI: For the Cause of Allah
Section VII: The Wayfarer
Section VIII: Types of People Who Cannot Receive Charity
Section IX: Giving Charity to the Eight Avenues
Section I: Defining the Charity of Fitr, Its Ruling, and Wisdom
Section II: Those Upon Whom it is Wajib
Section III: The Time for the Charity of Fitr
Section IV: What is Given in the Charity of Fitr
Section V: Where the Fitr Charity is Spent
Section I: Defining Voluntary Charity and Its Virtue
Section II: The Ruling of Voluntary Charity and Its Rulings
Section I: The Definition of Hajj & `Umrah and Their Merit
Section II: Some of the Wisdoms of Hajj being Legislated
Section III: The Ruling of Hajj and Performing it Immediately or in the Future The Ruling of `Umrah and Repeating It
Preamble
Section I: The Conditions for Hajj being Wajib, Correct, and Sufficient
Section II: Conditions for it being Wajib and Sufficient
Section III: Conditions for it being Wajib Only (Ability)
Section I: The Arkan (Integrals) of Hajj and its Wajib Elements
Section II: The Arkan (Integrals) of `Umrah and its Wajib Elements
Preamble: The Definition of Mawaqeet
Section I: The Timing Mawaqeet of Hajj and `Umrah
Section II: Geographical Mawaqeet
Section I: The Definition of Ihram, its Ruling, and the Wisdom behind it
Section II: The Sunnah Acts of Ihram
Section III: Types of Rites in Hajj and `Umrah
Preamble: The Meaning of Restrictions, Expiation, and their Types
Section I: Restrictions of Ihram that Require the Expiation for Suffering (Restrictions Related to Personal Comfort)
Section II: That for which no Expiation is Due (Marriage Contracts)
Section III: That which Necessitates the Maximum Expiation (Sexual Intercourse)
Section IV: Foreplay
Section V: What is due Upon Omitting a Wajib Act
Section VI: Prohibited and Permissible Acts during Ihram
Section I: The Mannerisms of Entering Mecca
Section II: The Mannerisms of Entering Al-Masjid Al-Haram
Section I: The Definition of Circumambulation, its Description and Conditions
Section II: Sunnah Acts Related to Circumambulation
Section I: Names for the Arrival Circumambulation and its Ruling
Section II: When to Perform the Arrival Circumambulation And When is it not Required?
Section I: The Definition of Walking between Safa and Marwah
Section II: The Origins of Walking between Safa and Marwah And its Wisdom
Section III: The Ruling of Walking between Safa and Marwah And Offering Extra Performances of It
Section IV: Continuity between Circumambulation And Walking between Safa and Marwah
Section V: Conditions of Walking between Safa and Marwah
Section VI: What is not Required when Walking Between Safa and Marwah
Section VII: Sunnah Acts Related to Walking And Riding Between Safa and Marwah
Section VII: Types of Walking during Hajj
Preamble: The Definition of the Day of Tarwiyah
Section I: Ihram on the Day of Tarwiyah for those not Already in Ihram
Section II: Going to Mina
Section III: The Ruling of Spending the Night at Mina on the Night before `Arafah
Preamble: The Definition of the Day of `Arafah The Difference between `Arafah and `Arafat The Merits of this Day
Section I: The Ruling of Standing at `Arafah
Section II: Conditions of Standing at `Arafah
Section III: Sunnah and Mustahabb Acts Related To Standing at `Arafah
Section IV: What is Makruh for a Pilgrim on the Day of `Arafah
Section I: Names for Muzdalifah and its Boundaries
Section II: The Ruling of Spending the Night at Muzdalifah
Section III: Praying Maghrib and `Isha’ at Muzdalifah
Section IV: Leaving Muzdalifah
Section I: Pelting the Jamarat
Section II: Slaughtering the Hady
Section III: Slaughtering Sacrificial Animals for Eid al-Adha
Section IV: Shaving and Cutting the Hair
Section V: The Mass Circumambulation
Section VI: Release from Ihram
Section I: Spending the Night in Mina during the Nights of Tashreeq
Section II: Pelting the Jamarat during the Days of Tashreeq
Preamble
Section I: The Ruling of the Farewell Circumambulation For those Performing Hajj and `Umrah
Section II: Conditions for the Farewell Circumambulation
Section I: Performing Hajj on Behalf of the Living
Section II: Performing Hajj on Behalf of the Deceased
Section III: Performing Optional Hajj on Behalf of Others
Section IV: Hiring Someone to Perform Hajj
Section V: Conditions for the Appointee
Section I: Missing the Deadline
Section II: Being Deterred
Section III: Release from Deterrence
Section I: The Ruling of Hunting for one in Ihram: What is Prohibited and what is Permitted to Hunt
Section II: Redemption from Hunting and its Expiation
Section 1: Evidence and legitimacy of marriage proposals, ruling of proposing to a woman that has already received a marriage proposal, criteria guidelines for choosing a good wife, and offering the woman in marriage to a righteous man.
Section 2: Ruling on proposing to a woman who is engaged, married, or in her waiting period
Section 3: Ruling of the man and woman looking at each other after asking for her hand in marriage and the ruling of having an engagement ring.
Section 4: Cancelling the Engagement
Section 1: Pillars and Rulings of Marriage
Section 2: Conditions of Marriage Contract
Section 3: Recommended Actions of Marriage
Section 4: Various Issues
Section 1: Ruling of Marrying Non-Muslim Women
Section 2: Ruling on the Marriage of Non-Muslims When One of the Spouses Embraces Islam
Section 3: Ruling on the Marriage of Muslims if One of the Spouses Apostatises
Section 1: Ruling on the bride price and its amount
Section 2: Criteria of the Bride Price
Section 3: Bride Price If Not Mentioned in the Marriage Contract
Section 4: Consummating the Marriage before Receiving the Bride Price, Delaying the Payment of the Bride Price, and Relinquishing the Bride Price.
Section 5: Invalid Bride Price and the Defects of the Bride Price
Section 6: Separation Between Spouses and its Impact on the Bride Price
Section 1: Wedding Feast
Section 2: Rulings pertaining to entertainment in wedding ceremonies
Section 3: Rulings pertaining to marriage consummation (intercourse) and pregnancy
Section 1: Definition of Clothes, Importance of Clothes, and Wisdom behind Prescribing Clothes
Section 2: Parts of Body That We Are Obliged to Cover
Section 3: Original ruling on clothes, some examples and clothing conditions and rules
Section 4: Ruling on Clothing That Includes Images, Slogans, or Verses
Section5: Ruling on Isbaal
Section 6: Ruling on wearing silk, reclining on a cushion of silk, fine silk, and hides of beasts
Section 7: Etiquette of dressing and its desirable acts
Section1: Definition of adornment and its rules
Section 2: Hair accessories
Section 3: Adornment with dyeing and perfume
Section 4: Adorning with Jewellery
Section 5: Rules concerning Surgeries Both Therapeutic and Cosmetic
Section 6: Decorating Houses
Firstly: Defining trade
Secondly: Rulings related to trade
Thirdly: The wisdom behind permitting trade
Fourthly: the etiquettes of selling and buying
Section 1: The definition and ruling of “form”:
Section 2: Types of format:
Section 3: An offer and agreement being concluded by one individual:
Section 4: What is and is not a prerequisite for the format of a trade:
Section 1: Rulings related to the price in a trade agreement:
Section 2: Rulings related to the commodity in a trade agreement:
Preface: Defining a “stipulation (shart)”:
Section 1: Valid stipulations:
Section 2: Invalid stipulations in trade:
Section 3: The time for making stipulations in a trade
Section 1: Transactions that are prohibited because they involve risk and uncertainty:
Section 2: Transactions that are prohibited because they involve deception and harm:
Section 3: Transactions that are prohibited because the commodity is impermissible:
Preface: The fundamental ruling on transactions is that they are permissible
Section 1: Trades of trust (amanah):
Section 2: Trades of description (wasf)
Section 3: Deferred trades:
Section 4: Various permissible forms of trade:
Section 1: Credit cards:
Section 2: Discount Cards:
Section 3: Current/Checking Accounts.
Section 4: Banknotes:
Section 5: Financial Securities:
Section 6: Commercial Papers:
Section 7: Trading Islamic Sukuks (Securitization)
Section 8: Digital Currency (such as Bitcoin <span class="tip"> [2169] Bitcoin: is a digital, electronic, encrypted currency that is traded only over the Internet. It has no physical existence and no central regulatory entity backing it. Transactions between users are done directly without an intermediary using encryption. See: "Official website of Egyptian Fatwa Committee", "Official website of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments in the UAE", "Official Wikipedia website". It is defined on the Bitcoin website as: "a collective network, providing a new payment system and completely electronic currency. It is the very first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is fully powered by its users without any central authority or middlemen". See: https://bitcoin.org/ar/faq </span> and others)