What is Zakat? Zakat (zakaat, zakah), or almsgiving, is one of the five pillars of Islam. This means that Zakat is mandatory for Muslims, along with the other four sacred pillars of Islam. For every sane, adult Muslim who owns wealth over a certain amount – known as the Nisab – he or she must…
What is Salah (salat)? Salah (salat) is the Arabic term for the ritual prayer that is obligatory for Muslims to perform five times a day. It forms one of the five pillars of Islam. The five prayers are: Aside from the five obligatory prayers, Muslims may offer Sunnah and Nafl Salah. The Sunnah Salah (prayers) are ones…
What time is Eid prayer? Eid Salah (prayer) takes place in the early morning (after Fajr) on the first day of Eid. Muslims are encouraged to pray in Jama’ah (congregation) with their local Muslim community on occasions such as these. Please check with your local mosque for the prayer schedule in your local area. How…
CHAPTER 18 Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Madinah: An Amazing Caring Community Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) spent his first months in Madinah as a guest at the house of Abu Ayyub. When he and his new community completed building their masjid, he moved out to live in a small room. The structure of the…
CHAPTER 17 Prophet Muhammad’s 3 Top Priorities in Madinah In September of the year 622 CE, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) entered Madinah. He was welcomed with great joy. People had been anticipating his arrival for several days, waiting impatiently to see him, many for the first time. The Ansar (Muslims of Madinah) offered to host…
CHAPTER 16 Prophet Muhammad Joins Muslim Refugees in Madinah Was Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) the first refugee prophet in history? Or were there earlier prophets God sent humanity who also went through this major hardship? The answer to this question is that he (peace be upon him) was, in fact, not the first….
CHAPTER 15 Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr Finally Make Their Way to Madinah Would you return their act of aggression with a good deed? This is what exactly happened to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) 13 years after the start of the revelation. Do you know how he reacted when his aggressors tried to…
CHAPTER 14 Prophet Muhammad Completes the Hijrah Plan to Madinah By the thirteenth year of the Prophethood, nearly all the inhabitants of Yathrib (Madinah) knew about Islam. Mus’ab, the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) first envoy to Madinah, had done an excellent job inviting people to Islam, as mentioned in the last article. Almost every house…
CHAPTER 13 Prophet Muhammad Prepares to Move to Madinah One short-term solution was for him to meet pilgrims coming to Makkah from different parts of the Arabian Peninsula. So, in the 10th year of the revelation, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) met pilgrims from several tribes. He arranged for these meetings to be held…
CHAPTER 12 Prophet Muhammad Returns Back to Makkah from Heaven On his way back to Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw many details from the unseen realm that God mentions in the Quran. Among them, he saw Paradise (Jannah) and Hell. He saw people punished in Hell for sins they had committed in this…
