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A brief biography of Imam ash-Shafa`i

What is meant by showing humility and expressing one’s need of Allah, and how can the Muslim attain that mindset?

Why should the divorced woman who does not menstruate observe `iddah?

Commentary on the hadith about clean earth being a means of purification for the Muslim

The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sometimes got angry because he was human

Is it true that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was leaning against `Ali’s chest when he died?

What the Shi`ah say about the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) dying when he was leaning against `Ali’s chest is all false, and no attention is to be paid to it. These reports are not strong enough to contradict the hadith of `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), concerning which the scholars are unanimously agreed that it is authentic.

Is precedence given to the maternal grandmother over the father with regard to custody of children?

Which images are permissible to keep and which are prohibited, and what that has to do with the angels entering the places where they are

Is it permissible to joke and play around with brothers and friends by trading teasing insults and hitting one another?

Reflecting on the signs of Allah, including the rising and setting of the sun

Reflecting on the signs of Allah in the universe and the signs (verses) in His Book is a great act of worship which leads to the revival of the heart, an increase in certainty of faith and veneration of the Creator. The rising and setting of the sun are two great signs of Allah, may He be Exalted, as He says: {[He is] Lord of the two places of sunrise and Lord of the two places of sunset. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?} [Ar-Rahman 55:17, 18]. It is heedlessness for a person not to pay attention to the momentous signs by which he is surrounded, such as the heavens, the mountains, the alternation of night and day, the blowing of the wind and the clouds that are suspended between heaven and earth. Please see the long answer.