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   Al Islam Library Books Selected Verses of the Holy Quran – Guidance for Mankind   Share Spending in the Way of Allah The capital levy prescribed in the Holy Quran denotes its purpose by its very name ZAKAT. The word means that which purifies and fosters. By subtracting the share of the community from all wealth, the rest is purified for those entitled to make use of it; and by the application of the proceeds to the service of the community, the welfare of the community is fostered. Zakat is the third pillar of Islam and it thus reflects the importance in Islam of one’s fellow beings. 2: 44. And observe Prayer and pay the Zakaat, and bow down with those who bow. 30: 39. So give to the kinsman his due and to the needy and to the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek the favour of ALLAH, and it is they who will prosper. 51: 20. And in their wealth was a share for those who asked for help and for those who could not. 70: 25. And those in whose wealth there is a known r...

  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Is it permissible to read the Qur'aan without understanding its meanings?  07-08-2009          Question 131788 Is it permissible to read the Qur'aan without understanding its meanings?. The Quraan and its Sciences Related topic Answer Praise be to Allah.  It is prescribed to ponder and think so that one may understand, and to refer to books of tafseer (commentaries) if one has enough knowledge to understand them, and to refer to books of tafseer and Arabic language in order to benefit from that, and he can ask scholars about anything he does not understand. What is meant is that he should ponder the meanings, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):  “(This is) a Book (the Qur’aan) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may rememb...

  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Is It Haram to Post Pictures with Hijab?  26-06-2012          Question 165186 What is the ruling on a woman putting her picture on her Facebook page, especially since some of our sisters who wear hijab believe that putting pictures of themselves in hijab is something that is not forbidden in Shari‘ah? Could you explain so that I can advise them? Images and image-making Related topic Summary of answer: It is haram to post pictures with hijab on Facebook or in chat rooms or on other websites for a number of reasons as detailed below. Answer Praise be to Allah. It is haram for a girl to put a picture of herself  on Facebook or in chat rooms  or on other websites for a number of reasons:  This is contrary to covering and concealment that is enjoined upon women in the Quran and Sunnah. Allah, may He be glorified and exa...

 

 

  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Is It Haram to Post Pictures with Hijab?  26-06-2012          Question 165186 What is the ruling on a woman putting her picture on her Facebook page, especially since some of our sisters who wear hijab believe that putting pictures of themselves in hijab is something that is not forbidden in Shari‘ah? Could you explain so that I can advise them? Images and image-making Related topic Summary of answer: It is haram to post pictures with hijab on Facebook or in chat rooms or on other websites for a number of reasons as detailed below. Answer Praise be to Allah. It is haram for a girl to put a picture of herself  on Facebook or in chat rooms  or on other websites for a number of reasons:  This is contrary to covering and concealment that is enjoined upon women in the Quran and Sunnah. Allah, may He be glorified and exa...

   Al Islam Library Books Selected Verses of the Holy Quran – Guidance for Mankind   Share Jihad – Supreme Efforts in the Way of Allah Jihad means, exerting one’s utmost power contending with an object of disapprobation, and this is of three kinds, namely, (1) with a visible enemy, (2) with Satan, and (3) with one’s self. The Quran teaches that when war breaks out, it should be waged in such a way as to cause the least possible amount of damage to life and property; and that hostilities should be brought to a close as quickly as possible. 22:40 Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged and Allah indeed has power to help them. 22:41 Those who have been driven out from their homes unjustly only because they said, ‘Our lord is Allah’. And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft commemorat...