This document from Darul Iftaa Dallas provides a comprehensive legal and scientific treatise regarding the permissibility of cream of tartar in Islamic jurisprudence. It examines how potassium bitartrate naturally precipitates from grapes and forms during the winemaking process, noting that it is distinct from intoxicating substances. The text details the purification and refinement methods that […]
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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ كانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيصْمُتْ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ جَارَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ» On the authority of Sayidunā Abū Hurayrah ʳᵃ, from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who said: Whoever believes […]
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This judgment examines whether Sections 294-A and 294-B of Pakistan’s Penal Code conform to Sharīʿah, particularly regarding state-sanctioned lotteries. After defining qimār and distinguishing lawful prize schemes from gambling, the Court concludes that government lotteries are impermissible, and certain promotional schemes should only be prohibited when they involve inflated prices constituting qimār.
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Mufti Taqī ʿUthmānī highlights the harmony between medicine and Sharīʿah, urging doctors and scholars to bridge the gap between modern science and Islamic ethics. He emphasizes sincere intention in medical service, viewing it as ʿibādah, and calls for renewed research into ṭibb an-nabawī within the principles of Islamic jurisprudence.
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Belief in taqdīr — divine decree — is a cornerstone of faith, balancing Allah’s absolute will with human responsibility. This article explores its linguistic, theological, and philosophical dimensions, the errors of Jabriyyah and Muʿtazilah, and the profound wisdom behind good and evil, mercy and power, within divine creation.
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This commentary explores the scholarly discussion on Rafʿ al-Yadayn—raising the hands during prayer. Drawing from Maẓāhir al-Ḥaqq Sharḥ Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, it presents the differing views of the Ḥanafī and Shāfiʿī schools, the evidences of the Ṣaḥābah, and Imām Abū Ḥanīfah’s ʳʰ juristic reasoning behind limiting the gesture to the opening takbīr taḥrīmah.
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The ahl al-dil—friends of Allah—radiate life even in silence. Their pure gaze revives dead hearts, as Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī ʳʰ explains, transforming souls by divine elixir. Sayidunā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq ʳᵃ cherished merely beholding the Prophet ﷺ, for seeing the pious stirs remembrance of Allah and turns hearts toward Him.
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In Islamic law, hunting is permissible when conducted with due Sharīʿah conditions. The tasmiyah must be recited before releasing the trained animal or firing the weapon. If the prey dies from that act, it is ḥalāl; if found alive with stable life, it must be slaughtered immediately to be lawful.
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This study examines gelatin extracted from animal bone through the lens of Ḥanafī jurisprudence. It concludes that bone, lacking life, remains ṭāhir upon death; hence gelatin from ḥalāl animals is ḥalāl-suitable, from non-maʾkūl species is externally permissible, while pig-derived gelatin is intrinsically impure (najis al-ʿayn) and strictly ḥarām.
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The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ was the most successful man in human history — not through wealth or power, but through wisdom, mercy, and purpose. His life offers ten timeless principles for success that uplift both our world and our soul. These principles, lived by him, remain the blueprint for true excellence.
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