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AlMaghrib

For those of you who have not heard of the AlMaghrib institute, they deliver amazing and life-changing double-weekend seminars on Islam--with topics ranging from tafseer of Surah Baqarah to Usool-ul-Fiqh to the history and downfall of the Muslim empire.

Subhanallah, these classes truly change your life. You learn more in two days then in the past two years of your life--and sometimes, more then you learned your whole life! And the teachers draw sources from many varied sources, from classical Arabic texts to recent pop-psychology books to everything in-between.

So if you get the chance, give your excuses a black eye and take an AlMaghrib class! You won't regret it inshallah! They hold classes in at least a dozen cities in North America, and constantly look for more places to begin teaching!

Many of our sources are from AlMaghrib classes. With these, you can be sure that the content is not the opinion of one or two uneducated Muslims, but rather, drawn from strong scholars. (Look for the reference in the references at the end of each post.) Inshallah here you can find a list of all the classes with content available on the blog. Each link points to a page that describes the class, and lists all the entries from that class, as well as the blog categories that most entries from that class fall into.

Take advantage of the knowledge! Don't let another minute pass you by!

• Breach of Covenant: Tafseer of the first juz of Surah Baqarah
• Chain of Command: The science of hadith. What are hadith? Why are they important? How do we separate the good from the not-so-good?
• Code of Scholars: The science of usool-ul-fiqh, the laws that derive fiqh.
• Conquest: History of the Khulafa: The lives of the four Khulafa Rashideen: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmaan, and 'Ali.
• Fiqh of Da'wa: Everything you would ever want to know about da'wa--the best ways to give it, the da'wa of the Prophet, the da'wa of the Qur'an, even popular misconceptions and their refutations,
• Light of Guidance: Aqeedah 101: shirk, bid'ah, and kufr, from an aqeedah perspective.
• Light Upon Light: Fundamentals of Faith 102: Who is Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)? What are His great names and attributes?
• The Purification Act: Everything about tahara and salaah.
• Rays of Faith: The pillars of eman--the Angels, the Jinns, the Prophets, the Books, the Hereafter, Qada and Qadr.
• Rizq Management: Details on three pillars of Islam--Zakaah, Sawm, and Hajj.
• Route 114: Qur'anic Sciences: The science of Qur'an (Uloom-ul-Qur'an)--characteristics of the Qur'an and the revelation, one of the broadest sciences--it touches on many, many other Islamic sciences.
• Rules of Engagement: Islamic ethics, etiquettes, character attributes, and manners.
• The Shepherd's Path: The seerah of the Messenger of Allah (صلي الله عليه وسلم), from pre-prophethood to death.
• Touched by an Angel: Tafseer of the last juz of the Qur'an, Juz Amma. What are some great lessons from that juz?

• Light of Guidance
• Rules of Engagement
• The Purification Act
• Code of Scholars
• The Shepherd’s Path

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AlMaghrib

For those of you who have not heard of the AlMaghrib institute, they deliver amazing and life-changing double-weekend seminars on Islam--with topics ranging from tafseer of Surah Baqarah to Usool-ul-Fiqh to the history and downfall of the Muslim empire.

Subhanallah, these classes truly change your life. You learn more in two days then in the past two years of your life--and sometimes, more then you learned your whole life! And the teachers draw sources from many varied sources, from classical Arabic texts to recent pop-psychology books to everything in-between.

So if you get the chance, give your excuses a black eye and take an AlMaghrib class! You won't regret it inshallah! They hold classes in at least a dozen cities in North America, and constantly look for more places to begin teaching!

Many of our sources are from AlMaghrib classes. With these, you can be sure that the content is not the opinion of one or two uneducated Muslims, but rather, drawn from strong scholars. (Look for the reference in the references at the end of each post.) Inshallah here you can find a list of all the classes with content available on the blog. Each link points to a page that describes the class, and lists all the entries from that class, as well as the blog categories that most entries from that class fall into.

Take advantage of the knowledge! Don't let another minute pass you by!

• Breach of Covenant: Tafseer of the first juz of Surah Baqarah
• Chain of Command: The science of hadith. What are hadith? Why are they important? How do we separate the good from the not-so-good?
• Code of Scholars: The science of usool-ul-fiqh, the laws that derive fiqh.
• Conquest: History of the Khulafa: The lives of the four Khulafa Rashideen: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmaan, and 'Ali.
• Fiqh of Da'wa: Everything you would ever want to know about da'wa--the best ways to give it, the da'wa of the Prophet, the da'wa of the Qur'an, even popular misconceptions and their refutations,
• Light of Guidance: Aqeedah 101: shirk, bid'ah, and kufr, from an aqeedah perspective.
• Light Upon Light: Fundamentals of Faith 102: Who is Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)? What are His great names and attributes?
• The Purification Act: Everything about tahara and salaah.
• Rays of Faith: The pillars of eman--the Angels, the Jinns, the Prophets, the Books, the Hereafter, Qada and Qadr.
• Rizq Management: Details on three pillars of Islam--Zakaah, Sawm, and Hajj.
• Route 114: Qur'anic Sciences: The science of Qur'an (Uloom-ul-Qur'an)--characteristics of the Qur'an and the revelation, one of the broadest sciences--it touches on many, many other Islamic sciences.
• Rules of Engagement: Islamic ethics, etiquettes, character attributes, and manners.
• The Shepherd's Path: The seerah of the Messenger of Allah (صلي الله عليه وسلم), from pre-prophethood to death.
• Touched by an Angel: Tafseer of the last juz of the Qur'an, Juz Amma. What are some great lessons from that juz?

• Light of Guidance
• Rules of Engagement
• The Purification Act
• Code of Scholars
• The Shepherd’s Path

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AlMaghrib

For those of you who have not heard of the AlMaghrib institute, they deliver amazing and life-changing double-weekend seminars on Islam--with topics ranging from tafseer of Surah Baqarah to Usool-ul-Fiqh to the history and downfall of the Muslim empire.

Subhanallah, these classes truly change your life. You learn more in two days then in the past two years of your life--and sometimes, more then you learned your whole life! And the teachers draw sources from many varied sources, from classical Arabic texts to recent pop-psychology books to everything in-between.

So if you get the chance, give your excuses a black eye and take an AlMaghrib class! You won't regret it inshallah! They hold classes in at least a dozen cities in North America, and constantly look for more places to begin teaching!

Many of our sources are from AlMaghrib classes. With these, you can be sure that the content is not the opinion of one or two uneducated Muslims, but rather, drawn from strong scholars. (Look for the reference in the references at the end of each post.) Inshallah here you can find a list of all the classes with content available on the blog. Each link points to a page that describes the class, and lists all the entries from that class, as well as the blog categories that most entries from that class fall into.

Take advantage of the knowledge! Don't let another minute pass you by!

• Breach of Covenant: Tafseer of the first juz of Surah Baqarah
• Chain of Command: The science of hadith. What are hadith? Why are they important? How do we separate the good from the not-so-good?
• Code of Scholars: The science of usool-ul-fiqh, the laws that derive fiqh.
• Conquest: History of the Khulafa: The lives of the four Khulafa Rashideen: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmaan, and 'Ali.
• Fiqh of Da'wa: Everything you would ever want to know about da'wa--the best ways to give it, the da'wa of the Prophet, the da'wa of the Qur'an, even popular misconceptions and their refutations,
• Light of Guidance: Aqeedah 101: shirk, bid'ah, and kufr, from an aqeedah perspective.
• Light Upon Light: Fundamentals of Faith 102: Who is Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)? What are His great names and attributes?
• The Purification Act: Everything about tahara and salaah.
• Rays of Faith: The pillars of eman--the Angels, the Jinns, the Prophets, the Books, the Hereafter, Qada and Qadr.
• Rizq Management: Details on three pillars of Islam--Zakaah, Sawm, and Hajj.
• Route 114: Qur'anic Sciences: The science of Qur'an (Uloom-ul-Qur'an)--characteristics of the Qur'an and the revelation, one of the broadest sciences--it touches on many, many other Islamic sciences.
• Rules of Engagement: Islamic ethics, etiquettes, character attributes, and manners.
• The Shepherd's Path: The seerah of the Messenger of Allah (صلي الله عليه وسلم), from pre-prophethood to death.
• Touched by an Angel: Tafseer of the last juz of the Qur'an, Juz Amma. What are some great lessons from that juz?

• Light of Guidance
• Rules of Engagement
• The Purification Act
• Code of Scholars
• The Shepherd’s Path

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AlMaghrib

For those of you who have not heard of the AlMaghrib institute, they deliver amazing and life-changing double-weekend seminars on Islam--with topics ranging from tafseer of Surah Baqarah to Usool-ul-Fiqh to the history and downfall of the Muslim empire.

Subhanallah, these classes truly change your life. You learn more in two days then in the past two years of your life--and sometimes, more then you learned your whole life! And the teachers draw sources from many varied sources, from classical Arabic texts to recent pop-psychology books to everything in-between.

So if you get the chance, give your excuses a black eye and take an AlMaghrib class! You won't regret it inshallah! They hold classes in at least a dozen cities in North America, and constantly look for more places to begin teaching!

Many of our sources are from AlMaghrib classes. With these, you can be sure that the content is not the opinion of one or two uneducated Muslims, but rather, drawn from strong scholars. (Look for the reference in the references at the end of each post.) Inshallah here you can find a list of all the classes with content available on the blog. Each link points to a page that describes the class, and lists all the entries from that class, as well as the blog categories that most entries from that class fall into.

Take advantage of the knowledge! Don't let another minute pass you by!

• Breach of Covenant: Tafseer of the first juz of Surah Baqarah
• Chain of Command: The science of hadith. What are hadith? Why are they important? How do we separate the good from the not-so-good?
• Code of Scholars: The science of usool-ul-fiqh, the laws that derive fiqh.
• Conquest: History of the Khulafa: The lives of the four Khulafa Rashideen: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmaan, and 'Ali.
• Fiqh of Da'wa: Everything you would ever want to know about da'wa--the best ways to give it, the da'wa of the Prophet, the da'wa of the Qur'an, even popular misconceptions and their refutations,
• Light of Guidance: Aqeedah 101: shirk, bid'ah, and kufr, from an aqeedah perspective.
• Light Upon Light: Fundamentals of Faith 102: Who is Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)? What are His great names and attributes?
• The Purification Act: Everything about tahara and salaah.
• Rays of Faith: The pillars of eman--the Angels, the Jinns, the Prophets, the Books, the Hereafter, Qada and Qadr.
• Rizq Management: Details on three pillars of Islam--Zakaah, Sawm, and Hajj.
• Route 114: Qur'anic Sciences: The science of Qur'an (Uloom-ul-Qur'an)--characteristics of the Qur'an and the revelation, one of the broadest sciences--it touches on many, many other Islamic sciences.
• Rules of Engagement: Islamic ethics, etiquettes, character attributes, and manners.
• The Shepherd's Path: The seerah of the Messenger of Allah (صلي الله عليه وسلم), from pre-prophethood to death.
• Touched by an Angel: Tafseer of the last juz of the Qur'an, Juz Amma. What are some great lessons from that juz?

• Light of Guidance
• Rules of Engagement
• The Purification Act
• Code of Scholars
• The Shepherd’s Path

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Sofa Fard, Bucket-Seat Fard

Fard: technically, it means any action which, if done, deserves reward from Allah; and if neglected, deserves punishment from Allah. (Yes, that's right--you actually earn reward for doing all those fard actions!)

Here, we discuss two classifications of faraaid--Sofa Fard, and Bucket-Seat Fard.

Sofa Fard (also known as Fard Muwassa') is a fard which you have a choice of when you can do it. It's like a sofa--you can sit on the left, on the right, in the middle, anywhere you want!

Praying Dhur is a sofa fard--you can pray at the start time, half an hour before the end time, at some point in the middle, etc. anytime before 'Asr. (Another definition of sofa fard is: an action you have time to do, and have time to do another similar action.)

Some examples of sofa fards include:

• Praying any of the 5x daily prayers
• Giving Zakaat-ul-Badl to poor people in Ramadan before 'Eid
• Performing Hajj

Bucket-Seat Fard (also known as Fard Mudayyaq) is an action where you don't have a choice of when you can do it. It's like a bucket--if you need to sit in the bucket (camping, anyone?) then you have to sit in the bucket. You can't choose where--you only fit in one spot.

The fasts of Ramadan are bucket-seat fards--you have to do them IN Ramadan, you can't do them before or after (unless you missed them legitimately).

Some examples of bucket-seat fards include:

• Fasting in Ramadan
• Paying zakaah one year after you cross the nisaab
• Visiting Arafah in Hajj on the 8th of Dhul Hijjah

What other examples of sofa and bucket-seat fards can you think of?

Muhammad Alshareef. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Code of Scholars. University of Toronto, Toronto. August 2005.

Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips. Usool Al Fiqh: the Methodology of Islamic Law Made Easy. Ltd ed. United Arab Emirates: Preston University, 2003. 16.

• Fard vs. Wajib
• Ramadan Mubarak!
• Madd: Fard and Mustahab
• Signing on Behalf of Allah
• Five Categories of Everything

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Rizq Management

Rizq Management is an AlMaghrib Institute course taught by Muhammad Alshareef. The course focuses on three pillars of Islam: Zakaah, Siyaam, and Hajj. Which moon opinion is correct--one of them? Allof them? Does chewing gum break your fast? (Why or why not?) Does a woman pay zakaah on her gold jewelry?

Learn about these three fundamental pillars of Islam, and how to not only perform, but how to benefit from them at the highest level!

• AlMaghrib
• Business Zakaah
• Five Sunnahs of Fasting
• Moonsighting or Moonfighting?
• Ramadan: The Excuse-Killer
• Rizq Management
• Signing on Behalf of Allah
• Six Days of Shawwal
• Three Requirements of Zakaah
• Zakaah on Plants and Fruits

• Hajj
• Sawm
• Zakaah

Muhammad Alshareef. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Rizq Management. University of Toronto, Toronto. June 2006.

• MultiTimer: Multiple Labeled Item Timers
• Effective Management: Abstraction
• Six Days of Shawwal
• ABCD Life Management
• Rizq Without Measure

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Rizq Management

Rizq Management is an AlMaghrib Institute course taught by Muhammad Alshareef. The course focuses on three pillars of Islam: Zakaah, Siyaam, and Hajj. Which moon opinion is correct--one of them? Allof them? Does chewing gum break your fast? (Why or why not?) Does a woman pay zakaah on her gold jewelry?

Learn about these three fundamental pillars of Islam, and how to not only perform, but how to benefit from them at the highest level!

• AlMaghrib
• Business Zakaah
• Five Sunnahs of Fasting
• Moonsighting or Moonfighting?
• Ramadan: The Excuse-Killer
• Rizq Management
• Signing on Behalf of Allah
• Six Days of Shawwal
• Three Requirements of Zakaah
• Zakaah on Plants and Fruits

• Hajj
• Sawm
• Zakaah

Muhammad Alshareef. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Rizq Management. University of Toronto, Toronto. June 2006.

• MultiTimer: Multiple Labeled Item Timers
• Effective Management: Abstraction
• Six Days of Shawwal
• ABCD Life Management
• Rizq Without Measure

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Rizq Management

Rizq Management is an AlMaghrib Institute course taught by Muhammad Alshareef. The course focuses on three pillars of Islam: Zakaah, Siyaam, and Hajj. Which moon opinion is correct--one of them? Allof them? Does chewing gum break your fast? (Why or why not?) Does a woman pay zakaah on her gold jewelry?

Learn about these three fundamental pillars of Islam, and how to not only perform, but how to benefit from them at the highest level!

• AlMaghrib
• Business Zakaah
• Five Sunnahs of Fasting
• Moonsighting or Moonfighting?
• Ramadan: The Excuse-Killer
• Rizq Management
• Signing on Behalf of Allah
• Six Days of Shawwal
• Three Requirements of Zakaah
• Zakaah on Plants and Fruits

• Hajj
• Sawm
• Zakaah

Muhammad Alshareef. Lecture. AlMaghrib. Rizq Management. University of Toronto, Toronto. June 2006.

• MultiTimer: Multiple Labeled Item Timers
• Effective Management: Abstraction
• Six Days of Shawwal
• ABCD Life Management
• Rizq Without Measure

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Thesaurus?

Notice the new Thesaurus tab at the top. Now, you might ask, "what is that thing, and how can I use it?" or maybe even "why should I care?"
A thesuraus is a concept borrowed from research databases. If you want to look up a topic--say, zakaah--but you don't know how the database spells it, you look it up in the thesaurus!

So if you're looking for a particular concept (or person), check out the thesaurus inshallah, it'll tell you exactly how we spell it--so your searches can yield hundreds of results instead of just one or two!

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Three Levels of Practice

In Surah Fatiha, Allah Almighty says:

Translation: Not of those who earned your anger, nor of those astray.

From this verse, scholars mention that we identify three levels of practice.

First, there are those who don't know--they don't know about Islam. They don't know about the truth. Or they don't know enough--for example, how to pay zakaah. These are the ones mentioned as gone astray (الضَّالِّينَ).

The second level is those who know, but do not practise. They know Islam is the truth, they might even claim to be Muslim, but they don't pray, they don't fast, they don't enjoin good and forbid evil, they don't follow the Sunnah--they don't act on their knowledge. And while it's true that they could also be as those astray, to be more correct, they are closer to those who earned Allah's anger (لمَغضُوبِ).

The third level is those who know and practise what they know--the believing Muslims. May Allah make us all of that level, ameen!

So practise what you know--don't just sit on it!  And remember, knowledge, unused, fades away.

Khutba Between Taraweeh Prayers. By Abu Owais Qais. Istiqamah Masjid, Mississauga. 27 Sept. 2006.

• Learn Pronounciation in Surah Faitha
• Knowledge, Practice, Da’wah
• Leadership Lessons: Power With Conciseness
• Fallout From Not Practicing Islam Properly
• Think!

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