Praying Eid in the Musallaa is the Sunnah

Praying 'Eid in the Musallaa is the Sunnah: there is great and profound wisdom behind this Sunnah – the Sunnah of praying in an open area of land. And it is that: The Muslims will have two days of the year where all the people of every city can gather together – whether men, women or children - and turn towards Allaah with their hearts in unity, praying behind one Imaam, making the Takbeer, the Tahleel and supplicating to Allaah sincerely together, as if they were united upon the heart of one man, happy and joyous about the blessing Allaah has bestowed on them. So the Eid will truly be an occasion of celebration for them.

Author: Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee

Translators: Abu Maryam Ismaeel Alarcon

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/54235

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THE CHENNAI TREATISE ON ANNUAL PAYMENT OF ZAKAAH

The conditions for giving Zakat and who should receive Zakat and explainations of certain Quranic verses.

Author: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof

Publisher: http://www.bilalphilips.com - The Official Website of Shaikh Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/318550

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Polygamy in Islam

A book helps in explaining the concept of polygamy in Islam. It shows that Muslims are not the first nation which encourages this system but there were many nations -such as the ancient Christians- support this behavior. Afterwards, it shows the legality and conditions of this system, and rights and duties of marriage partners under it.

Author: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips - Jameelah Jones

Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/223540

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Enjoining Good, Forbidding Evil

Ibn Taymiyyah said: "This (enjoining good and forbidding evil) is a duty that the entire Ummah is obliged to fulfil. It is what the Ulama know as an obligation of collective responsibility, if a group in society undertook to discharge it, the other members of this society are absolved from it. The entire Ummah is commissioned to undertake it, but if a group therein was responsible for discharging it, the rest of society is no longer obliged to undertake it."

Author: Sheikh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah

Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof

Translators: Salim Abdullah Marjan

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/339184

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Some Sincere Advice To Every Christian

Most people agree to the fact that Allah’s (God’s) Word cannot be contradictory. What He spoke about Himself must be true. He made Himself known as The Creator, The One, The Originator, and The Provider. He is the First, nothing is before Him; The Last, nothing is after Him; The Most High, nothing is above Him; The Most Near, nothing is beyond His reach, and He encompasses everything while He is above heavens, distinct and separate from His creatures. Great in His Majesty and Honor, Most Merciful, Severe in Punishment, All-Knower, Most Compassionate, All-Wise, and All-Just; Most Perfect in all of His Names and Attributes. He does not beget, nor is He begotten. There is no equal to Him, and there is nothing like unto him, and thus He alone deserves to be worshipped. In essence, the religion as revealed1 to nations before us and to mankind up to the Day of Resurrection, calls for the worship of none but God (Allah).

Author: Dr. Saleh As-Saleh

Reveiwers: Muhammad AbdulRaoof

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/318525

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Private Devotions for Morning and Evening from the Quran and Sunnah

The author said in his introduction, “There are hundreds of benefits associated with Dhikr, the act of rehearsing and celebrating the praises of Allah. The well-known medieval scholar Ibn Al-Qaiyim mentioned more than seventy of these in his book Kitabul-Adhkar. Among the benefits he mentioned were that Dhikr drives away Satan, pleases Allah, the Merciful, and replaces pain and sorrow of the heart with peace happiness and contentment.”

Author: Saeed Bin Ali Bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

Translators: Omar Johnstone

Source: http://www.islamhouse.com/p/373061

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