2021

BY OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT OLASEYI Dates are fruit from the date palm, the fruit of the Prophet (ﷺ), and a popular fruit among Muslims around the world. Dates are a staple in any Muslim home, and we all know and love them – but do you know why…

BY OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT OLASEYI Offering Salah in the Masjids containing graves is not permissible and such graves must be exhumed and the remains must be moved to the public cemetery. Each burial is to be in an individual grave as is the…

OYEWUNMI .O. KAFAYAT The NASFAT Agency for Zakat and Sadaqat (NAZAS) has provided N350 million to 40,000 indigents. Hafiz Bakare, Chairman of the NAZAS Board of Directors, stated this at the weekend’s Annual General Meeting…

 By OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT OLASEYI Who wrote the Qur'an and how was it put together? Praise be to Allah. The First: Allah has guaranteed to preserve this Qur'an Himself. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): …

BY OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT OLASEYI The Perception of the Sufis/Esotericists on Tawba or Repentance) 1. Tawbat al-‘Amm (Repentance of the common person) = Muslim 2. Tawbat al-Khass (Repentance of the spiritual elect) = Mu'min…

OYEWUNMI.OLASEYI. KAFAYAT Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, with months beginning and ending according to the moon's movements. The moon's disappearance marks the beginning of the month. During the reign of Khalifa Umar ibn…

Every first day of the year in the Islamic Calendar month of Muharram,  the Hijri New Year (considered an official holiday in most Islamic nations) is celebrated. Muslims are celebrating the year 1443 AH this year.    The Hijri…

BY OYEWUNMI.O. KAFAYAT A district court in Ota, in the Ado Odo Ota local government area in Ogun state, on Thursday sentenced five people to traditional detention for allegedly assaulting several Muslims in Idiroko.Traditionalists who…

سم الله الرحمن الرحيم One of my kin has proposed to my daughter and I am under an obligation to him, but he is addicted to alcohol and he keeps company with bad people and prays little, or does not pray at all. He is also addicted to…

Olive oil (Zaitoon) is one of the fruits mentioned in the Holy Quran and hadith. Olives have a long history of medicinal properties. The fruit is mainly cultivated in Mediterranean countries. It contains monounsaturated fatty acids which…