Islamic Events

BY OYEWUNMI.O.KAFAYAT People can enter Hellfire through three doors: the door of doubts, which leads to hesitation in ALLAH's religion, the door of lusts, which leads to preferring desires over Allah's obedience, and the door of fury,…

BY OYEWUNMI O.KAFAYAT QuestionA man led the prayer in congregation, and in the first rak‘ah after al-Faatihah he recited Soorat Al-Masad (no. 111), then in the second rak‘ah he recited Soorat Al-Feel (no. 105). That was in ‘Isha’…

BY OYEWUNMI .O.KAFAYAT Salaat prayer is the most important practice in Islam after declaring faith in Allah and His Messenger. The Prophet described the prayer as a light, the pillar of Islam, and among the best deeds. Prayer…

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…

Who wrote the Qur’aan and how was it put together?. Praise be to Allaah. The First: Allaah has guaranteed to preserve this Qur’aan Himself. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Verily, We, it is We Who have sent…

BY OYEWUNMI .O. KAFAYAT 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 3. Tawbat…

OYEWUNMI.O. 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's. During the reign of Khalifa Umar ibn al-Khattab,…

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…

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…