My wife is a new convert to Islam. During the Salat, we were reading the Ibrahimic prayer and the greeting in English to make it easy for her to understand. We still recite the Qur'an in Arabic. Is it ...

Previously, in our overview of the five pillars of Islam, we covered the spiritual meaning of Hajj, the declaration of faith, and the significance of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. The last ...

This prayer is a means of seeking rain from Allah, the Exalted, during times of drought. That is, people are naturally disposed to ask help from the One Who is able to support them: Allah Alone. This ...

This article is about Salat, the obligatory Muslim prayers performed five times each day. Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayers, performed five times each day by Muslims. It is the second Pillar of ...

In Islam, Fajr is the first prayer of the day, one of the five daily obligatory prayers for Muslims. The Fajr adhan — the call to prayer — begins right at dawn, and is to be performed before the sun ...

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