Maqasid al-Shariah
Maqasid al-Shariah are the purposes behind Islamic law's rulings, chiefly protecting religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property.
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My daily prayers
The five prayer times, the qibla, prayers you missed, and mistakes inside them.
Ill or in treatment
Treatment and medication, fasting with an excuse, tayammum, wiping over a cast, and surgery.
Reading and memorising Qur'an
Reciting in prayer, tajweed and memorising, touching the mushaf, and the meaning of verses.
New to Islam
First steps: entering Islam, the first acts of worship, telling family, learning to read.
At work
Praying and fasting during work hours, employer and employee rights, contracts and wages.
Questions about faith
Questions about faith and God's oneness, and the doubts that visit a mind.
During menstruation
Worship during menstruation and postnatal bleeding, irregular bleeding, prayer and fasting.
Food and ingredients
Meat and slaughter, ingredients and additives, and the foods and drinks people ask about.
Debt and lending
Lending, repayment, instalments, questions about interest, and debt when you calculate zakat.
Hadith and the Sunnah
Sending blessings on the Prophet, questions about hadith authenticity, the Sunnah, and his life.
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