Muharram and Ashura
- Is this a sound hadith from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Whoever recites Surat al-Ikhlas a thousand times on the Day of Ashura, the Most Merciful will look upon him, and whoever the Most Merciful looks upon, He will never punish him"? And are there any specific adhkar for the Day of Ashura that have a particular virtue?
- How is the Day of Judgment determined if Friday, the 10th of Muharram, varies in time between countries due to time differences?
- Is it permissible to beat one's chest on the Day of Ashura and other days, by analogy with Jacob's grief over Joseph?
- What is the meaning of "prize" linguistically and terminologically, and what is the legal basis in Islamic law for competition prizes?
- Is it permissible to wail over (the martyrdom of) Husayn, based on what was reported regarding the Prophet's (peace be upon him) wailing over him?
- Is the day of Ashura, which we fast, not the correct day, and that it is the tenth day of the month of Tishrei according to the Hebrew calendar, which the Umayyad caliphs changed to the tenth day of the month of Muharram?
- Is it permissible to wail over (the martyrdom of) Husayn?
- What is the ruling on a woman returning to her divorced husband who is an innovator (mubtadi') when there is a child between them?
- Why did the Prophet (peace be upon him) command the fasting of the Day of Ashura in gratitude to Allah for saving Musa, yet he did not command the fasting of other days that witnessed the salvation of prophets such as Nuh, Ibrahim, and Isa (peace be upon them)?
- What is the ruling on fasting the day of Ashura if it falls on a Saturday?
- Is it true that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not know about the Day of Ashura until late in his life, and that he did not fast on the ninth (Tasua) after learning about it?
- Were the jurisprudential rulings (recommended, disliked, permissible, impermissible, emphasized Sunnah, neutral/Mubah) present as terms or concepts during the era of Abu Bakr and Umar, such that they determined reward and punishment based upon them?
- Am I sinful for what happened between me and my husband's sisters—the quarrel, the hitting, and the accusations? And am I sinful for cutting ties if being close to them causes me problems that could lead to divorce?
- Does fasting the Day of Ashura expiate the sins of the past year, and does that include major sins? What is the reason for venerating this day?
- Where did the Battle of Qadisiyya take place, and who was victorious in it?
- What is "al-Tahassus" (eavesdropping/spying) and what is its ruling, and does the ruling differ if the matter concerns a spy, or if it was ordinary talk among family members over the phone, or if it was for the purpose of knowing the speaker's thoughts and personality?
- What is the ruling on singling out the month of Muharram for fasting like that of David (peace be upon him)?
- Is the intention to fast an obligatory fast valid if it occurs after Fajr?
- Which is better regarding the Ashura fast?
- ما هي الأيام الواجب صيامها في شهر محرم؟
- Is it permissible to fast on Friday during the month of Rajab?
- Is that which is forbidden (Muharram) what the Shari'a has decisively prohibited, or what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do, and is everything that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do forbidden?
- Is the fast of one who watched pornographic clips half an hour before the dawn adhan on the Day of Ashura, then performed ghusl and emitted semen without masturbating after the adhan, invalidated?
- How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him), "If I live until the next year, I will fast the ninth," and his death before fasting the ninth, with his residence in Medina for more than ten years?