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the obligatory salat, prayer, before sunrise.
a person who is an expert on Islamic jurisprudence (law), fiqh.
something which is obligatory on a Muslim. It is sometimes used in reference to the obligatory part of salat.
this was the name given to Umar ibn al-Khattab. It means 'One who distinguishes the truth from falsehood'.
legal opinion concerning Islamic Law.
Islamic law.
means civil strife, war, riots.
plural form of faqih.
"When a person dies, his works end, except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that is benefited from, and a righteous child who prays for him."
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)
"The best of what a man leaves behind are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, ongoing charity the reward of which reaches him, and knowledge that is acted upon after him."
Sunan Ibn Mājah
"Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause,' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah! Destroy every miser.'"
Sahih Bukhari