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Is beating or smacking children for tarbiyah permissible in Islam?

Raising children is one of the important duties enjoined by Allah to the parents. This can be well understood from the words of Allah and his messenger (sallahu alahi wasallam). Allah says: “O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, ...

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Should steps be taken to avoid spread of contagious diseases like avoiding contact with sick person?

Question: Assalamu alaikum, Should we take precautions to avoid contact with someon who got infected with chicken pox at house as its known its a contagious disease, avoiding contact in the sense not secluding but just avoiding sharing towel, bed-sheet, etc as it says in hadeeth about the camel one where prophet pbuh asked faman a’adal awwal? So should we avoid normal contact ...

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Al ghamghamah by Maulana Abdul jaleel samrudi (الغمغمة في سنية التسمية عند الاطعمة و غيرها دون)

Al-ghamghamah (الغمغمة) in Arabic means “Mumbling”. This book (musnaf مصنف), a classic from Maulana Abdul Jaleel Samroodi, was written in 1918 on the matter of “Basmallah”. Maulana gave an comprehensive explanation of when Basmallah is said and when it is not. Al-ghamghamah in sunni tasmiyah at the time of consuming food or at other times (الغمغمة في سنية التسمية عند ...

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Is the meat imported in Saudi Arabia Halaal or Haram?

Question: Is the meat imported in Saudi Arabia Halaal or Haram?  Answer: Praise be to Allah. This is a very common question asked by many these days and is a result of the continuous effort of some to defame and destroy the image of Saudi Arabia in the eyes of Muslims around the World. The haters of this “Land of Tawheed” ...

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Matn Al-Bayquniyyah fi Mustalah Al-Hadith (متن البيقونية في علم مصطلح الحديث)

Matn Al-Bayquniyyah fi Mustalah Al-Hadith (متن البيقونية في علم مصطلح الحديث) is an amazing timeless primer in poetry form which mentions the various classification of hadith. It is a 34 line rhythmic text in the form of poetry which was authored to introduce the hadith sciences to those who do not have prior knowledge of it. It has a broad scope, ...

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