Chapter 3

The Islamic Acts of Worship

العبادات

Wudu and tayammum, prayer, fasting, Hajj, zakat and the remembrance of Allah.

41 answers from the Quran and Sunnah, reviewed by Professor Khaled Al-Houli

Wudu and Tayammum

3 answers
  1. What Is the Difference Between Wudu (Ablution) and Tayammum?
  2. Can a Person in Janabah Perform Wudu and Pray?
  3. What Are the Essentials of Wudu (Ablution)?

Fasting

5 answers
  1. Who Is Obligated to Fast?
  2. What Are the Excuses for Breaking the Fast?
  3. What Are the Types of Fasting?
  4. When Does Fasting Begin and When Does It End?
  5. What Is the Ruling on Intercourse During the Day in Ramadan or During a Day of Fasting?

Hajj and Umrah

7 answers
  1. What Is the Ruling on Hajj and What Is Its Reward?
  2. What Are the Conditions That Make Hajj Obligatory?
  3. Can One Perform Hajj on Behalf of Another Person?
  4. When Are the Months of Hajj?
  5. What Types of Rites Are There in Hajj?
  6. What Is the Ruling on Visiting Medina and Is It a Ritual of Hajj?
  7. What Is the Ruling on Umrah?

Salah (Prayer)

13 answers
  1. What Is the Ruling on Salah (Prayers)?
  2. What Is the Ruling for Those Who Do Not Pray?
  3. Who Is Obliged to Perform Prayers? Is a Young Boy Obliged?
  4. Which Muslim Adults Are Not Obliged to Pray?
  5. How Many Prayers Should a Muslim Pray in One Day? What Are They?
  6. What Are the Requirements Without Which Prayer Is Invalid?
  7. What Are the Obligatory Parts of Salat?
  8. What Are the Pillars (Arkan) of Salat Without Which It Is Invalid?
  9. How Did Allah Almighty Describe the Prayers of the Hypocrites?
  10. What Are the Nullifiers of Salat?
  11. What Is Humility in Prayer?
  12. What Helps Us Pray Submissively and With Humility?
  13. How Does a Traveler Pray?

Zikr (Remembrance of Allah)

6 answers
  1. How Does a Muslim Remember Allah Almighty and Glorify Him?
  2. What Is the Effect of Remembrance of Allah on Man?
  3. What Are the Benefits of Remembering Allah?
  4. How Does One Remember Allah, Glorified Be He?
  5. What Is the Penalty for Being Oblivious of Allah’s Remembrance?
  6. What Forms of Remembrance Are Mentioned in the Quran?

Zakat and Zakat al-Fitr

7 answers
  1. What Is Zakat?
  2. What Is the Ruling on Zakat and What Is the Proof From the Holy Quran?
  3. What Are the Conditions for Having to Pay Zakat?
  4. Who Has the Right to Receive Zakat?
  5. What Is Zakat al-Fitr?
  6. How Much Is Zakat al-Fitr?
  7. Can One Pay the Value of Zakat al-Fitr With Money?

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