IslamIndonesia's Hajj and Umrah ministry says the national average wait to perform Hajj is now 14 years, after checking some 5.7 million registrations and removing about 400,000 invalid records.
IslamCouples living under one roof are drifting apart; Muhammad Muhsin Mashkur draws on Surah Ar-Rum, An-Nisa and Al-Baqarah and the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) for five ways to strengthen a marriage.
IslamThe detailed rules of prayer, fasting, zakat and Hajj come from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him), not the Quran's text alone, and the context of many verses needs the Hadith too.
Islam'Astaghfirullah' means 'I seek Allah's forgiveness'; drawing on Surah Nuh and Surah Az-Zumar and the hadith that the Prophet (peace be upon him) sought forgiveness more than 70 times a day, Channel i Online explains istighfar and sincere repentance.
IslamTwo hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari say that Allah tests those He wishes good for, and that a Muslim's fatigue, illness and pain are a means of forgiveness of sins.
IslamAccording to a hadith in Sahih Muslim, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) will be the first to come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Judgement, and it will be opened for him first.
The bus fare from Madinah airport to the city has been cut to 3.45 Saudi riyals, and new routes and stops have opened.
IslamPerforming wudu before going to bed is a practice the Prophet taught his Companions; writer Ahmad Sabbir explains its meaning in Prothom Alo, drawing on a hadith in Sahih Muslim.
IslamWriter Farzia Hossain explains the context and lesson of the short prayer the Prophet Musa made in the shade of a tree after reaching Madyan from Egypt, preserved in verse 24 of Surah al-Qasas, in Channel i Online.
IslamVerses 4 to 7 of Surah Al-Ma'un warn not those who skip prayer but those who pray heedlessly, pray to be seen, and refuse even small help to others.
Citing classical works of fiqh, a Prothom Alo writer says trading in human hair is not permitted because of human dignity, while the ban does not apply as such to synthetic fibre or animal hair.
A hadith in Tirmidhi says that Allah enriches the heart of one whose concern is the hereafter, while one whose only concern is this world finds his affairs in disarray.
Verse 2 of Surah An-Nisa orders that orphans be given their property and forbids consuming it; supporting orphans and widows through zakat, fitra and gifts is described as greatly rewarded.
