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(salam) I thank Br Sadiq for raising this issue and bringing it to our attention. It is worth discussing the legality (from a sharia point of view) of fashion shows. Is it halal to: a. Design clothes b. Organize event c. Take pictures d. Publicize the event e. Sponsor / facilitate the event In my op...

LCM of first 10 numbers

Re the calendars, we'll need to confirm as I'm not sure.


Observations wouldn't be that difficult. We could organize a 1 week observation and see for ourselves.

I wonder how the times in the calendar were arrived at then? As they match none of the above From what I know, Sayyid Akhtar Rizwi made the original calendars years ago. At that time the timings held true but every year there is a change of a few tens of seconds and over the years this has accumula...

I have a salaat calculator and a separate calculator by the US Govt Department of Ecology both of which accept custom angles for dawn and dusk.

At 18 degrees (Astronomical), dawn is at 5.17 and has been around that much (+-5) for the entire month of Ramadhan.

Both of them give nautical after 5:40.

This article explain everything quite nicely http://www.al-islam.org/beliefs/practices/fajr.html Going by that, the imsaak time mentioned in the namaaz time tables is a few mins before the astronomical twilight. Fajr time is a bit earlier than what Sayyid recommends whilst the time jamaat is prayed ...

<quote idiot> Well our sins are forgiven so we can do what we like </quote idiot>

Who decided what we talk about is halaal?

Isn't that walking on a thin rope?

thnx Hasin

For the sake of gaining knowledge (despite the fact that no wrong has been done by most of the members here),
here is the lecture that Insaan was referring to
Lecture 9, 1432

2048. If a person is offered the expenses of his return journey to Makkah, as well as the expenses of his family during the period of Hajj, Hajj becomes obligatory on him, even if he is indebted, and does not possess means of support with which to lead his life after his return. But if the days of ...

The existence of God is a matter that has been discussed and debated for centuries. Even those who claim to believe in God continue to have uncertain moments when they ask themselves questions like Why is God, god? Why did he create us? When these questions are put before theologians or scholars th...