Ramadan Dictionary


Fasting

Fasting, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, is the name given to the act of abstaining yourself from eating food, having intercourse, and other deeds resulting in the breaking of fasting, from dawn time until the sunset....

The Wives of the Prophet
In Arabic, the phrase Azwaj-i-Tahirat means “the pure wives” and refers to the women to whom Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was married. Although the Prophet was married to only one woman during the Meccan period, he married others afterwards for a variety of religious, social, economic or moral reasons. The Quran characterizes the wives of the Prophet as the “Mothers of Believers”: “The Prophet is clo...

Kutub Al-Sitta (The Six Books)
The hadith (sayings of the Prophet) literature has developed in the following stages: a) The Kitabat al-Hadith, that is the recording of a hadith on paper during the period of the Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet) and the early Tabiin (Successors of Companions of the Prophet). b) The Tedvin al-hadith (collection of hadith), the compilation of scattered materials over the last quarter of the firs...