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Fiqh-us-Sunnah was written by Sayyid Saabiq (1915-2000 C.E.), may Allaah have mercy on him. The following information is taken from his obituary in the March 2, 2000 Daily News of IANA Radionet.
In the early 1990’s, Fiqh-us-Sunnah was translated into English by a group of people commissioned by American Trust Publications. The translators included Muhammad Sa’eed Dabas, Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo, Abdul-Majid Khokhar, and M. S. Kayani. This group published Fiqh-us-Sunnah in five volumes.
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Section : Catching One Rak’ah or Less of the Jumu’ah. Most of the people of knowledge are of the opinion that if a person catches only one rak’ah of al-Jumu’ah, then that rak’ah will be valid and the person need…
Section : Offering the salah in a crowded area. Ahmad and al-Baihaqi relate from Sayyar that ‘Umar was giving an address and said: “The Messenger of Allah built this mosque and we were with him [i.e., the emigrants and the…
Section : Nawaf’l before and after al-Jumu’ah. It is a sunnah to pray four rak’at or two rak’at after al-Jumu’ah: Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: “Whoever is to pray after the Jumu’ah should pray four…
Section : Salatul Jumu’ah and Salatul ‘Id occurring on the same day. If the day of ‘Id occurs on Jumu’ah, then salatul Jumu’ah is no longer an obligation upon those who performed the salatul ‘Id. Zaid ibn Arqam says: “The…
Section : Combining two prayers. It is allowed for a person to combine the zuhr and ‘asr salah, either during the time of the earlier or the later salah, or the maghrib and ‘isha prayers if he is in one…
Section : Combining the salah at ‘Arafa and al-Muzdalifah. The scholars are in agreement that one is to combine the zuhr and ‘asr prayer during the time of the zuhr prayer, at ‘Arafa [during the performance of the pilgrimage], and…
Section : Combining the salah during travelling. Most of the people of knowledge are of the opinion that it is permissible to combine two prayers during the time of either one of them while travelling, regardless of whether the person…
Section : Combining two prayers during rain. Al-Athram records in his Sunnan that Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abdurrahman said: “It is a sunnah to combine the maghrib and ‘isha prayers when it is raining.” Al-Bukhari records that the Prophet sallallahu alehi…
Section : Combining the two prayers due to some illness or other excuse. Ahmad, Qadi Hussain, al-Khattabi, and al-Mutawali of the Shaf’i school are of the opinion that it is allowed to combine two prayers, either during the time of…
Section : Combining two prayers due to some pressing need. Imam an-Nawawi writes in his commentary on Sahih Muslim: “The majority of the scholars are of the opinion that it is allowed for the resident to combine the prayers due…
Section : Validity of combined prayers after their legal excuse ceases to exist. In al-Mughni it is stated: “If someone performs both prayers at the time of the earlier salah and then his reason for doing so ceases to exist…
Section : Prayer on a ship, train or plane. A salah on a ship, train, plane, and so on, is valid and there is no dislike for such an act as it makes life easier for the one performing it.…
Section : Some supplications for the traveller. It is preferred for the traveller to say, upon leaving his house: “In the name of Allah, the Exalted! We have trusted in Allah. There is no power or might, save with Allah.…
Section : The prayer of a traveller, shortening the prayers that consist of four rak’at. Allah says in the Qur’an: “And when you go forth in the land there is no sin upon you, if you shorten your prayer when…
Section : The distance one must travel before shortening one’s prayer. The conclusion from the Qur’anic verse is that any travelling, be it long or short, which falls within the linguistic definition of the word “travel” would suffice to shorten…