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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 : One should wake up one’s family for tahajjud. Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet said: “May Allah bless the man who gets up during the night to pray and wakes up his wife and who, if she refuses…
Section : One should stop praying tahajjud and sleep if one becomes very sleepy. ‘Aishah reports that the Messenger of Allah said: “When one of you gets up during the night for prayer and his Qur’anic recital becomes confused to…
Section : The recommended time for tahajjud. Salatul Layil may be performed in the early part of the night, the middle part of the night, or the latter part of the night, but after the obligatory salatul ‘isha. While describing…
Section : Best time for tahajjud. It is best to delay this prayer to the last third portion of the night. Abu Hurairah reports that the Messenger of Allah said: “Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven during the last…
Section : It is preferable to pray eleven or thirteen rak’at for tahajjud. One may choose between praying them all together or to separate them. ‘Aishah says: “The Messenger of Allah never prayed more than eleven rak’at, during Ramadan or…
Section : Making qada’ for the missed tahajjud. Muslim records that ‘Aishah said: “If the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam missed the late-night prayers due to pain or anything else, he would pray twelve rak’at during the day.” ‘Umar reports that…
Section : The Witr Prayer. Its excellence and justification: The witr prayer is one that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam practiced and which he encouraged others to practice. As such, praying witr comes under as-sunnah al-mu’akkadah. ‘Ali says: “The witr…
Section : Time for witr prayer. All the scholars agree that the time for the witr prayer does not begin until after salatul ‘isha and it continues until the time of salatul fajr. Abu Tamim al-Jishani relates that ‘Amr ibn…
Section : Nature and number of rak’at for witr. It is permissible to perform the witr by praying two rak’at [and concluding them] and then praying one rak’ah with a tashahud and taslim. Likewise, it is allowed to pray all…
Section : Recitation in the witr. It is permissible to recite after al-Fatihah any surah which one wishes to recite. ‘Ali says: “There is not a part of the Qur’an that is obsolete, so make the witr prayer of whatever…
Section : Al-Qunut in the Witr. It is part of sunnah to supplicate with qunut in the witr prayer during the entire year. Ahmad, at-Tirmizhi, an-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and others record that al-Hassan ibn ‘Ali said: “The Messenger…
Section : How to perform the qunut. It is permissible to make the qunut before going into ruku’ (bowing), or lt may be recited when one stands up straight after the ruku’. Humaid says: “I asked Anas: ‘Is the qunut…
Section : Supplications after the witr. It is preferred for a person to say after the taslim: “Glory be to the Master, the Holy,” three times aloud, saying the third time: “Lord of the angels and the souls.” Abu Dawud…
Section : Prohibition of two witr prayers in one night. Whoever has performed the witr prayer and then wishes to do some more, he may do so but he is not to repeat the witr. Abu Dawud, an-Nasa’i, and at-Tirmizhi…
Section : Making up a missed witr. According to al-Baihaqi and al-Hakim, the majority of the scholars maintain that it is correct to make qada’ for a missed witr prayer. Al-Hakim grades the following report by Abu Hurairah as sahih…