Sunnah

Rather than sleeping after the Morning Prayer, as his Sunnah, the Messenger of God ﷺ engaged in dhikr (remembering and mentioning the Names of Allah) and spent time by conversing with his Companions.  He ﷺ said, “Performing the morning…

People who follow the Sunnah and get up at night in order to perform the Tahajjud Prayer are described in the Holy Qur'an as follow: “They do forsake their beds of sleep, while they call on their Lord, in fear and hope, and they spend (in…

عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: مَا عَابَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَعَامًا قَطُّ إِنِ اشْتَهَاهُ أَكَلَهُ ، وَإِلَّا تَرَكَهُ Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) says: “The Messenger of God ﷺ never found flaws in…

Although there are no specific surahs for Prayers, there are surahs that the Messenger of God recited more frequently in some Prayers. Some of those will be mentioned below. However, it should not be understood that He would constantly…

Praying and greeting the household while entering the house is a Sunnah for Muslims.  Abu Malik (may God be pleased with him) says: عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِىَ اللّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى…

The month of Shawwal is the month after Ramadan in which the first three days are celebrated as Eid al-Fitr. The Messenger of God (ﷺ) practiced and encouraged fasting during six days in Shawwal (except for the first day of eid). The…

Shawwal Shawwal (الشوّال) is the tenth month of the lunar year, after Ramadan and just before Dhul Qadah. It is also known as ‘the month of feast' (eid). The word “Shawwal,” which derives from the root of Shawl, has a variety of…

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ "If I did not hesitate that I would give my fellow Muslims difficulties, I would order…

“The things that I fear most for my people are being overweight, sleeping too much, laziness and a lack of deep faith.” The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Effective time management occurs only when we force…

Sleep is a blessing from God. Humans spend around one third of their lives sleeping. Sleep is essential for the performance of important daily acts such as speech, memory, and original or flexible thinking. At the end of a busy day our…