As someone born and raised in the UK, I am very much British. I am also a Muslim and I am proud of that fact, and doubly-proud that I am a British Muslim.Let me then go on to say how angry, sad, appalled, disgusted and outraged I am at the perpetrators of these attacks. These sentiments are shared by our entire community of right-minded people. If, indeed, the perpetrators describe themselves as Muslims, then I would like to say that…
More on the position of feet… Wa alaykum as-Salam, This has been covered in the recently republished Fiqh al-Imam. In addition to tacit approval not forming a Prophetic command: 1. An explicit Prophetic command mentions the shoulders touching. So this should be given far more emphasis than the feet, not the reverse. 2. An explicit Prophetic command stipulates: “I`tadilu” when standing in a prayer-row. I`tidal requires the proportional repose of the limbs whereby if a person is standing in i`tidal…
I went to perform salat al-Maghrib at our local masjid today. I noticed a Muslim man of West Indian origin pointing and chatting to some of the members of our community, it seemed that he was making a few points about certain things. I took very little notice of him but my Madhhabi-sense was tingling: “I bet he is a Salafi”. Anyway the iqama was read and we started to form the lines for the prayer, when I again noticed…