Khutbah on Friday 21 July

ISLAM AGAINST EXTREMISM

Come along to a special conference by learnaboutislam.co.uk, in which through a series of lectures the truth that terrorism is not permissible nor legislated in Islam will be clarified.

TOPICS COVERED:

• The origins of extremist ideology
• Deviations leading to extremism & terrorism
• Rebuttal of groups who promote extremism

LIVE TALKS BY:

• Abu Khadeejah Abdul Wahid
• Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis
• Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (TBC)
• Uways at-Taweel
• Dr Abdulilah Lahmami

TIME: 1-10PM

LOCATION: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – MOSS LANE EAST, MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER M14 4PX

🎙By Abu Iyaad – Straight Path Conference 2013

Saturday 15 July

Chapter of Prayer: Prayer of those having Legal Excuses

• Brief recap of last lesson on the prayer of the ill person
• The Traveller can shorten some of the prayers
• From among the ones with legal excuses or leeway regarding the prayer is the traveller
• It is legislated to shorten a 4 Rakah prayer down to 2
• Reminder that originally the 4 rakah prayers (dhur, asr, isha) used to be 2 and afterwards were legislated to be 4 except for the traveller
• The 2 Rakah prayer (fajr) and the 3 Rakah prayer (maghrib) cannot be shortened
• What the Quran says about shortening prayer
• The prophet when he used to travel he would always shorten the 4 Rakahs to 2
• Ibn Umar said “the traveller’s prayer is 2 Rakahs and that is complete…”
• When are you allowed to shorten your prayer? (what defines you as a traveller?)
  • You must be travelling in order to shorten prayer, e.g. if traveling at 13:00 one cannot shorten if still resident at 12:00
  • Do you have to leave the boundary of your city?
  • Opinions of scholars quantifying the distance
  • Taking into account the norms of the people
• What about if one makes regular journeys (e.g. daily), do you combine and shorten?
  • g. regular commuter, taxi driver, courier or deliveryman etc.