Zakat on gold and jewellery: worn, stored, and how to work it out
Is zakat due on the gold you wear? The nisab in grams, tola and your currency, karats turned into pure gold, the Hanafi and majority views with their evidence, and three worked examples from jewellery box to zakat figure.
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Women21 minFasting and prayer on your period: a guide across the schools
Hayd, istihada and nifas explained gently and in full: why fasts are made up and prayers are not, what to do when your period starts or ends on a fasting day, ghusl, the Quran and du'a, and every point where the four schools differ.
How-to21 minHow to make up missed prayers (qada): a realistic plan
Whether you missed a week or ten years, here is how to count what you owe, pray each make-up prayer, keep the right order in each of the four schools, and choose a pace you can sustain.
How-to23 minHow to find the qibla, with or without a phone
The qibla follows the curve of the earth, not a flat map. Here is how to find it with a phone you can trust, with your shadow and a clock face, on the four days the sun points the way, with a map or the stars, on the road and in the air, and how exact you need to be.
Du'ās28 minThe du'as of the Prophets in the Quran, and when to make each one
Every Prophet's du'a the Quran keeps, from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ, in Arabic, transliteration and English, with the moment it was said, the answer Allah gave, and when to make it in your own life.
How-to23 minWhy prayer times differ between apps, and which one to follow
Two apps, two Fajr times. The twilight angles, the Asr shadow, high-latitude rules and official timetables behind every difference, what the schools hold, and a simple way to choose for your city.
Du'ās13 minDu'a for anxiety from the Quran and Sunnah
The du'as the Prophet ﷺ taught for anxiety, worry, fear and grief, from the Quran and authentic Sunnah, each with Arabic, transliteration and meaning, and an honest word on treatment alongside them.
How-to22 minHow to check if packaged food is halal: the complete label guide
Read a label the way a careful Muslim shopper does: the words that settle it, the ingredients whose source decides, how to verify a halal mark, and the fiqh of doubt, with a checklist for the aisle.
How-to25 minHow to pray salah step by step: a guide for new Muslims
A gentle, complete walkthrough of the Muslim prayer for new Muslims: the five prayers, wudu, every position illustrated, every word in Arabic, transliteration and English, and what to do while you are still learning.
Foundations12 minHow to convert to Islam: the shahada and your first week
Two sentences make you Muslim. The shahada in Arabic, transliteration and English, exactly how to take it, witnesses and certificates, a gentle first week, and where to find support.
Sunnah11 minSurah Al-Kahf on Friday: why Muslims read it, and how
Light between the two Fridays: the authentic hadith and their grading, the window from Thursday Maghrib to Friday Maghrib, realistic reading plans, and the four stories with the trial each one prepares you for.
How-to15 minHow to perform wudu step by step, with the du'a after
Wudu step by step with diagrams: the four acts every school makes fard, the sunnah acts, what breaks wudu and where the schools differ, wiping over socks, tayammum, and the du'a after wudu.
Foundations13 minHow to pray istikhara: the prayer for guidance
How to pray istikhara step by step, the full du'a of Bukhari 1166 in Arabic with transliteration and meaning, when to pray it, and what to expect after. No dream required.
Zakat28 minHow to calculate zakat on savings and investments
One clear method for cash, gold, shares, funds, pensions and crypto: which nisab to use, what to do with interest and debts, three worked examples, and where the four schools differ.
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