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24th May 2018, 8th Ramadhan 1439H Breastfeeding According to Quran, a mother may breastfeed their baby up to 24 months. This is confirmed by World Health Organization (WHO) that exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary foods up to two years of age or beyond. Surat Al-Baqarah  (The Cow), Chapter 2, Verse 233 : " Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Upon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable. No person is charged with more than his capacity. No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child. And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father]. And if they both desire weaning through mutual consent from both of them and consultation, there is no blame upon either of them. And if you wish to have your children nu...

24th May 2018, 8th Ramadhan 1439H Evil Eye (Al Ayn) Before sharing your whole personal life on social media, ask yourself this: Are you safe? Is this worth the risks? Don't forget that Allah, in the Quran, reminds us to protect ourselves from the evil eye and the harm of envious people. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said : ‘The evil eye is real.” ( Sunan Ibn Majah: 3507 ) Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Urwa ibn az-Zubayr told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered the house of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. There was a child weeping in the house, and they told him that it was from the evil eye. Urwa said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Why do you not find someone to make an incantation to protect it from the evil eye?...

11th April 2018, 24 Rejab 1439H Jizyah This verse only relate to the state of war situation only when enemy came to attack your country, not when country in peace. It is muslims obligation to provide safety and protection to the people in their countries including the non muslims. Muslims also have to refund the jizyah, when they believe that they cannot protect the non muslims or they will defeat in war. Surat At-Tawbah  (The Repentance), Chapter 9, Verse 29: " Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled." (Quran 9:29) References: Jizyah in Quran,  https://quran.com/search?q=jizyah , viewed 11th April 2018. Jizyah in Hadith,  https://sunnah.com/search/?q=jizyah , viewed 11th Apr...

30th March 2018, 12 Rejab 1439H Animals in Quran and Hadith Surat Luqmān  (Luqman), 31:10 " He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature . And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind." (Quran 31:10) Surat An-Naĥl  (The Bee), 16:66 "And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers." (Quran 16:66) Animals mentioned in the Quran It is forbidden for us to worship any animals or make animals into idols, because all animals are Allah's creations and belong to Him. We are forbid to worship any creations. Allah created the animals for us to use as helper or as food. There are animals that we cannot eat, not because it the animals are sacred, but because as subm...