Tag Archives: Islamic Rituals

Salat (Prayer), this standing and bending down; This way of sitting and laying the forehead on the ground; Uttering words in...

Traveling to and far beyond the Hajj, the most well-known Muslim pilgrimage, the volume's contributors reveal and analyze emerging contemporary Islamic pilgrimage practices around the world, in minority- and...

This book discusses the importance of Hajj, one of the obligatory pillars in Islam. The secrets, conditions of necessity, different types of Hajj as well as ...

Muslims around the world are fasting from dawn to maqrib this Ramadan. But what happens if the sun never sets...

Researchers at the University of Southern California studied humans, as well as mice, who went without food for two to four days at a time over a six-month period...

In a message for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Id al-Fitr, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has released a message, urging Christians and Muslims worldwide to build bridges of brotherhood and...

Research by exercise scientists has found that a balanced, protein-pacing, low-calorie diet that includes intermittent fasting not only achieves long-term weight loss, but also helps release toxins in the...

The Turkey’s largest Mosque will officially be inaugurated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Ergin Kulunk, head of the Remodeling and Sustenance Association of Istanbul Mosque and Culture Service Unit on...

This booklet is an abstract of the rules of fasting. It is extracted from a collection of studies, books and edicts written is accordance with the constructs followed by the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani...

This book is an important guide for Muslims which is explaining the rules and spiritual significance of Najasat and...