Fiqh-us-Sunnah
(Az-Zakah and as-Siyam)
Alms Tax and Fasting
By As- Sayyid Saabiq
Translators Abdul Majid Khokar Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo & Muhammad Sa'eed Dabas, ,
Hard Back 166 Pages
Published bAmerican Trust Publications
Introduction By M Taiq Quraishi
Fiqh-us-Sunnah was written by Sayyid Saabiq (1915-2000 C.E.),
He wrote the book in Arabic at the request of Imam Hassan al-Banna, the
founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan). Every Fiqh ruling in the book goes
back to the Qur'an and Sunnah and Sabiq dealt with all four madhahib
objectively, with no preferential treatment to any.
This Volumes Covers the
following Topics:
-Zakaat and Fasting
Zakah in Islamic Jurisprudence
Monetary holdings subject to zakah
Zakah on plants and fruit
Zakah on Animals
Zakah on Buried Treasure and Precious Minerals
Zakah on Wealth Extracted from the Sea
The Recipients of Zakah
Zakat ul-Fitr
Zakat ut-Tatawwu or Voluntary Sadaqah
Fasting (As-siyam)
The Fast of Ramadan
The Forbidden Days to Fast
Voluntary Fasts
The Manners of Fasting
Acts That are Permissible During the Fast
Actions that Void the Fast
Making Up Missed Days of Ramadan
Night of Qadr
I'tikaf or Seclusion in the Mosque
About the Author
Sayyid Sabiq was born in 1915 in the Egyptian village, Istanha. He received
his education at Al-Azhar and after his graduation worked as the Director of
Mosques and Islamic Education in the Egyptian Islamic Affairs Ministry. He also
taught at Al-Azhar, and later moved to Saudi Arabia, where he headed the Shari'a
Graduate Studies Department in Um Al-Qura University. After moving back to
Egypt, he spent years teaching students in a Mosque in Cairo.
Sayyid Sabiq was a noted Islamic activist. After writing Fiqh As-Sunnah, Sabiq
spent some time fighting along with the Mujahideen in Palestine in the late
1940's and he later visited most countries in the world and lectured in their
mosques. He was the first graduate of Azhar to visit the Soviet Union and check
on the conditions of Muslims there.
Information taken from:
http://www.ymofmd.com/books/fiqhussunnah/fusintro.html
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