What does to Wipe the Head Mean? Mash (wipe) lexically means to move the hand on something. It also means to wipe. In religious terminology, it means to touch a place with wetness that has not been used anywhere else. The place that is touched can be the head, the khuffs worn on ...
Jāhiliyyah, in Islam, the period preceding the revelation of the Qurʾān to the Prophet Muhammad. In Arabic the word means“ignorance,” or “barbarism,” and indicates a negative Muslim evaluation of pre-Islamic life and culture in Arabia as compared to the teachings and practices of Isla...
Dear brothers and sisters, the fourth pillar of Islam is fasting (in Arabic: Siyam or Saum). And it is to fast throughout the month of Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar). This is an act of worship that draws the Muslim closer to Allah, as the Qur’an stated: “Fasti...