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Diet during Ramadan

It is a globally recognized and foremost part of dietary guidelines that eating a variety of food using principles of moderation and balance. This is particularly true during the Islamic month of Ramadan when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. To be healthy, one must consume food from the major food groups: bread and cereal, milk and dairy product, meat and bean, vegetable and fruit. During the month long fast of Ramadan the metabolic rate of a fasting person slows down and other regulatory mechanisms start functioning. Body and dietary fat is efficiently utilized. Consuming total food intake that is less than the total food intake during normal days is sufficient to maintain a person's health. Intake of fruits after a meal is strongly suggested. A balanced diet improves blood cholesterol profile, reduces gastric acidity, prevents constipation and other digestive problems, and contributes to an active and healthy life style. (Int. J. Ramadan Fasting Research, 3:1-6, 1999)

The Mushaf Of 'Uthman

During the time of 'Uthman differences in reading the Qur'an became obvious, and after consultation with the Companions, 'Uthman had a standard copy prepared from the suhuf of Abu Bakr that were kept with Hafsa at that time.

al-KAUTHAR

The Surah has been so designated after the word al-kauthar occurring in the first verse.

AL-JUMU`A (Friday)

It is derived from the sentenceidha nudiya-lis-salat-imin-yaum-il- Jumu'ati of verse 9. Although in this Surah injunctions about the Friday congregational Prayer also have been given, yet "Jumu'ah" is not the title of its subject-matter as a whole, but this name too, like the names of other Surahs, is only a symbolic title.

Ahqaaf (The Dunes)

It is derived from the verse 21.

Ibn Khaldun and the Traditions about the Mahdi

A Selective Bibliography of Hadith (part 5)

A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies (part 3)

Duties of brotherhood in Islam

[Summarized from the book of Ihya' `Ulum Ad-Din, written by Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, (1058 - 1111 C.E.)]

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