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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


While saying goodbye to Ramadan, each one of us should ask himself these questions:

What have I gained from this month? Have I passed the test?

Do I deserve to get the diploma of taqwa? Whoever finds goodness then let him praise Allah SWT and whoever finds something else let him work hard to reform himself and seek the help from Allah.

What is there after Ramadan? Do the lessons of Ramadan end with it, or continue after it? To answer this question, we shall briefly go over these lessons:

1. Fasting: we’ve learned from fasting how to soften our souls and break their desires and performing the concept of Ubudiyah to Allah alone. The prophet SAW encouraged us to continue fasting six days during the month of Shawwal when he said, “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and he follows it with six days of Shawwal as if he fast the whole year”. It was the tradition of the Prophet SAAW to fast Mondays, Thursdays, three days of each lunar moth, the day of Arafah, Ashourah and most of Sha’ban and Muharram.

2. Praying Taraweeh: Praying at night was the habit of the Prophet SAW all his life, and he used to encourage his followers to do so. He (s) said, “Do qiyam al-layl, the night prayer; it used to be the good deeds of the pious people before you. It draws you closer to your Lord, it causes your sins to be forgiven, and it causes you to avoid doing bad deeds”. Allah SWT describes his pious servants that “they used to sleep a little at night” in Surat Al-Sajdah.

3. The recitation of the Quran: You must not stop reading the Quran after Ramadan, otherwise you’ll be among those whom the prophet (S) described as Allah says, “And the messenger said, ‘O my Lord! Verily my people have deserted this Quran". And remember the advice of the Prophet(S) when he said, “Read the Quran repeatedly, for the reason that it is easier to be released from the chests of men than the camel from its leash”. So open your heart to the orders and advices of Allah, and make sure that your wife and children learn how to read correctly the book of Allah.

4. Charity: Allah SWT says, “those who spend their wealth day and night, secretly and publicly, their reward is with their lord…’. The prophet SAAW was very generous, like wind loaded with rain. Remember that Allah SWT will compensate you for what you spend, and that spending is a sign of having iman. Remember that the reward of spending for the sake of Allah in non-Muslim countries is anticipated to be doubled since the need for it is urgent for building and maintaining Masajid, schools and other institutes. Spending from your wealth will benefit you in your life and in the hereafter. The messenger of Allah SAW said, “When the son of Adam dies, his deeds will be terminated except in case of one of these three: a continual charity, or a beneficial knowledge, or a pious son who prays for his father."

5. Abandoning the Evil: Abandoning the evil and not committing sins is a must in Ramadan and outside Ramadan. It is the deed of the people of true faith. There is no goodness in a Muslim who doesn’t do evil in Ramadan but as soon as Ramadan ends, he goes back to his evil deeds.

I ask Allah SWT to bless you, to accept our `Ibadah, and to free us all from the hellfire.

Allah Almighty knows best.

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


The expiation for having full sexual intercourse between spouses during obligatory fasting hours is to free a slave (when there was slavery), if the husband can not due to any legitimate reason (like lacking slaves as it is the situation nowadays), then he has to fast sixty continuous days. Otherwise, and if he can not, then he has to feed sixty poor people. As for the wife, she has to make up the day only.

The above expiation is required in addition to making up the day they missed.

May Allah grant you steadfastness in applying your Religion, and forgive your and our sins all

Allah Almighty knows best.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


I ask Allah SWT to accept your Zakah and all the good deeds you did in Ramadah.

Next time, and in such a case, it is preferred to submit your Zakatul-Fitr to the needy yourself, and not to put it in the Masjid because of the time limit.

Allah Almighty knows best.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


Keep concealing your sins and do not expose them to anybody. But if some of them require expiation; then in addition to your sincere repentance, you need to expiate for these sins. For instance; breaking the fast for no legitimate reason requires making this day up. Also, if you have committed sins that have rights of others; you have to pay back others’ rights or to seek their forgiveness.

If the above conditions are fulfilled, then our good deeds are to be accepted by Allah SWT the most forgiving the most merciful.

May Allah SWT conceal and forgive our sins all.

Allah Almighty knows best.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


Your young son will definitely be rewarded for his fasting, along with his parents who trained and encouraged him to do so.

As of the lessons we learn, I mentioned them in answering a question similar to yours, but will list them again:

1. Fasting: we’ve learned from fasting how to soften our souls and break their desires and performing the concept of Ubudiyah to Allah alone. The prophet SAW encouraged us to continue fasting six days during the month of Shawwal when he said, “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and he follows it with six days of Shawwal as if he fast the whole year”. It was the tradition of the Prophet SAAW to fast Mondays, Thursdays, three days of each lunar moth, the day of Arafah, Ashourah and most of Sha’ban and Muharram.

2. Praying Taraweeh: Praying at night was the habit of the Prophet SAW all his life, and he used to encourage his followers to do so. He (s) said, “Do qiyam al-layl, the night prayer; it used to be the good deeds of the pious people before you. It draws you closer to your Lord, it causes your sins to be forgiven, and it causes you to avoid doing bad deeds”. Allah SWT describes his pious servants that “they used to sleep a little at night” in Surat Al-Sajdah.

3. The recitation of the Quran: You must not stop reading the Quran after Ramadan, otherwise you’ll be among those whom the prophet (S) described as Allah says, “And the messenger said, ‘O my Lord! Verily my people have deserted this Quran". And remember the advice of the Prophet(S) when he said, “Read the Quran repeatedly, for the reason that it is easier to be released from the chests of men than the camel from its leash”. So open your heart to the orders and advices of Allah, and make sure that your wife and children learn how to read correctly the book of Allah.

Allah Almighty knows best.

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


The Prophet SAW is the one who delivered the Quran to us. Our belief in the Quran entails believing in the authority of the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohamad SAW. Allah SWT said, which can be translated as "Whatever the Prophet ordained, apply it. And whatever he forbade, avoid it."

Many rules and rituals we apply are not mentioned in the Qur'an. For example: the exact way of performing prayers, the Zakah rates, rituals of Hajj, expiation of breaking fast by having sexual intercourse, the share of the grandmother in inheritance,...etc
All the above and much more have been legislated by the Prophet SAW. However, our belief is that what He legislated outside the Qur'an is because of receiving a different kind of revelation "And He does not talk out of His own mind, but it is a revelation". Another straightforward verse indicating that the Sunnah is another kind of revelation is "And Allah revealed to you the Qur'an and Al-Hikmah and taught you what you did not know", and Al-Hikmah in this verse means the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW.

Another example closer to your question is the punishment of stoning until death for committing adultery by married people. That is something mentioned and applied only in the Sunnah, while the Qur'an indicated lashing the sinner 100 times as you know.

Having said the above, and to answer your question directly; what the Prophet SAW said is to apply literally, and the divorcee can not remarry her first husband without consummating the second marriage and having full sexual intercourse with her husband.

Allah Almighty knows best.

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

If you know that insisting and persisting in blaming your husband makes him angry like this, then do not be insistent and pushy in getting what you want, especially when you need to apologize afterward. When you want to discuss a chronic problem like this one, you need to choose the best time for that. Use some logic in your approach, like: I need you and not only your money. I am your life partner and not your business partner,..etc.

Sometimes, a third party who has an influence on your husband might be a good mean to deliver your message to him.

May Allah SWT make it easy for you, and provide you with patience to handle this issue.

Allah Almighty knows best.

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