Tawbah
Tawbah is repentance: turning back to God after a wrong action. It involves regret, stopping the act, and a sincere intention not to return to it. Where a wrong involved another person, scholarship also describes making amends where possible.
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Is it meant that the intention in the heart is to utter it verbally and then say the opening Takbir (Takbirat al-Ihram)? And how should the intention be for the Tarawih, Witr, and Tawbah prayers?
The intention (niyyah) to do something means that a person brings to mind the will to perform that action. The intention for witr prayer is simply to intend to pray witr. If one does not do so, the obligation of witr…
Is it obligatory to say the Basmalah when moving between surahs in a Quranic examination, and is one to seek refuge (with Allah) when reciting a passage from Surat At-Tawbah?
If the recited passage is from the beginning of a Surah, then reciting the Basmalah is recommended. If it is from the middle, one has the choice between reciting it or omitting it, this applies to all Surahs except…
What is the wisdom behind not beginning Surat Al-Tawbah with the Basmala, unlike the rest of the surahs of the Qur’an?
Surah At-Tawbah does not begin with the Basmalah for one of two main reasons: 1. The Companions believed that Surahs Al-Anfal and At-Tawbah (Bara’ah) were a single surah, due to the similarity of their narratives.…
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What is the interpretation of verses 24-25 of Surat At-Tawbah, and what is the ruling on loving fathers, wealth, and other things more than Allah, His Messenger, and striving in His cause? Is that considered apostasy, and does “jihad” refer only to fighting?
What is the authenticity of the hadiths narrated concerning the virtue of reciting Surat At-Tawbah, including: "Whoever recites Surat At-Tawbah, Allah accepts his repentance just as He accepted from Adam and Dawud, and He answers his supplication just as He answered Zakariyya, and for every verse he recites, he receives reward similar to Zakariyya's," and "Whoever recites Surat Al-Anfal and Bara'ah (At-Tawbah), they will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection that he is free from polytheism and hypocrisy, and he will be given dwellings in Paradise equal to the number of every hypocrite (male and female), and he will be credited with the like of the glorification of the Throne and its bearers until the Day of Resurrection," and "The Qur'an was not revealed to me except verse by verse and letter by letter, except for Surat Bara'ah and Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, for they were revealed accompanied by seventy thousand rows of angels, each saying, 'Be mindful of Allah's lineage (relation) with good'"?
Is the Basmalah permissible when reciting Surat At-Tawbah from the middle or the end?