قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّه
“Say (O Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) : “Allāh has spoken the truth””
(Āli ʿImrān, 3:95)
وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ قِيلًا
“Whose words can be truer than those of Allāh? (Of course, none).”
(Al-Nisāʾ, 4:122)
وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَدِيثًا
“And who is truer in statement than Allāh?”
(Al-Nisāʾ, 4:87)
وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ
“And none can inform you (O Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)) like Him Who is the All-Knower (of each and everything).”
(Al-Fāṭir, 35:14)
قُلْ أَأَنتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللَّهُ
“Say, “Do you know better or does Allāh (know better)?”
(Al-Baq…
Changing Intention from Obligatory to Supererogatory for One Praying by Himself
Changing one’s intention while praying has several circumstances. Among them is a person praying by himself who changes his intention from that of an obligatory prayer to a supererogatory one while the obligatory ṣalāh’s time period remains. An example of this would be if a man begins praying Ṣalāt al-Ẓuhr by himself. While praying, he decides to change his intention such that the ṣalāh he is praying is intended as supererogatory. This is permissible provided there is still time remaining for the performance of …
فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ
“In their hearts is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and Allah has increased their disease. A painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies.”
(Al-Baqarah, 2:10)1
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ
“Have they not travelled through the land, and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear? Verily,…
