The Prophet said: “The fasting person has two occasions for joy, one upon breaking the fast, and the other upon meeting His Lord.” [Sahīh al-Bukhārī (1904) and Sahīh Muslim (1151)] The joy of breaking the fast comes every night in Ramadān when we complete the day’s...

There is never any excuse to engage in backbiting others, even when they speak ill of you and even if they are doing wrong. The Pious Predecessors and the eminent scholars of the past exercised the greatest vigilance in avoiding backbiting, even in the most trying...