Last Friday’s Mosque bombing was one of the most bizarre we have ever seen. As over 500 worshipers gathered in the most populous mosque in Kano, Emir’s Mosque for their Friday worship, the forces of evil had other ideas; bombed the worshipers and took away many lives.

“O you who believe, when you rise to observe the Salat, you shall wash your faces and your arms to the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles.” 5:6

Muslims are highly encouraged to visit the sick as stated in the Sunnah. When visiting a ill person Islamic etiquette must be observed. This include visiting at proper time, saying good words, supplicating for the sick, advice the sick person to be patient, render necessary assistance (religious, moral, financial ) etc. If you observed that the sick is about to die, it is recommended to make him/her lie facing the direction of the Qibla, lying on his or her right side.

All praise is for Allah the Mighty ,the Exalted, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon His final Messenger Muhammad Ibn Abdullah and upon his family and companions.

The dawah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the Sahabah (RA) and orthodox scholars such as Shaikh Ibn Taimiyyah, Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab, Ibn Bazz among others abolished all the superstitions and beliefs of the jahiliyah period such as beliefs that Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar is a month of ill-fortune and bad luck in Saudi Arabia.