Worship

The pillars in practice: prayer, fasting, zakat, Hajj and Umrah, the sacred calendar, and tools to use day to day.

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Ramadan and Fasting in Australia

The same rules as my parents' Ramadan, in very different circumstances: what the Qur'an says, what breaks a fast in each school, why Sydney mosques start on different days, and the likely 2027 dates.

Prayer (ṣalāh): How and Why

What actually happens on the prayer mat, five times a day: the words, what they mean, the times in Sydney, and where the Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī and Jaʿfarī schools do it differently.

Zakat in Practice

Who owes zakat, on what, and how much: the gold and silver thresholds, jewellery, shares and super, giving to family, Twelver khums, and paying in Australia, with a calculator.

The Islamic Calendar and Its Sacred Days

Why the Islamic year is lunar and drifts through the seasons, how ʿUmar came to count from the Hijra, which days in the year matter and why, and why your app and your mosque can disagree by a day.

Hajj and ʿUmra

What the pilgrimage is, rite by rite and day by day from Jābir's account of the Prophet's Hajj, where the schools differ, and how to get there from Australia through Nusuk without being scammed.