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They are: Salat-Prayer Saum- Fasting Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Zakat-Welfare tax Khums-Paying one-fifth of saving Jihad-Fighting in the cause of religion. Amr bil Ma'ruf-To exhort others to do good Nahy 'anil munkar-To forbid others to do evil To love the Prophet and his family members and to remain aloof from their enemies. Q. 45: ON WHICH THINGS SAJDAH IS ALL0WED?

In the book, Digest Peshawar Nights, published by Mis Peer mohamed Etrahim Trust, Karachi, in Chapter III: (Why Do Shias Perform Sajda (Prostration) On dust), it is said: "... according to Quranic injunction prostration must be performed on pure earth which includes dust, stone, sand and grass and all things that grow from earth, provided they are not used in eating or wearing." In which Surah I can find the ayat speaking about that subject?

That is the question put by some Sunni students studying here and I could not show them the Qur'anic injunction. A. I could not find here (in London) the original Persian copy of "Shabha-e-Peshawar" (Peshawar Nights); but I am almost certain that the mistake has been done by the English translator, not the original writer. The law, that sajdah should be done on earth or a thing which grows from earth and is not used in eating or wearing, is based on ahadith, not on Qur'an.

There are scores of ahadith even in Sunni books to this effect. Some of those books are: Sahih at-Tirmidhi Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan an-Nasa'i Mustadrak-u-Sahihayn of al-Hakim Kanzul-'Ummal al-Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal If you need detailed references, please write to me Q. 46.ABOUT 'QASR' PRAYER Here in Zanzibar, when our brothers go to a distance of 8 farsakh (= 27 miles 48 yards) or more, they offer Qasr prayer, and break their fast. Now, the town is Zanzibar, the island is Zanzibar.

Even at that distance they are not out of Zanzibar.How can they break their fast or pray Qasr? A. Your brothers' action is absolutely correct. Your confusion arises because of the sameness of the names. Now if you call the island with its Swahili name, "Unguja", and speak of the town as "Zanzibar", there will be no problem at all. Q.47. DEMOLISHING OLD MASJID TO BUILD A NEW ONE Is erection of a new mosque in place of the old one allowed in sheri'ah if the old structure is still sound?

If the old mosque building in whatever circumstances has been demolished, how should the old corrugated sheets, doors, windows, stones and debris be disposed off? Can a Non-Muslim be employed to demolish a mosque? A.