Qur'anic Answers

Each year as Ramadan begins, a familiar and sometimes heated debate resurfaces within the Muslim community. This is usually centered on the correct way to perform the night salat known as 'taraweeh' - a term we will now use for the remainder of this article. The arguments usually revolve around the number of rakats and whether taraweeh can be performed in congregation. This article investigates how the Qur'an has addressed this issue and established the real requirements of offering the night salat.

An issue of dispute among Muslim scholars past and present is about whether a person must perform wudhu before they can touch the Qur'an. The rulings for wudhu have always been derived on inference from a particular verse in the Qur'an as well as other materials from outside the Qur'an. In this article, we look at how the Qur'an addresses this issue.