Re: solve this riddle please
Maroush wht a beautiful way to explain :)
thnx ALOT it is not only a riddle its a full lesson :)
The reason i said Musaf is because whilst i was viewing this thread, the hubby just came home from work, and told me that whenever he hears this riddle, people always reply with Musaf... but he told me that the riddle was originally in Arabic and was then translated into English. Due to the many Arabic variations of it as well as differences that have come about due to translation, it is meaningless in English.
When translated properly, it goes something like this:
*A 5 letter word, mentioned once in the Quran, beginning with "mim". It is whiter than ice (or brighter than the Sun) and darker than night. Men use it thrice a day, while women only use it once in a lifetime. It is haram to eat, yet halal to drink.
The answer is Maqabir (Graveyards). Mentioned in surah "Takarthur" ie. "Hata Zurtum al-Maqabir" made up of 5 letters begins with "mim"
If a persons actions are good it is brighter than the sun in the grave, while for an evil-doer it is darker than night. If the "whiter than ice" version is taken is could mean that the kafan is whiter than ice, then the grave is darker than night.
Men visit it three times a day (i*e. they bury the dead in it during three times viz. the periods between the three forbidden times*) while women only visit the graveyard when they pass away.
The meat of the dead cannot be consumed ie. backbiting him is forbidden. The part about drinking being halal doesn't seen to have been solved....People have mentioned different interpretations, yet all seem farfetched.
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can u elaborate this part?
Re: solve this riddle please
It is not just a riddle. Its a full lassan 
can u elaborate this part?
It is understood that there are 3 times in the day when salaatul janaazah or any other salaah is strictly forbidden except in the case of an emergency. These are the times during which the sun worshippers used to perform their rites of worship, thus, these became forbidden times in order to avoid any resemblance to them and to prevent non muslims from thinking that muslims might also be worshipping the sun.
Uqbah ibn Amir said "There are 3 times in which the Messenger of Allah(saw) used to forbid us from making salaah or burying our dead:
- When the sun is rising until [the disc of the sun] is clearly above the horizon.
- When the sun reaches the middle of the sky until it declines.
- When the sun is setting until it [completely] disappears."
Hope this is enough elaboration. :)
Re: solve this riddle please
oh alrite :D thanks