Prayer

Shaykh, you had said it’s permissible to use motor vehicles to go to the masjid quickly to catch jamaa’ah. What if I go to the masjid late, riding a normal bicycle to catch the jamaa’ah, will it fall into the prohibition of running/rushing as paddling a bicycle in high speed will make me gasp just as if I ran to the masjid?

10 Jan

ANSWER: Rushing to the masjid whether by walking or riding a bike which makes you gasp, this is prohibited. Driving to the masjid in a fast fashion is also prohibited. One must walk, ride and drive normally.

I get riya thoughts every time i pray in the masjid or with anyone at all even if its one person the best way for me to get away for this is to pray alone, when i do this im ok, as soon as someone comes i get thoughts of riya, its the worst when i go to the masjid & its the beginning of salah i stop & think this is for Allah but its still there what to do, it hapens so much i jst ignore it.

Prayer, Waswaas - Whispers of Shaytaan

09 Jan

ANSWER: This is what satan wants you to do and you are fulfilling his wishes. The second step is when he will make you leave prayers altogether. You must ignore such whispers and force yourself to pray with the congregation and convince yourself that you are praying for the sake of Allah and that you […]

As women pray at home, can we make dua at home guessing the time between adhan and iqamah?

Prayer

08 Jan

ANSWER: You don’t need to guess. The time for duaa is from the time of athan till when you stand up to pray your fard, despite of the iqamah of the masjid as this has no concern to you.

Ghusal e janaba was mandatory but i forgot and did normal ghusal and did faraiz of Wudu at end. Then recalled in office that i had to do ghusal e janab. So guide how to handle such situations and how about praying salah in that situations. Since can not rebath in office.

Prayer, Purity

05 Jan

ANSWER: If you mean you forgot that you were in the state of major ritual impurity and you just took a normal shower to clean and freshen up, all the prayers you had prayed were invalid and you must perform a new ghusul with proper intention and redo these prayers.

My husband had missed some prayers and fasts during his youth days, how can he make up for them beside seeking sincere repentance constantly from Allah.

Prayer

03 Jan

ANSWER: It is not permissible to pray the prayers that you didn’t pray deliberately, without any reason. You must repent sincerely to Allah and never do such a major sin again and do a lot of voluntary good deeds and worship, especially night prayers to try and compensate for the missed prayers.

Praying with major ritual impurity is a major sin or minor sin

Prayer

01 Jan

ANSWER: Doing it purposely is a major sin that can mount to apostasy for making fun of Allah by praying to Him while knowing He won’t accept such prayers.

Allahummaj ‘alfi qalbi nooran wa fi lee sani noor”- is this du’a authentic for going to the mashjid?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Supplications

31 Dec

ANSWER: It is Sunnah for the Muslim, when he leaves his house and heads towards the mosque, to recite the du’aa’ for walking to the masjid: It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas said: “… Then the muezzin gave the call to prayer, and he (the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) […]