If someone missed the Friday khutbah but he joined with Jummah prayer before salam. How many rakahs should he pray?

Prayer
05 Jan

ANSWER: If he didn’t pray the second ruku with the imam, he has missed the Friday prayer and he must pray 4 rakah after the imam offers salam as his dhuhr.

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After wiping on my socks during wudu, can i take them off and wear another pair of socks if i dont want to wipe on my socks again when i make wudu for the next prayer? Please advise.

Ablution (Wudhu)
05 Jan

ANSWER: No problem. Your wudu will not be affected by taking the socks off but you won’t be able to wipe over the new pair.

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Can we pray Qunoot-e-nazila during hardship in the fard prayer when we are praying by ourselves?

Prayer
04 Jan

ANSWER: No problem. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/126258/qunoot-should-be-said-at-times-of-calamity-with-a-supplication-that-is-appropriate-not-with-duaa-al-qunoot

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It’s in hadith that your faith should be strong on Allah swt … I pray namaz do zikar even though I have strong faith on Allah swt … But I experienced when I m sure things will get better Allah will listen my duas then It goes against it nd when I have fear and doubts that nooo something bad will happen then it goes smoothly so I want to ask why this happened to me ?

Belief in Allaah
04 Jan

ANSWER: This is thinking negative of Allah and this is a sign of hypocrisy as you are claiming that thinking good about Allah makes things go wrong!

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Rasullah SAW sunnah is to fast on Mondays because he was born on Monday. If I was born on Wed, and fast on Weds too, is that an innovation? Thank you.

Innovations
04 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s an innovation. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam also justified fasting on Monday because it was a day that he was revealed to in it.  We can’t claim such a blessing.

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Shall we shave or trim pubic hair? Trim is relatively easy to do, and can be done without cutting the skin whilst it is possible to cut the skin in shaving and in 0 scaling trim almost looks and feels like shave.

Purity
03 Jan

ANSWER: The sunnah is to shave the pubic hair and not to trim it. Armpit should be plucked and it can be shaved as well. Trimming it defies the purpose of removing it.

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My question is that here in India, it is becoming very trendy to play multi-platform games (quiz) wherein no fee/money is given but it’s online and on winning the game (answering few questions of GK/Movies etc.), some money is awarded which is deposited in e-wallet. Same is with paid online surveys. Is this money halal?

Other
03 Jan

ANSWER: Answering quizes on movies and haram stuff is not permissible.

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When a child/baby sneezes, one who can’t speak yet , I’ve heard parents or others say alhamdulillah in their place. Maybe so that they learn early and inculcate the habit of saying it. But recently someone told me we should say yarhamukallah(may allah have mercy on you) and not alhamdulillah when they sneeze. Can you please advise

Innovations
02 Jan

ANSWER: What you have heard is not correct. It is an innovation to say any of that on behalf of the child.

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is it that we shouldn’t pray anything while the adhan is being called and just sit and listen? I have heard someone saying that even if we are praying voluntary prayers, we should stop and listen to the adhan.

Prayer
02 Jan

ANSWER: What you have heard is absolutely wrong.  No problem in doing other activities during athan including praying. The best however is to reply to the athan and recite the prescribed dua after it but this is not mandatory. 

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i was teached that salah of womens and mens are different and till now i have followed how they teached me but i got to know that there is no difference between both genders salah, i am feeling very odd in changing this, cause everyone around me have been praying differently from men…and if i will start to pray like men they will oppose me. Please suggest me solution

Prayer
02 Jan

ANSWER: You must not bother about what people will say, your intention and deeds must be to please Allah alone.  It is not permissible to please people at the cost of displeasing Allah. 

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