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When saying the salaam at the end of the prayer, the worshipper intends three things: -To exit the prayer -To send salaams upon the recording angels -To send salaams upon his fellow-worshippers. So, if we are praying in congregation and I am the last person in the left side of the row, while saying tasleem to the left side where there is one, what should I intend?

Prayer

14 Jun

Praise be to Allaah.The tasleem or salaam at the end of the prayer is one of its pillars or essential parts, and one cannot end or exit from the prayer without saying it, because of the report narrated by Abu Dawood (61) and at-Tirmidhi (3) from ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: […]

I’ve a question that in many countries like India, Pakistan & Bangladesh people gather after namaz e fazr or after namaz e jumma and they perform salutations on prophet (saw) saying “Ya nabi salam alaika Ya rasool salam alaika”,,, some of them say you should do the same & some of them say it is not the part of Islam… So what’s the actual truth?? Do we find it any hadith..

Innovations

14 Jun

These are all innovations and prohibited to participate in.

If you have done something haram in the past but has changed your life around spiritually, and then you see your friends or siblings engaged with haram, does it make you a hypocrite if you tell them what they are doing is haram and they should stop?

Sins

14 Jun

No, instead when you see them doing something haram you should stop them and advise them.

Shaikh, can I give zakat to my brother who is unmarried and have no money for his surgery? He is 30yrs and no one is there to look after him.please reply Shaikh

Zakat

14 Jun

The rule is: if a person when he dies you would inherit him, you can’t give him your zakat! If your brother has a father, this means that when he dies, his father would inherit all his wealth. This means that you can give him from your zakat money. Kindly refer to the following link(s): […]

My question is about dua manzil, munjiyat and ayat sakina and shifa. I was wondering if these Duas are authentic or biddah. They all have selected verses of the Quran and the dua book I got it from says we should recite them for protection, please clarify this for me.

Supplications

14 Jun

These are not from the sunnah.

Is it permissible to name our children for example Noah instead of Nuh..or Mary instead of maryam or david instead of dawud? Must it be in arabic only?

Pedagogy education and upbringing

14 Jun

Your children have the right to good names that would relate them back to their heritage. These names should be in Arabic.

is it necessary to recite surah fatiha with imam in silent rakah?

Prayer

14 Jun

It is a pillar and if you don’t, your prayer is void.

Sheikh can you send me the Hadith where it’s forbidden to pray witr like magrib please. Lot of the mosque near me all pray witr like magrib and sit down on the second rakah

Prayer

12 Jun

Praise be to Allaah. It was proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed Witr in different ways. He prayed one rak’ah, and three, and five, and seven, and nine. And he prayed three rak’ahs in two different ways, either continuously with one tashahhud, or saying salaam after two rak’ahs […]

I wanted to know when do we have to repeat a rakah in jammat again when joining in the prayer. If i join a prayer and miss the ruku but join in the prayer before sujood do i have to repeat the rakat or not.

Prayer

12 Jun

If you caught the rukuh, no need to repeat it. If you didn’t catch it, you must offer a new Rakah.

I am pakistani born muslim,taught reading quran/arabic pretty wrong due to urdu difference.I am unable to properly pronounce ک /ق differently and خ/ح.I was brought up pronouncing ض as a sound Z.Some time ago I learned that it is sound like د.I used to read quran/salat fluently, and Surah Fatiha this way, but now i have anxiety.I tried but failed to correct pronunciation,will my ibadat be accepted?

Prayer

12 Jun

Yes, as this is the best you can do. However, you should never give up and must practice over and over again and you will master it in sha Allah.

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