ANSWER: This is totally prohibited.
Read moreANSWER: No.
Read moreANSWER: If you mean that he follows only his whims and desires and he comes up with weird opinions that are not part of the 4 schools of thought, such a person is deviant and he is ignorant. But if he is knowledgable yet he chooses only what goes along with the Quran and Sunnah […]
Read moreANSWER: Saying the first inaugural takbeer is a pillar without which the prayer is invalid. You can say the takbeer again before joining the imam in his position but even if you didn’t, your prayer is valid.
Read moreANSWER: There are sins that Allah has prescribed certain punishments for and there are sins that Allah stored the punishment with Him and didn’t disclose it to us.
Read moreANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s an innovation.
Read moreANSWER: No problem in this. You can even fast the whole month of muharram.
Read moreANSWER: It is sunnah of worship.
Read moreANSWER: No. You must pray if you want to sit down in the masjid. Ignore what this imam says as he doesn’t know.
Read moreIs it true that a person must recite the tashahud silently and if he doesn’t, the prayer is invalid.
ANSWER: No. It’s sunnah to recite it silently while moving the lips and tongue, however if one recites it aloud, it’s going against the sunnah but it won’t invalidate the prayer.
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