can i RECITE the DUA of ISTIKHARA seeing from a book or paper before the salam or after the salam?

Prayer
07 Jan

ANSWER: The correct opinion is, it should be recited after salam. You can read it from a paper or a book. 

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Sheikh in my country (Center Asia) peole raise and touch their ear lobes while saying takbir. Alhamdulillah, I don’t do so. But it’s extremely danger cuz the people who do so are salafi and this manhaj is banned and is called as extremist mazhab. Sheikh what do you advise me?

Prayer
06 Jan

ANSWER: Touching ear lobes in takbeer is not correct. Continue doing what the sunnah is and if the threat is real you can skip it. 

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Please let me know how many times tasbhee (subhana rabbiyal azeem and subhana rabbiyal aala) needs to be said in sunnah and nafl salah

Prayer
06 Jan

ANSWER:  1 is minimum, 3 is sunnah and you can say as many times as you wish.  Making dua in sujood is highly recommended.   

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Is it ok to pray 12 rakat Sunnah Salah at home?

Prayer
05 Jan

ANSWER: The sunnah is to pray these at home

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Is it permissible for 2 people to pray in jamah where the imam is praying the sunnah after the fard prayer he just finished, and the one behind him is praying behind him with the intention of the fard prayer that he hasn’t prayer yet?

Prayer
04 Jan

ANSWER: This is permissible.

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How should one raise hands in takbeer while starting his prayer???can takbeer be done under qimar?

Prayer
04 Jan

ANSWER: You should raise the hands till your palms are at the level of your shoulders or between your ears and shoulders. 

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I know someone who travels far and the maghrib azaan is called out when she is on her way back. Should she pray in the vehicle, combine the maghrib with isha or pray it as Khaza? What is the ruling in this case?

Prayer
04 Jan

ANSWER: If she is commuting within city limits, she can’t do that. She must stop and pray it on time. If she is traveling between cities, she can combine maghrib and ishaa. Of course she is not allowed to travel without a male mahram. 

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People when entering during the masjid tend to be standing as the azaan is going on usually during jummah prayer, is there any etiquette to be standing during azaan as we need to pray aatihayatul masjid afterwards the azaan. Or can we sit as soon we enter and let finish azaan and then stand and pray the nafl prayerof masjid.

Prayer
03 Jan

ANSWER: You cannot sit before offering tahiyattul masjid. If this is the athan that precedes the khutba, you must pray it as soon as you enter so that you can listen to the khutba instead of waiting for the athan to finish. 

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To pray Fajr sunnah raka’ahs at home and when get to the mosque then pray tahiyatul masjid before congregation. Is it right to pray between sunnah prayer and fard prayer? Or if I go to mosque & make intention to pray sunnah and tahiyatul masjid with one 2 raka’ahs?

Prayer
02 Jan

ANSWER:  If you prayed sunnah of fajr at home, you have to pray 2 rakahs when you enter the masjid, if you want to sit down.  If you go and pray the sunnah in the masjid then it suffices for both. 

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I AM PRAYING IN MASJID, WHERE IMAM BELEIVE THAT MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IS CREATED FROM A LIGHT OF ALLAH, AND HE IS NOOR MIN NOORILLAH, CAN I PRAY BEHIND OF SUCH IMAM, CAN THIS IMAM WILL BE CALLED AS MUSHRIQ

Prayer
31 Dec

ANSWER:  No, you shouldn’t pray behind such a person. 

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