Is it ok to recite Surah Fathiha in sujood as a dua?

Prayer
16 Sep

This is not permissible

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I am in a place , where people pray the fajr ( Congregational) prayer at the time when the sky becomes clean I mean its morning already . They do not believe that there is a prayer called Shurooq ,. At this situation what should I need to do ?

Prayer
15 Sep

As long as they pray before sunrise, pray with them.

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Is it permissible to pray the eid salah in the mosque or open space within the town, should in case we got no access praying outside the town.? I only know the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prayed it outside town.

Prayer
04 Sep

No Problem but is shouldn’t be prayed in the masjid except for a legitimate reason.

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Is it necessary to recite in salah, the surah in the same sequence as it comes in Quran or can recite randomly? For example in fajr if I start with surah A’la, can I recite surah Yaseen in the second rakat or it must be surah Teen or any surah after A’la?

Prayer
02 Sep

No problem.

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When I do salah, I always forget how much rakah I did, have I already done sujood or not, and other problem about memory too. I found a way to overcome this problem, example when I do first raka’ah in salah I quickly look something,example pencil, so when I got confusion I can remember the pencil and so I know I am in first rakah. Is this is bid’ah?

Prayer
02 Sep

It is a Bid’ah as it is not part of the Salah! However, you should work harder on concentrating!

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Nigeria is my hometown but I migrated to Egypt to live there for a couple of years. I’m now back in Nigeria for the holiday for 2 months. Do I have to shorten my Prayer and for how long?

Prayer
02 Sep

You must complete your prayers as it is your home country and eventually you will go back there to live someday!

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How loud can a woman recite qur’an in the salah? Can she be as loud as she can hear her recitation herself? Or does she has to recite the Qur’an in a low voice so that someone besides her cannot hear it?

Prayer
02 Sep

As loud as she can hear. If no mahram men can hear her she can pray aloud but if she may disturb other women, she must not pray out loud.

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Is it permissible to say Subhana Rabbi al Adheem once during the first rukoo of salah and then say it three times in another rukoo of the same prayer?

Prayer, Uncategorized
01 Sep

No problem! However saying three times is better.

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Can I hold the quran and read it when I perform tahajud salah ?

Prayer
28 Aug

You can hold the Quran and read from it.

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I am aware that we cannot pray the deliberately missed salah. But my question is – I live and work in a non muslim country(India) and I can not pray Asr as my employer would not accept me removing time from work hours for my personal work ,though I pray dhuhr in lunch break. I needed to know, is this considered deliberately missing salah?

Prayer
28 Aug

It is a major sin to miss salah for no valid reason. You can always go to the toilet and then pray for five minutes and go back to work. You don’t have to go to a special place or to the masjid if work doesn’t permit you. If your current employer does not allow […]

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