Night prayers are any prayer you pray after Isha prayer and before the Athan of Fajr (the break of dawn). This prayer is always prayed in odd total. The best is to pray 11 Rak’ah. The minimum you can pray is one rak’ah but there is no ceiling for the maximum number you can pray, […]

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There isn’t such a sign. You choose something, pray Istikhara and then go ahead with it as there is nothing to indicate a sign or a dream as a result of your Istikhara. And Allah knows best

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Both are considered to be Fard. But when a person is residing and has not legitimate excuse to skip Friday, he obliged to pray it. If he has a legitimate excuse – as in the case of illness- in this case, Thuhur becomes Fard. And Allah knows best

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No, as this is reading something other than the Quran. It is permissible but not recommended to hold the Arabic Quran and to follow behind the Imam. Reading the translation would be like reading other books as this is not the word of Allah but a translation that might be right and it might be […]

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The Sunnah is that we recite the Quran silently during Rawatib (recommended voluntary prayers). But if a person wants to raise his voice, this is permissible. And Allah knows best

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Some scholars say that this is so that the ground would testify that a person prayed on it. So this way, there will be a number of spots testifying for you. There is another hadeeth where the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam has instructed us not to pray after the mandatory prayer except after […]

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