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I want to know if somebody was travelling back and front on not trips but for other important reasons and that person missed some prayers and doesn’t know exactly how much of prayers he missed, what does such a person do?

Prayer

25 Mar

If a person skips prayers without any legitimate reason such as sleeping or forgetfulness, he can’t pray it or make it up. But if there were Islamically accepted reasons, he should pray them immediately. If he prays them while traveling, he should pray them shortened.

Today I woke up late and missed Fajr congregation. So I prayed at home the Fard prayer only during sunrise. Is my prayer valid? I found one hadith which states something like, no one should pray during sunriseI prayed Fajr at that time based on the hadith that whenever a person wakes from sleep must pray. Please clarify.

Prayer

25 Mar

The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said that if a person oversleeps a prayer or forgets it, he should pray it as soon as he remembers it as there is no expiation for missing the prayer except this. From this hadeeth, scholars said that sleeping and forgetting a prayer can be expiated by praying […]

What is the most correct and appropriate time to do Istikhara?

Prayer

25 Mar

It can be prayed anytime. Among the best times probably would be the last third of the night

Suppose there is a 4 rakah congregational prayer going on and if I come late and join the prayer and I missed 3 rakahs with the imam. How many tasahuds do I have to sit when I make up the missing rakahs after the imam has said the salaam?

Prayer

25 Mar

Two, as you have to sit in your 2nd rak’ah and then in the 4th rak’ah

Should we stand up for the missed rakah’s before the Imam says as salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah or after he finishes the prayer completely

Prayer

25 Mar

After he finished the prayer completely

Can we pray in any language instead of Arabic during fard salah,witr?

Prayer

25 Mar

During fard salah we can only pray in arabic

Can we perform tahiyyatul wudhoo/masjid (or make up our witr if we couldn’t squeeze it in before Fajr beginning time?) between the adhaan and iqaamah of Fajr salaah?

Prayer

25 Mar

The time of witr ends with the athan of Fajr. The rest can be performed between Athan and Iqama but one should combine intentions. For example, he should pray the Sunnah of Fajr with the intention of wudhu and tahiatul masjid at the same time.

After Asr salaah how long have you to perform your salaah if you have missed it before the sun starts to go down. Is it permissible to worship when the start of the sun goes down till it finishes going down?

Prayer

25 Mar

The time of ‘Asr The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The time for ‘Asr lasts until the sun turns yellow.” We know that the time for ‘Asr begins when the time for Zuhr ends, i.e., when the length of an object’s shadow becomes equal to the length of the object […]

I’ve noticed some of the brothers clasp their hands (just like they clasp their hands after saying initial Takbeer) in Salaah when they get up from rukuu. Is it part of Sunnah? Is there any hadith for this?

Prayer

25 Mar

Praise be to Allaah. This is one of the issues on which the scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) have differed. Some of them think that placing the right hand on the left forearm when standing up from rukoo’ is sunnah mustahabbah (preferable) because of the general meaning of the hadeeth of Sahl ibn […]

What does a persom do if she forgot whether she had recited something before, should she carry on in prayer, or repeat that part?

Prayer

25 Mar

If a person forgot the Fatiha or doubted whether he recited it or not, he should repeat that Rak’ah while he is prayer because it is a pillar of prayer. Anything else is either mandatory or Sunnah. The mandatory things, a person prostrates for them 2 prostration of forgetfulness. Sunnah things have no expiation for […]

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