Prayer

Yesterday asked regarding Niyah of ghusl during normal bath as you said it is not permissible due to there is no major impurity. Now my question is the ghusl taken during friday before jummah prayer as its sunnah. What niyyah should be done for friday ghusl. ?

18 Oct

ANSWER: The ghusul of Friday is a sunnah ghusul and likewise, it doesn’t suffice for wudhu which must be performed separately.

Sheikh I am a nurse sometimes I get blood stain or bodily fluids stain. I want to know whether I can pray with my uniform

Prayer, Purity

16 Oct

ANSWER: No problem if it’s normal blood as this is not impure except if it’s from the private parts. If it’s urine or any other impurity then you must wash the affected area or change your clothes before praying.

Sometimes after finishing praying with the Salam I raise my hands & make Dua to Allah in my language (since I can’t speak Arabic). I know that dua should be said while still in the prayer but I struggle with memorizing long Arabic Duas & feared of making my prayers invalid if I say it in my language. Is that allowed? I don’t do it routinely & dont do it in congregation.

Prayer, Supplications

06 Oct

ANSWER: It’s an innovation to raise the hands and make dua after salah. If you make the dua after salah once in a blue moon without raising hands, it’s OK but you must not make it a habit as this is the time for doing the prescribed dhikr and you should make dua in your […]

Sheikh, I wanted to ask that the prayer of honoring the masjid or Tahiyat-Ul-Masjid is a command from the Prophet (Saww) but we also have a hadith in which a bedoin came and asked about islam, so the Prophet (Saww) told him about the obligatory acts such as obligatory 5 prayers. Is the Tahiyat-Ul-Masjid recommended or mandatory (compulsory) ?

Prayer

04 Oct

ANSWER: It is mandatory to pray when you enter the masjid if you want to sit down. It can be a voluntary prayer or even fard. There’s no separate prayer called Tahiyatul Masjid, it’s just a name given by scholars. As for the hadeeth of the Bedouin, this can be looked at as talking about […]

Sheikh can we pray fajr sunnah prayer if the masjid started praying fajr prayer?

Prayer

02 Oct

ANSWER: If you are a woman praying home, you are not concerned with the masjid at all and you can pray anytime you want after the time for the prayer entered. It is prohibited for men who are inside the masjid to pray it while the congregation has been called for.

Can we pray everyday only one rakah witr? Will there be a difference in reward if we prayed three rakahs VS only one? When to recite qunoot and is it mandatory? Is praying Witr Mandatory?

Prayer

02 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in praying one rakah of witr everyday. Of course there’s a difference. The more you pray the more reward you would gain. The most authentic opinion is that qunoot should be recited after you rise up from ruku. Reciting qunoot in witr is not mandatory. Your Witr is still valid even if […]

If Imam is sitting and praying and I tell others to also sit and pray,but they don’t listen and pray standing. What is the ruling to this ?? As a follower of Imam, can I only sit and pray when no one listen the authentic ruling?

Prayer

01 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, you must sit and pray if the imam started his prayer sitting down. You have done your job by advising them about the correct ruling.

Sheikh yesterday i went to the fingerprint office they take my fingerprints but the ink doesn’t go and i pray duhr with the ink on my thumb during wudu i try my best to remove but it does not go so i did wudu and pray duhr is my prayer valid

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

01 Oct

ANSWER: Your prayer is valid as it is not a layer but rather a color with no mass.

If i join a silent prayer latly and when i started my first rakah imam goes to ruku before i finish fathiha. Will my first rakah be valid if i go to ruku without completing fathiha?

Prayer

28 Sep

ANSWER: If you are unable to finish it before he rises up, join him immediately as you are exempted.

Sheikh if a girl sees white discharge (after her periods) and prayer time is going to finish in 1 hour or 40 mins, does she have to take bath fast and pray because normally removing hair takes too long

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer, Purity

27 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, she must take ghusl and pray on time. Removing pubic and armpit hair has nothing to do with purity from menstrual cycle or with ghusul! She can do that later on.

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