I learnt that we go to the next post AFTER the Imam completes saying Allahu Akbar (or Sami’Allahu Liman Hamida). Please confirm. But most people in the Jamaat immediately bow or prostrate, etc. when the Imam STARTS saying Allahu Akbar. Should I go with the Jamaat, or wait till he pronounces completely?

Prayer
10 Apr

ANSWER: If you can’t see him then you must move only after he completes saying the takbeer.

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Sheikh, a woman decided not to pray nawafil for 1 day and then shqitaan comes her mind and says “very good you don’t bend your head infront of allah for nawafil this is great..”. what should she do if the thought comes continuously.should she pray nawafil continuously until the thoungt go away to prove she is not acting upon the kufr words of shaitan? can she ignore them and stop praying

Prayer, Waswaas - Whispers of Shaytaan
10 Apr

ANSWER: She must not think about such whispers as this is what satan wants her to do. If she had prayed the fard prayers on time, she has done what she was ordered to do. Failing to pray voluntary prayers would only reduce her rewards with Allah but there is no sin or disobedience in […]

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Sheikh if a person misses the two rakah of witr and joins in the last one rakah where imam does dua, how/what is he supposed to pray after that one rakah. Like the imam prays 2+1 in witr and the person joins in the single rakah.

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
09 Apr

ANSWER: He doesn’t have to add anything as he prayed one single rakah with his imam and that was sufficient. If the imam prayed 3 rakah and he only caught one, he must stand up after salam of the imam and compete the remaining two. 

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A woman who doesn’t go to masjid, what is the ideal way to pray qiyam ul layl for her in Ramadan? Which one is the best? 1.5 hours after Isha and 1.5 hours at the last third of the night? Or 3 hours of prayer at the last third of the night and no taraweeh?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
08 Apr

ANSWER: It is best to pray it in the last third of the night before fajr.

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In our masjid there is 20 rakaat taraweeh + 3 raakat salatul witr in jamaat. If I attend the taraaweeh jamaat, do I have to stay with the jamaat untill it ends or may I leave anytime I feel like leaving?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
08 Apr

ANSWER: You can leave anytime you want but you will lose the reward of praying the whole night if you leave without completing the witr with them. 

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My masjid prays taraweeh really fast and prays witr like maghrib. Is my prayer valid if my Imam recites Fatiah very fast and unclear? Do I need to pray in different masjid?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
08 Apr

ANSWER: If you can find a sunnah masjid where the imam prays with tranquility then you should go there.

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If anyone make a mistake in prayer that required prostrations of forgetfulness after Salam but he gives the prostrations of forgetfulness before salam – does it make his prayer invalid? & need to the repeat the prayer again?

Prayer
06 Apr

ANSWER: If he didn’t know the ruling, the prayer is valid

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When We get up form 2nd sujood of 1st or 3rd rakkah we say takbeer and then sit for a while as Jalsa Al-Istiraahah. Then we get up for 2nd or 4th rakkah, so while standing up for 2nd or 4th rakkah after Jalsa Al-Istiraahah we have to say takbeer again or not?

Prayer
31 Mar

ANSWER: No. You say it only once while getting up from sujood. 

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In Ramadan I pray taraweeh in a masjid where they conclude the taraweeh with witr I also wake up 1 hour before fajr to pray tahajjud salah And I know there is no 2 witr in one night So when should I pray the witr? Can I pray witr after taraweeh and sleep;and then wake up for tahajjud and pray tahajjud Or should I just pray taraweeh in the masjid and leave the masjid when witr salah is going on a

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
31 Mar

ANSWER: Pray the witr with the imam in the masjid and pray tahajjud after getting up without repeating the witr.

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” Everytime Surah Al-Masad (The Palm Fibre) is recited, the wrath of Allah increases. Allah is already very angry at Abu Lahab & he is being severely tormented in the grave. If someone recites it in the prayer, the wrath of Allah will further increase. So it’s better to skip reciting this Surah in Salaah, if he knows other Surah. ” Is this view by a local Sheikh correct?

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran
28 Mar

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and fabricated!

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