QUESTION: Should one offer to lead salah when in public

Prayer
20 Nov

ANSWER: One should not step forward unless he believes that he is the best among the others in recitation.

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QUESTION: Sheikh Is saying Bismillah before making the adhan or iqaamah (in this case for the muadhin) prescribed?

Innovations, Prayer
19 Nov

ANSWER: This is an innovation

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QUESTION: There is a Barelvi masjid near my home where, on every 11th of the month, they use loudspeakers to recite words that seem like shirk. The imam also recites these words with them, they deny believing in them. These recitations are from their well-known book Awrad-e-Fatah. Another masjid is about 2 km away, so I go there but not regularly, and sometimes I pray at home. What should I do

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Shirk and its different forms
18 Nov

ANSWER: You must not pray in a Barelvi masjid. Find a masjid that follows the Quran and Sunnah. If there is no masjid in your vicinity, pray home.

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QUESTION: We know that (10)reward is received per letter by reading from Quran.So do we all also get the same(10)reward for the surahs read inside salat?

Prayer, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
17 Nov

ANSWER: The one who recites it gets the reward in sha Allah

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QUESTION: Sheikh if calculate the zakat on my gold on say Nov 1st but I don’t have the money to pay off all my zakat all at once and I would need to pay it off in installments, do I hold to that one calculation from Nov 1st until I pay it all off or do I recalculate with the gold price for Dec 1st when I’m paying off the next installment?

Zakat
15 Nov

ANSWER: Its not permissible to pay the zakat on instalments! You must pay it on the due date (hijri Islamic calendar), can take a couple of days extra but CANNOT delay it much further! Sell some of your gold to pay the zakat on time if you don’t have the cash

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QUESTION: Sheik I meant to ask if when making sujood of forgetfulness, as there are two prostrations, do we also say rabbighfirli when sitting between?

Prayer
12 Nov

ANSWER: Yes

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QUESTION: When I’m praying sunnah prayer and the prophets name is mentioned, should i send salutation upon him or continue with my prayer? does fard prayer also apply?

Prayer
11 Nov

ANSWER: No, you should not (in all prayers)

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QUESTION: You mentioned that it is not permissible to be extravagant when building masjids. I wanted to ask: does this ruling also apply to building a prayer room within one’s home?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
11 Nov

ANSWER: One must not build such prayer rooms in homes as this is not from Islam. 

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QUESTION: Imam in my masjid, when he goes in sujood he does not bend his toes, and sometimes his feet arent even touching the ground, can i pray behind him?

Prayer
10 Nov

ANSWER: Concentrate on your own prayers instead of observing other people’s prayers.

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QUESTION: I live in kafir country & my father in law owns a textile shop where almost all staff are kafir. During Jumma Prayer time, Muslim staff go for prayer while non-muslim staffs runs the shop whereas in Saudi & other countries close shop at Jumma Prayer & also it’s mentioned in Quran (62:9) to leave off trade. So is it sinful to keep running business during Jumma Prayer time through non muslim staff?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Prayer
06 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, it is sinful to sell after the athan of Friday and the transactions are prohibited and the money is haram

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