Q&A/Fatwas

In my masjid the imam prays 20 rakat taraweeh . The sunnah is 8 with 3 witr . To get full night reward i have to pray with imam till the witr . Can i instead of praying 20 rakats , pray 8 rakats and wait for the imam to pray witr then join him ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

15 Apr

ANSWER: If you want to gain the full reward of praying the entire night then you must pray whatever number of rakahs your imam prays until he finishes with witr.

Sheikh in our country we recite a dowa “Subjana zil mulki wal malakuti….” after 4 rakha taraweeh (2+2). Somebody say it is not permissible, its a bidah.. What is the rulling about it? I watched your videos but didnt get the exect ansr.plz hlp

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

13 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation.

I try my best to stay focused in salah but can’t. Will my prayer be valid and accepted by Allah?

Prayer

12 Apr

ANSWER: As long as you fulfill all the pillars and mandatory acts of salah, its valid.

The mosques In this country pray taraweeh 4 Rakat with 2 tashahud and one tasleem and recite loudly in all rakahs am I sinful if I pray with them, if so do I get the reward for sins being forgiven by praying 11rakat of night prayer at home only for 1 hour or so ?

Innovations, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

12 Apr

ANSWER: You must not pray with them.

Sheikh, the hanafi mosque near me has a chart of Allah’s names and “ya allah” in Arabic written. On the left side there is “ya Muhammed” with a chart of his names. They celebrate mawlid and do bidah like shab e barat and dua after prayer and the imam looks like a normal imam, can I pray behind them?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

11 Apr

ANSWER: You are praying behind a person and not behind a masjid! What counts is the the aqeedah of the imam. If you don’t know his aqeedah, the default is that he is muslim until proven otherwise.

Sheikh my question is a child has no parents and his dads money is taken care by some person to return the child when grows up so for that money is zakat valid

Zakat

11 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, zakat is still mandatory on it as long as it reaches or is beyond the nisab. This is why if the person is trustworthy, he should invest this money is something safe and halal so that it won’t be consumed by zakat.

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.

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 […]

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.

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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