Q&A/Fatwas

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.

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.

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

Shaikh, I am from Bangladesh, a group of people collect zakat money and buy iftar items through this money and give these iftar items to poor fasting muslims. Can I give my zakat money to this group? Is it permissible the way they spend the zakat money?

Zakat

04 Apr

ANSWER: Zakat should be given in cash to poor and needy Muslims in their and they will do as they wish with it. If the poor authorize him to buy food items with the zakat money for them then only it becomes permissible.

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.

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.

” 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!

In last Friday sheikh we travelled to one city in our country and in the hotel room they arranged jummah..I don’t know that it is a recorded jummah..they arranged jummah in a hall room and recorded a khutba video and there is no imam and 2 rakah fard was also prayed thorough recording..is my prayer valid and is the arrangement valid?

Prayer

28 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible and the friday prayer is invalid.

I know for fact that women can not do Imamat of fard salah but they can lead other women in voluntary or taraweeh prayer while standing in line with others women. So should we pray this way or we should avoid as it’s not coming from any authentic source. Or is there any possibility that our prayers not being accepted if we pray this way?

Prayer

28 Mar

ANSWER: You are not correct. There’s no problem in women leading other women in prayer, whether it’s fard or Taraweeh prayers.

If I am not sinful for not praying the sunnah prayers before zuhr then why I am sinful for not praying Tahiyatul Masjid?

Prayer

27 Mar

ANSWER: Because tahiyatul masjid is mandatory while the sunnah prayers are voluntary! The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prohibited you from sitting down before offering it.

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