Q&A/Fatwas

Sheikh, will we be sinful if we don’t respond to the adhan?

Prayer

24 Jun

ANSWER: No, you are not sinful but you would lose a great deal of reward.

My university has a prayer room (small room). When it’s time for Adhan, is it permissible for me to switch off the recording and start doing LIVE adhan (Saying Adhan). Which is better? Live Adhan or recorded Adhan?

Prayer

22 Jun

ANSWER: You can’t do that on your own as you do not own the university! Take permission from the administration and if they allow then it’s best to give live athan than from the recorded one.

Sheikh, what should one do if for example while Praying Dhuhr, he saw that there is an impurity in his Thobe? Should he break his Salah?

Prayer

22 Jun

ANSWER: If he can’t take out that garment then yes, he should break the salah.

I was the Imam in prayer with 1 follower. Then I see someone coming to join us so I moved to the front but then I realized that the third man joined late, was this rakah valid?

Prayer

22 Jun

ANSWER: The imam does not move, it’s the follower who moves backwards and the other person joins him. However your prayer is valid.

Can I combine zuhr and asr together because in my college i dont get time to pray asr And the college ends at maghrib and praying in the college these day are not safe

Prayer

21 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

Can I offer namaz while azaan is going on

Prayer

20 Jun

ANSWER: No problem as long as you stand for prayer after the time has entered.

Today in maghrib prayer imam sb. recited surah asr in first rakah and surah quraish recited in second rakah.one of them objected that prayer is invalid.it is makrooh tahreemi. Imam sb should be recited large surah in first rakah and small surah in second rakah.then prayer is valid.plz answer clearly.

Prayer

20 Jun

ANSWER: The one who objected is wrong as he speaks without knowledge! No problem in how the imam recited the surahs.

Can I just lie down when the adhan is being called because some say that it is not permissible ?

Prayer

20 Jun

ANSWER: No problem.

Sheikh when I’m exempted from offering salah my mother asks me to pretend to follow my usual routine of offering salah. So is a menstruating woman supposed to pretend that she’s not menstruating and hide it from her brother and father? Is it like something that should be kept private?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer

17 Jun

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to pretend to pray when you’re actually not praying! Some scholars have termed it as kufr!

What should one do if they’re not sure that they did 2 sujood or not and have already stood for next rakahs?

Prayer

16 Jun

ANSWER: If one is doubtful, the default is that he didn’t offer it and he should immediately fall down and offer the missing sajdah.

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