Q&A/Fatwas

Sheikh I feel so depressed all the time I fight with myself always sometimes i pray ALLAH to get rid through salah but most of the time i cant fight with myself and i fell into depression and dont pray i cant feel how much it’s important to pray i just dont pray that time i start thinking bad things about me and unsatisfied with evrtng i have spcly why i m not steadfastat salah.help me

Prayer, Psychological Problems

15 Jun

ANSWER: As long as you are sane, it’s not permissible to miss a single salah! If you abandon prayers, you are not Muslim anymore! I would highly recommend you to book a counselling session with me if you can afford it. COUNSELLING SESSIONS

When praying behind an imam in loud prayers can we say the fatiha with him in very low voice? Or is it better not to say it at all as there is no time to say it after him because he starts the second sourat straight away?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to recite fateha along with imam in loud rakahs! You must attentively listen to him without reciting anything.

Sheikh before reciting the surah fatiha in salah when we recite the opening dua, should we just recite one like subhanlaka humma wabi hamdika… or can we recite more than one if we know it?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: You should choose only one at a time.

In second row, if I see a brother on far right alone in second row because first row is full. Do I stand behind Imam as it is mentioned or do I join the brother in far right ?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: Stand behind the Imam.

Sir if we forget to keep the intention or not sure whether we kept the intention can we leave the prayer and restart again when praying alone?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: No. When you make wudu and stand for prayer, that is your intention in itself.

Is it obligatory or recommended to recite surahs in descending order in the consecutive raqahs of namaz?

Prayer

13 Jun

ANSWER: You can recite any surahs you like. It’s not mandatory to maintain the sequence.

If the forehead or nose of a person is injured then does one have to prostate firmly on the ground if doing so might make the injury worsen?

Prayer

13 Jun

ANSWER: No, since Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.

Is it sunnah to pray 2 rakat whenever entering and leaving your home? and what about forbidden times?

Other, Prayer

11 Jun

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah.

Sheikh, In our college I sometimes do ablution in the washroom, the floor is not clean, I wiped over my shoes in ablution. If the floor is dirty or if there is some dirt on my shoes…, is my ablution valid?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

10 Jun

ANSWER: If you had worn your shoes in the state of wudhu and your shoes cover the feet including the ankles, it is permissible to wipe over them.

I go early to jumuah and do ghusl nicely etc and sit close to the imam but 50% of the time as the qutbah starts I need to go to the washroom and therefore I lose the spot near imam can i wait till the qutba is over and go to the washroom because I like to listen to it and i can catch up with the prayer will i be losing the reward in the hadith because of this?

Prayer

09 Jun

ANSWER: You can go while the khutba is ongoing and come back to your spot as you are entitled for it more than anyone else. If you put your prayer mat or your keychain, no one will sit as they know you will be coming back.

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