Q&A/Fatwas

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.

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.