Q&A/Fatwas

I am getting to know a girl for the purpose of Marriage, before meeting the parents I prayed Istikhara and things are going smoothly for now, I am going to be meeting the parents and the girl again, should i keep making istikhara or making it once in the begining was enough?

Fiqh of Marriage, Prayer

03 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in praying multiple Istikhara. However, you are allowed to meet up with the girl only once in the presence of her father.

I don’t earn but I have some savings in cash (not much). How much is the minimum amount of cash (in riyals) that I must have so that I become eligible for paying zakah of that particular amount?

Zakat

30 Aug

ANSWER: You must give your zakat on your savings if they are equivalent or beyond the value of 595 gms of silver. THRESHOLD FOR ZAKAT: The threshold (nisab) of money is the value of 595 grams of silver which is about 300$. You try and set a date and on that day, you calculate how […]

Sheikh I’m from pakistan and only 14. I wanted to ask you about rafa ul dain I didn’t do it but then I started to do it because of the sahih hadiths that I read.But then some people from tablighi jamah saw me and told me this is not real and I shouldn’t do it they said that the munafic used to keep idols in their arm pits the prophet did rafa ul dain so the idols would fall.plz clear the confusion

Prayer, Sects

29 Aug

ANSWER: What they said is baseless and a blatant lie! Raising the hands in the first takbeer would have been sufficient to make such idols fall down and there was no need to raise them every rakah!

If I Pray “Asr” Prayer in Congegration in Mosque and Suppose i get 100 points or Rewards and at the Same time my Mother/Sister or any Other Girls Pray Same Asr prayer in her Home, so she will also get same 100 points/rewards as Men who pray in Mosque or she will get some less rewards??? Means women will equal rewards either she pray in Home or in Mosque?

Prayer

29 Aug

ANSWER: If she prays home, she is more rewarded than if she prays in the masjid.

A woman has Istiadha (colored discharges) & prayer time starts so she washes herselfs & does Wudu. Must she pray immediately after doing that or could she pray the prayer at a later time because of work (but still in the correct time). Like she cleans herself & does Wudu at the beginning of Dhuhr time but she prays the prayer in the middle or close to the end of Dhuhr time without cleaning again?

Ablution (Wudhu), Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer

28 Aug

ANSWER: Once the prayer time is due and she cleans herself and makes Wudhu, she can remain with this wudhu until the time is over. It is best to pray at the beginning of the time with the minimum amount of impurity possible.

Is it true that if a person prays a congregational prayer in the first row and on the right side of imam he earns more reward than those on the left side and behind of the imam?

Prayer

28 Aug

ANSWER: The closer to the imam, the better, whether to the left or right. However, the right side is better than the left.

Sheikh, there are two types of sujood of forgetfulness, when we have to give sujood after salaam do we give tasleem in both directions then give sujood and end prayer without anymore tasleem? please clarify and kindly do not give link to previously answered question because that does not answer my question.

Prayer

27 Aug

ANSWER: You must give salam, make sujood as sahu and then give salam again on both right and left. Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness)

Can I pray night prayer if I have missed my isha ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

27 Aug

ANSWER: These are two separate things. You have committed a major sin if you missed praying isha without a valid reason but this does not stop you from praying the night prayers.

When two people are praying together and then a third person joins the prayer where should he stand?? What about the 2nd person??

Prayer

27 Aug

ANSWER: He should tap on the shoulder of the follower and the follower must step back and they both must pray behind the imam in the next row.

Is my rakat valid if the imam goes to rukoo while I still have a few words to say in fatiha, then I go down to rukoo and maybe 1-2 seconds later the imam says “Sami’ Allah…”. I still say the tasbeeh and then stand up before he goes for sujood

Prayer

26 Aug

ANSWER: As long as you and the imam were in the ruku position together even for a few seconds, the rakat is valid. But if you are not certain, you must add another rakah after the salam.

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