Q&A/Fatwas

Can someone prostrate to a direction other than the Qiblah to show one how to pray?

Prayer

24 Nov

ANSWER: No problem.

Can a woman who prays at home also get the reward of her saying “ameen” and it coinciding with the angels even though she is praying alone? Or must it only be in congregation and at the masjid

Prayer

23 Nov

ANSWER: No this is specific with congregation in masjid. She will be rewarded for following the sunnah.

Sheikh, if an old lady is unable to pray while sitting on ground due to knee pain, can she put a table in front of her on which she can perform sujood while sitting on a chair.

Prayer

23 Nov

ANSWER: One must not use a table to do sujood. She should place her hands on her knees and bow down while sitting on a chair or on the ground.

Someone told me that if I pray salatu Dhuhaa once, I will be obligated to pray it everyday. Please clarify

Prayer

23 Nov

ANSWER: This is baseless.

There are only 2 mosques in my region and the imams of both mosque believe that prophet (PBUH) is from the noor of Allah. So should I pray behind one of them? or I should pray in one of these mosque alone without jamat. Can i pray at home without jamat?

Prayer, Sects, Shirk and its different forms

19 Nov

ANSWER: It’s not permissible at all to pray behind such an imam who believes in this deviant aqeedah. You can pray on your own after the congregation is over and others can join you or pray home and can form a congregation with other male members.

Can we make our own dua in Arabic and recite in witr?

Prayer

19 Nov

ANSWER: Yes.

Sheikh, can I prayer my two rak’at sunnah of fajr home before going to the masjid?

Prayer

17 Nov

ANSWER: This is the sunnah way of doing it.

After a person finishes his Salah, and when he reaches home, he gives salam to family. Similarly when a woman finishes her salah, she gives salam to family. Is it from Sunnah?

Innovations, Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: No, this is an innovation.

I read a Hadith that whoever prays an additional 2 raka after the regular 4,4,2 of thuhur is promised jannah, is this authentic?

Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: Al-Nasaa’i (1817) and al-Tirmidhi (428) narrated from Umm Habeebah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays four (rak’ahs) before Zuhr and four after it, the Fire will not touch him.” The version narrated by al-Tirmidhi says: “Whoever regularly performs four rak’ahs […]

Can a person pray tahajjud on Thursday night (Friday) alone and not during the entire week?

Innovations, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

15 Nov

ANSWER: No problem if that’s the only night he gets time due to it being the weekend etc. But if he is doing it because it is a blessed night, this is prohibited.

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