Q&A/Fatwas

From the last two years i have been stuck in a problem. I couldn’t make a decision to choose one of the two available choices. I kept praying all the time, i also did istakhara many times but my mind was not satisfied with a single decision. Please let me know how to choose a better way?

Prayer

08 May

ANSWER: This is not how istikhara works. Once you make a firm decision, you pray istikhara for it. If there is any good in it, Allah will facilitate it for you.

I was praying salat according to hanafi madhab.Here in Bangladesh 95% follow this. If i now start to pray according to Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamma’ i m fearing bad reaction in the people of masjid!.so,should i continue to pray like before? Or should i stick to pray like ahlus sunnah;not caring the comments of people

Prayer, Sects

08 May

ANSWER: If they are hostile or aggressive, it is permissible for you to pray like them. The best thing is to go to a masjid of Ahlu hadeeth to pray with them.

While offering prayers is it mandatory to keep your ankles exposed?

Men Clothing, Prayer

07 May

ANSWER: It is prohibited for your trousers or garment to exceed your ankles whether in prayer or outside prayers. You can cover it with socks without any problem.

Is zakaah payable on a person that has wealth to take care of himself and family but not enough money to build a house from which he’ll earn rent?

Zakat

04 May

ANSWER: 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 much you have and give 2.5% in zakat. Every lunar year, you do this process on that date.

Dear Sir i would like to ask you that i was very irregular in my daily prayers, but now since a year i have started praying regularly and even fajr. But my question is that can i only pray the FARZ and omit the sunnat rakats? I know the Sunnats will give extra sawaab but if i dont pray am i liable to sin or gunaah.

Prayer

04 May

ANSWER: No, you are not sinful for missing the voluntary prayers as they are not obligatory prayers.

Sheikh, Grand scholars of …….. have decided to pray in masjid but with conditions and 1 of their conditions is to leave a gap between every single person, knowing that this is not permissible. And now i have made a decision that I’ll pray in home My question is that will i get the reward of praying in jama’ah if i have 100% niyaah…!??

Prayer

30 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, in shaa Allah.

Can we pray salah with our night pants or tracks? We are wearing at nights and praying fajr salah with the same pants???

Prayer

30 Apr

ANSWER: No problem providing it covers your awrah.

My jewelry are with my in laws and after my marriage they did not give me and have kept with them.Do i need to consider them(jewelleries kept with inlaws) while calcualting my contribution to zakat?

Zakat

27 Apr

ANSWER: If its not in your possession and they would not give it to you even after you ask them to, in this case there’s no zakat on it for you. However, you must ask your husband to talk to your in laws and give that jewelry back to you and after that keep it […]

I accidentally said سبحان ربي الاعلى in ruku, but then i said the correct one, do i have to perform sujood sahu? Also, What is the difference between giving sujood sahu before concluding prayer and after?

Prayer

26 Apr

ANSWER: No need for sujood as sahu as long as you have corrected yourself before going to the next position. Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness) Question: Can you explain the Sujood of as-Sahu? When do they have to be done after the Tasleem (the Salaam)and when do they have to be done before? Answer: Sujood as-Sahu […]

Sheik here in India we have two different timings of Asr Azaan. Some Muazzins say Azaan around 3.30 to 3.45 pm and some Muazzins say around 5pm. Which is the correct starting time of Asr Salah? Is it 3.30pm or 5pm.? Kindly guide sheik.

Prayer

23 Apr

ANSWER: The first one, because the later one follows the Hanafi timings where Asr is delayed. As long as the time for that prayer has entered, you can pray regardless of whether the athan has been given or not. Follow the prayer timetable of Umm al Qura of your city and pray accordingly.

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