ANSWER: This is not permissible at all. They should pray alone in their homes instead.  If the distance is between a row and another, this is permissible. It is not permissible to keep a distance between a person and another in the same row.

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ANSWER: It is not permissible to pray the prayers that you didn’t pray deliberately, without any reason. You must repent sincerely to Allah and never do such a major sin again and do a lot of voluntary good deeds and worship, especially night prayers to try and compensate for the missed prayers.

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ANSWER: If he does this deliberately, his prayer is invalid. If he skipped it due to ignorance or forgot it, he should offer 2 prostrations of forgetfulness before salam.  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 […]

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ANSWER: Ishraq is prayed only in the masjid.  If you were used to praying ishraq in the masjid regularly then Allah will reward you for it even if you are not able to do now because of the circumstances.  You can pray duha.

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ANSWER: This is not permissible unless he is poor or needy! If I buy a luxury car on installments and build a house in installments, i am not labeled as poor or need to take from zakat!  The loan that can be paid from zakat is a loan that the owner took for an emergency […]

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ANSWER: Ramadan has got nothing to do with your zakat.  You must give your zakat when it’s due.

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ANSWER: No problem in reciting as many surahs and as many rakahs as you want in taraweeh and this can be prayed both in congregation as well as individually but definitely it’s more rewarding if you prayed in congregation. The imam can hold the Qur’an or mobile and recite from it the longer surahs. 

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ANSWER: The prayer is valid as long as you fulfilled the conditions of salah, however it will vary in rewards, the more you have concentration and contemplation in salah, the more the reward. 

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ANSWER: This is upto you. You can start praying after completing isha until just before fajr.  The best would be to delay it until the last third of the night. 

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ANSWER: It’s not permissible to touch your arms on the ground while making sujood, Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade this.  The prayer of a woman is exactly like that of men, there’s no difference. 

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