Q&A/Fatwas

I would like to know untill what time Isha prayer is valid. I have learned that it is valid untill fajr but recently I heard its valid untill 12 am, is it true??

Prayer

11 Feb

ANSWER: The last time to pray Isha is the islamic midnight.

Whenever I start praying some pictures keep coming in mind I can’t stop that I don’t know what to do please help

Prayer

10 Feb

ANSWER: Dry spit 3 times to your left and say ‘Aa’oodhbillah hi minash shaitaan nir rajeem’ and do not contemplate on such thoughts or images and continue praying.

As we know salah should be offer by keeping our eyes open but is it permissible to keep our eyes closed while making dua?

Prayer

09 Feb

ANSWER: No problem in this if it’s outside of the prayer.

Here in my country people tend to sit outside the masjid on a field going late to prayer as they are lazy to use stairs. Is it valid since it is said in a hadith “When Friday arrives, angels are over the door of every mosque to record those who arrive one by one. When the Imam sits to begin, they close their scrolls and come to listen to the reminder”

Prayer

09 Feb

ANSWER: If there is space inside the masjid yet they insist on praying outside, they won’t be rewarded. Sheikh Ibn Othaimeen says that the prayer is invalid if there is a place inside the masjid and people pray outside it!

I want to ask question about my purity unsureness i have been menstruating and last night my menstruation finished at isha time i saw the white discharge after my work im unsure as to when it finished so i prayed both maghreb and isha is my prayer valid or should i pray fajr dhuhr asr maghreb and isha?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer

09 Feb

ANSWER: You should have prayed the prayer you saw your purity in which is isha only.

When I was praying salah and I was in prostration I was saying Subhaana rabbiyal a-laa, and then I got my head up slightly to rise from sujood. But, because I didn’t read the last part properly I quickly put my head down again in sujood and said the last part again, without moving my body too much. Is my prayer valid?

Prayer

06 Feb

ANSWER: This was wrong as lifting your head ends your prostration. Going back to it means that you had added a 3rd prostration instead of offering only 2. You should have offered 2 prostrations of forgetfulness at the end of the prayer. Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness)

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever prays Fajr in congregation then sits remembering Allaah until the sun rises, then prays two rak’ahs, will have a reward like that of Hajj and ‘Umrah, complete, complete, complete.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (586). Is this authentic?

Prayer

06 Feb

ANSWER: This is authentic. Can women pray the ishraq prayer at home after the sunrise (15 minutes past the sunrise)?

I had heard that if the shoes is kept Infront of person who is praying namaz so the person prayer is not valid is that true

Prayer

04 Feb

ANSWER: This is not true. It is disliked.

Can women pray in their tight shalwar kameez or normal everyday clothes at home?

Prayer

01 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible. You must wear a loose outer garment, like an abaya over these clothes while praying.

If someone doesn’t get the complete last raka’ah of a prayer, let’s say he gets only the last sitting before salaam, does he have the reward of praying in congregation like the rest?

Prayer

30 Jan

ANSWER: He will get some reward for being with the congregation but not the 27 times better than the individual as he didn’t catch the prayer with the Imam which is minimum one rakah.

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