Q&A/Fatwas

I am a Musafir in a town. Participated Dhuhr fardh jamat in the last rakat. After Imam finishes salat, how many rakat I have to finish, will it be one more or three more rakat?

Prayer

26 Nov

ANSWER: You must pray 3 more rakahs after getting up because when praying behind a resident imam, you must follow him and pray in full.

Yesterday before Zuhr Fard I combined 1)2rakah sunnah muakkadah 2)Salatul Wudu 3)Salatul Tawbah And prayed 2 rakah with THREE INTENTIONS.

Prayer

22 Nov

ANSWER: It is not permissible to combine intention for salat ul tawbah with other prayers because it is intended for itself. You can combine intentions for Tahiyatul wudu and the emphatic sunnah.

Sheikh, where I am staying there are small masjid in each of the block where most of the time, people can pray alone. Also, there is a big masjid close to where I am staying where people pray in jamah, but in this masjid, they always leave space in between one another,and if I try to move closer they move there feet away. This is the norm in this country. Is it okay to pray alone?

Prayer

22 Nov

ANSWER: No, this is not a legitimate reason for abandoning the congregational prayer.

What is the ruling of Dua in prostration. Can i pray anything in any language in prostration regardless of whether its obligator or nafle prayers? Or can i just make sujood for dua after the salath finished?

Prayer

21 Nov

ANSWER: Separate sujud for dua after Salah is prohibited and innovation.You can make any dua during sajdah in obligatory or nafl prayers. If you do not know the Dua in Arabic, it is permissible to make dua in any other language. https://youtu.be/hYToZVeAl20

I read that it is recommended that the hearer of the iqamah should repeat it after the muqim (the one who announces the iqamah), and when he says “Qad qamati-s-Salah” the hearer should respond by saying: Aqamaha-llahu wa adamaha (May Allah keep it established forever). If incorrect, please inform what is 2 be said when the Muqim announces the Iqamah and esp when he says ‘Qad Qamataissalah’.

Prayer

20 Nov

ANSWER: The most authentic opinion is that one must not repeat with the Iqamah nor say and duaa after it.

In silent prayers, behind imam, do you recite a surah after fatiha?

Prayer

19 Nov

ANSWER: It is mandatory for the followers praying behind an Imam to recite the fateha in the silent rakahs and silent prayers, without which your prayer is invalid. It is not mandatory to recite another surah after fateha but you would lose the reward if you didn’t recite it. What is mandatory is to recite […]