If some saliva comes onto my lips during prayer am I allowed to swallow that or does that invalidate my prayer (licking my lips with my tongue then swallowing the saliva which is on it) and what about fasting? Does that invalidate my fast?

Fasting, Prayer
08 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this. It does not invalidate your fast or your prayer. 

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I wanted to ask are 2 Jummah prayers permissible in one mosque ? Here in UK Luton where I’m from. One is held at 1:15 and another 2:15. Is this permissible to do in one mosque?

Prayer
07 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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While we conclude the prayer and give two salams I see some people stop in the middle for a split second and then continue to the second salam. What is the basis for this?

Prayer
07 Apr

ANSWER: There’s no basis for this. This is not authentic to do. 

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Shaikh often we go out and sometimes we find a masjid where there is no women’s section to pray. Since my husband has to join in congregation, he leaves and parks his car in the direction of the qibla and I pray in the car. Is it okay to do that or my prayer is invalid?

Prayer
06 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible. You must get out of the car and pray while standing and facing the qiblah.

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Please can u pray Fajr whiles u are junub(on conditions like, it’s too cold to bath, scarcity of water, or Fajr is ready to commence i.e u woke up late)

Prayer, Purity
05 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible except if you are unable to use water. Only then you can perform tayammum.

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I live in the dorm.my roommate is hindu and she keeps an idol on her side of the room.are my prayers valid in the same room?

Prayer
05 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, they are valid provided you do not face anything as such while in prayers. Try to cover it when praying and surely you must try and change your room and roommate if possible.

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What should one do when sitting in the masjid and hears the athan. is saying “La illaha illa Allah” with congregation (in the end of athan) from the sunnah?

Prayer
03 Apr

ANSWER: No. You repeat the athan individually after the Muazzin and then recite the prescribed dua after athan to be eligible for Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam’s intercession on the day of judgment. 

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I have cash that has reached nisaab level and zakaat will soon be due on it. In addition to this, my wife has gold jewellery. Should the monetary amount of this jewellery be added to the cash I have before I calculate the total zakaat due?

Zakat
02 Apr

ANSWER: Your wife’s gold belongs to her. She is obliged to pay it once her zakat is due providing it reaches the nisab. If you want to unite both zakat date and pay one earlier than the other, this is permissible but you need your wife’s prior authorization to you for that.

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Can we delay our prayers if our mother ask us to do some work?

Prayer
01 Apr

ANSWER: You must not delay them beyond their appointed time. 

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Sheikh the nisab amount for silver is equivalent to £239. If a child has £600 in savings since 2013, and then in 2015 they reach the age of puberty, is the zakat due to paid straight away as the possessed the savings for years, or do they wait one year then pay the zakat?

Zakat
01 Apr

ANSWER: Zakat is due on the savings regardless whether the owner is a child or has reached the age of puberty.

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