QUESTION: The prophet said when we get inside the Masjid we must not sit until we pray 2 rakah . What if I’ve missed a Salah. Should I pray the 2 rakah and then pray the missed Salah

Prayer
27 Sep

ANSWER: If you missed a prayer and you went in and started praying the missed prayer, this suffices for the 2 rakah tahiyatul masjid.

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QUESTION: Can I pray SUNNAH salaat with other niyah as well (eg istikhara)?

Prayer
23 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, this is permissible.

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QUESTION: If the Imam is doing the khutba and someone tells me assalamualaikum, should I answer or just move my lips without letting the words out

Prayer
21 Sep

ANSWER: You must not answer, not even make a gesture to acknowledge his salam!

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QUESTION: Knees are not part of a man Awra, can I pray with Shorts, making sure the shorts cover until the top of my knees (end of thigh)

Men Clothing, Prayer
17 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible since they will go up when you go to ruku, sujood & when you sit for tashahhud and expose your awrah! Is prayer this valueless to you !

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QUESTION: Are my Salah valid is the place I’m praying on is pure but there is washroom on my right and ppl come and go (answer the call of nature)and sometimes leave the door slightly open or fully open but there is distance between me and washroom ?

Prayer
16 Sep

ANSWER: This has no impact on your prayer!

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QUESTION: If i do an unnecesarry sujood as sahw even though i made no mistake in salah. Does that invalidate the salah. Please answer with yes or no.

Prayer
14 Sep

ANSWER: Of course this invalidates your salah! You are playing and not praying!

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QUESTION: Can’t recite any faster than this in silent rakahs, all the imams in my area except one muaddin does not let me finish reciting. but they are not super fast this is where i am afraid to complain. but still a lot fast though. i am always missing ruku behind imam. i have tried all to get faster recitation.i can’t go faster than this. and most of the time i am half ayat behind. half.

Prayer
11 Sep

ANSWER: You must practice everyday outside of salah to recite it quicker so that you will be able to recite it before the imam goes to ruku! There is no other way out.

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QUESTION: My local barelvi mosque has a muaddhin who says “assalatu wassalamu alaika ya noorallah” and the imam has said that those who have very good deeds can ask ALLAH directly but for us, its better to ask through a wali like Abdul Qadir Jeelani. What is the ruling on praying behind them?

Prayer, Sects
09 Sep

ANSWER: Its not permissible to pray behind such imams.

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QUESTION: A relative told me that I pray incorrectly because during sujood my backside rises like a man’s, and said it does not look appropriate in front of men. I wear loose, covering clothes. Is a woman required to perform sujood differently from a man, and is my way of praying wrong?

Prayer
08 Sep

ANSWER: There’s no difference, none whatsoever between the prayers of men and women. Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said, “Pray as you have seen me praying”. This instruction is not just for men, rather it’s for both men and women. The way some women in the subcontinent pray by placing the whole arm on […]

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QUESTION: 3 friends and I intended to perform Umrah without a mahram. We made niyyah, entered ihram and recited Talbiyah, but were refused entry to Saudi due to a visa issue. Was this a test rather than Allah’s displeasure? Could we receive reward for our sincere intention? Could the lack of a mahram be related

Hajj and Umrah
08 Sep

ANSWER: No, you won’t be rewarded as you were sinful for attempting to travel without a male mahram.

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