Q&A/Fatwas

During Qasr, is it obligatory for me to combine 2 prayers like duhr/asr and maghrib/isha or can I also pray them separately yet shortened?

Prayer

23 May

ANSWER: Combining is not mandatory. You should shorten the prayers while traveling.

During umrah should I need to perform every fard Salah during the journey as well as from my hotel room as JAMM & KASR .then can I pray voluntary prayers such as sunnah before & after fard prayers,dhuha prayer,tarawhi ,witr during the journey as well as from my hotel room.

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer

22 May

ANSWER: You should shorten your prayers in the hotel. In congregation, follow the Imam. You should not pray the Sunnah of dhuhr, Maghrib and isha as Prophet ﷺ used to skip these while traveling. Other than that, you can pray as many voluntary prayers as you want.

During taraweeh, fard prayers, witr, eid prayer, etc. any prayers with imam. Can we take our time reciting the last tashahud even when the imam already did salam, or I should not take my time reciting and I must recite a little bit faster without missprouncing the words and try to catch the salam and finish with imam?

Prayer

20 May

ANSWER: You must not take too much time, recite normally and you can take a few seconds to say the salam after the Imam says Salam on both sides, but you should not exceed that.

Sheikh, while praying salah if we complete one rakat by reciting ayat-ul-kursi only, after surah fatiha then is that okay? We heard many people saying that one have to recite at least three ayah after surah fatiha otherwise the salat is invalid. Please help to clear up the confusion.

Prayer

20 May

ANSWER: No problem in reciting ayat al kursi after fateha and no problem in reciting only one short ayah after fateha as well and what these people are saying is baseless.

Can we repeat a surah 2-3 times in a same rakaat?

Prayer

19 May

ANSWER: No problem in this.

How much should I pay zakat?

Zakat

19 May

ANSWER: If you have 85 grams of gold or above for a lunar year, you must give zakat on that. If you have 595 grams of silver or more for a lunar year,you must give zakat on that. If you have cash money that is equivalent to 595 grams of silver or more, you must […]