Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: When we see someone praying in the wrong direction of the qibla should we let them finish their prayer and let them know afterwards or should we interrupt them during their prayer and tell them that they are not facing the direction of the qibla?

Prayer

30 May

ANSWER: You must tell them immediately and make them change their direction towards the qiblah.

QUESTION: Is it prohibited to take out and have food that strucks in teeth?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fasting, Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: If there is food stuck in your teeth, there is no problem in taking it out and throwing it away or swallowing it if you are not fasting or praying.

QUESTION: When we slaughter an animal Does the place where we slaughter need to be pure(najs free)

Slaughtering

28 May

ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: I don’t get the same satisfaction as before when I pray Salah and when I repeat the translation of surah Faatiha in my mind after every verse, I forget everything, and start again, so now I read without repeating the translation in my mind, but still in surah Faatiah, I repeat verses again and again and I feel as if I have made some mistake. Will Allah accept my prayers if i pray without translt?

Prayer

27 May

ANSWER: The prayer is valid. By repeating over and over again, you are obeying satan and making it hard on yourself which makes you lose the sweetness of prayer and this is the objective of satan!

QUESTION: In the masjid I go to, people pray Tahiyatul Masjid and after that Adhan is called and then people stand up to pray 2-4 Rakat and after that Khutbah starts then the Iqamah and then 2 Rakat Jummah prayer and after that you can do 2-4 Rakat Sunnah prayer in the masjid. As far as I know there is no Sunnah before Jummah except Tahiyatul are the 2-4 Rakats after the Adhan an innovation?

Prayer

25 May

ANSWER: There are no Sunnah prayers before Friday prayer except the two rakahs of Tahiyatul Masjid that you must pray before sitting down and the general voluntary nafl that is not restricted to a particular number until the Imam comes out.

QUESTION: Can a person attend Friday prayer even though he has constant gas problem which could be smelly and loud ?

Prayer

25 May

ANSWER: You must not attend the prayers if you are in such a state as you would be offending the worshippers.

QUESTION: At school, I don’t have the space to pray.So I go to the nearest mosque on my lunch break to pray dhuhr as soon as it starts.But I don’t have the time to wait for the jama’a as I’d miss my next class, so I pray seperately, on my own. Sometimes the jama’ah starts while I’m still praying on my own, is it permissible to continue praying? I also don’t know how to pray in congregation correctly yet

Prayer

25 May

ANSWER: If you are a female, no problem in praying on your own even if the jamah starts because its not mandatory on women to pray in the masjid in congregation.

QUESTION: When I’m offering Salah and the surah I recite after surah fateha has a sajdah in it (e.g. surah Alaq), do I perform sajdah right away and then get back up and go for the rukuh or do I offer prayer like I always do and after saying assalamualaikum wa rehmatullah (complete in the Salah), I stand up and do sajdah separately? Please guide.

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran

25 May

ANSWER: You do it immediately (if you wish, since doing it is not mandatory) and then go to ruku and continue the prayer. You must not do it after the prayer is over as the time has passed for it.

QUESTION: In a building which has 2 floors, the first floor is doctors office and the the 2nd floor is a masjid. Is it ok to pray Jumuah in that masjid?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

23 May

ANSWER: If there is no close by real masjid, this is permissible.

QUESTION: The 5 fard prayers were made fard by Allah in the incident of al-Isra wal-Miraj. And the sunnah prayers are the ones that our Rasool (pbuh) used to pray regularly. I am curious that when and how the witr prayer became wajib.

Prayer

19 May

ANSWER: Witr is wajib only upon the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. We don’t have any reference to when it was mandated upon him.

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