Q&A/Fatwas

This is in regards to salah being acceptable when prayed after eating onion n garlic? I have heard a hadith (interpretation of d meaning):Muhammad pbuh said whoever eats onion and garlic,should not even pass by our masjids. Is this hadith referring to ea raw onions and garlic ? Normally , onions and garlic is garnished in all the kinds of meals prepared for example in lentil soup, Meat curry etc.

Prayer

20 Feb

ANSWER: The prohibition is in eating raw onions and garlic and going to the Masjid. It has no impact on the prayer of an individual.

Sheikh, is it necessary for women to make ‘saff’ while praying in masjid ? As in if women offer taraweeh like in Ramadan.

Prayer

19 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, they must form proper saff.

Moving the tongue is a requirement for doing dhikr. But what about personal dua/supplication? When we make dua for ourselves in our oun language in Salah (i.e., in sujood, before salaam ) is it necessary to move our lips?

Prayer

18 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, this is necessary. It is mandatory to say everything in salah by at least moving the lips.

If I yawn or burp or even sneeze (uncontrollable for me sometimes) during salah where I’m in midst of a surah should I stop my surah and say Astagfirullah or Alhamdulillah respective then start the surah by saying Bismillah irrahman irrahim or what should I do?

Prayer

13 Feb

ANSWER: When you sneeze in salah, you should say Alhamdulillah and continue your salah from there without saying bismillah. You don’t say anything for burping or yawning whether in prayer or outside of prayer.

Is it permissible to make dua in both obligatory and optional prayers in sujood and before the final tashahhud ( the salam )?

Prayer

13 Feb

ANSWER: Yes. You can even make dua in your own language if you don’t know how to say it in Arabic. https://youtu.be/hYToZVeAl20

Sheikh and team, the teachers are not supposed to let you go to the toilet in my school. Sheikh and team, I did the salah during the break but the teacher is getting angry and this and threatening to keep me behind and such and usually during the lunch time when the namaz is done in congregation, the imam prays to quick or a bit early. Is it permissable to combine prayers?

Prayer

13 Feb

ANSWER: It is not permissible to combine prayers for such a reason. You must pray on time and complain to the administration for not allowing you to practice your religion freely. Don’t pay any attention to this teacher and look for a secluded place and offer your prayers in it.

I heard we must recite new surahs each Rakah, and don’t repeat any in each rakah. It’s this true?

Prayer

10 Feb

ANSWER: This is not true.

Is it true that if someone catches 1 rakah before the sun rises and completes the rest of the prayer in sunrise then the fajr is valid?

Prayer

07 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, if a person gets to finish at least one rakah before the end of the time of that prayer, he got that prayer.

What is the ruling for using digital praying mats, they have illustrations for kids and audio of Takbeer and Surah fatiha as well.

Prayer

05 Feb

ANSWER: This is a game and not a prayer mat! This distracts a worshipper and is not permissible.

There are things on my mind which i would like to say but I can’t put them into words. I want to make dua but I don’t know how to express my feelings concisely into speech. Does it suffice to request Allah that He “Accept that which is in my heart”?

Prayer

03 Feb

ANSWER: The minimum is to move your tongue while making duaa to be acceptable. Try to write what you want to ask Allah on a piece of paper and then you can say it in prayer. https://youtu.be/hYToZVeAl20

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