Q&A/Fatwas

I have told my mum beforethat we should pray before midnight but she rejects it and gets angry. I wanted to tell her and my aunties that isha is 21:09 since they think it lasts till 12.00 am so I came into the living room and asked my mum if she prayed isha but I don’t know if they heard me as well.Also I told them to pray at 21:07. Am I sinful for telling them so late?

Knowledge & Propagation, Prayer

23 Dec

ANSWER: You should give dawah with wisdom and fair preaching. You must not order your elders or ask them like this. You should be diplomatic. Send her authentic videos or booklets about this topic instead of policing her.

Is dua in congregation allowed i.e. the imam says the dua and all of the surrounding people say ameen?

Innovations, Prayer

23 Dec

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s not from the Sunnah hence an innovation.

Can one pray at home if its cold outside to go to the masjid and it may cause further complications for his health as he’s very prone to cold?

Prayer

22 Dec

ANSWER: Will his fear of catching cold stop him from going to work and buying stuff or this is only for going to prayer?

Is it mandatory to say ‘auzubillamishatan..rajeem-Bismillah..raheem’ in the beginning of every rakah OR Is it that i should only say bimillahi..rahem and carry on in the rakahs.i believe that we say ‘auzubillhi-minasita-rajem’ only once, in The beginning of the salah and if i get any distractions.what is correct please guide me.

Prayer

21 Dec

ANSWER: Seeking refuge in Allah (aauzubillah hi…) in the beginning is sufficient. You simply say bismillah before reciting fateha and other surahs in the following rak’ahs. If you get distracted by Satan in your salah, you simply seek refuge in Allah and drily spit towards your left.

Sheikh, if I pray dhuhr or asr prayer behind an imaam, should I recite the dhikr in the ruku and sujood and in tashahhud or should I keep silent and just recite fatiha behind the Imam

Prayer

20 Dec

ANSWER: You MUST recite all of this on your own even in loud prayers and loud rak’ahs.

Is it allowed in Islam to rest your hands on your hips or it is compulsory to fold your hands in prayers?

Prayer

19 Dec

ANSWER: The sunnah is to put the hands on the chest while standing.

I be traveling soon to another city about 200kms journey inn shaa Allah, my salah be a travelers prayer but there so many masajid there, so when the adhan is called which can hear it ofcourse, do I join the congregation or pray the travelers prayer?

Prayer

19 Dec

ANSWER: You can go to the masjid and pray. But if you pray home because you are a traveler, this is permissible. If you pray in the congregation, behind a local Imam, you must follow him and pray full.

I work in a private firm and the breaks are short . Is it permissible to pray fard only?

Prayer

19 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in praying fard only.

For ishraaq prayer. Is it obligatory for one to remain seated in the place one has prayed Fajr in. What if one moves to another spot in the mosque? Or if out of necessity such as people moving or cleaning one gets moved form the place.

Prayer

18 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in moving from one spot to the other as long as you are in the masjid itself.

Regarding the hadith that states : “Whoever prays Fajr in congregation then sits remembering Allaah until the sun rises, then prays two rak’ahs, will have a reward like that of Hajj and ‘Umrah, complete, complete, complete.” Can women get the same reward if she prays at home in congregation and sits until sunrise?

Prayer

16 Dec

ANSWER: The reward for Ishraq is specifically for the people who pray in the masjid in congregation and then stay there until after 10 to 15 minutes after the sunrise and then they pray the 2 rakahs. As a woman the best prayer for you is in the house and what you would pray at […]

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