Q&A/Fatwas

If I recite sura alaq after fatiha at first rakat, should I immediately prostrate or should I go to ruku then prostrate

Prayer

28 Oct

ANSWER: You should go to sujood as soon as you finish the ayah, though it is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Sheikh is it a must to perform Iqama for every Nafila prayer.

Prayer

26 Oct

ANSWER: There is no Iqamah for voluntary prayers. This is an innovation.

Shiekh is there any dhikir that we should say for Iqamah? I hear people repeat during Iqamah the same things repeated during Azan, and then finishing by the usual Doa after Azan. Is this valid?

Prayer

26 Oct

ANSWER: This is not correct and not authentic. There is nothing prescribed in the sunnah to be said.

Shaikh Can a person give both azan and iqama and then lead salaah ?

Prayer

26 Oct

ANSWER: No problem.

Can we make wudu and offer namaz with a hairstyle like hair tied up with plastic claw hair catcher I have a picture but it’s not sharing it

Prayer

25 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this and this hair claw and hairstyle has no impact on your prayer or wudu.

Shaikh If I am traveling and reached my city after maghrib and there is still half an hour for isha should I combine isha or should I pray it after going to home in the local masjid with imam? And Shaikh when does the travel completes at reaching your city or home?

Prayer

25 Oct

ANSWER: Once you have entered into your city limits you are not considered a traveler anymore and you must pray all your prayers on time and complete. But if you prayed Maghreb on the way before entering your city and you combined Isha to it 2 Rakah, this is permissible and it suffices you.

I am a working professional, and I wear a formal dress in the office. What is the general ruling on praying while tucking the shirt in the trousers? For prayer, should I keep the shirt loose and later again tuck in after I finish the prayer?

Prayer

25 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in praying with your shirt tucked in as this is how you wear it and you are not doing this for prayers.

Can we pray in the dark?

Prayer

24 Oct

ANSWER: It is recommended not to pray in darkness as this is not from the sunnah and one doesn’t know what will crawl under him or in front of him.

There is a big difference of monetary value between the nisab amount of gold and nisab amount of silver in our country. So on which basis should we calculate the nisab?

Zakat

22 Oct

ANSWER: On Silver. The threshold (nisab) of money is the value of 595 grams of silver which is about 476$. You try and set a date and on that day, you calculate how much you have and give 2.5% in zakat. Every lunar year, you do this process on that date.

Inshallah i am going to umrah next week, for 12 days. Do i read qasar salah or do i read full salah with the jamaat. If I should read qasar salah, then how shall i read it?.

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer

22 Oct

ANSWER: If you’re praying behind the Imam in the Masjid, then you must follow him and pray full.

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